There is a normal kind of shame which is proper and which functions in a healthy person. In this article I don't mean the wrong kind of shame which wicked people cast upon an innocent. I am speaking of shame which is rightly felt when we wrong someone or sin…
Read MoreWhere a relationship ends up reveals what it was from the beginning Often we can find ourselves going down that memory lane, thinking that things were so great back then. For anyone in a relationship with a RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist) and especially for a person married to a…
Read More'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'(Isa 14:14) Very typically a RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist) is quite popular within his or her social circles. These might be at church, at work, with extended family or other social arenas. The…
Read MoreLuk 12:24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! Psa 145:15-16 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. (16)…
Read MoreJoh 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for…
Read MoreJohn 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for…
Read MoreIf anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy,…
Read MoreA very common trait in a RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist) is their lack of love or empathy for animals. Thinking back over the many, many RASNs I have had the sad "privilege" of knowing, I can see this void as a consistent trait. My wife and I have had…
Read MoreMost of you know that when a victim of an abuser (RASN = reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist) tells someone about the abuse she (or he) is experiencing, they often meet with disbelief. They are dismissed as over reacting to things that surely are not as bad as all of that.…
Read MoreMany thanks to N for writing this. She actually wrote it quite a long while ago but sent it to me recently after we learned that MacArthur had passed away. I decided to publish it (with her permission) - Concerns Regarding John MacArthur and Church Leadership “A good preacher, but…
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