Before you kiss the frog, let’s talk. Let’s talk about choices that make your future healthier. Walk with me through a biblically based decision tree and not rely on aroused feelings and sensations that can lead us astray.
Come along with me through discussion of characteristics of churches and pastors that tend to operate this way under the threat of misconduct exposure. Let’s look at common techniques of leadership during the cover-up process.
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.
Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit, I bring a Christmas request to Your mercy seat. May all Your beloved follow Paul’s benediction to the Corinthians. May we know that we are made complete in Christ. Let us know the warmth of Your comfort. May Your love and peace fill us and emanate from within us to those…
Abba, Father, You are the God of all comfort. You are the God of peace. You are the God of harmony. You are the God of order. You are El Roi, the God who sees us. I have a heart for those who struggle during the holy season of Jesus’ birth. Gather them under Your…
Today is a beautiful day, because if God’s grace was sufficient for Paul’s trials, it is also sufficient for us, “And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may…
Father, You are the One who supplies. You are the One who gives the increase. I come, now, to ask that You multiply the seeds I sow with my meager offering. Use it for the greater good and for Your glory. I ask in the name and authority of Jesus, according to Your good and…
Today is a beautiful day, because God rewards a cheerful giver, “So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have…
Lord Jesus, thank You for removing me from the tug of vanity versus humility. You made Yourself of no reputation to take the form of man. You obeyed, humbled Yourself to the point of death on the cross all for my sake. Thank You for defining my personal worth by the price You paid to…
Today is a beautiful day, because “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.” (2 Corinthians 8:9 NKJV) Grace Welcome to Joy in Verse! Please take a minute to subscribe to this…
Gracious and Loving Father, ’tis the season of glitter, lights, and shopping for special gifts. May I prioritize Your grace in the gift of salvation through Jesus. May I celebrate Him above all this season. Thank You for reminding me through Your Word that generous giving is a gift of grace. Give me a joyful…
Today is a beautiful day, because Paul urged the church in Corinth to offer the grace of joyful giving, as did the churches in Macedonia, to those in Jerusalem, “But as you abound in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in your love for us—see that you abound in this grace…
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