One of the recurring themes we hear from Christians who are abuse victims/survivors is that when they went to their pastor or church for help, reporting the abuse, they were told that they must remain with their abuser or at most separate from him for a time, always working toward reconciliation. You saw this thing… Continue reading Pastoral Care Has its Limits and Must Allow for the Priesthood of the Believer
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How Our Wish for Happily Ever After Can Enable Abusers
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the… Continue reading How Our Wish for Happily Ever After Can Enable Abusers
