Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
The Bible makes a distinction between unintentional sin and intentional sin. This is important when we consider how we, as Christians, are to respond to domestic abusers. The distinction is set out in the Law which Moses gave to the people of Israel. Numbers 15:22-31, NKJV – Laws Concerning Unintentional Sin If you sin unintentionally, and do… Continue reading The Bible has one law for unintentional sin, and another law for intentional sin
Chris Moles uses some wording that can endorse the abuser's narrative. I will give three examples of this. Chris's language permits the abuser to evade responsibility for his wrong choices. Chris wrote a blog post aimed at abusive men – 'Telling The Truth To Yourself' (T*). In that post he used some language that in my view… Continue reading 5. Chris Moles sometimes endorses the abuser’s narrative
