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    Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome

    Sorry badly written heading. What I was trying to say was "We Should Be Keeping To The Laws Of The Land As We Are Instructed To By God's Word".
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    Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome

    This is no different from people reporting sexual abuse and it being dealt with internally by the church. As in the case of "Marleen", confessions of abuse or anything illegal to a person in authority within a church should be immediately reported to the police. This is a requirement of...
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    reconciliation after violence?

    Umm, firstly, there is no mention what the domestic violence discussed actually happened to be, so whether she was made bloody, hospitalised, hit, slapped, psychologically abused, emotionally abused or even just tickled or whatever is not the point of the discussion and using emotive language...
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    reconciliation after violence?

    I would hasten to add that the husband should also not be willing to consider reconciliation if the wife has not dealt with her personal issues either. If the husband has truely changed his ways and is no longer violent or controlling why would he want to reconcile with someone who also had...
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    reconciliation after violence?

    I completely agree with "FaithfulWife". I hope the timing she has given isn't quite so long but if that's what it takes then so be it, it's just part of the consequences that I have to deal with because of what I've done. This is my story so far, edited from Faithful's post... The husband...