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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We Cannot be Careless About Who we Allow Our Children to be With
Mat 19:14 but Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." When I was a youngster I was put in many situations that could easily have...
Continue ReadingWe Cannot be Careless About Who we Allow Our Children to be WithThe Problem is Often with What is NOT Said in our Sermons and Teaching
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...
Continue ReadingThe Problem is Often with What is NOT Said in our Sermons and TeachingWhen Victims of Evil Become Evildoers Themselves
Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, "Oh that we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the...
Continue ReadingWhen Victims of Evil Become Evildoers ThemselvesHow to Watch for the Rise of Evil in Your Church
The following verses from Paul's letter to the Galatians outline a flow of events that has continued to replay itself in every era of church history, and it continues to thrive today. This sequence inevitably introduces evil (through evil persons)...
Continue ReadingHow to Watch for the Rise of Evil in Your ChurchEvil 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 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 God