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
My father fought in WWII in the European theater. Many of the men who went over with him didn’t come back with him. I never heard him talk about the worst of his experiences during the war, though I know he saw great tragedy. This poem was written as a tribute to thank those who…
Today is a beautiful day, because God told Job, “Behold, I am the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?” (Jeremiah 32:27) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Today is a beautiful day, because the Old Testament gives examples of God’s New Testament plan for salvation–“Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” (Genesis 22:2) #joynverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Today is a beautiful day, because “the word of God is living and active, sharper than a double-edged sword; it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12 NIV) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Today is a beautiful day, because the word of God will not return void, but will accomplish what He desires and achieve His proposes. (from Isaiah 55:11) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Today is a beautiful day, because before He raised Lazarus from death, ‘Jesus said to her (Martha, the sister of Lazarus), “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” She…
Today is a beautiful day, because “many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did (in raising Lazarus from the tomb), put their faith in Him.” (John 11:45) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
We may not have to grow up, though it is an astoundingly good idea, but…we do have to grow old. So, whatever age you are, unless you have already attained or surpassed it, you are approaching 65.Time rolls right over us, ain’t no stoppin’ it, my friend. Now, that begs the question, what…