The credibility of the church will rise and fall on how it treats the weak and wounded. Matt B. Redmond Ever since I started researching the issue of domestic violence within the professing-Christian home, I've run across statements that make me cringe. I have a folder of ever-increasing bookmarks in my browser with links to reviews, quotes from books, and documented statements from conservative Evangelical leaders and authors. My sample contains items from both men and women, but they have one thing in common - dangerous advice to women in abusive marriages. Much of this advice reads like a tear-jerker, made-for-TV movie. The wife is abused, but she never gives up. She prays and prays, and then God works a miracle. Her husband is a changed man, and they live happily ever after. Cue the music and roll the credits. Thus the message is, "Do [insert expert's advice], and your marriage will be saved! Just pray harder! Just have more fai...