(1 Corinthians 6:1-7 ESV) (1) 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 the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try… Continue reading Is a Christian Absolutely Forbidden to Sue Their Church Leaders?
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.
Counterfeit Repentance — by Thomas Watson, 1668
COUNTERFEITS of Repentance (from Thomas Watson's The Doctrine of Repentance, Puritan Paperbacks series) — To discover what true repentance is, I shall first show what it is not. There are several counterfeits of repentance, which might occasion that saying of Augustine that "repentance damns many". He meant a false repentance; a person may delude himself… Continue reading Counterfeit Repentance — by Thomas Watson, 1668