This week on the New Voices thread, hosts Erin and Blake interview Dr. Diane Langberg on her new book, Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church. They discuss how power is a gift from God that should not be exploited, misused, or used for personal benefit. Power from God was given to us “to be like (God) and to produce fruit that looks like him.” Dr. Langberg discusses the work she does with trauma victims, how it is an invitation to the sufferings of Christ, and how we need to examine ourselves regarding deceptive power. 

Other Reading: 

Are We Continuing to Sideline Women in Conversations About Abuse? https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/mutuality-blog-magazine/are-we-continuing-sideline-women-conversations-about-abuse 

The Psalm of Vengeance, the God Who Listens, and How I Learned to Forgive My Mother’s Abuser 

https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/priscilla-papers-academic-journal/psalm-vengeance-god-who-listens-and-how-i 

Women’s Equality and How Churches Respond to Abuse 

https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/mutuality-blog-magazine/womens-equality-and-how-churches-respond-abuse 

Her Twitter account: @dianelangberg 

Her website: https://www.dianelangberg.com/ 

Links to her books 

• Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church: https://cbeinternational.christianbook.com/redeeming-power-understanding-authority-abuse-church/diane-langberg/9781587434389/pd/43438X?event=ESRCN 

https://www.amazon.com.au/Suffering-Heart-God-Destroys-Restores/dp/1942572026#:~:text=Her%20answer%20carefully%20explained%20in%20Suffering%20and%20the,their%20traumatic%20suffering%20through%20talking%2C%20tears%2C%20and%20time. 

• On the Threshold of Hope: Opening the Door to Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse  

https://www.amazon.com.au/Threshold-Hope-Opening-Healing-Survivors/dp/0842343628/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QVR2DT2WL99R&keywords=On+the+Threshold+of+Hope%3A+Opening+the+Door+to+Healing+for+Survivors+of+Sexual+Abuse&qid=1644525107&s=books&sprefix=on+the+threshold+of+hope+opening+the+door+to+healing+for+survivors+of+sexual+abuse+%2Cstripbooks%2C76&sr=1-1 

• Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse 

https://www.amazon.com.au/Counseling-Survivors-Sexual-Abuse-Langberg/dp/0842304878/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2C6FFZARC8VD2&keywords=Counseling+Survivors+of+Sexual+Abuse&qid=1644525241&s=books&sprefix=counseling+survivors+of+sexual+abuse+%2Cstripbooks%2C79&sr=1-2 

• Counsel for Pastors’ Wives 

https://www.amazon.com.au/Counsel-Pastors-Wives-Diane-Langberg-ebook/dp/B004M18LWC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1TQ8Z6YV9IYBW&keywords=Counsel+for+Pastors%E2%80%99+Wives&qid=1644525284&s=books&sprefix=counsel+for+pastors+wives+%2Cstripbooks%2C80&sr=1-1