{"id":3144,"date":"2024-05-29T13:58:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T13:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2024-05-29T13:58:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T13:58:48","slug":"damage-to-the-kingdom-from-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=3144","title":{"rendered":"Damage to the Kingdom from abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2839\" src=\"http:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dogwood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dogwood.jpg 415w, https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dogwood-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are doing great damage to countless people and to God\u2019s church because people destroyed by abuse perpetrated by the powerful cannot use the fullness of their God-given gifts to bless His body. Those perpetrating the abuse are not gifting the church as God intended either.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0Diane Langberg, Ph.D @ DianeLangberg on X (Twitter.com) April 22, 2024\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DianeLangberg\/status\/1782514795159155018\">Damage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The damage is not limited to the direct targets of abuse. It encompasses those within the church indirectly affected. It severely compromises the witness of the church to the watching world. When God sets all things right, woe to those who abused, to those who enabled, to those who were silent. \u201cWoe to the world because of\u00a0<i>its<\/i> stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes!&#8221; Matt. 18:7 NASB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;We are doing great&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-thought-for-the-day"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3144"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3176,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3144\/revisions\/3176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}