This post is difficult for me to write because I have lived it so many, many times. The subject gets my blood pressure, dander, ire and anger “up” big time. I hate this stuff. It is soooo prevalent in our churches and there is no excuse for it. This time,…
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2Ti 4:16 At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!2Ti 1:15-16 You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. (16) May the Lord grant mercy…
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 More1 Corinthians 3:12-15 ESV Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— (13) each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one…
Read MoreI am a conservative, Bible-believing Christian, and I intend to remain one. I have had to make many changes in my thinking in the last few years, especially as I have learned about abuse, but those changes are in me, not in the Word of God. God’s Word is truth.…
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 More2 Corinthians 10:10 ESV For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.” The real issue at Corinth was the truth of the gospel and the false gospel wicked "apostles" were introducing. They hated Paul and they hated…
Read MoreMost of you know that I teach a videocast Bible study on Wednesdays at 10am Pacific time. This last Wednesday I began to deal with the statement that insists "God loves everyone," and which, covertly also insists that "you better believe this or else." It is vital that we get…
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