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Why God Hates Divorce

Have you heard that God hates divorce? Have you been discouraged from pursuing divorce from an abusive spouse because divorce is something to be avoided at all costs? The problem with using the phrase “God hates divorce” to discourage any divorce is that the context of the scripture passage from which this idea comes is […]

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Domestic Abuse is a Pattern, Not an Incident

Many people believe that what they are experiencing or what someone else is experiencing is not abuse. What people often expect abuse to look like is certain types of incidents like yelling and hitting. Additionally, even if incidents of that nature have occurred, most people are still not ready to identify it as abuse. Their thinking may […]

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