Why Are Pastors Afraid to Permit Divorce for Abuse?

(John 9:21-23  ESV)  (21) But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself."  (22) (His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus… Continue reading Why Are Pastors Afraid to Permit Divorce for Abuse?

Spiritual Abuse and the Church: Can a Church Bind Our Conscience?

Every Christian is free before God to be led by the Holy Spirit and the Scripture.  Each Christian has a conscience and the freedom to obey that conscience as he is directed by the Word of God.  This was Luther's stand before Rome: “Since then your sere Majesty and your Lordships seek a simple answer,… Continue reading Spiritual Abuse and the Church: Can a Church Bind Our Conscience?