Question: Wouldn’t a godly wife meekly submit “in everything, as to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:24)—including domestic violence—“til death us do part”? (statistically, death at his hand is a real possibility) Question: Isn’t it “acceptable with God” to “endure grief, suffering wrongfully”? (I Peter 2 & 3) In a previous post,

How does a young mother survive losing two babies? (a press interview with Nancy Guthrie) At KCC’s #OneLove14 women’s event and #Oxygen2014 week-long conference last month in Sydney, the speaker that touched my heart the most was Nancy Guthrie. Here are questions the press asked Nancy and her candid answers.

A lady tells her pastor’s wife Lauren, “I wish I could talk to you about problems that I’m having in my marriage but I don’t think you’d understand. Your marriage is so perfect and your husband is so gentle.” Lauren says something about how the Bible has all the answers.

I wanted to share one more post about my experience at KCC’s One Love Women’s Conference last Saturday. Though all three sessions were amazing, Bryan Chapell’s touched me the most. His topic was “Just Mary: An Expression of Christ’s Love for the Vulnerable” from Colossians 3. He started out addressing

Nancy Guthrie just spoke at One Love women’s convention here today, helping us understand how to respond to God’s amazing love. From John 21 where Jesus asked Peter three times “Do you love me?” we see Jesus graciously offering forgiveness for the three times Peter denied him. Words can’t be

Isn’t God so awesome how he does that… when what someone presents from his word is just meant personally for each lady in the convention centre today?! Personally for all of them, even though they are each in a different stage of life with different needs! That’s what happened in

And so begins Series 4 of our marital abuse posts: helping the abused. Up until now, my goal has been to define abuse. Below is a list of the topics we’ve covered so far. Series 1: How to spot an abuser Series 2: Why the abused stay Series 3: Why

In this series on why abusers abuse, we discussed the lust for power and how it turns into an addiction. One other idea to explore is the part an abuser’s background plays in his current behaviour. Facts “In a family where violence is observed by the children, but not addressed

In the last post , I suggested that narcissistic obsession with power is the root of abusive behaviour. It does not take many instances in which a new husband exerts his authority at the expense of his wife—and she allows this (believing God wants her to submit to everything her

Abuse is evil. God hates it!1 Why does an abuser abuse? What is going through his mind? Abuse of power Jason Harris explains the relationship between abuse and power. Abuse implies there is power given for the purpose of protecting and building those under the abuser’s authority, not for self-serving