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Cars – Do You Watch for His?

Jan 21, 2022 • Jeff Crippen • 4 Comments

2Ti 4:14-15 Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. (15) Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message. Alexander didn't own a car or truck, but if he did...

They Just Never Stop With the Accusations

Dec 10, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

Now the chief priests and the whole Council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward…(Matthew 26:59-60) It is not...

There is no Hope for a Wolf in Wool

Jun 4, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 1 Comment

Mat 21:19 And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered...

An Appearance of Godliness (Part 22) – It’s Always Your Fault – Really?

Apr 23, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 1 Comment

Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown...

An Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil (Part 16)

Mar 5, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. (2) For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, (3) heartless,...

An Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil (Part 9)

Jan 8, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 4 Comments

2 Timothy 3:5 ESV having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. In these now 38 years of pastoral ministry I have met a long list of the kind of people the Apostle Paul is warning...

Do Not Pity the Wicked – Pity is Their Ploy

Jul 24, 2020 • Jeff Crippen • 1 Comment

But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities, then the elders of his city shall send and...

Good Friday: A Remembrance of Our Lord’s Passion on Calvary

Apr 10, 2020 • Jeff Crippen • 2 Comments

Every Good Friday our church here in Tillamook holds a special service in remembrance of Christ’s death on the cross. We have followed exactly the same format for many years now, ending with everyone departing the sanctuary in silence as...

How I Learned About Abuse Victims being Blamed Instead of the Abuser

Jan 31, 2020 • Jeff Crippen • 4 Comments

1Ki 18:17-18 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?” (18) And he answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father's house, because you have abandoned the commandments of...

Signs of the Dark Kingdom

Nov 29, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

I have often, as you have guessed if you have read many articles on this blog, thought that abuse is demonic to one extent or another, varying most likely from case to case. Thinking about this brought to mind the...