Our thanks to Rebecca Davis for submitting this post. It was written with the permission of the abuse survivor whose story it is. *** When Lydia was young she was very creative, and the other girls at school liked to copy her creative ideas. She didn’t like being copied, but her mother assured her, “Imitation… Continue reading One crazy-making ally-obtaining tactic of an abuser: simultaneous scorn and imitation
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A Look Inside the Mind of “Christian” Patriarchy
I (Jeff) was trained in conservative evangelical churches. The seminary I went to was conservative in its theology. Ultimately I embraced reformed theology and still hold to the reformed confessions of faith (I am a reformed Baptist). Over the years in our present church (we have been here nearly 24 years now) most of the… Continue reading A Look Inside the Mind of “Christian” Patriarchy
