(Jude 1:4 ESV) For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. In discussing the double life that sex offenders and other predators establish in order to gain people's… Continue reading Abusers in Church – Why churches are abuser-friendly environments
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.
Suffering, Abuse, and the Providence of God
God has [hath] "decreed in himself, from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably, all things, whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby is God neither the author of sin nor has [hath] fellowship with any therein; nor is violence offered to the will of… Continue reading Suffering, Abuse, and the Providence of God