Understanding Divorce Rates in the U.S.: Terms, Formulas, and Lifetime Risk When people talk about the divorce rate in the United States, they’re often referencing different...
Christians and Divorce
Quiz: Moral Injury & Christian Abuse Survivors who Divorce
Moral Injury and Christian Abuse Survivors who Divorce Scroll down to the Moral Injury Quiz below. What is Moral Injury? The concept of “Moral injury” refers to the...
Focus on the Family’s “PEDOPHILIA IN MARRIAGE” Article—10 Pros and 10 Cons UPDATED
Critique of the Focus on the Family article: "PEDOPHILIA in MARRIAGE" - UPDATED 10 Pros and 10 Cons about their Advice . (Summary: Does Focus on the Family's article"Pedophilia...
12 Ways to Help a Christian Who is Being Abused by Their Spouse
HOW TO HELP A FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS BEING EMOTIONALLY, SEXUALLY, SPIRITUALLY, OR FINANCIALLY ABUSED—BUT WON’T LEAVE FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS A woman reached out to me for help to...
No Contact versus The Silent Treatment: Definition and Quiz
What's the Difference Between No Contact and The Silent Treatment? People often wonder: What does it mean that my spouse is refusing to talk? Is my husband or wife using "gray...
Review of “The Power of a Praying Wife” by Stormie Omartian
VIDEO REVIEW of THE POWER OF A PRAYING WIFE by Stormie Omartian For people wondering why so many Christian women say that "The Power of a Praying Wife" book is destructive...
How Can I Claim to be the Innocent Spouse? I Had My Faults Too!
Who Destroyed the Marriage? Recently in my private Facebook group, we were talking about "Who destroyed the marriage?" In half of the divorces in the United States, one spouse...
God Hates Abuse
God's View on Cruel Treatment The Bible says that cruel treatment is serious. Even slaves were to be treated with respect. In Exodus 21:26-27, we learn that a slave owner had to...
New! Audiobook for The Life-Saving Divorce
The Life-Saving Divorce Audiobook is Here! The NEW AUDIOBOOK version of The Life-Saving Divorce by Gretchen Baskerville is now available! Get it now: https://amzn.to/4fZAaa3 For...
Pros and Cons of Texas Covenant Marriage Legislation (89(R) HB 732). Sample Letter
See below for a Sample Letter to Address the Pros and Cons of Texas Covenant Marriage Legislation (89(R) HB 931). The bill has some good features, but it makes it difficult to...
There Is No Divorce Crisis. We have a Sin Crisis.
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... If you're new to my blog, read this first. I'm a committed Christian who started leading Christian divorce recovery...
Focus on the Family Teaches Abusers How to Get Away With It
9 Dangerous Teachings from the Focus on the Family 6-Part Video Series: "Finding Hope for Your Hurting Marriage" This is an UNSAFE Series for Abuse Victims: It Teaches...
Book Review: “Them Before Us” by Katy Faust and Stacy Manning
12 Serious Problems with Them Before Us by Katy Faust and Stacy Manning As a Christian, I really wanted to like this book by a Baptist pastor's wife, Katy Faust and her friend,...
Critique: “Divorced: What to Do When,” Focus on the Family article, by Ron Blue, Jeremy L. White
Critique: "Divorced: What to Do When," Focus on the Family article, by Ron Blue, Jeremy L. White This is a critique and analysis of the Focus on the Family article,...
Marriage Myth: It Takes “Two to Tango” and “All Marriage Problems are 50/50”
This is Myth 7 of 27 Myths about marriage and divorce that aren't likely to be true of people who love God and take their faith seriously. These messages make us worry if we're...
Focus on the Family’s 3-Point Strategy for Gaslighting Wives in Destructive Marriages
Focus on the Family's 3-Point Strategy for Gaslighting Wives to Stay in Destructive Marriages Did you know Focus on the Family uses three methods to manipulate wives to...
12 Positive Outcomes of Divorce that Nobody Told Us
12 POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF LIFE-SAVING DIVORCES...THAT NOBODY TOLD US Believe it or not, most Americans place a high value on marriage. We long for a marriage that is loving,...
My $200 Offer: U.S. Focus on the Family Doesn’t Condone Divorce for Domestic Violence…EVER
Someday I hope to pay this $200 award. (I've been offering a reward for months.) Someday I hope U.S. Focus on the Family will officially condone divorce for domestic violence and...
Critique: “Marriage is Hard. Divorce is Hard. Choose Your Hard.”
Critique of the Saying, "Marriage is Hard. Divorce is Hard. Choose Your Hard" There's a meme going around the internet and it starts with the line "Marriage is Hard....
Abusive Marriage? It Might Not Be Your Fault You Didn’t See Red Flags
3 Reasons You Missed the Red Flags and Got into a Abusive or Unfaithful Marriage It's not your fault. People may accuse you of ignoring the warning signs before the...
How to Defend Yourself against “You Made Your Bed; Now Lie in It”
How to Defend Yourself against "You Made Your Bed; Now Lie in It" 3 Reasons You Didn't See Warning Signs or Red Flags The surest sign that a person is a fake friend is one who...