Jud 1:12-13 These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; (13) wild waves of the sea,...
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There are Many False Sheep and Shepherds and we Need to Say So
John 10:1-5 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. (2) But he who enters by the door...
Continue ReadingThere are Many False Sheep and Shepherds and we Need to Say SoMany Churches Teach a Roman Catholic View of Pastoral Authority
Mat 7:15-16 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. (16) You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? In this passage, the Lord...
Continue ReadingMany Churches Teach a Roman Catholic View of Pastoral AuthorityCovering Up the Evils of the Wicked is Forbidden by the Lord
Deu 13:8 you shall not yield to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor shall you conceal him. I wanted to talk some more in this post about this remarkable...
Continue ReadingCovering Up the Evils of the Wicked is Forbidden by the LordBeware the Typical Distortion of the Biblical Doctrine of Accountability
Heb 4:13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Heb 13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping...
Continue ReadingBeware the Typical Distortion of the Biblical Doctrine of AccountabilityA Few More Thoughts on “The Happy Church”
I recently posted the article Beware the Happy Church and add some additional thoughts this morning. Consider again the following: 1Co 11:20-30 When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat. (21) For in eating, each...
Continue ReadingA Few More Thoughts on “The Happy Church”The 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 GodWatch 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 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...
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