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.
Almighty God, it is fearsome, yet comforting to know the power in Your words. You are who You proclaim. You do what You say You will do. You speak what is trustworthy and true. We can count on the certainty that creates for us. There is no other like You, who works continuously for the…
Today is a beautiful day, because God does what He says He will do, “Remember this, and show yourselves men; Recall to mind, O you transgressors. Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient…
Gracious, loving Father, You are the God of redemption, restoration and relationship. You take on the burden of our sins for Your name’s sake. You remember them no longer, once we return to You and repent of them. You call us by our name to remember You, to reflect upon Your forgiveness and justice. You…
Today is a beautiful day, because God pleads for His people to return to Him, “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins. Put Me in remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted.” (Isaiah 43: 25-26 NKJV) Remember …
Lord, You are faithful. All things work together for good to those who love You are are called according to Your purpose. You have never let us down. You do not turn away. You embrace us in all our messiness. If You are for us, who can be against us? I trust You, so onward…
Today is a beautiful day, because “Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.” (Isaiah 43: 18-19 NKJV) Remember Welcome to Joy in…
Thank You, Lord, for hearing my tearful cries and answering! Thank You for Your light of peace and hope that splits the darkest of my episodes. Though the world pull away and deem me unworthy, You will shine Your countenance upon me and give me peace. Your name is upon me by Your power and…
Today is a beautiful day, because God heard Hezekiah’s prayer and answered, “Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD, and said, ‘Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your sight.’…
Lord, You watch us launch, making questionable choices that affect everyone in the circle of our influence. You see that we veer to the right and to the left and get off the path You desire us to tread. Thank You for the conviction on our hearts to grow and mature into the people You…
Today is a beautiful day, because Solomon advises us to grow into maturity, remembering the eventual judgment, “Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; Walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these God will bring you…
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