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 “I will always have hope; I will praise (God) more and more.” (Psalm 91:14) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Under Beauty

Today is a beautiful day, because those who serve do it with the strength God provides so that God may be praised and glorified in all things. (from 1 Peter 4: 11) ‪#‎joyinverse‬ ‪#‎blessedthisdayandeveryday‬

Today is a beautiful day, because of the joy resulting from loving one another and serving one another with whatever talents and gifts we possess. (1 Peter 4 and 10) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Today is a beautiful day, because Peter tells us that the end of all things is near, so we are to be clear-minded and self-controlled so that we can pray. (from 1 Peter 4: 7) #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday

Tribute

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…

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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 we can ask God for wisdom without doubt that He will give it, so that we are not like a wave of the sea tossed about by the wind. (from James 1:5) #joyinverse #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