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How can I be part of a child's Christmas to remember? As you think about your favorite childhood Christmas memory, consider this: What do you think the boys and girls who were sexually and physically abused at Niños de Mexico going to remember about this Christmas? In the final 256-page G.R.A.C.E. report made public three weeks ago, it: describes sexual abuse of fifty-four (54) specific cases along with additional cases of “other boys” and “other girls”; describes physical ab

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(NOTE: On March 3, 2015, Steve Wingfield, pastor at First Christian Church of Florissant (now Christ First), and the elders were informed...

by Douglas Lay March 20, 2023 Late one night, a wife is awakened by an unexpected noise coming from the kitchen. She pokes her husband...

by Douglas Lay December 2018 Their tear-stained eyes poured out the silent pain Buried deep inside with the sign of Cain From the...

by Douglas Lay March 17, 2023 Imagine a “newly revised” Bible translation, built upon a model that ignores the word-for-word vs...

By Douglas Lay May 7, 2023 One day, a sheep from a very well-known shepherding institution got the courage to approach the lead...

Douglas Lay June 20, 2022 Steve Wingfield allegedly engaged in the following behaviors as the lead minister of First Christian Church...

Douglas Lay April 8, 2022 Imagine to your surprise to learn that your spouse was mugged and assaulted in an unsafe part of the city,...

Douglas Lay March 31, 2022 In light of Joy Taylor’s recently published book, A View from the Pews: The Inside Story of a Broken Church,...

Douglas Lay March 24, 2022 Steve Wingfield, pastor of First Christian Church of Florissant, the elders, and the entire congregation are...

Douglas Lay March 18, 2022 The pulpit, as a symbol of a theological reformation, stands as a representation of the Bible’s power and...

By Douglas Lay (March 10, 2022) Part 2 Last week, I wrote an open letter to Christian leaders to address the problem of sexual abuse...

By Douglas Lay (March 3, 2022) PART 1 I am ashamed of my professions. As an ordained pastor of thirty-eight years, a fourteen-year...

For the sake of the gospel.... Paul, standing in the midst of a court room, stretches out his hand to make his defense of the gospel to...