It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let...
Continue ReadingThe Prevalent False Gospel Among Us – “No one is beyond God’s mercy”Author: 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.
Addendum to Today’s Post on Jim Newheiser – Original sent out had typos
Please read this post directly from the Light for Dark Times website. The original post that was sent out to those who follow this blog had a couple of typos in it that altered the intended meaning. Sorry for the...
Continue ReadingAddendum to Today’s Post on Jim Newheiser – Original sent out had typosJim Newheiser is Still no Defender of Abuse Victims – Don’t be Deceived by His Claims
The following is a link to an article by Jim Newheiser who is now head of the counseling program at Reformed Theological Seminary. It is entitled Helping Churches to do a Better Job Handling Cases of Abuse. Read it for yourself at...
Continue ReadingJim Newheiser is Still no Defender of Abuse Victims – Don’t be Deceived by His ClaimsYou Cannot Discern Good from Evil if You are still a Baby in Diapers
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in...
Continue ReadingYou Cannot Discern Good from Evil if You are still a Baby in DiapersWhen Church Leaders are Getting Rich from “Ministry,” Evil is Present
1 Peter 5:1-3 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: (2) shepherd the flock...
Continue ReadingWhen Church Leaders are Getting Rich from “Ministry,” Evil is PresentThese Are the People Who are Enabling Abusers in the Church
I have to post this right away because it is soooo false and so incredibly damaging to victims of evil ones (like domestic abusers hiding in the church) and so enabling to the wicked. It is a quote from a...
Continue ReadingThese Are the People Who are Enabling Abusers in the ChurchWhat About Bob? – He’s a Really Nice Guy, Right?
Of course the title of this post is a reference to the movie in which Bill Murray played the agoraphobic, manipulative narcissist - Bob Wiley. The movie was a comedy. In real life, there is nothing funny about Bob. So,...
Continue ReadingWhat About Bob? – He’s a Really Nice Guy, Right?If You Refuse to Acknowledge Evil, You Don’t Believe God
And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.' Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they...
Continue ReadingIf You Refuse to Acknowledge Evil, You Don’t Believe GodThe Light is Dim in Goshen
I have selected the name for this blog very purposefully. It is my judgment that the evangelical church of our present day has a bad eye and that therefore our Lord's words apply directly: Your eye is the lamp of...
Continue ReadingThe Light is Dim in Goshen