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“Suffering and the Heart of God” by Diane Langberg — Review by Barbara Roberts
Barbara Roberts ♦ 5th September 2021 ♦ 22 Comments
Diane Langberg doesn’t seem to believe there are people whose father is the devil — so she doesn’t seem to understand the mind of the sociopath. In her book Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores (New Growth Press, 2015), she writes as if all people have active consciences and every person feels bad …
Don Hennessy on his book “Steps To Freedom” – interviewed by Irish radio
Barbara Roberts ♦ 7th April 2021 ♦ 4 Comments
Don Hennessy speaks with wisdom and compassion. Much good info here. One thing I learned that I hadn’t heard before was Don giving more details about the Cork Relationship Counseling Centre’s experience of running groups for male perpetrators. After running those groups for a while, they realised that the groups were doing more harm …
“How He Wins” – Don Hennessy’s new book
Barbara Roberts ♦ 11th December 2020 ♦ 12 Comments
Don Hennessy’s new book, How He Wins: Abusive Intimate Partners Going Free [*Affiliate link], addresses a world-wide problem: Our failure to reduce the level of male intimate abuse. We’ve all heard the terms ‘domestic abuse’ and ‘domestic violence’. When a man perpetrates abuse on his female intimate partner, Don Hennessy calls that male intimate abuse. …
Are abusers mentally deficient? Are people who suffer abuse mentally deficient?
Barbara Roberts ♦ 18th March 2020 ♦ 20 Comments
If someone is diagnosed with a ‘personality disorder’ or a ‘mental health disorder’ – does that mean that person has a deficit? Does it mean that person is deficient? Should that person be excused? Should that person be given compassionate help and assistance? Mental health professionals use terms like ‘disorder’ and ‘personality disorder’ very inconsistently. …
Peak Living Network – Lundy Bancroft – warning!
Barbara Roberts ♦ 9th January 2020 ♦ 32 Comments
Lundy Bancroft’s Peak Living Network has many principles that run counter to God’s Word. By now it’s no secret that there are warnings on the Internet – including on our blog dating back to 2017 (here) – about attending Lundy Bancroft’s healing retreats. If any reader has any firsthand knowledge of behavior by him that …
Are abusers blind? Are abusers deceived? What does the Bible say?
Barbara Roberts ♦ 26th September 2019 ♦ 7 Comments
[June 24, 2022: There have been some changes made to this post. For more information, read the Editors’ notes at the bottom of the post. Editors.] This is part 1 of a 7 part series on Spiritual Blindness and Deception. Are abusers spiritually blind? (Or psychologically blind, which is pretty much the same thing.) Are …
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