(Matthew 6:7-8 ESV) (7) "And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. (8) Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Children often think magically. They believe that their… Continue reading Getting Free of the Bondage of Magical Thinking
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.
We Are Ignorant of Evil, and it is Killing Us
The problem of evil is a very big mystery indeed. It does not submit itself easily to reductionism. (M. Scott Peck, People of the Lie) (Acts 19:13-16 ESV) (13) Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, "I adjure you… Continue reading We Are Ignorant of Evil, and it is Killing Us
