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Barbara Roberts shares her personal experience of domestic abuse and how she identified biblical grounds for divorce for abuse.

24th September 202325th September 2023 Barbara Roberts18 Comments

I've just found an audio interview I gave in 2011. I have never shared this interview at this blog before. That illustrates how muddle-headed I can sometimes be. Too many balls in the air…I lose track. And over the years, moving from a Microsoft computer, to an Apple laptop, to a newer model Apple… Continue reading Barbara Roberts shares her personal experience of domestic abuse and how she identified biblical grounds for divorce for abuse.

King David turned a blind eye to Tamar’s rape. Absalom told her to suck it up.

13th July 202313th July 2023 Barbara Roberts7 Comments

When Tamar was raped, David took no action. When Dinah was raped, Jacob took no action. Both men reaped terrible consequences for their passivity. So-called Christian men who turn a blind eye to the epidemic of men abusing women will reap terrible consequences for their passivity.