This story came to my mind today as I was thinking about how local churches so often essentially hand over an abuse victim to her abuser — Now they told David, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors." Therefore David inquired of the LORD, "Shall I go and attack… Continue reading The First Church of Keilah – A ‘Church’ that Hands Victims Over to the Abuser
Tag: Allegories/analogies/ fairy tales
Snakes and Wisdom (a reblog from My Only Comfort by Ps Sam Powell)
I [Pastor Sam Powell] read an anecdote some years back. You can find it here [Internet Archive link] Anyway, it goes something like this. A man was drinking with his buddies at a local pub. On his way home, he and his buddies decided that they needed to find a snake to put in the aquarium… Continue reading Snakes and Wisdom (a reblog from My Only Comfort by Ps Sam Powell)
