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.
Today is a beautiful day, because the New Covenant switches to internal transformation via the Holy Spirit vs external regulation of the law (David Guzik Commentary) “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and…
Here’s another clergy cover-up technique that sets an organization up for failure. It is the inability to recognize the potential danger of abuse in the church and pro-actively preparing to handle the situation properly. From the book: “Lack of accountability of senior leaders, blocks access to those with questions, powerlessness on the part of elders;…
There is no one like You, Lord Jesus, who goes out for His beloved. There is no leader more just. There is none more holy. There is no other who stands up to the enemy like You. He must flee at the mention of your name. Oh, the power of that. I approach your throne…
Today is a beautiful day, because “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and…
Creator, Savior, Firstborn of the Dead, Faithful Witness, Wonderful Counselor, Merciful High Priest, Prince of Peace, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, I come humbly before You in reverence for your position and in thankfulness for your availability through prayer. You know every aspect of my circumstance. You understand the alternatives for my choices….
Today is a beautiful day, because “For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the…
Lord, thank You for this passage that succinctly describes the beauty of salvation and the goodness of God to pour out His mercy upon us. It washes over me with regeneration and renewal and encourages me to continue walking this path of His forgiveness and salvation that ends with the glorious hope of eternal life…
Today is a beautiful day, because “But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through…
Father, I pray for a special dose of your mercy over your beloved today. Grant us your peace that passes understanding and your harmony to share with others. Draw us closer together and closer to You in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Be glorified in the outcome….
Today is a beautiful day, because Paul prayed for God’s mercy upon Timothy, “To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.” (2 Timothy 1:2 ESV) Mercy #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
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