The church I attend does not talk about domestic abuse. There is sermon after sermon about how marriage should work, and what each party should be doing, but almost nothing about what you can do if your spouse consistently mistreats you. And the absence...
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It 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 NegotiationCo-Dependency as Bondage to (and participation in) Evil
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. (Pro 10:1) The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother....
Continue ReadingCo-Dependency as Bondage to (and participation in) Evil“No Trap is so Deadly as the One You Set for Yourself” (William Manchester, The Last Lion)
2Co 11:4 For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you...
Continue Reading“No Trap is so Deadly as the One You Set for Yourself” (William Manchester, The Last Lion)Just Give me that Old Time Religion – And Don’t Bother me with Truth
Joh 8:44 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...
Continue ReadingJust Give me that Old Time Religion – And Don’t Bother me with TruthWhy was Billy Graham Popular with Presidents, Popes, and Other World Leaders?
As most all of you know by now, Billy Graham died this week. You can find any number of news reports detailing his evangelism crusade achievements throughout the world for these many, many years. I remember attending one of the...
Continue ReadingWhy was Billy Graham Popular with Presidents, Popes, and Other World Leaders?If We are not Wise About Evil, Evil Will Conquer Us
Joh 15:19-20 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. (20) Remember the...
Continue ReadingIf We are not Wise About Evil, Evil Will Conquer UsWhen we Call Evil Out, We Will be Accused of being “Radical” and Faithless
Joh 8:12-14 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (13) So the Pharisees said to him, "You are bearing...
Continue ReadingWhen we Call Evil Out, We Will be Accused of being “Radical” and FaithlessPaul’s Last Words to the Ephesian Elders are About Evil Creeping into the Church
Acts 20:28-31 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. (29) I know that after...
Continue ReadingPaul’s Last Words to the Ephesian Elders are About Evil Creeping into the Church“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...
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