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Gehazi is Still Among us – and often he is in charge!

Dec 27, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 2 Comments

In the account of the miraculous healing of Namaan the Syrian at the hands of Elisha at Samaria, we see an example of something that is all too common today in the churches. Elisha had a servant named Gehazi and...

Idolatry Will Never Produce Love for Others

Dec 20, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 3 Comments

You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water...

Be Wise About this thing called “A Call to Ministry”

Oct 25, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 4 Comments

1Ti 1:5-7 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. (6) Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion, (7) desiring to be...

The Disconnect in the Evil Man’s Mind

Oct 18, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 8 Comments

Rom 1:32 Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them. We know that abusers are never wrong. The kind we...

The Old Man Fallacy as an Excuse for Abuse in Independent Fundamental Baptist Theology

Oct 11, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 8 Comments

The following lines are taken from the doctrinal statement that appears at the Sword of the Lord website. Sword of the Lord is a publication that has been around for decades, promoting KJV only, separatist, soul-winning fundamentalism. In the same...

Is a Christian Absolutely Forbidden to Sue Their Church Leaders?

Sep 13, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 2 Comments

1 Corinthians 6:1-7 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? (2) Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if...

The Abuser as Esau — A Sobering and Freeing Truth for Victims

Sep 6, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 3 Comments

This is a sermon delivered by Jeff Crippen at Christ Reformation Church. It presents a realistic view of the abuser who has persisted in abuse without repentance for many years all the while claiming to be a Christian. ...

The Faith of Devils

Aug 23, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 1 Comment

James 2:15-19, “If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, (16) and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what...

The “Christian” Abuser: Couldn’t He be a “Carnal” Christian? (Part 1)

Jul 12, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 3 Comments

But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are...

The Devil Can Preach a Great “Biblical” Sermon

Jun 28, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 4 Comments

Jas 2:19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! 2Co 11:14-15 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. (15) So it is no surprise if his servants,...