I was recently surfing around Netflix trying to find some acceptable entertainment (no easy task) when I came across a movie with the title The Whistleblower. I didn't watch it. But the synopsis goes like this: Sent to Bosnia in the aftermath of civil war, an American policewoman uncovers evidence that U.N. peacekeepers are covering… Continue reading Understanding the Dynamics of Whistleblowing
Tag: Acts
Judge not — are we forbidden to judge?
Should we judge others? Many Christians think we shouldn't. Sermons and Sunday Schools have emphasised Matthew 7:1 so strongly that many Christians seem to believe the sum total of the Bible's teaching on interpersonal judgement is judge not that ye be not judged. (Bold font representing the Christian equivalent of the sword of Damocles; apologies… Continue reading Judge not — are we forbidden to judge?
Enabling? Sins of the victim? Tetchy topics indeed!
[July 3, 2022: There have been some changes made to this post. For more information, read the Editors’ notes at the bottom of the post. Editors.] In my interview with Catherine DeLoach Lewis Part 2, Cathy talked about the term codependency and how the victim may have enabled abuse although the victim is in no… Continue reading Enabling? Sins of the victim? Tetchy topics indeed!
An Easter Sermon
UPDATE Sept 2021: I 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,… Continue reading An Easter Sermon
When the Abuser is a Pastor
UPDATE Sept 2021: I 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,… Continue reading When the Abuser is a Pastor
The Repentant Jailer
My last entry was on Paul and Silas being freed from prison and not walking away. There was one part of the story I left out: the salvation of the jailer. When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that… Continue reading The Repentant Jailer
Paul and Silas Enduring Abuse?
[October 15, 2022: There have been some changes made to this post. For more information, read the Editors’ notes at the bottom of the post. Editors.] I don't know if anyone else was hit with this, but I sure was. The following account was used to explain that the Apostles submitted to abuse even when… Continue reading Paul and Silas Enduring Abuse?
A Cry For Justice 