Patriarchy, Abuse, and the Bible: Responding to Calvary Chapel Pastor
Update: 2025-08-21
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Does Jesus’ command to love our enemies mean Christian women must remain in abusive marriages? That’s the troubling claim Pastor Paul LeBoutillier made in a recent sermon at Calvary Chapel in Boise, Idaho. While acknowledging that abuse is “terrible,” he implied Jesus’ words about loving abusers apply to abusive husbands.
Is that a faithful reading of Scripture or a distortion rooted in patriarchy?
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