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. —Joy S. Taylor, Author
Matt Chandler, of The Village Church in Texas, steps down from preaching and teaching after being confronted by a church member on the frequency of direct messages sent to a woman not his wife. He went directly to his wife and to the church elders with the concerns of the one who confronted him. The…
El Shaddai, you are God Almighty. There is none other. You will make yourself known. You are the One True God. There is no one like you who goes out for the salvation of your beloved. You alone merit our praises in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will….
Today is a beautiful day, because God reminded Jeremiah He was with him, “The LORD said, ‘Have I not set you free for their good? Have I not pleaded for you before the enemy in the time of trouble and in the time of distress?’” (Jeremiah 15:11 ESV) Free #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Lord Jesus, you are the Way, the Truth and the Life. Grant me discernment in this age of redefinition of words to make a narrative. Let me see through the fog of information to recognize what is right and truthful. Show me those who would deceive me for their own gain. Make the words coming…
Today is a beautiful day, because God is my refuge to which I freely come. He is not a wilderness, “And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, ‘We are free, we will come…
Lord, increase your circle of influence as you work in me. You are growing my knowledge and wisdom in Christ. Your Spirit sustains me, revives me, refreshes me, and encourages me. He is the un-fathomed well that replenishes my supply to move from day-to-day. He is the push of the breeze against my back for…
Today is a beautiful day, because God spoke through Isaiah, ‘Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?’” (Isaiah 58:6 ESV) Free #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Jehovah Hashopet, you are the God our Judge. There is no one like you who is perfectly just, honoring all your covenants. Your consequences are sure and measured for your name’s sake. Lead me in the study of your statutes and precepts through the work of your Holy Spirit. Attune my heart to hear Him….
Today is a beautiful day, because God used Cyrus to rebuild Jerusalem and release the captives, “‘I have stirred him up in righteousness, and I will make all his ways level; he shall build my city and set my exiles free, not for price or reward,’ says the LORD of hosts.” (Isaiah 45:13 ESV) Free…
Father God, you hold my heart and spirit. There is no end to your goodness to me. I am kept and guided by your Holy Spirit who walks every step along side my own. I come humbly to ask for your hedge of protection around me that I not stray to the right nor to…
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