Mal 1:6-7 "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O...
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Lessons in Discerning False Victim Advocates
1Peter 5:2-3 shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; (3) not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples...
Continue ReadingLessons in Discerning False Victim AdvocatesA Sure Sign a Church’s Claim to be a Friend of Abuse Victims is False
Currently, we are seeing churches and organizations jumping on the band wagon of supposedly exposing domestic and sexual abusers in the church and coming to the aid of their victims. Occasionally these claims are genuine, but most frequently they are...
Continue ReadingA Sure Sign a Church’s Claim to be a Friend of Abuse Victims is FalseThe Reason Churches Protect Abusers and Cast Out Victims is that they do not Fear a Holy God
Most all of you know the sickening pattern. Wicked, evil person hiding in the church behind a disguise of "saint." He victimizes the innocent who then cry out for justice. Victims are marginalized, disbelieved, silenced, and even thrown out of...
Continue ReadingThe Reason Churches Protect Abusers and Cast Out Victims is that they do not Fear a Holy GodA Vital Sermon to Hear – What is Wrong with the Visible Church Today?
I delivered the following sermon yesterday here at Christ Reformation Church as part of our ongoing series in the Gospel of Matthew, specifically the Sermon on the Mount. You can read or listen to the sermon HERE Do you wonder...
Continue ReadingA Vital Sermon to Hear – What is Wrong with the Visible Church Today?Watch Out for People Who are Running to the Head of the Table
Luk 14:10-11 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who...
Continue ReadingWatch Out for People Who are Running to the Head of the TableShunning is Not Always Wrong
Many times I have heard people criticize churches and Christians for "shunning" someone. And in many of those cases the criticism is valid because the person being shunned is in fact a victim of some evil which the church refused...
Continue ReadingShunning is Not Always WrongThe True Christian Forgives as Jesus Forgives – True, and False
This past week my wife and I were driving up the interstate when we saw a large billboard that said: Real Christians Forgive Like Jesus The sign also included a Scripture reference, Luke 23:34 And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them,...
Continue ReadingThe True Christian Forgives as Jesus Forgives – True, and FalseYou Cannot Appease Evil – It Will Just Grow Stronger
Pro 22:10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease. A widespread, common, and dangerous fallacy rampant among Christians is that if victims of evil just submit to it, if they work harder...
Continue ReadingYou Cannot Appease Evil – It Will Just Grow StrongerThe Danger of Confusing Faith with Superstition
Heb 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Many non-Christians accuse Christians of being superstitious (and therefore foolish) people. Some of these accusations are correct. Let me show you why. First,...
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