Wise as Serpents: Evil is Among Us, Why are We Surprised? (Part 9 of a sermon series by Jeff Crippen)

Why are Christians so stubbornly reluctant to call evil what it is, evil? This past week I had a conversation with a Christian lady who is truly hungering and thirsting for righteousness, but is not finding it in her local church. That church leadership has regularly and repeatedly welcomed wicked, deceptive malignant narcissists not only… Continue reading Wise as Serpents: Evil is Among Us, Why are We Surprised? (Part 9 of a sermon series by Jeff Crippen)

True or False? “Jesus speaks of divorce being permissible, and his reason for such is that our hearts can be hard.”

A pastor (Phillip) wrote to us: Jesus speaks of divorce being permissible, and His reason for such is that our hearts can be hard. It is evident that this pastor has imbibed the menagerie of muddled ideas which is taken as divorce doctrine in most of the evangelical church. (A menagerie is a collection of… Continue reading True or False? “Jesus speaks of divorce being permissible, and his reason for such is that our hearts can be hard.”