Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Honouring Resistance: How Women Resist Abuse in Intimate Relationships is an excellent resource for women who have suffered intimate partner abuse, and folks who are supporting them. It uses the Response-Based Practice approach to violence, oppression and adversity. It gives a victim's story and then explains all the ways she resisted the abuse. Victims find it… Continue reading Honouring Resistance: How Women Resist Abuse in Intimate Relationships
How can we wisely understand the part demons might be playing in the abuser's life? And might demons be slowing a victim's recovery from abuse and impeding her sanctification? First, let's be clear about terminology. The term "demon-possessed" is misleading. Generally speaking, we are better off saying that a person is influenced by a demon,… Continue reading What part might demons play in the lives of the abusers? And in the lives of victims?
