Jocelyn Andersen on Christians and Domestic Violence
Jocelyn Andersen, author of Woman Submit! Christians & Domestic Violence, will appear on Life as a Christian Woman on August 28, 2007. Her book has caused a stir among the Christian community and brings to light a subject too long kept quiet. Her own experiences as a battered wife made her cry out to God more than once to save her life. And despite the human odds, God healed her and led her to a place of safety, peace, and understanding. She now wants to offer women the support and insight lacking during her own fight for life.
Jocelyn will be posting an introduction and then will take questions and comments from readers throughout the rest of the day. Her experiences and research into this issue promise to provide lively discussion and Biblical insights. She is living proof that God can turn a horrible situation into good if we just trust and believe in Him. Jocelyn has been led from the darkness of domestic violence into a ministry for women suffering around the world.
Join Jocelyn on August 28, 2007, here at Life as a Christian Woman and learn from her how to help yourself or others who may be crying out to God through the bruises of domestic violence.
“Jesus won’t help you!”
With those words ringing in my ears, John
brought his loafer-encased foot crashing down onto
my face. Then, as suddenly as the violence
started—it stopped.I sent up a silent prayer of thanks, saying, “Yes
you did, because everything stopped.”
Read the first chapter of Woman Submit! Christians & Domestic Violence.
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August 7th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
It does not matter if you are rich or are poor, if you are educated or not, if you work outside the home or not, if you are Christian, Pagan or any of the other ‘isms’. What we have in common is that we are women. And there are certain men that need to control. Control with cold looks, disparaging remarks, angry words, threats, beatings. The aim is to keep the woman in line out of sick needs and fears.
For every three women you know, one of them has been assaulted by an intimate partner at least once in their lives.
As an astologer I undertook a study of the markers of violent behavior in the natal charts of abusers. In doing so, I learned that these men are not going to be transformed by love, patience or good works. They have serious problems for which they need to take responsibility to solve. Unfortunately, taking responsibility is one of the last things they can do.
If you see yourself in any of these words, or the words in the book above, you need to take steps to take care of yourself. You need to stop wishing that is it going to get better on its own, or that a miraculous intervention is going to change his behavior.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline is
1-800-799-7233. (1-800-799-SAFE)
1-800-787-3224 TTY