This is the true story of a church in America's Bible Belt, the First Christian Church in Florissant, Missouri--a church with a meager beginning and record of steady growth for forty-nine years until the weight of sexual abuse charges against a youth minister left it, and its congregation, broken. This is a case history and analysis of those events.
This is for the victims.—Joy S. Taylor, Author
Oh, Father, I long to be where righteousness dwells in the new heaven and new earth! I praise You for making it available to believers in and followers of Jesus. I stand on your promises and wait on your timing in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen….
Today is a beautiful day, because “But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.” (2 Peter 3:13 ESV) New #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Father, this description of the heavenly city encourages me. I long to sing and worship with the angels, to meet with those gone on before, and to be permanently in your overwhelming presence. I stand upon your promises in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen. “But you…
Today is a beautiful day, because you have not come to what may be touched, “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God,…
Wash me, Father, and I will be whiter than snow, able to come into your presence with confidence, sprinkled clean from an evil conscience to present my petitions at your mercy seat. I approach with full assurance of faith that I have confessed with my mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in my heart…
Today is a beautiful day, because “Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have ta great priest over the house of God, let us…
Jesus, You are worthy of all praise, honor and glory. Please accept my worshipful prayer for your name’s sake, by your authority and according to the good and perfect will of the Father. Amen. “Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance,…
Today is a beautiful day, because “Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.” (Hebrews 9:15 ESV) New #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
King Jesus, You are the Mediator of a better covenant. You are Messiah, the Son of Man, the Bright and Morning Star. I love You. I trust You. I cherish the time devoted to prayer and worship that brings me closer to You. Thank You for loving me. Thank You for filling all the deficits…
Today is a beautiful day, because “In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.” (Hebrews 8:13 ESV) New #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
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