The Christian Patriarchy Movement’s Dark Secret of Wife Spanking
* * * As Doug Phillips and his Vision Forum ministry is sinking, stories of abuse among Christian Patriarchy are surfacing: domestic violence, wife spanking, etc, among other well-known...
View ArticleThe Children of Divorce and Abuse in Marriage
Divorce: Do children bear the sins of their parents’ divorce? Is it better to remain married even with abuse? What is the church teaching us about divorce and abuse by their silence on the subject?...
View ArticleA Pastor is Challenged after Releasing a Disturbing and Potentially Dangerous...
Article by Pastor D. Scott Meadows’ article, A Christian Wife’s Marriage Catechism, creates a stir among the survivor community. I’ve been watching an important sequence of events unfolding in the...
View ArticleChristian Domestic Discipline (Wife Spanking): A Personal Story, and a Closer...
Christian Domestic Discipline, “wife spanking,” Christian Patriarchy Movement, Spanking of Adult Children, Denominational Practices and teachings *** Two summers ago, I received a phone call from a...
View ArticleCBMW and Owen Strachan Tweets that the Church is Better at Handling Domestic...
Owen Strachan and the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) thinks the church handles domestic violence against women better than secular culture. *** Filed under: Council for Bibl. Manhood...
View ArticleThe Blogger at “Biblical Gender Roles” is Taken To Task Proving that His...
How Biblical Gender Role’s Discipline Advice is Actually Abuse by Kathi This past weekend I may have caused some fine folks’ blood pressure to rise by sharing blogger, Biblical Gender Role’s “7 Ways to...
View ArticleDomestic Violence, Jim and Doug Wilson, and Damaging Pastoral Response to...
Christ Church’s Pastor Doug Wilson, Jim Wilson, Domestic Violence, Pastoral Response to Abuse, Marriage October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, is wrapping up. In my research on Pastor Doug Wilson...
View ArticleA Pastor Speaks Out: The Church and Abused Women
The church, domestic violence, women, pastors, spousal abuse A couple days ago, I was informed about a note a pastor had written to another pastor regarding spiritual abuse. This spiritual...
View ArticleThree Pastors Challenge Dr. James Dobson’s Advice on Domestic Violence Which...
Dr. James Dobson, Love Must Be Tough, Domestic Violence, Spousal Abuse, Church, Jeff Crippen, Mike Sloan, Neil Schori ** Recently, an article was posted at Dr. James Dobson’s website and Facebook page....
View ArticleSaeed and Naghmeh Abedini — Two Kinds of Violence, Both Still a Prison
Pastor Saeed Abedini, #FreeSaeed, Released from Prison, Domestic Violence, Naghmeh It has been reported by the wife of Pastor Saeed Abedini and in many news sources that Pastor Saeed has been...
View ArticlePastor Saeed Abedini Releases a Public Statement Denying Abuse Allegations...
Pastor Saeed Abedini,Nagmeh, Domestic Violence, Public Statement Idaho Statesman has issued a public statement by Saeed Abedini as follows: Two weeks ago today I was released from an Iranian prison...
View ArticleDomestic Violence is NOT a Marriage Issue, but an Abuse Issue
Domestic Violence, Naghmeh and Saeed Abedini, Divorce, Marriage, Abuse, Church Response to Abuse Earlier today, I participated in a discussion at SharperIron.org. The discussion is about Saeed and...
View ArticleSaeed Abedini and Franklin Graham Promote “Couples Counseling” to Reconcile...
Experts on the dynamics of abuse strongly recommend separate, individual counseling for abuser and victim, not couples counseling. If abusers refuse to work through individual counseling on their...
View ArticlePastor Saeed Abedini Unwilling to Seek Abuse Counseling
Naghmeh Abedini, statement, Pastor Saeed Abedini, Domestic Violence, Counseling A short while ago, Naghmeh released a public statement on her Facebook page: IMPORTANT UPDATE: Dearest friends and...
View ArticleLearn to Discern: Pastor John Raymond, in His Own Words
Pastor John Raymond, New Horizon Calvary Chapel Church, Slidell, Louisiana, Steven Angle, Spiritual Abuse Yesterday on Facebook, journalist Ashley Rodrigue of WWLTV posted the following press release...
View ArticleA Challenge to Abused Christian Women Regarding Teachings on Divorce
e *** Divorce, domestic violence, church teachings on Biblical divorce, David Instone-Brewer, abuse, Patriarchy, submission *** For years and years, I was taught that the only reasons Christians...
View ArticleWife Asks for Input Regarding Her Husband Who Paddles Her
Wife Spanking, Christian Domestic Discipline, Domestic Violence *** You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show...
View ArticleSaeed Abedini: Files for Divorce, Seeks Money for New Ministry, and Recently...
Saeed Abedini, Naghmeh, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Arrest for Violating Restraining Order, Seeks Money for New Ministry Yesterday, Naghmeh Abedini, wife of Saeed Abedini, reported on Facebook that her...
View Article1-1/2 years Later, Bethlehem Baptist Church Doesn’t Seem to get Domestic...
Bethlehem Baptist Church, Pastor Jason Meyer, Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse, Spiritual Abuse Almost exactly 1-1/2 years ago, I wrote an article about John Piper’s former church, Bethlehem Baptist...
View ArticlePastor Phil Johnson Shows His Heart toward Domestic Violence Victim
Domestic Violence, Phil Johnson, Grace Community Church, John MacArthur *** This post needs little commentary. Pastor Phil Johnson is Pastor John MacArthur’s right-hand man at Grace Community Church. I...
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