Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
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Here is the account which jazz musician Miles Davis gives of the first time he assaulted his wife, Frances. I loved Frances so much that for the first time in my life I found myself jealous. I remember I hit her once when she came home and told me some shit about Quincy Jones being handsome.… Continue reading How Miles Davis misrepresented his assault of his wife Frances: a case study in the language of abusers
For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. (1 Corinthians 2:11) The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy. (Proverbs 14:10) I can still hear it. "Pastor, I know… Continue reading Abusers Tell us What our Thoughts and Motives Are – But They Don’t Know
