October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and many pastors are asking: How should the church address domestic violence from the pulpit? If you are looking for sermon ideas on...
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Official Christian Denominational Divorce Rules: Abuse, Adultery, and Remarriage
Official Christian Denominational Divorce Rules: Abuse, Adultery, and Remarriage Side-by-side comparison chart of more than 45 church denominations' public policies ▶️ Watch the...
Dear Pastor (Notes from an Abused Christian Wife)
(Background: Here are two letters from devout Christian wives who were abuse victims. Brenda L. gave me permission to share her notes publicly. When she went to her former pastor...
Will Your Church Support Divorce for Abuse? 48 Christian Denominations Compared
About Me: If you're new to my blog, read this first. I'm a committed Evangelical Christian. I began leading Christian divorce recovery groups in conservative churches in 1998....
Why So Many Faithful Divorcees Can’t Find a Safe Church Home
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If you're new to my blog, read this first. I started leading Christian divorce recovery groups in Evangelical churches in 1998. I write about "life-saving divorces," those...
Sermon Ideas for Domestic Violence Awareness Month – October
Sermon Ideas for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October) This is the best domestic violence sermon I've ever heard. It's from Pastor Neil Schori, of the Edge Church, Aurora,...
Southern Baptists make Evangelicalism Unsafe for Abused Wives & Husbands
Abused and Betrayed Christian Divorcees are Leaving the Church Today, I'm going after the Southern Baptists who in 2010 made the lives of abused wives and abused husbands just a...
Marriage Is a Conditional Covenant (Not an Unbreakable Promise)
Marriage Is a Conditional Covenant (Not an Unbreakable Promise) Biblically, marriage is a conditional covenant—not an unconditional one. Marriage includes mutual vows, and...
Do Evangelicals Shoot Their Own Wounded Divorcees?
Do Evangelicals Shoot Their Own Wounded Divorcees? I’ll never forget sitting in church listening to my beloved pastor preach on marriage. I’d been in church since birth, and in...
John Piper on Divorce: Does Divorce Destroy the Image of Christ and the Church?
Will Your Divorce Destroy the Image of Christ and the Church? John Piper’s Counsel to Christians Whose Friends Are Divorcing In a widely circulated “Ask Pastor John” video...
Pastors Who Accept Physical and Emotional Abuse as Grounds for Divorce
The tide is turning. In 2015, nearly 3 in 4 Protestant pastors surveyed by LifeWay Research reported they did not view divorce for physical abuse as a sin, according to this...
What is a Life-Saving Divorce?
What Is a Life-Saving Divorce? Not a Frivolous Exit — It Is A Divorce for Serious Harm The Opposite of “I’m Bored” or “The Grass Is Greener” A life-saving divorce is a divorce...
How I Changed My Mind About Divorce: Steve Daugherty
Pastor Steve Daughtery — "Gretchen's work is on that level. It ranges from game changing to life changing. Everyone needs this level of encouragement. You're going to want to...