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<p>A marriage is not always what it seems. Behind a peaceful façade there can be a history of great distress because one spouse controls and abuses the other. The Bible has a word for these coercive patterns: oppression. Because these patterns are often hidden, it takes skill and knowledge to draw them out. In “Identifying Oppression in Marriages,” Darby Strickland gives you tools to do this.</p>


Darby is a faculty member and counselor at CCEF, where she has served since 2003. She has a master of divinity with a counseling emphasis from Westminster Theological Seminary. Darby brings particular passion and expertise in helping the vulnerable and oppressed, especially women in abusive marriages. She has contributed to Church Cares and the PCA Domestic Abuse &amp; Sex Assault church training materials. She has counseled in a missionary church setting and has also held leadership roles in women’s ministry. She is the author of <i>Is it Abuse?</i> (P&amp;R, 2020), has written a handful of minibooks, and has contributed to several other books.

Identifying Oppression in Marriages

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