Nouthetic counseling (fathered by Jay Adams) finds widespread reception in our conservative, Bible-believing churches today. It is not appropriate for abuse victims in our opinion. In fact, we think it isn't appropriate in most any case! It is too simplistic, it employs people who simply are not "competent to counsel", and naively confronts essentially every… Continue reading Abuse and Nouthetic Counseling: A Firsthand Analysis of the Harm it Does
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A Story of Abuse and Shame: Setup by the Religion of the Pharisees and How Jesus Set Her Free!
The following is an abuse survivor's story which she has graciously and bravely agreed to share with us. Identifying details have been changed but all the rest of the story is quite true. Notice in particular how the shaming of a Pharisee and Pharisaical system set this young woman up as a target for a… Continue reading A Story of Abuse and Shame: Setup by the Religion of the Pharisees and How Jesus Set Her Free!
