Addressing Abuse, Christian Marriage, Doctrine as Idol, Domestic Violence, Focus on the Family, Marriage, Spiritual Abuse

Blaming Abuse on Satan is Not Enough

It's time for Focus on the Family to start acknowledging abuse happens in Christian marriages.

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Sunday Gathering – January 12, 2020

This is your place to gather and share.

Book Review Series, Christian Marriage, Doctrine as Idol, Domestic Violence, Gender Roles, Marriage, Martha Peace, Spiritual Abuse

Book Review Series – “The Excellent Wife” by Martha Peace – Chapter Sixteen – Watch Your Words

This chapter is full of conflicting important points and is a reminder that verbal and emotional abuse is not appropriate.

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Sunday Gathering – January 5, 2020

This is your place to gather and share.

Self-Care

Taking a Break for the Week

We're taking a self-care break for the week.

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Sunday Gathering – December 29, 2019

This is your place to gather and share.

Christian Marriage, Dale Partridge, Marriage

Can a Spouse Love God, and at the Same Time Choose to Not Love Their Wife?

Just because a husband loves God does not mean he will pass on that love to his wife. And, if a couple does not believe in God, that does not mean they will have a loveless marriage.

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Sunday Gathering – December 22, 2019

Week 4 of Advent. This is your place to gather and share in an open format.

Book Review Series, Christian Marriage, Complementarianism, Doctrine as Idol, Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence and Churches, Gender Roles, Marriage, Martha Peace, Misuse of Scripture, Spiritual Abuse

Book Review Series – “The Excellent Wife” by Martha Peace – Chapter Fifteen – One Long, Unmotivating List

In this chapter, the author provides a list of ways wives are motivated to honor Christ in submission to their husbands. I'm motivated to cut out as much from the list as possible. ~Kathi

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Sunday Gathering – December 15, 2019

Week 3 of Advent. This is your place to gather and share in an open format.

Dale Partridge, Forgiveness, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Authority

The Not so Simple Act of Forgiving and Forgetting

Forgiving may come with time, but should we really forget?

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Sunday Gathering – December 8, 2019

Week 2 of Advent. This is your place to gather and share in an open format.

Biblical Counseling, Book Review Series, Christian Marriage, Complementarianism, Doctrine as Idol, Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence and Churches, Extra-Biblical Nonsense, Gender Roles, Marriage, Marriages Damaged-Destroyed by Sp. Ab., Martha Peace, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Authority, Women and the Church

Book Review Series – “The Excellent Wife” by Martha Peace – Chapter Fourteen – A Wife’s Orderly Way to Respond to Her Husband’s Evil Responses

How does a Christian wife respond to her husband's evil behavior? This orderly list provides more harm than help.

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Sunday Gathering – December 1, 2019

This is your place to gather and share in an open format.

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Sunday Gathering – November 24, 2019

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SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Sunday Gathering – November 17, 2019

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9Marks, Church Lingo, Doctrine as Idol, Extra-Biblical Nonsense, No-Talk Rule

The Church Member Check List: Do you fall on the good church member list or the bad church member list?

Do you fall on the good church member list or the bad church member list?

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Sunday Gathering – November 10, 2019

This is your place to gather and share in an open format.

Book Review Series, Christian Marriage, Complementarianism, Doctrine as Idol, Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence and Churches, Gender Roles, Marriage, Martha Peace, Spiritual Abuse

Book Review Series – “The Excellent Wife” by Martha Peace – Chapter Thirteen – Submission Provides Protection?

It’s obvious that in Peace’s world of submission, a husband can behave any way he likes without consequence; otherwise, options would be given to wives for how to deal with abusive behaviors.

SSB Sunday Gathering

SSB Sunday Gathering – November 3, 2019

This is your place to gather and share in an open format.