Here is the beginning of the Declaration of Independence. It is a divorce decree. It is the recognition of a breach of covenant. We celebrate this divorce in the United States every July 4th. The purpose of this post is to simply put forth this question: If it was right and…
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Job 30:26 ESV But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came. Psalms 52:3-4 ESV You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. Couple’s counseling (and I…
Read MoreMat 21:28-32 “What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ (29) And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind and went. (30) And he went to the other son…
Read MoreI did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied. (Jeremiah 23:21) Here is still another example of the wicked, evil filth that victims of abuse are subjected to through the hands of their fellow “christians.” In this case the abuser is…
Read MoreMat 12:7 And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. Once more we have seen a victim of cruel domestic abuse (at the hands of a "Christian" spouse) oppressed and ex-communicated by the church she faithfully attended…
Read MoreWe should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. (1 John 3:12) There are two brief times every 24 hours when darkness and light attempt to co-exist.…
Read MoreRecently an abuse survivor made a very insightful comment. She said that she could always tell when her abuser (a professing Christian) was receiving support from a Christian. How? He stepped up the intensity of his abuse. She said that while non-Christian support for him would certainly encourage him in…
Read More1Ti 5:5 She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, Lev 23:22 “And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall…
Read MoreI have a problem in keeping up with my reading. I open a good book, start in with good intentions of covering a lot of ground, and then smack! I get stopped in my tracks by some really, really good piece of insightful wisdom – a blog post enters my…
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