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An Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil – Digest

Jun 29, 2021 • twbtc2012 • 0 Comments

This Digest compiles the 24 part-series titled, An Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil. In this series Pastor Crippen looks at many real examples of counterfeits. People who have an exterior appearance of godliness but who, like the whitewashed...

An Appearance of Godliness – Part 19

Mar 26, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 4 Comments

Mat 10:34-39 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. (35) For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter...

The False Appearance of Godliness Has Typical Identifiers (Part 18)

Mar 19, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 2 Comments

Mark 12:38-40 ESV And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces (39) and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of...

An Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil (Part 17)

Mar 12, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 1 Comment

Harry is a Christian counselor. He holds a seminary degree and is on staff with a large Christian organization where he has his counseling practice. Harry is a member of his church where he also serves as a church board...

An Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil (Part 15)

Feb 26, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

2 Corinthians 11:3-4 ESV But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. (4) For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus...

An Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil (Part 13)

Feb 5, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

2 Kings 6:15-17 ESV When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. And the servant said, “Alas, my master! What...

An Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil (Part 11)

Jan 22, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 7 Comments

Revelation 2:12-13 ESV “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword. (13) “‘I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and...

An Appearance of Godliness – Case Studies in Evil (Part 10)

Jan 15, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

Mark 7:6-7 ESV And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; (7) in vain do they worship me,...

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...

An Appearance of Godliness – Case Studies in Evil (Part 6)

Dec 18, 2020 • Jeff Crippen • 3 Comments

Matthew 21:28-31 ESV “What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ (29) And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his...