Jim Berg
NOTHING WEIGHS HEAVIER ON THE HEART OF A PASTOR or Christian counselor than the news that a child has been sexually molested. The thought that one of “these little ones” should be offended by an adult prompts a mixture of responses in a shepherd’s heart—stirrings of injustice, compassion, and intervention. A thorough discussion of this topic would include identifying the categories of sexual abuse, key indicators of sexual abuse, the typical climate at home that often gives rise to sexual abuse, the perpetrator’s stages of grooming that
FrontLine • January/February 2012
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