It has been proven repeatedly that childhood trauma, such as sexual and physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological abuse, can last throughout a person’s lifetime. These childhood traumatic experiences are even worse when the child is offered little to no protection or the events are minimized or normalized. Last year, I received three separate phone calls […]
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Dr. James Dobson Says, “Tough Love,” to a Victim of Domestic Violence – “Force the matter to crisis… Let him rage if he must rage…”
On October 26, 2015 Dr. James Dobson, highly acclaimed Christian psychologist and founder of “Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk” and author of over 30 books that are dedicated to the Christian family, posted his response to a victim of domestic violence on his blog. The full article can be found here.
As an expert in the field of domestic abuse, I was beyond appalled at his directive to this woman whose husband was a leader in the church, a prominent lawyer, and well respected in their community.
With a heart-wrenching letter to Dr. Dobson, she wrote about her recently loosened teeth and the fact that, “The beatings are becoming more frequent and more violent as time goes by,” (which, by the way, is a statistical fact).
The writer feared her husband would “blow up” if she asked him to seek counseling and as a Christian she did not “believe in…
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Domestic Violence within the Church: The Ugly Truth – Christian News Headlines
EDITOR’S NOTE: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.A woman I’ll call “Marleen” went to her pastor for help. “My husband is abusing me,” she told him. “Last week he knocked me down and kicked me. He broke one of my ribs.”Marleen’s pastor was sympathetic.
He prayed with Marleen—and then he sent her home. “Try to be more submissive,” he advised. “After all, your husband is your spiritual head.”Two weeks later, Marleen was dead—killed by an abusive husband. Her church could not believe it. Marleen’s husband was a Sunday school teacher and a deacon.
How could he have done such a thing?Tragically, studies reveal that spousal abuse is just as common within the evangelical churches as anywhere else.
This means that about 25 percent of Christian homes witness abuse of some kind.These numbers may shock you—and they certainly shocked me—so you may be wondering if the studies were done by secular researchers hostile to the church. I can assure you, sadly, they were not.
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Source: Domestic Violence within the Church: The Ugly Truth – Christian News Headlines
A Broken Vessel of Honor | Bloom In the Dark
October 14, 2015 A Broken Vessel of Honor As a victim of childhood rape, I didn’t see how I could ever be a “vessel of honor” for God. As any child who’s been abused, I thought everything was my fault. As the years continued and different types of abuse piled up, I had absolute proof it must be my fault. I must have been created warped and messed up. Like a child making a clay jar in school, God must have been having a bad day when He designed me. I was misshapen. I couldn’t stand straight. I had holes and bulges. I was incapable of holding anything.
A Broken Vessel of Honor | Bloom In the Dark
October 14, 2015A Broken Vessel of HonorAs a victim of childhood rape, I didn’t see how I could ever be a “vessel of honor” for God. As any child who’s been abused, I thought everything was my fault. As the years continued and different types of abuse piled up, I had absolute proof it must be my fault.I must have been created warped and messed up. Like a child making a clay jar in school, God must have been having a bad day when He designed me. I was misshapen. I couldn’t stand straight. I had holes and bulges. I was incapable of holding anything.
Would Holy and Reverent please return to the building…. You are desperately needed.
Holly and David Ashley were banned from the North Phoenix Baptist Church “80’s” page after responding to discussions regarding this post… mind you someone else posted it – How’s that for making my point!
Would Holy and Reverent please return to the building…. You are desperately needed..
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