In accounts of violence, context is everything. For example: when Kathy Keller smashed plates with a hammer.

Kathy Keller once smashed plates with a hammer in order to get her husband Tim Keller to listen to her. She had been repeatedly telling him that he was working too hard and it was harming their marriage and family (see The Meaning Of Marriage (google books) and Christian Post interview with Kathy and Tim Keller). Tim and Kathy tell the anecdote about… Continue reading In accounts of violence, context is everything. For example: when Kathy Keller smashed plates with a hammer.

Abusers Are Consistently Inconsistent — A Favorite and Evil Tactic

But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, "'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn." For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, "He has a demon."… Continue reading Abusers Are Consistently Inconsistent — A Favorite and Evil Tactic