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...
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Shame, Inferiority Thinking, and Victims
1Co 12:20-25 As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. (21) The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." (22)...
Continue ReadingShame, Inferiority Thinking, and VictimsLessons 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 GodYou 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 StrongerIt is a Great Error to Assume that Even the Devil is Open to Negotiation
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies,...
Continue ReadingIt is a Great Error to Assume that Even the Devil is Open to NegotiationWhat if we all just Stopped………?
Psa 46:8-10 Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has brought desolations on the earth. (9) He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots...
Continue ReadingWhat if we all just Stopped………?The Bible Emphasizes “Being” – We Must not be Satisfied with “Doing”
Eph 4:20-24 But that is not the way you learned Christ!-- (21) assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, (22) to put off your old self, which belongs to...
Continue ReadingThe Bible Emphasizes “Being” – We Must not be Satisfied with “Doing”“Propriety” and “Protocol” are Often Used to Protect Evildoers
Then the disciples came and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?" He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they...
Continue Reading“Propriety” and “Protocol” are Often Used to Protect Evildoers