There is something in us that can make us very reluctant to call evil for what it is – evil. I understand this to some extent and so do you. We do not delight in concluding that someone we know, someone perhaps that we have loved and who we thought loved us, is in fact a child of the devil with malevolent intent… Continue reading Wise as Serpents: Calling Evil Good, and Good Evil (Part 18 of sermon series)
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You Must Listen to Me! (says the abuser)
I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. (3 John 1:9) Abusers, as most all of you know through years of grievous experience, possess a mentality of incredible entitlement. One of the typical displays of this is their insistence that everyone listen to them.… Continue reading You Must Listen to Me! (says the abuser)
