Mica Miller, pastor's wife of JP Miller of Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, and Netflix's Death of the Pastor's Wife documentary raises a painful question: was this an affair or clergy abuse and spiritual abuse rooted in evangelical submission theology? If you'd like to support this work through a channel membership, here's the link! https://www.youtube.com/@culturefaithandpolitics/join Amy Hawk's book "The Judas Effect": https://a.co/d/fJQdFxw Pat Kahnke's Substack page: https://culturefaithandpolitics.substack.com/ Pat's books are available on Amazon: "A Christian Case Against Donald Trump" (2024): https://a.co/d/iVSTqny "MAGA Seduction: Resisting the Debasement of the Christian Conscience" (2020): https://a.co/d/1KNX3uQ Retired pastor Pat Kahnke and Amy Hawk look past the true-crime headlines to the theology underneath. Mica did leave on paper — she filed for divorce and received an order for protection — but in high-control religious systems, leaving is not the same as being free. This video traces how "shut your mouth" preaching, wifely obedience teaching, and pastoral power can turn submission into a prison emotionally, relationally, and at the church-community level. We walk through the affair narrative vs. clergy abuse and coercive control, the house-of-cards theology that traps women in abusive marriages, what the Bible actually says about divorce and abuse, and the Fruit Test of Matthew 7:16. If you've been told God hates all divorce, if you're deconstructing Christian patriarchy, or if you're trying to help someone still inside an authoritarian church, this is a pastoral, evidence-based refutation. Pat Kahnke is a retired evangelical pastor and author of A Christian Case Against Donald Trump. Culture, Faith, and Politics helps anti-Trump Christians, exvangelicals, and seekers find sanity and sound reasoning at the intersection of Trump, theology, and refutation. Subscribe for weekly theological analysis of Christian nationalism, pastoral abuse, and evangelical deconstruction. What did submission cost in your story? Share respectfully in the comments.#MicaMiller #ClergyAbuse #SubmissionTheology