Scripture Does Not Preclude Abuse Victims from Suing Abusive Churches

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 Scripture Does Not Preclude Abuse Victims from Suing Abusive Churches

A Psalm for the Lord’s Day – The Evil One Will Not Escape Judgment

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 A Psalm for the Lord’s Day – The Evil One Will Not Escape Judgment

A Psalm (72) for the Lord’s Day – God is for the Oppressed

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 A Psalm (72) for the Lord’s Day – God is for the Oppressed

O Lord, Thou Judge of All the Earth

[August 14, 2022: There have been some changes made to this post. For more information, read the Editors’ notes at the bottom of the post. Editors.] We know some of our readers are not able to find churches where they feel safe, so we are breaking our 'no posts on the weekend' routine to give those… Continue reading O Lord, Thou Judge of All the Earth

The Certainty of Justice: Reward and Punishment

(Colossians 3:23-25  ESV)  Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality. In this… Continue reading The Certainty of Justice: Reward and Punishment

A Report from the Bob Jones University Sexual Abuse Seminar

I am presently in Greenville, South Carolina (people talk funny here) attending a seminar on sexual abuse and the church, put on by Bob Jones University Seminary.  Many thanks to kind friends in my congregation for 1) reminding me I really should attend, and 2) generously making it possible for me to come. I came… Continue reading A Report from the Bob Jones University Sexual Abuse Seminar

The Wicked Man Will Perish, The Righteous Are Delivered

This post is short. It is simply this: (Psalm34:15-22  ESV)  (15) The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.  (16) The face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.  (17) When the righteous cry for help,… Continue reading The Wicked Man Will Perish, The Righteous Are Delivered