Dear DM, What about love keeping no record of wrongs?

  Hello DM, I’m glad I found your website. It’s refreshing to hear I have an out when dealing with my wife’s adultery. D-Day is Jan. 23 for me so it’s pretty fresh.    I have a question about the 1 Cor. 13:5 passage about not keeping a record of wrongs. Nowadays, the way I … Continue reading “Dear DM, What about love keeping no record of wrongs?”

Forgiveness and grace for cheaters? Sure, as long as…

Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins. There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies. -Hebrews 10:26-27, NLT Cheaters ARE eligible for forgiveness and grace as long … Continue reading “Forgiveness and grace for cheaters? Sure, as long as…”

A master’s class in recognizing spiritual abuse and religious manipulations

 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. -Matthew 23:28, NIV Dealing with a religious cheater and religious supporters of said cheater results in a master’s class in spiritual abuse tactics and religious manipulations. The lessons I have learned … Continue reading “A master’s class in recognizing spiritual abuse and religious manipulations”

Whatever our troubles, they do not win. Jesus has and does!

“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” -Jesus in John 16:33b, NIV Whatever the trouble we may facing, we have these words of comfort from Jesus. The world does not win! It soothes my anxieties to remember this truth. While Jesus promises that we will experience trouble in this … Continue reading “Whatever our troubles, they do not win. Jesus has and does!”

Which category is the cheater in? Pharisee or enemy?

 Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell? -Matthew 23:30, NLT But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. -Matthew 5:44-45a, NIV Recently, I have been meditating on the different ways Jesus handled people who acted in … Continue reading “Which category is the cheater in? Pharisee or enemy?”

Senseless Consciences

But the [Holy] Spirit explicitly and unmistakably declares that in later times some will turn away from the faith…[misled] by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared as with a branding iron [leaving them incapable of ethical functioning]…. -I Timothy 4:1a,2, AMP When a cheater is telling their spouse, pastor, and/or Christian counselor that … Continue reading “Senseless Consciences”