For the abused, forgiveness seems impossible. In one’s own strength, it is.

The issue of repentance is perhaps one of the most crucial aspects of the forgiveness and abuse discussion.

To understand how we ought to forgive others, we must first understand how God forgives sinners like us.

Are we called to forgive in the same way God does?

One of the most difficult pastoral questions we get asked on a scheme is: ‘Do I have to forgive my abuser?’

The life-altering trauma of abuse doesn’t disappear overnight.

We must never turn a blind eye to the tragedy of abuse.

Jesus ‘lived to die’ and ‘died to rise’. He is ‘the all-sufficient sacrifice’.

Christ’s brutal crucifixion offers real, meaningful hope for those who have suffered the horrors of abuse.

This is an adapted excerpt from Mez McConnell’s new book The Creaking on the Stairs: Finding Faith in God Through Childhood Abuse. Please pre-order the book through 10ofthose. Every purchase made through 10ofthose helps to support the work of 20schemes. I remember walking home from school with the envelope in my hand. I held it […]