Conversations for Change

  In days gone by, women in the U.K. were not allowed to vote. It is only in recent history that it has been illegal for men to physically abuse their wives. Countless women have or are being treated as inferior to men. This has led to many women asking the question – does God care about women? To answer that question, we have to look at the place where God communicates with us – the Bible. If we go to the first chapter of the first book, Genesis, we already see the answer. We discover that God made both men and women in his image. Men and women both are made to, in some sense, be like him. That raises the question: how come so many women are discriminated against? We find the answer to that in the third chapter of the same book, Genesis. There we discover that both the man and the woman rebelled against God and chose to do their own thing. One of the many repercussions is that there is tension in relationships. Sometimes this is expressed by men selfishly ruling over women and

  Sadly the issues of Abuse is one that is faced by many people.  People who are trusted, who have authority abuse those positions and cause untold damage, what’s even worse this happens within the Church.   How should Christians understand and help when abuse has taken place?  In today's podcast, Alasdair MacPherson speaks with Anne Dryburgh, who has many years of experience helping women deal with the problems created by abuse. You can listen to the podcast  here For more on this subject: Debilitated and Diminished   by Anne Dryburgh The Emotionally Abusive Parent   by Anne Dryburgh https://www.sharinghope.co.uk/abuse