“Besides,” Legion said, “if they discover our intentions, they may send to their King for aid. If they do that, I know very well what it will mean for us. For this reason, let us assault them with the false appearance of fairness, covering our true intentions with all manner…
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Pro 5:3-4 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech; (4) But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. Solomon is specifically warning his son here about the danger of the wicked woman, but I want to…
Read More"THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES."(Rom 3:18) As most of you probably already know, one of the most common ways people fall prey to the RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist), is to assume that everyone thinks pretty much just like us. Oh sure, there are those serial…
Read MoreHebrews 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 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 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…
Read MoreTherefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond…
Read MoreHere is a link to my article at Light for Dark Times entitled "Oh, How Forgiving the Hypocrite is - A Picture from Mr. Pecksniff." Pecksniff is a character in Charles Dickens' great novel - Martin Chuzzelwit. Pecksniff's name is synonymous with "hypocrite." One of Pecksniff's tactics is to pronounce…
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