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To Discern Good from Evil, You Must be Born Again

Aug 6, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 1 Comment

[The following is excerpted from July 6, 2014 sermon at Christ Reformation Church. You may listen to or read the entire sermon at sermonaudio.com/crc] Faith is the means by which we overcome the world, by which we resolve to not...

How we Respond to Christ’s People when they are Oppressed Reveals the condition of our Heart

Jul 30, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you...

Some Thoughts on Broadway, the Narrow Way, and Abuse

Jun 25, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 1 Comment

The Large Majority of Professing Christians Travel on Broadway, and thus are not Christians at all Matthew 7:12-16 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets....

The Heart of True Religion

Jun 11, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 3 Comments

“You know, we [abuse victims] make people that are having a wonderful, ‘no worries’ life, uncomfortable.” [Teresa, abuse survivor] James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their...

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 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...

His Sheep Hear His Voice

Feb 19, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

An appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land: the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes? (Jeremiah 5:30-31) One...

An Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil (Part 14)

Feb 12, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 4 Comments

Galatians 4:8 ESV Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. The devil enslaves. Sin enslaves. To be in the kingdom of darkness is to be a slave to it. Owned...

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 12)

Jan 29, 2021 • Jeff Crippen • 4 Comments

John 15:18 ESV “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. Sometimes evil comes at us in the form of some organization. A group of people organized together to form a - monster....