Sermons

Ps Brian Sayers, Faith Bible Church, Spokane, Washington.

Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage, Part 10: The Tragedy of Abuse — What is Abuse

Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage, Part 11: The Tragedy of Abuse — Hope and Reality

Ps Bob Kerrey

What Forgiveness IS and What It Is NOT [Internet Archive link] (PDF)
What Forgiveness IS and What It Is NOT [Internet Archive link] (Audio of the above sermon)

In this sermon Pastor Bob Kerrey explains what forgiveness is and what it is not. The sermon was originally titled Breaking Barriers to Intimacy with God: Overcoming Unforgiveness, but Ps Kerry has given permission for us to apply a different title to it so we have given it a title that will be more engaging for survivors of abuse.

Everything Kerrey says can be applied to cases of abuse.

The sermon carefully explains and distinguishes the different aspects of forgiveness:

• judicial forgiveness
• psychological forgiveness
• relational forgiveness

And best of all, it tells us what forgiveness is NOT. That’s most important for victims of abuse.

Ps Chris Davis

1 Corinthians 7:1-7 

Explains why sexual abuse in marriage is prohibited; you can see our reader’s comments on this sermon here.

Ps Jeff Crippen, Christ Reformation Church, Tillamook, Oregon

UPDATE  Sept 2021:  I, Barbara Roberts, have come to believe that Jeff Crippen does not practise what he preaches.  He vilely persecuted an abuse victim and spiritually abused many other people in the Tillamook congregation. Go here to read the evidence. Jeff has not gone to the people that he spiritually and emotionally abused. He has not apologised to them, let alone asked for their forgiveness.

Domestic Violence and Abuse

21 sermons by Jeff Crippen dealing with the psychology and methods of sin.

The Religion of the Pharisees

9 sermons by Jeff Crippen, relevant to how some churches respond to domestic abuse.

Wise as Serpents — A Practical Theology of Evil

26 sermons by Jeff Crippen, with the purpose of exposing evil in its practice.

Note: we featured the Wise as Serpents sermons in a series on this blog. Barb Roberts transcribed the most valuable things Jeff had said extempore in his sermons and, with Jeff’s permission, Barb added extra comments and insights. Go to our Wise as Serpents Digest to find a list of all those posts.

Christ is for the Righteous and Against the Wicked

Ps Crippen gave this message at the Overcoming Powerlessness luncheon in York, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, May 14, 2016.  While the original video link is broken, a written version of his message can be found at the ACFJ post Christ is for the Righteous and Against the Wicked (link above). Many thanks to Fred and Bonnie Wilt and all of the OCP volunteers and board members who made it possible for Jeff to give this message.

Ps Sam Powell, First Reformed Church, Yuba City, California.

Dealing With Abusive Men — Psalm 129

Living with Deceitful Men — Psalm 120

Things that God Hates — 1 Corinthians 5

The Purification of the Church — 1 Corinthians 5:1 – 8

This sermon gives superb teaching about true excommunication compared to the kind of excommunication which is done by hard-hearted leadership.