This assignment is designed to help you examine your own experience and faith beliefs through the lens of family violence (course learning goal #3).  For success with this assignment, you should include what you learned through the week’s reading assignments and instructional video.
Please write a 3-page essay discussing your thoughts about family violence from a Christian perspective.  You are welcome to include more than the following questions, but be sure to at least address these questions in your essay:  Do you believe Christianity aligns with the concept of violence in families?  If so, what do you mean?  If not, why?  Be sure to give examples of how your faith aligns (or doesn’t align) with violence.  What are three verses from Scripture that resonate with you regarding violence in families?  What does Scripture have to say about the healing process related to violence?  Who is one biblical character who experienced violence in his/her family life. If you were serving this character as a human service professional, what would you do to help?
Your essay should be 3 pages of text, plus a title page and reference page.  Your paper should be in proper APA format (if you are unsure of APA formatting, please reference the materials provided in the Week 0 learning activity).  Your essay should include at least 3 peer-reviewed references, which should be cited in your essay.  You are welcome to use the (Hines et al, 2013) text and any published journal articles.  Websites are not considered valid references in academic work.  A great place to find peer-reviewed journal articles is the Social Sciences Full Text database provided through the CBU library website: https://calbaptist.edu/library/databases/