The Hawthorne Effect

 How do you solve a problem like old King Saul? Someone who is stalking you and seeking to crush you? In this video we explore some parts of the Old Testament, but the answer for people nowadays is in the New Testament! At some point, people in our churches need to shake their heads, open their eyes and see that there's no reason in the New Testament why anyone in our churches needs to be on the run from someone like Saul -- the original spiritual abuser -- in their churches.  Additional note: compare the behavior of Saul in I Samuel to that Paul sets out for Christians in Titus 3:1-2 ► https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=titus%203%3A1-2&version=ESV . Saul's behavior toward David is much more like the behavior Paul describes in Titus 3:3 ► https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=titus%203%3A3&version=ESV . So as I say in the video, no one in our churches should be behaving like Saul toward another believer without correction and church discipline. Thi...

 Do you speak the truth in love? Do the people in your church speak the truth in love? Do the leaders in your church speak the truth in love? How can we grow to be more like Jesus together? In this video, together we explore Ephesians 4:15-16, where the apostle Paul tells what the growing church is like. It's about speaking the truth in love and functioning together as the body of Christ! And this means that we have to make some deep adjustments in how we talk to each other and how we treat each other -- but we'll stop hurting and wounding each other, and help to build up and bring relational healing and safety to each other like Jesus intends for us. #churchhurt #spiritualabuse #spiritualhealing #spiritualhealth #bodyofchrist #churchleadership #churchleadership #churchfamily #edification #buildingeachotherup #buildingupeachother