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The Lord’s Promises to His Own

Jan 28, 2022 • Jeff Crippen • 4 Comments

Psa 21:8-13 Your hand will find out all your enemies; your right hand will find out those who hate you. (9) You will make them as a blazing oven when you appear. The LORD will swallow them up in his...

An Appearance of Godliness (Part 7) – The Real Thing

Dec 25, 2020 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

As we look at case after case of evil people disguised with an appearance of godliness, I wanted to insert this refreshing case of the real thing. True godliness. It is found in the book of Ruth and there, in...

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...

A Central Scripture on the Evil of Killing the Unborn

Aug 21, 2020 • Jeff Crippen • 3 Comments

Jeremiah 1:4-5 ESV Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, (5) “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”...

Blame Shifting From Perp to Victim

Jun 12, 2020 • Jeff Crippen • 3 Comments

Malachi 2:13-14 ESV And this second thing you do. You cover the LORD's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. (14) But you say, “Why...

How Would John the Baptist Deal With a Wicked Person in the Church?

Mar 6, 2020 • Jeff Crippen • 3 Comments

Today I was thinking about John the Baptist. The Lord Jesus said that John was the greatest of the prophets. John is a very interesting Bible personality because he was the last of the Old Testament prophets, coming on the...

Are the Saints in Heaven Sinning When they Ask for Justice?

Feb 14, 2020 • Jeff Crippen • 11 Comments

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign...

Why Must Every Knee Bow? – the Defeat of Evil

Feb 7, 2020 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

Php 2:9-11 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, (10) so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,...

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...

Is a Christian Absolutely Forbidden to Sue Their Church Leaders?

Sep 13, 2019 • Jeff Crippen • 2 Comments

1 Corinthians 6:1-7 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? (2) Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if...