Does God Crush You Like a Rose to Make Perfume?
Someone wrote to me recently about songs that ask God to “crush me,” “wreck me,” and “consume me,” saying, If God can abuse his bride, yet tell her that it is for her good, of course a husband can do that to his. And both blame her for not trusting. This...“(Adult) Children Obey Your Parents”? Part Two, for Adults Raised in Patriarchy
Yesterday’s post presented the question from a reader and the first part of my answer, about wicked parents and how we as the body of Christ need to be teaching children to obey God rather than man. You can read Part One here. But what about controlling parents...“Children Obey Your Parents”? Part One
Here’s a letter I received last week: I have a long back story but to simplify for my question, I am in my early 50s, so raised my kids in the era of the home school conference you mentioned [in the post “Christian patriarchy: Here’s how you replaced God”]. ...Here’s an Abuse Survivor’s Plea about Nouthetic “Biblical” Counseling
Yesterday I published a synopsis of and response to “Helping Women with Child Sexual Abuse in Their Past,” by Zondra Scott, a teacher of nouthetic counselors (going by the name “Biblical counselors”) whose husband Stuart taught “Biblical...If “Jane” From The Master’s University Were to Seek “Biblical Counseling”
As Providence would have it, when “Jane’s” account of rape in the environment of The Master’s University went viral last week (link), I was barely aware, because I was cleaning bathrooms and listening to lectures on abuse. One of them was “Helping Women with Child...
I’m Rebecca Davis, a trauma-informed writer, book coach, speaker, compassionate witness, prayer minister, and lover of Jesus who lives in Greenville, South Carolina.
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