If we only look at this present time and fail to consider "the end," then we can easily become bitter when we see the wicked apparently prospering at the expense of their victims. The Psalmist said it: Behold, these are...
Continue ReadingConsider the End of the Wicked – Their Feet are “set” Upon Slippery PlacesAuthor: Jeff Crippen
I am the pastor of Christ Reformation Church in Tillamook, Oregon, arriving here in 1993. I have been a pastor since 1983 and was a police officer for 12 years before that. My wife and I have been married since 1971. Verla is a medical assistant at a local clinic and in our spare time we like to hunt, fish, and ride our motorcycle.
The Abuser, Thrashing Tantrums, and the Devil
And someone from the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and...
Continue ReadingThe Abuser, Thrashing Tantrums, and the DevilThe Problem is Often with What is NOT Said in our Sermons and Teaching
The church I attend does not talk about domestic abuse. There is sermon after sermon about how marriage should work, and what each party should be doing, but almost nothing about what you can do if your spouse consistently mistreats you. And the absence...
Continue ReadingThe Problem is Often with What is NOT Said in our Sermons and TeachingIt is a Great Error to Assume that Even the Devil is Open to Negotiation
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies,...
Continue ReadingIt is a Great Error to Assume that Even the Devil is Open to NegotiationCo-Dependency as Bondage to (and participation in) Evil
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. (Pro 10:1) The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother....
Continue ReadingCo-Dependency as Bondage to (and participation in) Evil“No Trap is so Deadly as the One You Set for Yourself” (William Manchester, The Last Lion)
2Co 11:4 For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you...
Continue Reading“No Trap is so Deadly as the One You Set for Yourself” (William Manchester, The Last Lion)Just Give me that Old Time Religion – And Don’t Bother me with Truth
Joh 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When...
Continue ReadingJust Give me that Old Time Religion – And Don’t Bother me with TruthWhat if we all just Stopped………?
Psa 46:8-10 Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has brought desolations on the earth. (9) He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots...
Continue ReadingWhat if we all just Stopped………?Let Me not be Put to Shame
1Pe 2:6-7 For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame." (7) So the honor is for you who believe,...
Continue ReadingLet Me not be Put to ShameWhy was Billy Graham Popular with Presidents, Popes, and Other World Leaders?
As most all of you know by now, Billy Graham died this week. You can find any number of news reports detailing his evangelism crusade achievements throughout the world for these many, many years. I remember attending one of the...
Continue ReadingWhy was Billy Graham Popular with Presidents, Popes, and Other World Leaders?