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
Today is a beautiful day, because God claims His sovereignty, “For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!): ‘I am the LORD, and there is no other.’” (Isaiah 45:18…
In your own words, Father, there is no one who knows me like You. There is no one who loves me as deeply and unconditionally. There is no one who came to earth in the form of man as You did. There is no one who died for my redemption and restoration like Jesus did….
Today is a beautiful day, because “I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the Lord, and…
Lord the upheaval in the world gets more intense by the day. Help me through your Holy Spirit to focus on the fact that You are in control. You make a way where there seems to be none. You are the Way, the Truth and the Life. You work continually for the greater good and…
Today is a beautiful day, because “‘I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.’ Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, a path in the mighty waters, who brings forth chariot and horse, army and warrior; they lie down, they cannot rise, they are extinguished, quenched…
Truth. Father, thank you for this most important truth. This verse represents the stabilizing factor of my days and eternal hope for my eternity. Father, I trust You in the name and authority of Jesus, according to your good and perfect will. Amen. “I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior.”…
Today is a beautiful day, because God declares, “I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior.” (Isaiah 43:11 ESV) “I am the LORD.” #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
I am small, Father; and You, You are God of all. Indescribably beautiful, and not matched in power. There is no one like You in heaven, on earth or under the earth. Thank you for calling me out of the darkness and into your marvelous light. Thank you for drawing me out of the cold…
Today is a beautiful day, because “I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.” (Isaiah 42:8 ESV) “I am the LORD.” #joyinverse #blessedthisdayandeveryday
Father, thank You for telling me about Jesus in this passage from the Old Testament. I humbly ask that You open the eyes of the blind to see Jesus in all His glory. He is the New Covenant. He is the Light of the World. Please, Holy Spirit, turn back the heads of those who…
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