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.
Today is a beautiful day, because “Thus says the Lord: ‘Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the…
Father, thank You for your eternal hope found in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. I trust your Word. I trust in your righteousness. I trust in your promises. I trust in your covenants. Father, I trust You in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen….
Today is a beautiful day, because God describes His transcendent triumph, “’For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me,’ says the Lord, ‘so shall your offspring and your name remain. From new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship…
Lord, there is nothing I can build for You. You sit on your heavenly throne. The universes are your creation. Who can outdo the Almighty. I come to offer my obedience at your calling. You are my Alpha and Omega, my Bright and Morning Star. I come to offer my worship of your holiness. Your…
Today is a beautiful day, because “Thus says the Lord: ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest? All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be, declares the…
Almighty God, Mighty Creator Elohim, Jehovah Sabaoth the Lord of Hosts, You are above all; and, yet, You allow me to call you Father. You have brought me into your household through the gift of salvation. I am assured that I will live in this glorious New Heaven and New Earth described by Isaiah. I…
Today is a beautiful day, because Isaiah describes the New Heaven and the New Earth, “‘The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent’s food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,’ says the LORD.” (Isaiah 65:25 ESV)…
Gracious Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, Mighty God, your covenants are trustworthy and true. Your Spirit is within me by the power of salvation through the precious blood of Jesus. He moves me and soothes me, prompts me and protects me. Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart glorify…
Today is a beautiful day, because “‘And as for me, this is my covenant with them,’ says the LORD: ‘My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth…
Father, You bless me in spite of my short comings. You love me when I am unlovable. You uplift me when I fall. You speak peace into my chaos. I praise you in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen. “I have seen his ways, but I will…
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