Job 19:18-19 Even young children despise me; when I rise they talk against me. (19) All my intimate friends abhor me, and those whom I loved have turned against me. I bet you all can identify with Job, right!? This is one of the most painful...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Psalm 115:4-9 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. (5) They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. (6) They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. (7) They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
1 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...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
2Ti 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...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
When 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...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Many thanks to one of our readers for writing the following to us: It’s not called gossip once a wife’s murder is reported after many years of hidden domestic abuse, but it’s called gossip if she talks about it before her...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Proverbs 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...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Most of you have been told by professing Christians, pastors, Christian counselors, Christian authors and so on that God requires you to love your abuser, to stay in relationship with him, and that by the power of your loving, by you continuing to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
1 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...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Mark 12:38-40 ESV And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces (39) and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, (40)...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
