ACFJ is Five Years Old Today — Here is Our First Post from 2012

Today is the 5th anniversary of A Cry for Justice and this post was the very first one we published - Diotrephes and The Evangelical Church. Originally the blog was started simply for the purpose of letting people know that the book, A Cry for Justice - How the Evil of Domestic Abuse Hides in Your… Continue reading ACFJ is Five Years Old Today — Here is Our First Post from 2012

The Apostle John Provides us a Model of How to Address an Abuser in Church

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to… Continue reading The Apostle John Provides us a Model of How to Address an Abuser in Church

Three years and One million views later. . .

On January 7, 2012, A Cry For Justice published its first post. That makes ACFJ three years old today! And if that isn't exciting enough — thanks to you, our faithful readers — we just hit 1,000,000 views! In light of these two memorable events, we have decided to re-post ACFJ's first post. Even though the post is… Continue reading Three years and One million views later. . .

Misuse of Power and Injustice to the Innocent: One follows the Other

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 Misuse of Power and Injustice to the Innocent: One follows the Other

Distinguishing Enemies From Brothers, And How We Deal Differently With Each

I am still working over this whole matter of forgiveness, and these posts on this subject are really intended to include all of you in my thought process on the subject, not to try to dogmatically lay my conclusions on you. I know, as you do, that this subject has caused all kinds of grief… Continue reading Distinguishing Enemies From Brothers, And How We Deal Differently With Each

Diotrephes and the Evangelical Church

(9) I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority.  (10) So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who… Continue reading Diotrephes and the Evangelical Church