by gbaskerville | Dec 5, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Divorce Saves Lives, But Focus on the Family Wants to Make it Harder for Abuse Victims to Divorce When “no fault” divorce laws started passing one state at a time, starting with Governor Ronald Reagan in California in 1969, researchers wanted to see the effect. In...
by gbaskerville | Dec 3, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Critique: Hope Restored Marriage Intensives Are Not the "Miracle" Abused Wives Seek If you are new, read this first: This is Part 1 of a series on Hope Restored Marriage Intensives. Click here for Part 2 About me: I'm a devout Evangelical Christian who attends church,...
by gbaskerville | Dec 2, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Review: "Feeling Trapped in Your Marriage": A Focus on the Family Article by Karen Scalf Bouchard If you are new, here's a quick overview: As Christians, we believe in God's plan for marriage, that it be loving, undefiled, and lifelong. But as decent human beings, we...
by gbaskerville | Oct 29, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
12 THINGS FOCUS ON THE FAMILY DOESN’T TELL YOU ABOUT DIVORCE AND CHRISTIANS As Christians, we believe in God's plan for marriage, that it be loving, undefiled, and lifelong. But we also believe divorce may be necessary in some cases. You know the kind of situations...
by gbaskerville | Jun 22, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Divorce and Children, Focus on the Family, For Pastors, Safe Churches & Friends
Fact check of the article “How Could Divorce Affect My Kids?” by Amy Desai, J.D., on the Focus on the Family website. WARNING: This article has 12 half-truths in it. It was written to mislead people to believe that divorce is universally destructive to...
by gbaskerville | May 19, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family, Gaslighting Examples, Safe Churches & Friends, Standers
This is a fact check of the article “Is Divorce The Right Answer? 15 Questions Couples Should Ask” by Dr. Angela Bisignano on the Focus on the Family website. WARNING: This article has 5 major factual errors. The author is wrong about many of her claims. She misquotes...
by gbaskerville | Apr 1, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Divorce Bible Verses, Focus on the Family, For Pastors
Focus on the Family Keeps Changing their View of Biblical Divorce —but Not for Abuse Victims Did you know Focus on the Family has held 3 conflicting views of biblical divorce in the past two years? It's so confusing. —Two reasons for divorce (but they don't...
by gbaskerville | Mar 18, 2021 | Abuse examples, Christians and Divorce, First-person stories, Focus on the Family, For Pastors
Summary: 25 reviews of Emerson Eggerichs's book Love and Respect by people who read the book. Most found it to be harmful. Many women say the book made their husbands feel entitled to abuse them, even though the wives bent over backwards to be respectful. If you’re...
by gbaskerville | Feb 26, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family, Myths
Who is this post for? For people who are divorced or considering it and want to defend themselves against misleading articles This page is for you if you are in destructive marriage and are thinking about divorce. Yet every time you read Christian articles...
by gbaskerville | Feb 10, 2021 | Abuse examples, Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family, For Pastors, Myths
Painful sex, marital rape, sexless marriages, and sexual coercion in Christian marriages are serious problems. Why do they exist? What can be done? VIDEO #1 HOW CAN WE HAVE BETTER SEX LIVES IN OUR MARRIAGES? In 2020, marriage author and researcher...