Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
I am angry and grieving about Liam Goligher being a wolf in shepherd's clothing. Nine years ago he and a married woman Susan Elzey (a deaconess at his church) were both arrested and pled guilty to committing an offence in a public park. Goligher and Elzey kept this secret from the church for nine years!… Continue reading Liam Goligher turns out to be a wolf in shepherd’s clothing
Churches often have a sentimental idea of what it means to be loving. Love without truth is a hypocritical love called sentimentality. There is no justice without truth. Sentimentalism gives no justice to victims of abuse. It is loving to hold accountable your brothers in sisters in Christ who have corrupted the gospel and enabled… Continue reading Love without truth is sentimentality. Sentimentalism in churches leads to abuse.
In so far as your husband behaves badly, don't regard him as your head, but Christ. Don't imitate your husband's wrongful behaviour, don't behave badly yourself, but let him imitate you in behaving well. If only he would!
Watch: Language and Violence Masterclass by Dr Linda Coates The video cannot be embedded here. Click the above link to watch it. In the masterclass, Linda Coates gives detailed examples of how language is used to conceal abuse, obfuscate the perpetrator's responsibility, conceal victims' resistance, and blame and pathologise victims. The examples she gives come… Continue reading Language and Violence Masterclass by Dr Linda Coates
Jesus told us to love our enemies. What does this mean? How is it to be applied? How do you define 'enemy'? Should we let our enemies live with us? Should we let enemies be part of our church communities? How does blessed are you when you are persecuted for righteousness sake relate to all this?
When Tamar was raped, David took no action. When Dinah was raped, Jacob took no action. Both men reaped terrible consequences for their passivity. So-called Christian men who turn a blind eye to the epidemic of men abusing women will reap terrible consequences for their passivity.
A Cry For Justice 