Lisa suffered terrible domestic violence for sixteen years. She's kindly written her story for us. She's just started her own blog A New Free Life. There are many aspects of this story that our readers will relate to. If you are a survivor of abuse where physical violence wasn't part of the package, please don't… Continue reading Sixteen years of abuse, and then more from the church (Part 1)
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Abuse and Nouthetic Counseling: A Firsthand Analysis of the Harm it Does
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
