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
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Don’t Fall for the Abuser’s “Repentance” – Lessons from Zacchaeus
Just about all of you have heard an abuser claim to "have changed," or "I have repented and the Lord has forgiven me and now you must also." We have had pressure put upon us by the abuser's allies to "forgive" and reconcile because, after all, he said he was sorry. Yada, yada, yada. Real… Continue reading Don’t Fall for the Abuser’s “Repentance” – Lessons from Zacchaeus
Pride as Fuel for Abuse in the Church
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 Pride as Fuel for Abuse in the Church
Wise as Serpents: Broadway is Evil (Part 6 of a sermon series by Jeff Crippen)
One reason that evil flourishes unchallenged so often is because of another evil – willful blindness. Willful blindness to evil. "Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men…" (Matthew 10:16-17a) The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was… Continue reading Wise as Serpents: Broadway is Evil (Part 6 of a sermon series by Jeff Crippen)
The Holy Spirit Calls us to Expose Evil — People Tell us to be Quiet About it
And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes… Continue reading The Holy Spirit Calls us to Expose Evil — People Tell us to be Quiet About it
The Person Blessed by God Knows What Evil Looks Like
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 The Person Blessed by God Knows What Evil Looks Like
The Law, Wrongly Used, Only Promotes Sin — Including Abuse
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 The Law, Wrongly Used, Only Promotes Sin — Including Abuse
A Cry For Justice 