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
Today is a beautiful day, because God spoke to His people through Moses, “And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the Lord your God. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not…
Dear Jesus, I am a work in progress, far from the end goal. I grow to be more like You as I study your Word and strive in accordance with your Holy Spirit’s leading. Like Paul, not having attained perfection, I press on “to know the power of the resurrection,… to make it my own,…
Today is a beautiful day, because God declares, “For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy.” (Leviticus 11: 44a ESV) “I am the LORD.” #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
To know and understand the gravity of your Spirit living in and directing me overwhelms me, brings me into deep and spiritual worship of who You are, Lord. You are above all. You are El Roi, the God who sees me. You are the God who has come to dwell with and in me. What…
Today is a beautiful day, because “I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.” (Exodus 29: 45-46 ESV)…
Today is a beautiful day, because “I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the LORD your God.’” (Exodus 16:12 ESV) “I am the LORD.” #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Lord, please forgive my grumbliings and turn them into gratitude. I praise you in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen “I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled…
I come to your courts to worship your majesty, and strength. I come to give all the glory that is due your name. Mountains crumble and seas part before You. There is no other God like You, who goes out on behalf of your beloved. I humbly ask that You move in the hearts of…
Today is a beautiful day, because God warned about what He would bring upon the Egyptians, “‘And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD.’ And they did so.” (Exodus 14:4 ESV)…
Almighty, everlasting Father, things changed on the day You spoke to Moses. Moses became God’s spokesperson, with Aaron as his prophet. Pharaoh’s hold on the slaves broke. Israel saw their God’s response to Pharaoh’s stubborn refusal to let the Israelites go. Father, I help me to hear your voice. Let me understand the gravity of…
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