And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. (John 3:19) This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to...
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Why Evil-doers are Enabled and Welcomed in Local Churches
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let...
Continue ReadingWhy Evil-doers are Enabled and Welcomed in Local ChurchesYou Will be Cast Out – The Counterfeit Church Expels Christ’s True People
I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And...
Continue ReadingYou Will be Cast Out – The Counterfeit Church Expels Christ’s True PeopleEvil Always Has an Element of Betrayal – And this is Very Telling
Matthew 26:47-49 While he was still speaking, Judas came, one of the twelve, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. (48) Now the betrayer had given them...
Continue ReadingEvil Always Has an Element of Betrayal – And this is Very TellingIf We are to Walk in the Light, We Must See the Darkness
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie...
Continue ReadingIf We are to Walk in the Light, We Must See the DarknessWhen Church Leaders are Getting Rich from “Ministry,” Evil is Present
1 Peter 5:1-3 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: (2) shepherd the flock...
Continue ReadingWhen Church Leaders are Getting Rich from “Ministry,” Evil is PresentWhat About Bob? – He’s a Really Nice Guy, Right?
Of course the title of this post is a reference to the movie in which Bill Murray played the agoraphobic, manipulative narcissist - Bob Wiley. The movie was a comedy. In real life, there is nothing funny about Bob. So,...
Continue ReadingWhat About Bob? – He’s a Really Nice Guy, Right?If You Refuse to Acknowledge Evil, You Don’t Believe God
And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.' Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they...
Continue ReadingIf You Refuse to Acknowledge Evil, You Don’t Believe GodThe Light is Dim in Goshen
I have selected the name for this blog very purposefully. It is my judgment that the evangelical church of our present day has a bad eye and that therefore our Lord's words apply directly: Your eye is the lamp of...
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