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He Never Hit Me: Annette’s Story of Emotional Abuse, Neglect, and Finding Freedom As a Christian lay divorce recovery leader for the past 25 years, it's been my privilege to hear a lot of stories of committed people of faith who had to leave their destructive...
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Why Can’t Christian Publishers Give Us a Really Good Christian Premarital Workbook? Before we got married, my boyfriend and I went through a Christian premarital workbook. Twenty years later, after an unwanted but much-needed divorce, I found that old workbook in a...
Why Focus on the Family’s Marriage Advice Fails When One Spouse Really Is the Problem The Problem with the Reactive Cycle (Formerly Called the Fear Cycle or Fear Dance) Infidelity, deception, pedophilia, addictions, and domestic abuse are not 50/50 marriage problems....
Q&A about Therapeutic Separations This article is for the spouse seeking safety and the people supporting them. It is not intended to be shared with the spouse causing the harm. [button...
The Love Dare Gives You 40 Days to Change. What If You’re Not the Problem? The Love Dare, by Alex and Stephen Kendrick, gives one spouse 40 days of specific things to do to strengthen a marriage. Be patient. Be thoughtful. Give. Forgive. Sacrifice. Show love even when...
How to Make Money After Divorce When You’ve Been a Stay-at-Home Mom No job, no career, no money? Practical ways to rebuild your income after divorce One of the scariest questions I hear from women considering divorce is this: “How will I support myself?” Maybe you’ve...
Focus on the Family helped teach a generation of Christian parents that control was love, punishment produced character, children should not be allowed to “win,” and resistance revealed a rebellious will. Now that some of those children have grown up and ended contact...
John Piper on Wife Abuse: Did He Retract His “Smacked One Night” Advice? A firestorm broke out when John Piper's video mentioning a wife "being smacked one night" was released. Many people have heard John Piper’s notorious advice that an abused wife might endure...
Photo note: These are the two photographs published together in John Piper’s own article, “For Noël on Our 39th Anniversary.” Piper introduces them with the words, “As you can see from the pictures, some things change.” This Momentary Marriage: When Merely “Staying...
Are Christian Donors Funding a System That Keeps Abuse Victims Married? Focus on the Family receives desperate calls about abuse every week. What happens next? Most Christians who give to Focus on the Family have good intentions. They love healthy marriage. They love...