What Would Jesus Do about Domestic Violence ... - The Book Locker

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Chloe Cummings D.B.S.
offensive to God, is punishable by death and eternal damnation,
but redeemable by Jesus’ death on the cross.
Sin in relation to abuse: Abuse as defined above and includes
such acts, thoughts, or behaviors as: pride, denial, anger, rage,
deception, violence, unsavory speech, mistreatment (spitting,
hitting, starving, etc), motivated by the intent to do harm, whether
emotionally or physical, and the like.
Church Leader: I use the term “church leader” when referring to
clergy, like a priest or rabbi or anyone in a ministerial or
leadership role within the church. Christian and biblical
counselors (they’re not the same thing) are also included in that
designation.
Comment on John 7:53-8:11: In this book, there are many
references to the story of the woman caught in adultery as
recorded in John 8:1-11. This portion of Scripture is in question
by biblical scholars as to whether it is to be considered part of
the inspirational Scripture mainly because evidence from some
very early manuscripts does not have this portion in the Book of
John. It’s been found in other places within the Gospels. In
modern translations it is noted in some fashion that this portion
“was not found in the oldest and best manuscripts” or a similar
statement. However, this statement is extremely misleading on
its own, since the passage was known to exist in some
manuscripts of John long before Codex Vaticanus and Sinaiticus
were made (St. Jerome, circa 382 A.D. tells us that he found the
passage "in many copies, both Greek and Latin", which shows it
was popular long before his time.) 3
John Calvin commented on this section of Scripture in his
Commentary on the Gospel of John. Calvin introduces this
portion by saying, "It is plain enough that this passage was
unknown anciently to the Greek Churches; and some conjecture
that it has been brought from some other place and inserted
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