Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Six firefighters died in a warehouse fire in Massachusetts in 1999. An abandoned cold-storage facility was accidentally set alight by a homeless couple who were squatting there for shelter. The fire resulted in "the first loss of six firefighters in a structure fire where neither building collapse nor an explosion was a contributing factor to… Continue reading Trapped! Parallels between domestic abuse and the true story of a warehouse fire
If a person has demonstrated a pattern of maliciously endangering others — and perhaps time has now passed and the wicked person may have reformed — it is wise to probe and test that person's heart before making oneself vulnerable to them. Is there any softening? Are there indications of genuine repentance? Can this person now be trusted? Have they somehow lost their… Continue reading Contriving a test to probe whether a hardened heart has repented (Is it always sinful to tell an untruth? — Part 3)
