Financial abuse from intimate partners — a lament, stories and tips to protect oneself

(Proverbs 13:23  ESV)  The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice. (Proverbs  28:3  ESV)  A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food. (Proverbs  28:24  ESV)  Whoever robs his father or his mother [and by extension any family member whom… Continue reading Financial abuse from intimate partners — a lament, stories and tips to protect oneself

Putting off and putting on — change as it respectively applies to abusers and victims

The Law should be pronounced to 'secure' sinners. The Gospel should be pronounced to 'crushed' sinners.  (Paraphrase) — C.F.W. Walther, Lutheran theologian. (lecture series, lecture #3) If only that wise principle was understood and practiced by more Christians today! Instead what commonly happens today is that the Law is pronounced to 'crushed' sinners such as… Continue reading Putting off and putting on — change as it respectively applies to abusers and victims