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 Jesus, you are my salvation and my hope. You redeemed my past and sealed my future. I dwell on the beauty and promise of the place you prepare for me. Be honored by my journey through today. I pray in the name and authority of your name and according to the good and perfect…
Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus controls the storms, “And he said to them, ‘Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?’ Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.” (Matthew 8:26 ESV) Faith #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Holy Spirit, work through me to increase my capacity to love others. I ask in Jesus’ name and authority, according to the good and perfect will of the Father. Amen. “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another….
Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus lauded the centurion, “When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, ‘Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.’” (Matthew 8:10 ESV) Faith #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/joyinverse/Babylon_Revisited_compress-15.mp3 Freedom!
Lord, I am a blood-bought sinner, a child of the household of God. I am spiritually washed by the blood shed on my behalf through a step of faith to believe. You granted me a share in redemption, a share in your kingdom, a share in your love for people, a share for serving, a…
Today is a beautiful day, because “But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?” (Matthew 6:30 ESV) Faith #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Lord Jesus, I’m meditating on your obedience to the Father. I take to heart that your message is by His authority. It is the message of eternal life. It strikes my consciousness that the method of delivering the commandment was by your submission even to death on a cross. I have no words deep enough,…
Today is a beautiful day, because Habakkuk asks, “why do you idly look at traitors and remain silent when the wicked swallows up the man more righteous than he?” and God answers, “For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it;…
Father in Heaven, let the light of Christ shine brighter than ever before. Call the people of the nations to come out of darkness and into your marvelous light to dwell with you, to commune with Jesus, and to be led by your Holy Spirit. I pray you soften hearts and implant a longing for…
Recent Comments