by gbaskerville | Dec 21, 2021 | Book Reviews, Focus on the Family, Gaslighting Examples
Review of the book "Lies Women Believe" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. Summary: It is not recommended for wives in abusive or destructive relationships. Review of Lies Women Believe Many Christian women, especially Baby Boomers, have been influenced by a Christian book LIES...
by gbaskerville | Dec 11, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, For Pastors, Safe Churches & Friends
This table shows every known divorce among the Massachusetts Puritans 1639-1692. There are 40 divorces listed and the columns give the record location and page, the date, the names of the individuals, the cause of the divorce, the court (the jurisdiction), and the...
by gbaskerville | Dec 10, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, Focus on the Family
Note: Focus on the Family has had an article about pedophilia on their site since 2015. We know that Focus on the Family frequently praises the Duggar family online, mainly the parents who brought up 19 children, including Josh Duggar who was convicted of federal...
by gbaskerville | Dec 6, 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 I know it's shocking. But Focus on the Family does not condone divorce for domestic violence EVER. And they want to make divorce harder to get with no exceptions for...
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
Focus on the Family Refuses to Give Evidence for Their Claims About the Hope Restored Marriage Intensives 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...
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 | Nov 23, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, For Pastors, Safe Churches & Friends
SWITCH CHURCHES, OR STAY, WHEN YOU DIVORCE? Nearly 6 in 10 Christians switch churches and leave their former church when they divorce. Lifeway Research (affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention) did a survey of church-going Christian divorcees and found that...
by gbaskerville | Nov 5, 2021 | Abuse examples, Christians and Divorce, For Pastors, Safe Churches & Friends
1-in-4 Highly Religious U.S. Marriages Have Abuse How many Christian marriages have abuse (intimate partner violence)? It’s difficult to believe, but the conservative pro-marriage researchers at the Institute for Family Studies, have reported that 1-in-4...
by gbaskerville | Nov 3, 2021 | Christians and Divorce, For Pastors, Safe Churches & Friends
Review of DivorceCare® Divorce Recovery Groups: Pros and Cons DivorceCare® (DC) is a conservative Christian divorce recovery program used in about 10% of Protestant churches. It runs 13 weeks typically. To find a group near you, click here:...
