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Friday 26th May, 2023 The last few descriptions of love all go together really, love bears, believes, hopes and endures. We are presented with a picture of love not as one that puts up with abuse, as many of us may have been taught to believe, but as one wholly committed to ‘pulling together’ in …
Monday 22nd May, 2023 If you’re a Christian and you’re following the example of Jesus then yes, yes you do. Moreover you should want to. Submission is a dirty word in our culture, misused by abusers, sexualised by the porn industry and generally misunderstood. But Jesus submitted and God wants us to do so too, …
Friday 19th May, 2023 There’s a reason I chose Always Hopeful as the name of my domestic abuse recovery programme.I thought I was hopeful when I was married.I hoped he’d be in a good mood each day, I hoped he’d be too tired to want sex when he came to bed at night, I hoped …
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 …