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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Today is a beautiful day, because God’s perfect justice will see to “those who call evil good and good evil, who put the darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” (Isaiah 5:20 ESV) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Today is a beautiful day, because Isaiah calls God’s people to walk in the light of the Lord. (from Isaiah 2:5) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Today is a beautiful day, because now is the time to remember our Creator “in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, ‘I have no pleasure in them’; before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened…

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Today is a beautiful day, because light is sweet, and I love seeing the sun beam through as the clouds dissipate. (from Ecclesiastes 11:7) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

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I love the recent weather and how the colorful leaves play against the most amazingly blue fall sky. I love the reds and golds that pop out just after a morning rain. Needless to say, that is why I loved my ‘sidewalk’ time on Saturday morning. The patches of partially evaporated rain on the concrete…

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Today is a beautiful day, because “there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, and there is more gain in light than in darkness.” (Ecclesiastes 2:13 ESV) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Today is a beautiful day, because life and faith are far more important than wealth that goes suddenly like it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven. (from Proverbs 23:5) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Today is a beautiful day, because the light of my King’s face is life, and His favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain. (from Proverbs 16:15) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Today is a beautiful day, because”the light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones.” (Proverbs 15:30 ESV) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Today is a beautiful day, because “The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.” (Proverbs 13:9 ESV) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday