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12 Tactics of Hidden Emotional & Psychological Abuse
Written by Jenn Nestler Emotional and psychological abuse can often go undetected for long periods of time, as it often comes across in ways that are not obvious and can even seem coincidental or accidental. This form of abuse is usually hidden from everyone,...
How Can a Person Be Spiritually Gifted While Also Being an Abuser or Predator?
Written by Jake Kail Over the last several years, the church has been rocked with scandals and and exposures of sexual sin, abuse, and predatory actions of ministry leaders. From mainline denominational churches, to charismatic/Pentecostal, to non-denominational, to...
25 Signs of Spiritual Abuse
Written by Jill Monico I don't like writing this kind of post. It's so sad to me that we have to even describe what spiritual abuse looks like. When I first started serving in vocational ministry I always messed up (or so I thought). So many times I thought I wasn't...
How to Pray When You’re Triggered
Written by Jill Monico I recently sent an email about how to respond when you're triggered to my email list as part of a FREEDOM DEVOTIONAL. I write as often as God leads me. I've received so many messages about how it helped people that I thought I'd make it a...
It’s Just a Hand, What’s so Bad About That?
Written by Dawn Weaver There is no doubt that pornography has become a pervasive influence in our culture. This multi-billion dollar industry is aggressively making inroads into our society at an alarming rate. You no longer have to look for porn; it is looking for...
How Should the Church Respond to Abusers?
Written by Dr. Diane Langberg, Ph.D There has been much discussion about what a church should do when confronted with an abuser in its midst. Such a question cannot begin to be adequately or wisely answered unless we first grasp the truth of what it means to be an...
Five Steps toward Change
Written by Renée Bosco For much of the last three years, I have spent a large amount of time walking through the intricacies of a church leader sexual abuse case. The perpetrator, my former boss, was a well-known charismatic ministry leader. Through this process, I’ve...
You Can Extend Forgiveness and Maintain Boundaries at the Same Time
Written by Jake Kail As we go through life, we will all experience pain through the words and actions of others at times. To one degree or another, we will be sinned against. We cannot avoid this reality, but how we respond is vitally important. As Christians,...