This is an amazing Psalm. Amazing in its content and amazing in its timelessness. This Psalm serves as a huge encouragement to me, and so it might for you. We who have experienced abuse and injustice from people who claim to be Christians have been impelled by Christ's Spirit to embrace David's declaration in verses… Continue reading We Love the Lord’s House, But We Cannot Abide the Assembly of the Wicked
Author: Jeff Crippen
I am the pastor of Christ Reformation Church in Tillamook, Oregon, arriving here in 1993. I have been a pastor since 1983 and was a police officer for 12 years before that. My wife and I have been married since 1971. Verla is a medical assistant at a local clinic and in our spare time we like to hunt, fish, and ride our motorcycle.
John Piper’s Works Righteousness “Gospel” (Part 3) — Doctrines of the Reformation compared to Piper
John Piper: Present justification is based on the substitutionary work of Christ alone, enjoyed in union with him through faith alone. Future justification is the open confirmation and declaration that in Christ Jesus we are perfectly blameless before God. This final judgment accords with our works. That is, the fruit of the Holy Spirit in our… Continue reading John Piper’s Works Righteousness “Gospel” (Part 3) — Doctrines of the Reformation compared to Piper