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
King Jesus, these are the words of your testimony. My heart is drawn, because the Holy Spirit testifies along with my spirit that you are the Messiah, the Alpha and Omega, beginning and end. You are my Lord and Savior. Your testimony speaks louder than any of the doubt I once had. Thank you for…
Today is a beautiful day, because “For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers, when you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the Lord…
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/joyinverse/End_of_Summer.mp3 A year after retiring, I still work to build this Joy in Verse Ministry. Thank you for listening.
Thank you, Lord Jesus. You have given me life, abundant life, eternal life. I praise your name above all names, according to your good and perfect will. Amen. “For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.” (John 5:21 ESV)
Today is a beautiful day, because “For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying, ‘I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.’ And again, ‘I will…
King Jesus, the religious leaders of your time on earth realized that you claimed to be God the Son. Scripture testifies. Thank you for your testimony, and for documenting it for us who follow in your powerful name, according to the good and perfect will of the Father. Amen. “This was why the Jews were…
Today is a beautiful day, because Paul discipled Timothy and sent him to the Philippians, trusting God for the outcome, “But you know Timothy’s proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel. I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it…
Lord, you are my Great Physician. You are my strength when my body grows faint. You are the one who carries me through each trial and struggle. You are the one who pulls me from the pit. I get too close to the edge, and your hand is the one on my shirt tail, pulling…
Today is a beautiful day, because God is trustworthy, “Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms; for the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a…
Lord Jesus, I’ve not always made decisions, small and large, based on my Christian belief. I either did not ask for wisdom and discernment, or I did not listen to your answer. The consequences came and brought their disaster. I had to ask myself, “What are my convictions, Lord? What are the precepts upon which…
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