Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Many people are offering help to the abused. In making sense of the things we have suffered, we don't want to waste our energy following people-helpers who may lead us astray. In trying to find safety, vindication, healing and justice, we don't want to waste our time and energy following people-helpers who are actually harming… Continue reading Non-Negotiables for Effective and Biblical Abuse Ministry
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
