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 “And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they…
Lord, I pray in agreement with Jeremiah. You are my portion. You are my hope. I trust in your Word. I believe You are the Way, the Truth and the Life. I bring gratitude for your death on the cross to justify me. I thank You that because of what You did, the Father looks…
Today is a beautiful day, because “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’” (Lamentations 3: 22-24 ESV) New #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
In the middle of this Holy Week, Lord, I recognize the significance of this word study. You brought forth the New Covenant, the blood covenant that Jeremiah introduced hundreds of years prior to your coming. The author of Hebrews says You made purification from sins on the cross and sat down at the right hand…
Today is a beautiful day, because “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out…
You have the power and authority to recreate your creation. You are Elohim, Mighty Creator. You are ruler of the hosts of heaven and of earth. Your covenants are everlasting. Your Word is truth. Your love is steadfast and your throne of justice is established forever. You alone are worthy of glory, honor and praise….
Today is a beautiful day, because “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 before me, declares the LORD.”…
Father, this verse is refreshing to my old soul today. What is certainly discerned anymore? Yet your Word is a rock, a refuge on which I rely. Like the new buds on the dogwood tree outside my window, it gives me an uplift from the promised newness to come. Father, I trust You are who…
Today is a beautiful day, because “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.” (Isaiah 65:17 ESV) New #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Father, I am grateful for your faithfulness. You never gave up on your people. You never abandoned, but kept a remnant. Your love is steadfast. Your salvation is eternal. You are with us. You are for us. I come in reverence to thank you in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good…
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