An abusive husband is best handled by the elders of his church recognizing the problem and solving it without ever involving anyone else.
The now-penitent man can tell everyone he fell off a quad or something.
An abusive husband is best handled by the elders of his church recognizing the problem and solving it without ever involving anyone else.
The now-penitent man can tell everyone he fell off a quad or something.
‘You can’t talk about using a woman, that’s sexist/objectifying/misogynist/[other word I heard in school but don’t understand].’
Your father and your uncles were supposed to explain this stuff to you (and then you were supposed to marry young), but previous generations set everything on fire and then laughed while it all burned.
She has to know you want to, intend to, and could use her as a man is supposed to use his wife. And you have to walk this line without going over. Better to err on the side of not being a eunuch and marrying quickly to avoid sin.
The most terrifying words in Scripture are not, in fact, the ones so often presented by (supposed) Christians; rather, they are these:
“For all this, His anger has not turned away,
and His hand is stretched out still.”
And, better still, wear a dress. Men and women should not wear the same clothing.
Santa and Krampus are a depiction of Christian truth:
Santa brings gifts (the Gospel) for good children (believers); Krampus brings suffering (Hell) for bad children (unbelievers).
Children: ‘What happens if we’re good?’
Parents: ‘Santa will bring you presents.’
Children: ‘What happens if we’re bad?’
Modern parents: ‘Santa will give you coal instead of presents.’
German parents:
A painful, but related and necessary, truth:
There is insufficient time to bring a leader up to speed — any leader will have to be chosen from the (relatively small) pool of those who already know.
A happy First Sunday in Advent.
But not to the Jews.