1Co 11:28-30 Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. (29) For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. (30) That is why...
Continue ReadingBeware the “Happy” ChurchCategory: Evil in Churches
Spotting the Wicked by Watching for their Unguarded Moments
1Ti 5:24 The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later. If you are a Star Trek fan, you know that the Klingons have a device on their ships called...
Continue ReadingSpotting the Wicked by Watching for their Unguarded MomentsWe Must Understand What Reviling is and What the Reviler Looks Like
Luk 6:22 "Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! 1Co 5:11 But now I am writing to you not...
Continue ReadingWe Must Understand What Reviling is and What the Reviler Looks LikeThe Wicked Blame Everyone but Themselves
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...
Continue ReadingThe Wicked Blame Everyone but ThemselvesThe 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?Shunning 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 WrongYou 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 Blindness of Seeing Only What we Want to See
Jer 6:14 They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace. The Jews knew full well what the Law of God said. They also knew the promised blessings for obeying that Law...
Continue ReadingThe Blindness of Seeing Only What we Want to SeeWhen We Believe the Wicked and Dismiss the Oppressed, We are Guilty of Cowardice
Forcing the weak to submit [to an evil oppressor] is clearly easier than confronting the strong, particularly if you have persuaded yourself that the weak deserve what is coming to them. (William Manchester) This quote is taken from Manchester's observations...
Continue ReadingWhen We Believe the Wicked and Dismiss the Oppressed, We are Guilty of Cowardice