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15th April, 2022 (Easter weekend) It was us who killed him.Not God.God did not require the death of Jesus. No wonder domestic abuse is rife in our churches.If the church is the Bride we turn the Bridegroom into an abusive husband.We portray God as abusive so is it any wonder we condone, commit or expect …
Tuesday 16th May, 2023 I say I’m going to stay away from controversial topics like abortion but then I hear a show like the show I heard on Premier Christian Radio this morning that really gets my hackles up, and besides, I don’t think we really can talk about domestic abuse without talking about abortion. …
Monday 15th May, 2023 Really? Like that the earth is flat? Or that horoscopes are real? Or that my abuser really is sorry and really wants to change? God doesn’t want us to be naive, Proverbs 14:15 tells us “The simple believe everything, but the clever consider their steps” we’re also warned to exercise discernment, …
Tuesday 9th May, 2023 Love bears up under pressure.I used to think this meant I always had to be the strong one. If I love someone I will bear their burdens, I will hold up, I will not crumble.When my husband was losing his temper because of I would bear with him, I would tolerate, …
Friday 5th May, 2023 Unless you’ve lived under a rock the last decade you are no doubt aware that the church is becoming increasingly divided over the issue of equal marriage in the church. I don’t exactly shy away from sharing my thoughts on the issue but that’s not what this post is about. My …
7th July, 2021 About five or six years ago I made a decision to be a promiscuous Christian. I don’t regret it for a minute. And I don’t think God has a problem with it either. I reached my decision a few years after I’d got divorced and I realised that the bible doesn’t actually …
Tuesday 2nd May, 2023 Love delights in the truth But that doesn’t mean you get to hurt people by sharing your unsolicited opinions and then claiming “I’m just speaking the truth in love” ….. Because this verse does not stand in isolation from the rest of the passage, if love is kind and humble, if …
Friday 28th April, 2023 Wrongdoing. In some versions this word is translated “evil” “iniquity” “injustice” “unrighteousness” and in a couple of translations it’s not written as rejoicing in one’s own evil but that of others; “does not gloat over other people’s sins” or “doesn’t revel when others grovel” or “rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness” Which …
Weds 26th April, 2023 I didn’t mean to take so long away from writing blogs and updating social media over Easter, it just sort of happened. Life sort of happened, busyness happened and a chaotic camping trip in the mud and the rain happened. Life is chaotic sometimes, but it is good. It was during …
Monday 20th March, 2023 I designed my future house when I was about seven years old. I say house, mansion is a more appropriate word; I planned to be rich. Naturally my house had two study rooms, one for me and one for my husband, and enough bedrooms for each of the five children to …