Abusers as Children of the Devil – You Need Not Bless Them

I do not know Pastor Sam Powell. He is the pastor of First Reformed Church in Yuba City, California. All I know of him is this sermon, and it is a sermon I can heartily recommend. It is a very refreshing experience to hear these kinds of words exposing the wicked abuser coming right from… Continue reading Abusers as Children of the Devil – You Need Not Bless Them

Abusive Marriages Portray God’s Covenant With His People? – Really?

In his notoriously legalistic book What Jesus Demands From the World, John Piper makes this assertion: ....marriage is the work of God himself whereby he creates a new reality of 'one flesh' that surpasses human comprehension and portrays to the world in human form the covenant union between God and his people."  (p 301) I want… Continue reading Abusive Marriages Portray God’s Covenant With His People? – Really?