Spouse Abuse
THIS IS NOT A NICE SUBJECT. Abuse is a curse in our land. One definition of abuse is, “Repeated and targeted abuse (from both attitudes
February 17, 2015
Topic: Abuse
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Fifty Shades of Grey: A Trilogy of Deceit, Collusion, and Domination
As the film industry promotes “Fifty Shades of Grey,” launching on Valentine’s Day, I sit beside sixty scholars, activists, and faith leaders from more than
February 11, 2015
From My Point of View: “Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth” About Domestic Violence
“If wives were submissive like God intended them to be, there wouldn’t be any domestic violence” is a statement that I have heard over and
February 9, 2015
The Bible and Rape
When Desiree Washington charged that Mike Tyson had raped her, some Christians retorted that it was her fault for getting herself into the situation. To
February 6, 2015
When Praying Isn’t Enough: Religion, Prejudice, and Abuse
I am a social psychologist with particular interests in cross-cultural psychology and in the psychology of gender. I am also a Calvinist Christian who affirms
February 6, 2015
A Negative Model Of Manhood In Judges 19
This article was reprinted in the Winter 2026 issue of Priscilla Papers 40/1. Although the circles of young people where I minister rarely have a
February 5, 2015
To Sin by Silence
“To sin by silence, when we should protest, makes cowards out of men.” These words were written by a poet named Ella Wilcox around the
January 28, 2015
Female Ritual Servitude
In July of last year, my husband and I went on our first ministry trip to Ghana. The country of Ghana is afflicted with wide
January 28, 2015
Still Loving, Honoring, and Growing into Freedom
It is twenty-five years since my first book, Love, Honor and Be Free, was published by Moody Press. Subtitled “A Christian Woman’s Response to Today’s
January 26, 2015
An Overview of Gendercide
“More girls are killed in this routine ‘gendercide’ in any one decade than people were slaughtered in all the genocides of the twentieth century.” —William
January 8, 2015