An Open and Shut Case: Or is It?

The YouTube link to the viral video referred to below has been removed by YouTube. But here is a news report from The Blaze that pretty well fills you in on what happened. In the video, the wife is screaming and swearing and throwing a fit over her husband not taking her to a lake.… Continue reading An Open and Shut Case: Or is It?

How Perverted Notions of “Martyrdom” Promote Abuse in the Church

Abusers who use Christianity as their façade of choice quite often press the "martyrdom" / "suffering-for-Jesus" card upon their target victim, with the goal of keeping the victim in their evil grip. As I have seen this wickedness in action, it seems to me that it expresses itself in at least two different ways: 1)… Continue reading How Perverted Notions of “Martyrdom” Promote Abuse in the Church