posted by Rebecca Those lights strung across the ceiling, they said, had been hung there for a wedding. The gentle glow made a perfect substitute for the harsh fluorescents in the Listening Room. This was a time to shine the light, …
Will you sit with me in my pain? Will you be there without trying to say a word? Even though I’m not as far along As you would like to see, Will you love me anyway? Will you walk with …
I write this with some trepidation, but that hearkens back to my days in a loving, but strict IFB home. I have never been physically abused, and both of my parents were kind, Godly people with a great love for …
Radio interview with Bob Jones Third, Chancellor of Bob Jones University, on September 27, 2015, with Roisin McAuley of the BBC (this section first posted at WutBJU, full interview here). Commentary on BJ3’s remarks is posted below. The part of the interview …
posted by Kristi Christian author, Matthew Elliott, asserts the following in Chapter 4 of his book “Feel: The Power of Listening to Your Heart”: “The problem is that we’re taught by the church and our culture that emotions are not reliable …
posted by Rebecca Last night it was revealed that Josh Duggar of “19 Kids and Counting” apparently had two accounts on the uber-secret-private “Life-is-short-have-an-affair” Ashley Madison adultery website. (Well, it wasn’t so uber-secret-private that it couldn’t be hacked and its …
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The author of this allegory, a Bob Jones University abuse survivor who identifies herself as “Elder Chick,” has said, “What little spark of faith I still had died during the fallout of the GRACE investigation.” She now classifies herself as …
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shared from the MKSafetyNet Facebook page The words of an abuse survivor are powerful words. After seeing this cartoon on the MKSafetyNet Facebook page (MK = missionary kid), with its small, nearly invisible child abuse victim, Julia (not her real …
One of the most common sad statements we’ve heard from BJU-related abuse survivors is that they can no longer read the Bible, because the Bible was often twisted by the abuser to justify the abuse, and then in counseling it …
posted by Rebecca This critique of nouthetic counseling comes in the form of a book review of the booklet Godliness through Discipline, by Jay Adams, the founder of nouthetic counseling. Because the booklet, available online in full, not only outlines the basics of nouthetic …
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