Hosted by sisters Madison & Miquela, The Sacred Shade Podcast seeks to ignite a passion in others for bringing Heaven to Earth through conversations about Christian living and culture. Madison & Miquela are Christian RU-vidrs, writers, and adventurers. Through a blend of their life-callings to the arts and the legal field, these sisters are ready to offer a snapshot of what God's Kingdom might look like if we rearrange our priorities and perspectives around Jesus' priorities and perspectives. Join us for new episodes weekly!
I AM a Christian which is an identity statement. I'm a follower of the way links to an action that you could presumably stop following or lose the way. Yes they were called followers of the way but Christian isn't a term to lean away from either.
The word "Christian" only appears in the Bible 3 times, none of that describing it as a derogatory term. Therefore, preaching it as such would be secular (considering God's word is finally authority) and of man and the world. Which leads us to what the Bible says about man's philosophy and traditions. He starts off by saying "Beware" Col 2:8: " Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ."
@@calebnelson7017 that verse is about respecting governmental authorities. Voting does not contradict that in any way. Early Christians politically spoke against Rome’s practice of infanticide. 17/1800s Christians were the primary political advocates against slavery. Christians are currently some of the most vocal political advocates for fighting human trafficking. Christians throughout history have used their political voice. Read any of the Biblical prophets and you will find the Lord calling His people to STAND UP for what is good and what is just. Voting is just one way to do that ❤️
This is devastating for anyone in a church. Sadly if your church has multiple scandals on sexual misconduct in the courts or otherwise (now we know there are a few at Gateway!) there is a systemic problem going on in leadership and in service. God bless and my heart goes out to all at Gateway - please find a biblical church and not one teaching unbiblical scripture twisting theology on tithing like Morris pushed. If you go to FTF Chris Roseborogh he has done a great job of looking at the teachings and comparing it to Scripture. Lord bless you!
Yea eating is also not a fruit of the spirit. Im still gonna do it. I understand her point, but wisdom is not bad. You can say this about everything. You can use wisdom to help others, which falls under love, and kindness. ❤
@@jorammozes8486 Wisdom from the spirit and the type of knowledge I’m talking about here are different! ♥️ Godly wisdom vs. prideful knowledge. We should desire true knowledge and true wisdom, you’re right! Hope that helps!
Except our vote dont really matter when all the state can over turn the ballot 😅 so if the people vote for someone that the state dont want in office they use a rule that allows them to change the votes
Jesus specifically said in no uncertain words that his followers would be no part of the world because he is no part of the world. If you are not a follower of Christ then you aren't a christian.
Knowledge/ intelligence without wisdom is useless. That being said, truth is absolutely important. We are also told to call out false doctrines/ false teachers You should absolutely be standing on truth. Knowledge and wisdom are important, as is discernment. This is why Solomon prayed specifically for wisdom and discernment. Whether you want to admit it or not, there is a deceiver and if you believe that deceiver, you are not believing Yeshuah/ Jesus
Knowledge is not a fruit, but it is a gift of the spirit. Gift of knowledge is wonderful to have. Ask the Lord Yall if you want the gift of knowledge and He'll give it to you. You have to desire the gifts of the spirit though.
Aww, you are so blessed and have such a joyful spirit. Yes, God is good all the time. I've never had a vanilla lavender latte. Enjoy it and continue to be blessed by His goodness.
I want to give this a thumbs up, except I’d like to know her definition of justice first. I hope I’m wrong, but it smells like Marxist garbage that has nothing to do with God’s justice.
This video is actually in reference to biblical justice and what that means for supporting victims and churches in light of recent sex abuse scandals at mega churches ❤️
Thank you ladies for being vulnerable and sharing the goodness of the Lord through your testimonies! Such a good reminder about gratitude and all that God has done for us!
As a professional in the criminal justice field, the news is devastating. Getting that email from the elders was too late. The church is not talking about the elephant in the room. I noticed after a few years of attending church there, the sermons became repeative every year. He did not preach about real shit, end times, sin etc. The ones who turned an eye blind should be expelled from the church too. Now the sermons they are preaching, relate to his sin. Had it happened in TX in the present time, all who knew would have been criminally charged as it's a TX state law to report all abuse regarding minors. And yes I'm a sinner myself.
I’m blown away at the way you ladies conveyed the situation with truth and grace! As a member of Gateway, I feel you represented Gateway very well and spoke so beautifully! The episode was balanced with factual evidence and gracious empathy, which is so hard to find! Thank you ladies for sharing and being obedient to the Lord! I can’t wait for the next episode! 🤍
@@TheSacredShade lm sorry, not meant to be critical I just really wanted to listen but the audio made it difficult. I think that what you have to say is of value so audio is critical.
@@TheSacredShade I actually like the audio on this one, your first video had Miquela on the left speaking out my right speaker, and Madison on the right coming out my left speaker.. in this video the person speaking matches my speaker placement and its like we are all sitting together having a good discussion!
My approach is to leave Churchianity. Much of it is part of the harlot system. We are being distracted by scandals; we are being taught false doctrine and we are being trained to bow down to our idol celebrity pastors, some of whom are self-appointed and not called by God. Because I believe we are living in the last days, I am glad to see these exposures happening for the sake of the Body of Christ even though it's sad for the individuals who are falling. I hope believers will draw close to the Lord directly without relying on or idolizing mere men because each of us need to know God's voice when things suddenly change. I am trying to get a better understanding of the timeline of events of the last days ahead so that I can be of help to those who have been distracted by the prosperity gospel, by feel good sermons, and by the lack of end times teachings from the pulpit. Studying prophesy as it is being fulfilled is absolutely amazing. What a time to be alive! We are seeing things line up!! But it is also very sobering. I feel like my purpose at this time is to prepare my own heart and soul to stand strong in my faith no matter what happens so that I can explain to the best of my ability what is happening to those who might end up in fear. We are soft here in the US. Think of what it could be like without the internet, without power, without water and sewer without fully stocked grocery stores. Other nations are experiencing some of these things. Very few pastors have studied eschatology in-depth, but they should have some awareness of what is happening so that they can relay the urgency of the times we are living in. Are we hearing it from the stages? We will have to help each other. Anyway, this is how I interpret the events of these days.
You are two lovely gentle ladies. I pray you will be used by God to help those who have been under spiritual leadership abuse. I do not believe that God builds mega churches. I have been through something similar and researched how things work. I know all about how orchestrated mega churches are to financially benefit the mega church wolf mafia pastors and their multiple streams of income. Did some of them start out sincere? Probably, but they were enticed by power, greed, fame and lust. Some of them have been elevated by these so-called elders who do not have any kind of scriptural authority to restore what God says is an unqualified man who wants to be a pastor. Restoration is about repenting and being restored to God - not overriding God's requirements for pastors and elders. I was very disappointed in myself for wasting what God gave me on growing one man's financial portfolio. RM is ultra rich as you probably now know! I questioned everything I was taught and wondered why the Holy Spirit let me be tricked that way. It is a tough thing to overcome but almost anything we go through can be used by God to help others in the same position. One real social justice bandwagon to get on right now is to defund the mega church pastor wolf pack. They are stealing from God through sheep. We want our tithes to go to the poor, the widows and orphans. The wolves have the same opportunity to repent as the rest of us and they should know how since they teach it, but the sheep need warnings and protection. The Lord warned us about the wolves, and He said we should mark the false teachers and avoid them. Mega churches can easily foster lukewarm believers especially in the youth who have had no background teachings. Who doesn't enjoy flavored coffee, soft seats, soft lighting and a good concert. Our ears get tickled, and we forget we are there for meat. I copied some of this in quotes and can't remember where, but it is good. "Revelation 3:16 “So, because you are lukewarm-neither hot nor cold-I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” This verse is part of the seventh letter, delivered to the church in Laodicea, which was the most corrupt. The people of the church in Laodicea were indifferent about whether they became better people or not because they had all they needed and wanted to be fulfilled on earth. Because of the plentiful lives they lived, the Laodiceans did not see or appreciate the importance of the poverty of their spirit. Jesus warns that He will reject those who are neutral between whether they follow God or a false god, and that there is more hope for an open enemy of God." This is really shocking! The prosperity gospel is false and just pure greed. Jesus is sending us warning after warning as we see more and more mega church pastors being exposed, maybe because we are in the last days and God is merciful to us.
I've never been a member of Gateway. I did read that Robert went through a time where he stepped down two years, and confessed that he had committed a sin. Said he was sorry. The girl's father said they forgave him this was 35 years ago. He got himself right with God and had accountability, so he wouldn't do this again. He shouldn't have to suffer consequences from such a long time ago especially when he went through a restoration process. My other thought is we need to put our trust in God. Not man. God is not a man and can not lie. He will be there whenever we need him. So if you are looking for a man to put your trust in Don't. Trust God first. I feel like Gateway is in good hands and will give news at some point. If members are faithful they'll stick around. After all God is who we trust. Yes, we have to be careful about who is in ministry and background checks help. Unfortunately people haven't been caught of their sin and we can still have issues with sin even with background checks being done. We have to put our trust in God that He'll protect our kids and bring the right people into children's ministry.
You who are without sin cast the first stone. Robert Moore repented and confessed his sin and God has forgiven him but not people!!!! Check your own life first before throwing stones at others!!!!
But he was no longer qualified to be a pastor according to scripture. He is now just one of the sheep and yes, he can mercifully be restored to God but not to leadership. We should be glad he can be forgiven if indeed he has repented. But why in the world do you think he should lead? He is teaching a false prosperity doctrine but even if he taught correctly, he disqualified himself. He can serve the Lord in many other ways - but he.......he made his choice. I think you are blending two totally different issues. Jesus told us to mark the false teachers and avoid them. Pastors are held to a much higher standard because of their influence in the Body of Christ. We are so easily led astray by false teachers. Avoid them. Don't promote them.
Exactly. Like we said, because the Lord cares about the most vulnerable, we believe that God would rather that little girl have been protected and cared for than all the supposed "good" that came from a cover-up. God doesn't need a man, a church name, or a cover-up to accomplish his work. We're called to live righteously. Blessings!
When you have prosperity gospel, celebrity pastors, millions in tithe money, and “the Holy Spirit told me this” mentality from the top, you have a beautiful habitat for spiritually abusive narcissism. Wolves hunt in packs. As a former long time member with family members and friends that were on staff, my advice is RUN.
@@amyoconnell6287As one who grew up in prosperity gospel teachings, I can say Morris’ teachings on tithing are unbiblical and filled with prosperity gospel scripture twisting… if you look up FTF Chris Roseborogh on RU-vid, he has a breakdown of the actual teachings of Morris on his famous tithing teachings. It’s a real eye opener. Go is Faithful and it is His Grace to expose!
📖💜🎵I’ve been a pastor’s wife 33 yrs, married almost 46 yrs. Our church runs less than 100 folks, my hubs teaches & preaches from the Bible & does not cherry-pick a verse here & there to preach about bc of how HE feels. Expository preaching brings God’s Word into much clearer view! Learning the who, what when where etc that each book was written. The pastor is then to read and explain the scripture, bringing to life the doctrines, principles, etc that God is showing us. Yes! Using other scriptures to show examples is great! Unfortunately, men like RM add what they THINK or WANT the verse to say. And bc they have a certain flare or charisma about them, folks flock there. Then their eyes are blinded & ears deafened unless it’s his voice. Not nearly enough Christians study the Bible on their own!
I hope the bravery of this woman teaches all in this branch of Christianity to properly read God's word. Don't just listen to what they peddle. Morris's tithing teaching is clearly false. His falling is a blessing from God. Hopefully it opens your eyes. The whole prosperity/pentecostal movement and any church that teaches false old testament tithing is lying to you for greed.
Background check? Morris broke the law, but he was never caught. He didn't have a sentence or anything on his background. If he he had he wouldn't be in ministry. He'd be labeled as a sex offender. He didn't get caught, so he doesn't have that label. Background checks are helpful, but a lot of times people never get got caught. So you wouldn't see any charges on their record.
Not only is this sick and sinful but hopefully also shows you it's time to run from Gateway. Morris was/is a messed up "teacher". One look no further than his twisted heretical teaching on NT "tithing" so he got richer, or bringing Mormon Glen Beck to the stage, or false NAR teacher Bill Johnson. Gateway is NOT a solid Bible church. It just isn't
You need to delve into the word of God. Much of what Robert Morris taught was not scriptural. Please study under good men of God that exergit the Word and teach out of context. Praying you will grow in a true understanding of the Word of God. ❤
God said, the Anointing that lives and abides within you will teach you ALL things that no man can teach you anything 💯 depend on the Holy Spirit 💯 He's the best teacher of His WORD not man😮 man has flaws💯
It’s ok to take it to the criminal courts and it was more than one man and Yes they did know it was covered up by several people close to Morris .As long as the church is naive it will continue to happen.
It’s infuriating the way this man has demonized the LBGTQ community as groomers and child abusers when he was one himself! Thank you for being critical and open about this disgusting situation either way that pastor! Evangelicals in this country need to direct their outrage to their own community since there’s a a terrible track record on this child abuse crap! But they choose to demonize others. Thank you again for not staying quiet about this.
That's exactly what I've been saying the flock has been neglected at a time when they very much needed leadership to pastor them or at least SAY SOMETHING! I just got an email from the elders 7 days later - maybe they heard you! Good job I think it's helpful for the flock to hear someone from Gateway say something, the silence is deafening!
The three questions I have for folks in this are: 1) Can you envision the people of the Church being healed and move forward to become the body He asked? 2) Can you see the victim being healed and restored to a place of wholeness? Not because she got 'justice' but because the grace and presence of God transforms and heals. 3) Can you envision the offender being restored in the body, as a believer, that one day (through Christ) will live in heaven forever and ever with the rest of us? If the answer is 'no,' I ask you to to pursue to the heart of God on the matter and let His heart be obtained within you. Search the scripture- it's the providence of God who is able to use the injustices of humanity to birth His glorious plan.
Hi there! Thanks for your comment! The answer is YES to all 3-- we believe true justice is about complete wholeness-- spiritual, physical, emotional. We're looking forward to discussing that very thing in the next episode. Stay tuned!
DISCLAIMER: 21:35 a mistake was made regarding the Elder page on the Gateway website. There was confusion regarding apostolic elders who had previously stepped away from their roles prior to this news and the current elders. We don't want any misinformation, so thanks for hanging with us!