When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us, or for our adversaries?" And he said, "No; but I am the commander of the… Continue reading “My Church Right or Wrong” is a Dangerous Philosophy that Enables Abusers
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.
Wise as Serpents: Evil Comes to Eden (Part 2 of a sermon series by Jeff Crippen)
If evil came to Eden, that perfect paradise where everything had been pronounced "very good" by the Lord, why in the world would we not expect it to come among us today in the church? And yet, professing Christians seem to default to a kind of "willful blindness" to that evil, enabling the wicked and… Continue reading Wise as Serpents: Evil Comes to Eden (Part 2 of a sermon series by Jeff Crippen)
