(Colossians 2:18-23 ESV) (18) Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, (19) and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a… Continue reading How Family Values Can Replace the Gospel and Promote Abuse
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.
No-Divorce-For-Abuse Positions are Self-Destructive
As we continue to maintain our position in this blog that God does indeed permit abuse victims to divorce their abuser, we have already heard the accusations against us of "sloppy scholarship", and demands for us to "engage" our opponents in debate over the nuances of this verse or that passage. For the most part,… Continue reading No-Divorce-For-Abuse Positions are Self-Destructive
