I have the outline of a new book sitting here on my desk, which I never seem to have time to get started on. So I thought what I would do is write it here with a weekly installment, and...
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Judgment of the Wicked is Part of the Gospel
1 Timothy 1:8-11 ESV Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, (9) understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and...
Continue ReadingJudgment of the Wicked is Part of the GospelJoin Us! Wednesday Worship Session
The CRC Worship Sessions begin tomorrow, Wednesday, at 7:00 PM (PST). Each week Kevin Dirks will be leading the livestream session on our FaceBook Page. Wednesday mornings we will post the Scripture reading and the words to the song...
Continue ReadingJoin Us! Wednesday Worship SessionAnnouncement – A Weekly Worship Time on Wednesday Evenings here
Beginning Wednesday, November 4th at 7:00PM Pacific Coast time (I guess that will be standard time by then), there will be a livestreamed worship time on the Christ Reformation Church facebook page. Kevin Dirks, our son-in-law in Victoria, BC will...
Continue ReadingAnnouncement – A Weekly Worship Time on Wednesday Evenings hereIs Your Faith Supernatural or Superstitious?
Hebrews 11:1 ESV Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. If we do not have the "direction" of what we think is faith, that genuine faith given us as a gift from...
Continue ReadingIs Your Faith Supernatural or Superstitious?Some Thoughts on Churches that Abuse the Abused
Recently we watched a movie called A Call to Spy. It was about World War 2 and Britain's efforts to send agents into Nazi occupied France to gather intelligence and help organize resistance fighters. One out of three of these...
Continue ReadingSome Thoughts on Churches that Abuse the AbusedDon’t be One of These False Prophets Promising False Peace
“For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely. They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace....
Continue ReadingDon’t be One of These False Prophets Promising False PeaceBetrayal by Friends and Family is Nothing New
Jeremiah 12:6 ESV For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you.” We know...
Continue ReadingBetrayal by Friends and Family is Nothing NewLet’s Think Some More about the Popular “Christian”
Isaiah 53:3 ESV He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. I would like to ask...
Continue ReadingLet’s Think Some More about the Popular “Christian”Most Professing Christians Tell Christ What to Teach
...though he [Nicodemus] had in general owned Christ to be divine teacher, yet he was unwilling to receive his teachings when they did not agree with the notions he had imbibed. Thus many people who claim to be Christians profess...
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