Many victims of domestic abusers and other kind of their kin (RASNs) struggle with the abuser's claim to be a Christian. In addition, many people including pastors and other church members pressure victims to assume that their abuser is actually...
Continue ReadingHow can we know that someone (including ourselves) is really Born Again?Tag: repentance
Being an Eternal Optimist toward a RASN is a futile path
2Ti 4:14-15 Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. (15) Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message. God's Word is very negative about certain kinds of evil people....
Continue ReadingBeing an Eternal Optimist toward a RASN is a futile pathLet’s Wise Up – We Can’t Fix Evil
Pro 9:6-9 Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.” (7) Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. (8) Do not reprove a scoffer, or he...
Continue ReadingLet’s Wise Up – We Can’t Fix EvilBe Careful – Watch, Pray, Do not be Careless
1Pe 4:17-18 For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? (18) And “If the...
Continue ReadingBe Careful – Watch, Pray, Do not be CarelessThe Hardness of the Human Heart (from Joel Beeke)
The following words are taken from Joel Beeke's great commentary on The Revelation. At the end of the 9th chapter of the Apocalypse we read these incredible words: Rev 9:20-21 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these...
Continue ReadingThe Hardness of the Human Heart (from Joel Beeke)Abuse is not a Matter of “I just don’t know”
1Ki 22:7-8 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here another prophet of the LORD of whom we may inquire?” (8) And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the...
Continue ReadingAbuse is not a Matter of “I just don’t know”A Good Description of Real Repentance
1 Peter 2:1-3, So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation — if indeed you...
Continue ReadingA Good Description of Real RepentanceHow I Learned About Abuse Victims being Blamed Instead of the Abuser
1Ki 18:17-18 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?” (18) And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father's house, because you have abandoned the commandments of...
Continue ReadingHow I Learned About Abuse Victims being Blamed Instead of the AbuserThe “Christian” Abuser: Couldn’t He be a “Carnal” Christian? (Part 1)
But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are...
Continue ReadingThe “Christian” Abuser: Couldn’t He be a “Carnal” Christian? (Part 1)