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
Lord, please grow me to be more like You. You are merciful, blameless, pure and just. There is no one like You who goes out for the sake of His beloved. I pray in the name and authority of Jesus, according to the good and perfect will of the Father. Amen. “With the merciful you…
Today is a beautiful day, because David sang of his deliverance, “With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; with the purified you deal purely, and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.” (2 Samuel 22: 26-27 ESV) Mercy #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Father, I rely on your promises, your steadfast love and your faithfulness to keep your covenant, especially the New Covenant through Jesus. I come to your mercy seat to place there the lost, who don’t know Jesus and haven’t tasted your goodness. I come to bring those who know of You, but have yet to…
Today is a beautiful day, because God promised His mercy to those in exile who turn to seek and obey Him, “But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. When you are in tribulation,…
Father, thank You for your attention to detail and exact instructions for assembling the tabernacle and that the craftsmen and artisans followed them precisely as Moses relayed them. Reading Moses’ account in Exodus reminds me to revere and honor You. The Testimony brought the law, and your grace brought Jesus to fulfill them on my…
Today is a beautiful day, because Moses assembled the tabernacle according to God’s detailed and exact instructions, “He took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark. And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the…
Father, the second set of tablets speaks of your great compassion over your people. Thank You for the Mosaic covenant. Thank You that Christ fulfilled the law and ushered in the New Covenant, extending your grace and mercy, redemption and salvation, to those who confess with their mouths and believe in their hearts that Jesus…
Today is a beautiful day, because God revealed His character to Moses, “The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, ‘The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and…
Father, thank You for showing me grace and mercy through Jesus, who paid for my transgressions with His blood upon the cross, then rose from the grave to defeat sin and death forever. I pray in Jesus’ name and authority, according to your good and perfect will. Amen. “And he said, ‘I will make all…
Today is a beautiful day, because God proclaimed to Moses His Name and His mercy, “And he said, ‘I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name “The LORD.” And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will…
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