As some of you have correctly pointed out in your comments on the previous post on this subject, a background check is not going to catch all sociopaths, psychopaths, pedophiles and so on. This is important to know. For example, I know a case in which a man was convicted…
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1Jn 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. There is nothing "Christian" or "loving" about naively welcoming a person in among Christ's flock, knowing nothing more about them than…
Read More2Ti 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. We are not told in Scripture what it was specifically that Alexander had done. It involved opposing the gospel with great…
Read More1 Kings 19:11-14 ESV And he said, “Go out and stand on the mount before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. And…
Read MoreWhen there is sin in the church, we panic. I believe that this is one of the reasons churches and pastors so often give terrible counsel to victims of abuse. We are the Church! We are Christians! We aren’t supposed to sin! This is a disaster, and it is up…
Read MoreProverbs 11:21 ESV Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered. The author of Proverbs largely speaks of the here and now, although behind everything he says there is the sense that he is also and ultimately thinking of that…
Read MoreFor it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned1 Corinthians 9:9 He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were…
Read MoreJohn 3:20 ESV For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. Many if not most of you have had this experience. You saw it when you asked for help and rescue from an evil abuser. Friends,…
Read MoreHebrews 13:5-6 ESV Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (6) So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to…
Read MoreGalatians 6:2 ESV Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. This article was written by a young lady who has suffered the pain of being rejected by friends and by her church. What was her crime? She and her family escaped an abuser father/husband. For…
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