Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Scripture sometimes uses marital imagery for the relation between God and his chosen people. The Hebrew bible depicts God as the husband of Jerusalem. And the New Testament calls Jesus the bridegroom of the bride, the bride being the ecclesia. When a wife trashes and desecrates the good things — physical, emotional and spiritual things… Continue reading The unfaithful wife in Ezekiel 16 — applications and misapplications
Most of our readers have either received letters or emails or phone calls or personal "counsel" from a pastor or other church leader when they resolved to leave their abuser. The abuser of course ends up being enabled by those he has won over as his allies, many of whom are in the church if… Continue reading A Typical Letter from a Pastor to an Abuse Victim When She Leaves the Abuser
