Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Scripture often describes God as a husband to his chosen people: God is the husband of Israel, the bridegroom of the bride. God perfectly fulfills the obligations of a husband, but the nation of Israel frequently disrespected the good things God had given her. When a wife trashes and desecrates the good things — physical,… Continue reading The unfaithful wife in Ezekiel 16 — applications and misapplications
The Bible's teachings on divorce are like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. In Christian advocacy spaces there's this idea going around that when writing about divorce it's okay to fit the jigsaw puzzle pieces together any old which way, so long as you come to an ethical conclusion. An ethical conclusion — doesn't entrap women… Continue reading The jigsaw puzzle of divorce texts in the Bible. Putting the pieces together to reach an ethical conclusion is not enough.
