Today at 10AM (PT) Livestream on FaceBook Bible study - 1 John Starting today at 10 AM (PT) I am going to begin a weekly Wednesday Bible study broadcast through the book of 1 John, which we will livestream on...
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“Give us Barabbas!” – When the Wicked are Chosen and the Righteous Rejected
Matthew 27:21-23 The governor again said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release for you?” And they said, “Barabbas.” Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said,...
Continue Reading“Give us Barabbas!” – When the Wicked are Chosen and the Righteous RejectedWho is a Christian? new booklet by Jeff Crippen
New booklet by Pastor Crippen A post with details is at unholycharade.com, an outreach of Christ Reformation Church.
Continue ReadingWho is a Christian? new booklet by Jeff CrippenElitists Love to Creep into Church Leadership Positions
1 Timothy 3:2-3 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, (3) not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. I was thinking...
Continue ReadingElitists Love to Creep into Church Leadership PositionsWhen Our Champions Become Our Idols
1 Samuel 17:47-51, “and that all this assembly may know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hand.” (48) When the Philistine arose and came...
Continue ReadingWhen Our Champions Become Our IdolsHow Would John the Baptist Deal With a Wicked Person in the Church?
Today I was thinking about John the Baptist. The Lord Jesus said that John was the greatest of the prophets. John is a very interesting Bible personality because he was the last of the Old Testament prophets, coming on the...
Continue ReadingHow Would John the Baptist Deal With a Wicked Person in the Church?What Does Christ’s Truth Look Like?
And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are...
Continue ReadingWhat Does Christ’s Truth Look Like?A New Book on Evil is Coming Soon: Wise As Serpents (now published)
This is the preface to a new book we plan to publish soon. Its title is Wise as Serpents: Wising up to the Evil Among Us. It is based on the sermon series of that title that I delivered at...
Continue ReadingA New Book on Evil is Coming Soon: Wise As Serpents (now published)Are the Saints in Heaven Sinning When they Ask for Justice?
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign...
Continue ReadingAre the Saints in Heaven Sinning When they Ask for Justice?Why Must Every Knee Bow? – the Defeat of Evil
Php 2:9-11 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, (10) so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,...
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