Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
I let him abuse me to keep him from abusing me. The problem with fundamentalist Christian culture isn’t that it doesn’t teach rape is wrong, but that it doesn’t know what rape actually is. Fundamentalist Christian culture taught me that if it wasn’t violent or you didn’t cry for help, that wasn’t rape, that was… Continue reading I Let My Husband Rape Me, and Here’s Why… — by Amber Barnhill
Victims are all too aware of the shame that abusers pile on them. Often after years of being told by their abuser that they're stupid or ugly or worthless or some other shameful false message, those messages can become trapped inside the victim's head and, like a broken record, repeat themselves over and over and… Continue reading Shame: The Devil’s Weapon — by Ps Sam Powell
