HOW TO RECOGNIZE MANIPULATION AND ABUSE | The following is a list of thirteen common marks of manipulators and abusers. Simply put, the more of these characteristics you see in someone, the more likely it is that you are dealing with a manipulator or abuser. 1 | STUBBORNManipulators and Abusers (M/A'S) usually possess a high level of stubbornness (as well as pride and/or hard-heartedness). They are known to stubbornly refuse to admit or yield to what they know is the truth. 2 | AVOIDS Continue Reading
True Love or Manipulation? A Critique of the Best-Selling Book Love & Respect
True love. What is it? How do we define it? Is there a difference between what the world says love is and what Scripture says? First Corinthians 13, arguably the most well-known definition of love in the Bible, gives us a straightforward list of what love--real love--looks like. And right in the middle of this list, we are told that one of the earmarks of true love is that it is "not self-seeking." Would it surprise you then to learn that one of the most popular and best-selling books Continue Reading