Emotional abuse is a feature of all abusive marriages and is far more pervasive and damaging than many people realise. When abuse is solely emotional, with no financial, sexual, social, physical or spiritual abuse along with it, victims find it immensely difficult to identify what is being to done to them. And most bystanders will… Continue reading Emotional Abuse: the silent killer in Christian Marriages
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Abuse victims are perceived as ‘unclean’; yet they reach for the fringe of Christ’s garment
(Matthew 9:18-26 ESV) While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.” And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples. And behold, a woman who had suffered from… Continue reading Abuse victims are perceived as ‘unclean’; yet they reach for the fringe of Christ’s garment