manipulators

Donkeys honking in their pride, Taking others for a ride, Telltale signs of something bad, Someone somewhere has been had. Magic tricks, that is their game, Mischief making, all the same. Looking, though, to others blame, Absolute, they feel no shame. Corner others with their tricks, That is...

Elders and Overseers Titus 1:6-9 BSB (Berean Standard Bible) “6An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination. 7As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not...

Romans 16:17-18 BSB (Berean Standard Bible) “17Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them. 18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk...

They say they’re this, They say they’re that, But lies they tell, And that’s a fact. Manipulate The people, too, And twist the truth, ‘tis nothing new. Control’s their thing, What they desire, The hypocrites, Truth not require. Embellish truth, Or simplify, But truth be told They do deny...

“But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of...

“’Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by...