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.
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…
Lord Jesus, days without Your presence are a wasteland of doubt and disorder. You are the champion of assurance and peace. You are the order to our steps. We seek a closer walk with You. Remind us of the miracles we’ve seen You perform. We lift our hands in worship and praise in Your name…
Today is a beautiful day, because “I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I muse on the work of Your hands. I spread out my hands to You; My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah” (Psalm 143: 5-6 NKJV) Remember Welcome to Joy in Verse! Please take…
Lord Jesus, our hope is in You. Our comfort is based on our hope in You. Our life comes from the Word and the eternal nature of Your New Covenant. We bring our gratitude and praise in Your name above all names, according to the good and perfect will of the Father. Amen. “ZAYIN Remember…
Today is a beautiful day, because the writer remembers God’s comfort in this acrostic psalm for the seventh letter in the Hebrew alphabet, “ZAYIN Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life.” (Psalm 119: 49-50 NKJV) Remember…
Father, forgive us our rebellion! In Your wrath, remember mercy. Lead us through these tumultuous days. Guide us in this wilderness for Your name’s sake that Your mighty power will be known. Be glorified in the outcome in the name and authority of Jesus, according to Your good and perfect will. Amen. “Our fathers in…
Today is a beautiful day, because “Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember the multitude of Your mercies, But rebelled by the sea—the Red Sea. Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake, That He might make His mighty power known. He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; So He…
Glory, majesty and dominion be to the only wise Savior forever and ever! Your name is exalted above all. Our hearts rejoice in Your presence. We come to seek Your face, to ask for Your strength. Your mighty works are always before us. We remember them from days of old and recognize them in our…
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