https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMJvhQZ_BTs&feature=em-share_video_user Colour coding: John Piper / my translations / my comments The full text of Piper's "Clarification" may be found here [Internet Archive link]. Begin translation: Clarifying Words on Wife Abuse Just the title makes this a women's issue. "Wife abuse." Why not use the terminology "men who abuse their wives?" Omitting the noun for the abuser… Continue reading A Translation of Piper’s Clarifying Words
Thursday Thought — Minimizing Abuse
When he uses the tactic of minimization, the disturbed character is attempting to convince someone else that the wrongful thing he did wasn't really as bad or as harmful as he knows it was and as he knows the other person thinks it was. He might admit part of what he did was wrong, and… Continue reading Thursday Thought — Minimizing Abuse
