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.

When Men as Leaders Forfeit Their Right to Lead

Jeff Crippen40 Comments

Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment.  (Judges 4:4-5  [ESV]) I am no expert on the era of… Continue reading When Men as Leaders Forfeit Their Right to Lead

Don’t be Guilted by the “Gossip Card”

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Many thanks to one of our readers for writing the following to us: It's not called gossip once a wife's murder is reported after many years of hidden domestic abuse, but it's called gossip if she talks about it before her murder. It's not called gossip when it is reported that a company / man… Continue reading Don’t be Guilted by the “Gossip Card”