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.

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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.

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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.

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The Daffodil

Today is a beautiful day, because God honors those who seek His light instead of depending on their own abilities and lights they kindle for themselves. (from Isaiah 50:11) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Today is a beautiful day, because those who walk in darkness and have no light can trust in God and rely on him. (from Isaiah 50:10) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Today is a beautiful day, because God spoke through Isaiah to say that God would send a savior not only for the Jews, but also for all nations of the earth, “as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” (from Isaiah 49:6) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday Haiti 2010,…

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Today is a beautiful day, because the purpose of God’s grace cannot be thwarted even by our own ineptness, as He leads us as blind and guides us over rough terrain to see us through. (from Isaiah 42:6) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Today is a beautiful day, because God foretold of Jesus hundreds of years prior to the birth of the Christ, “I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, and a light for the…

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Today is a beautiful day, because nations and governments may fail, but God’s mercy and grace are like a dew of light falling on His people and giving them life. (from Isaiah 26:19) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Today is a beautiful day, because God warns of his coming wrath and then follows through as He said in Isaiah, “Behold the day of the LORD comes;” and what was true for Babylon is true for us, “For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will…

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The Covering

Today is a beautiful day, because Jesus confirmed the prophecy of Isaiah. (i.e. Isaiah 9:2 and Matthew 4:15-16) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday