“I agree with everything you said but you missed one BIG thing. When the husband was primarily at fault, it’s horrendous for elders to try to force a wife to reconcile. Because THEY met with the husband and he was able to sound repentant to them, how arrogant for them to demand she take him back. They should be able to trust that she can tell better than they if there’s still something deeply wrong with his heart. THAT’S what they did wrong and that’s why Biblical counseling is getting a bad rap. If they did their job well, she would be thrilled for reconciliation and wouldn’t have to be threatened with discipline. She was vindicated in this situation, but what about all the other women and children who suffer continuing abuse because of arrogant Biblical counselors who are snowed by abusers and support them. It doesn’t matter that they “didn’t have all the facts,” the wife’s intuition was all the facts they needed because she knows the man far better. Arrogant, arrogant, arrogant.”
Lydia Kaiser via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/22/23