Isa 14:3-19 When the LORD has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve, (4) you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: “How the oppressor...
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If you are in Christ – God is not mad at you
1Jn 4:16-18 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. (17) By this is love perfected...
Continue ReadingIf you are in Christ – God is not mad at youYour Motives are Always Evil According to the Wicked
1Co 2:11 For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Wicked people operate from evil motives which proceed...
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Act 14:19-22 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. (20) But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up...
Continue ReadingBeing Hated Does Not Mean You are WrongEvil Returns Evil for Kindness
Psa 105:39-41 He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to give light by night. (40) They asked, and he brought quail, and gave them bread from heaven in abundance. (41) He opened the rock, and water gushed out;...
Continue ReadingEvil Returns Evil for KindnessTrue Christianity is a Fight
Many of you know that I have been reading the books and sermons lately of J.C. Ryle. I highly advise you to do the same. In his book Holiness, chapter 4, he writes this: There are thousands of men and women...
Continue ReadingTrue Christianity is a FightAbuse is not a Matter of “I just don’t know”
1Ki 22:7-8 But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here another prophet of the LORD of whom we may inquire?” (8) And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the...
Continue ReadingAbuse is not a Matter of “I just don’t know”Abusers Are Consistently Inconsistent — A Favorite and Evil Tactic
But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not...
Continue ReadingAbusers Are Consistently Inconsistent — A Favorite and Evil TacticCars – Do You Watch for His?
2Ti 4:14-15 Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. (15) Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message. Alexander didn't own a car or truck, but if he did...
Continue ReadingCars – Do You Watch for His?An Appearance of Godliness: Case Studies in Evil – Digest
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...
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