The Democratic base is very dialed into abortion rights as an issue more broad.

Same-sex marriage rights.

The state's last abortion for the Bible.

Has now apologized to the Bible has application for every part of our lives as a Southern

vassist.

The problem is also not just the shift of the next to the next.

In the midst of all of today's noise and confusion, we need a voice that cuts through the chaos to bring wisdom and clarity.

Welcome to The Roy's Report with Julie Roy's, an hour-long show exploring critical issues related to faith and culture from a uniquely Christian perspective.

Now, here's your host, Julie Roy's.

Welcome to The Roy's Report, brought to in part by Judson University.

I'm so glad you're with us.

I am Julie Roy's, and today we're going to be tackling an extremely important topic in the church,

but one that sadly rarely gets addressed, and that is the issue of abusive marriages

and how the church should minister to abused women. As some recent scandals have shown, this is an

area where the church definitely needs to grow. Last year, you may remember, there was a controversy

involving a prominent Southern Baptist preacher and seminary president, Paige Patterson.

And at the center of that controversy was Patterson's advice for abused women.

Patterson was asked, for example, whether he condones abused women seeking a divorce.

Patterson said that he's never counseled anybody to seek a divorce.

He said on occasions when the abuse is, quote,

serious enough or dangerous enough, he has suggested temporary separation, but he added that most

abuse is, and I quote, of a less serious variety. On another occasion, Patterson admitted

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