Protecting abused women on this edition of Truth and Love.

I'm Heath Lambert and you're listening to Truth and Love, a podcast of the Association of Certified

Biblical Counselors, where we seek to provide biblical solutions for the problems that people face.

One of the things that Christians are talking about in our world today is the problem of violence,

in particular the problem of violence against women. We want to be really honest that there are all

sorts of people who experience

violence. Men can be physically abused by their wives. Kids can be physically abused by their

parents. Older parents can be abused by their younger children. There are all sorts of ways that

the problem of abuse can manifest itself. But so much of the focus these days is on women who are abused by the men in their lives,

specifically their husbands.

Because we are having a conference on this in Texas in October,

we wanted to take some time to weigh in on this on the podcast this week

and talk about some categories that we need to think through

as we keep women safe in the context of physical abuse. I'm really excited to be joined this week

on the podcast by the future executive director of ACBC, Dr. Dale Johnson. Dr. Johnson, we are glad that you are with us. I am thrilled about

the leadership that you are going to have over our organization in the long term. And in the

short term, I'm really excited about your opportunity to teach us at our annual conference

this October, and I'm glad you get to help us think through this important issue today.

So thanks for being here.

Thank you, Heath. I'm glad to be with you.

The first thing I want to talk about is just the issue of caring for women in general.

As Christians, we want to believe and teach and counsel the whole Bible.

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