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Let’s Say it Again – You Don’t Need Your Church’s Permission to Divorce an Abuser

Nov 11, 2022 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

Est 1:16-18 Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, “Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces...

We Cannot Handle Vengeance – It Belongs to the Lord

Oct 14, 2022 • Jeff Crippen • 1 Comment

Rom 12:19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” This instruction from the Lord does not neutralize vengeance. It sustains it. What...

This World is not Our Real Home

Jul 15, 2022 • Jeff Crippen • 0 Comments

Joh 16:33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” Php 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and...

The Lord Always Preserves His Remnant

Jun 3, 2022 • Jeff Crippen • 4 Comments

In this blog ministry and in our interactions with one another on it, we talk about many negative things. Unpleasant things. Yet they are true and they need to be talked about and exposed. Light must shine on evil. And...

And this is the Victory – Our Faith

May 27, 2022 • Jeff Crippen • 1 Comment

1Jn 5:4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Rev 13:10 If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is...

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...