This is quite good. Thank you, Pastor Petersen, for writing it. Would you also apply the above understanding and subsequent advice to married couples where there is abuse taking place? If you have not read it yet, I recommend to you a work from the LCMS Task Force on Domestic Violence and Child Abuse with the CTCR called, "When Homes are Heartless" (https://files.lcms.org/file/preview/G4XGfufrL7zCqTlPqYcmW5N27SmuxJpC) .