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Counterfeit Repentance — by Thomas Watson, 1668

Jan 10, 2020 • Jeff Crippen • 1 Comment

Here are some excellent truths about fake repentance. These words are from a pastor of old named Thomas Watson in England: COUNTERFEITS of Repentance (from Thomas Watson’s The Doctrine of Repentance, Puritan Paperbacks series) To discover what true repentance is,...

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...

Let’s Get “Do Not Judge” Right and Stop Using it to Justify the Wicked

Nov 1, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 3 Comments

Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s...

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...

Why do Most People Choose to Ally With Evil Rather than its Victims?

Sep 20, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 5 Comments

Psa 2:2-4 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, (3) “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” (4) He who...

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 4)

Aug 2, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

The following is a summary of the conclusions of Sam Storms, who writes at Enjoying God Ministries. His take on 1 Cor 3:1-3 is a bit different than we have presented in parts 2 & 3 of this series of posts,...

The “Christian” Abuser: Couldn’t He be a “Carnal” Christian? (Part 3)

Jul 26, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 4 Comments

In his article “Rethinking a Much Abused Text: 1 Corinthians 3:1-15” Brian Borgman provides a great summary of the background and elements of the “carnal Christian” teaching. I will provide you with just enough material from his article to whet your...

The “Christian” Abuser — Couldn’t He be a “Carnal” Christian? (Part 2)

Jul 19, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 3 Comments

ESV 1 Corinthians 3:1-4 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. (2) I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it....

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...