Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
When a church elder said to a friend of mine, regarding her husband’s 25-year-long pornography problem, “It’s just a little porn,” I knew the problem went deeper than the husband’s porn. That church elder had a problem too. When Sovereign Grace Ministries protects child abusers and accuses the victims, the problem is obviously way beyond child abusers.… Continue reading Paige Patterson and a culture that breeds a generation of abusers – by Rebecca Davis, #ChurchDV
The skilled offender becomes progressively more abusive the longer he maintains control over his target woman. This is a truth universally acknowledged by those who have professional or long-term personal experience in the dynamics of domestic abuse. For their hearts are like an oven As they approach their plotting; Their anger smolders all night, In the morning it… Continue reading Re-offending: the increasingly dangerous culminating phase in male intimate abuse (Don Hennessy series part 6)
