Hebrews 3:12-13 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. (13) But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of…
Read MoreColossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. One of the chief impediments we face in exposing evil as it hides in local churches is…
Read More“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs…
Read MoreMost of you know John Bunyan as the author of Pilgrim's Progress. But he wrote other books as well and one of those is entitled "The Life and Death of Mr. Badman." It is an account of an evil man's pilgrimage - to hell. The following is an excerpt from…
Read More“Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” (Rom 3:13-14) Narcissistic abusers and their kind (RASNs) dig up the past. And they will do so entirely out of context. By…
Read MoreI don't follow Dr. Phil, but I came across this talk he gave on the narcissistic personality. I listened to it and before I finished I knew I needed to share it. We watched it last Sunday in the morning class and I sent the link to our people who…
Read MorePro 27:4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? The sin of jealousy is, as the verse above says, particularly destructive. Now, God Himself, we know, is a jealous God. That is, He is jealous for His own glory - idolatry moves Him to a…
Read MoreRom 12:19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” There is a reason that we are prohibited as individuals from taking revenge on someone. We are not to do so even in…
Read MoreGal 4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. When we were still dead in our sins, when we did not know God, we were enslaved. We were blind to our condition. Satan had us in bondage leading us…
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