While most of us would admit that abuse is wrong, there are still lies we believe that impact our actions and allow abuse to flourish.Here are just a few that I have observed as I’ve talked to people: * It’s better to be silent & cover up the abuse than […]
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I’m sure we have all been in the position of sharing a deep struggle with another Christian, only to have them respond with some spiritual one-liner that’s meant to make it all better. However, it often leaves us feeling worse. Sayings like “Just pray about it” or “God is good” […]
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Does it mean that as the man you get the final word? You must be obeyed by all in the house? That everyone must serve you? I agree with Ephesians 5:23 that man is the head of the home. I have no problem with this at all. What I do […]
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A few years ago I was attending a government meeting in my city on sexual violence. After two hours of discussion, with no real solutions, a woman stood up and in a passionate voice went on to tell her story. She was violently raped to the point where her back […]
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The book of Ruth opens in tragedy. Naomi’s husband dies and then her two sons. The grief she was carrying would have been overwhelming. Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth head back to Bethlehem. It was about a 7-10 day journey. The Bible makes it clear that Naomi was NOT the […]
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How do we encourage our young people to live powerful, purposeful and pure lives? After all, Jesus came that they would have life, and have it in abundance. That doesn’t mean they won’t make mistakes or struggle. But I believe that God has a grand plan for every young person. […]
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Good morning from beautiful Fiji. It’s Sunday morning and I’m about to head off to church, along with over half of the Fijian population. A sobering fact is that 2 in 3 women sitting in church today will have been the victims of rape, assault, or some sort of abuse. […]
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“What did you say?” were the thoughts running through my head as I was interviewing a former prostituted woman. Ally-Marie had grown up in New Zealand and as a little girl, she attended a church where men in that church sexually abused her and the leaders covered it up. “The […]
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If it isn’t traumatic enough to experience abuse or being raped, on top of this atrocity is the shame that so many victims carry for years, if not a lifetime. Shame tells a horrible lie that just maybe my abuse was my fault. It whispers other lies like, if I […]
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This is an all too common saying that we speak to a person who has messed up and now they are reaping the consequences and there’s not really any hope for the situationThis is a lie!!! Yes there will be consequences for some of our bad decisions, but that does […]
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