The FAQs: Report Reveals Sexual Abuse Cover-Up by Southern Baptist Entity

The FAQs: Report Reveals Sexual Abuse Cover-Up by Southern Baptist Entity – “On Sunday, a 288-page report commissioned by the Southern Baptist Convention was released that finds allegations of sexual abuse were ignored or covered up for nearly 20 years by senior members of the denomination’s Executive Committee.”

Is Physical Abuse Biblical Grounds for Divorce?

Is Physical Abuse Biblical Grounds for Divorce? – There is a lot to consider here and key Bible passages are addressed. While there is much debate on the issues, I land where this author did.

Emotional and Verbal Abuse Within Marriage

Emotional and Verbal Abuse Within Marriage – What is it and what do we do about it?

Toward a Better Discussion about Abuse

Toward a Better Discussion about Abuse – “For some, the most pressing concern is obviously that abuse is perpetrated, minimized, and covered up in the church. For others, there is another concern, that abuse is becoming a totalizing category and that even the accusation of abuse takes down everyone and everything in its path.”

Did Bathsheba Sin with David?

Did Bathsheba Sin with David? – “David didn’t invite Bathsheba. He didn’t woo her. He didn’t lure her. He didn’t trick her. He took her.”

Words: A Hidden Weapon of Domestic Abuse

Words: A Hidden Weapon of Domestic Abuse – “When we think about domestic abuse, we tend to think about acts of physical violence. This assumption about domestic abuse causes us to miss the fact that the primary weapon abusers use against their victims is not their fists but their words.”

4 Messages Esther Offers the #MeToo Generation

4 Messages Esther Offers the #MeToo Generation – “Here are four principles from Esther’s story to encourage and challenge this generation of believers.”

How to Talk to Kids About Sexual Abuse

How to Talk to Kids About Sexual Abuse – “It’s a difficult conversation but we must learn how to talk to kids about sexual abuse.”

How Can I Forgive My Parents for Childhood Abuse?

How Can I Forgive My Parents for Childhood Abuse? – “Jesus teaches that an unforgiving heart is an unforgiven heart.”

How to See Human-Trafficking Victims, Even in Your Church

How to See Human-Trafficking Victims, Even in Your Church – Sadler defines human trafficking as “the exploitation of vulnerability for commercial gain.” Human trafficking, he asserts, can happen anywhere, “because there are vulnerable people everywhere”

Five Ways to Help Protect Your Kids from Sexual Abuse

Five Ways to Help Protect Your Kids from Sexual Abuse – “It is always the right time to be educating children on concrete, age-appropriate safety skills.”

Trauma Experts Share How to Care for and Support Sexual Abuse Survivors

Trauma Experts Share How to Care for and Support Sexual Abuse Survivors – “Survivors need to be heard and understood; not just once, but over the long haul. They need Christians who are willing to walk beside them in their process of healing, however long that takes.”

Victims of Innocent Suffering: Biblical Help and Hope

Victims of Innocent Suffering: Biblical Help and Hope – “Where is God when such tragedies occur?”

Southern Baptists and the Scandal of Church Sexual Abuse

Southern Baptists and the Scandal of Church Sexual Abuse – “Nothing is worse than the use of the name of Jesus to prey on the vulnerable.”

The SBC’s Resolution on Abuse

The SBC’s Resolution on Abuse – “A resolution “On Abuse”  was approved overwhelmingly by the Southern Baptist Convention yesterday. 

What About Divorce and Abuse?

What About Divorce and Abuse? – “Evangelicals have never been monolithic in their views about divorce. Some believe that the Bible disallows divorce altogether. Others believe that the Bible allows for divorce in certain situations (see Matt. 19 and 1 Cor. 7). There is no one view on divorce that has commanded the consensus of evangelicals.”