Domestic Abuse

10th December 2022 The last day of the 16 Days of Activism falls on Human Rights Day. Handy really because Women’s Rights are Human Rights.I want to issue that invitation to men again, to come alongside us and purposefully and intentionally work with us to end the epidemic of violence against women. I’m not going …

9th December 2022 If the cause of Domestic Abuse lies in broken masculinity and broken femininity as a result of Adam and Eve’s sin then the answer to Domestic Abuse must surely lie in Jesus, after all he came to restore and heal and put all that stuff right. Sadly, I believe a lot of …

8th December 2022 There’s always some feminist in the news moaning about something isn’t there?Boy clothes having slogans like “little mischief maker” on whilst girls say “little princess” or some comedian making a sexist joke. It seems we’re not even allowed to like a good old fashioned Les Dawson Mother-in-law joke these days eh? But …

7th December 2022“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 Imagine you’re fleeing war. You’ve lost your home, you’re injured and enemy soldiers are hot on your tail. You’re hungry, cold, homeless and your life is in danger. Then suddenly, you lift your eyes to the horizon and see …

6th December 2022 My glory days are the late nineties. I left school in 1994 and life really began. My mate got a car; the pub next door to college didn’t care that we were underage; Oasis were topping the charts. and it felt like the sun was always shining. I wasn’t the only one …

5th December 2022 There’s actually two accounts of creation in Genesis. One account is in chapter 1 and it says“So God created humankind In his image, In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27) In chapter 2 we read the more familiar account where God says “it …

4th December 2022 So how do we work together to end violence against women?We start by correcting those images of masculinity and femininity we hold. Masculinity isn’t toxic. Being male isn’t toxic. Jesus was male and Jesus wasn’t toxic. When we talk about getting rid of Toxic Masculinity we’re not talking about “getting rid of …

3rd December 2022 Of course it wasn’t only masculinity that got broken. The media talks about “Toxic Masculinity” because it is loud, in your face and obvious. Because it kills men by suicide and women by violence, because to be honest, we’re getting sick of defending it, phrases like “locker room banter” and “boys will …

2nd December 2022 The root cause of Domestic Abuse is summarised in Genesis 3:16. As a result of sin entering the world, man would “rule over” woman. Sadly, some Christians seem to interpret this text as a command from God, they fail to recognise that God is lamenting the consequences of sin and seem to …

1st December 2022 But what about the men experiencing Domestic Abuse? They’re experiencing “Intimate Terrorism” too, why aren’t they getting 16 days? After all, according to Mankind, a third of all domestic abuse victims are men. Indeed, a third of all police callouts for domestic abuse are to male victims. Yet the picture is more …