Today is the 5th anniversary of A Cry for Justice and this post was the very first one we published - Diotrephes and The Evangelical Church. Originally the blog was started simply for the purpose of letting people know that the book, A Cry for Justice - How the Evil of Domestic Abuse Hides in Your… Continue reading ACFJ is Five Years Old Today — Here is Our First Post from 2012
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.
Here is a Scripture that is Regularly Used to Oppress Abuse Victims in their Churches – But it is to be Applied to the Wicked
I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. (Romans 16:17-18)… Continue reading Here is a Scripture that is Regularly Used to Oppress Abuse Victims in their Churches – But it is to be Applied to the Wicked