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Abuse is not a Matter of “I just don’t know”

May 20, 2022 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

1Ki 22:7-8 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here another prophet of the LORD of whom we may inquire?” (8) And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the...

Abusers Are Consistently Inconsistent — A Favorite and Evil Tactic

May 6, 2022 • Jeff Crippen • 1 Comment

But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not...

The Devil’s Emissaries Cast “Spells”

Apr 22, 2022 • Jeff Crippen • 1 Comment

2Co 4:4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. Fiction is...

Twisted Notions of “Martyrdom” Keep Victims in Bondage

Feb 11, 2022 • Jeff Crippen • 2 Comments

Abusers who use Christianity as their facade of choice quite often press the martyrdom/suffering-for-Jesus card upon their target victim, with the goal of keeping the victim in their evil grip. As I have seen this wickedness in action, it seems...

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...