Mar 7:3-5 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders, (4) and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such…
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This link is to a message by R.C. Sproul which we will be watching in the first hour Sunday class this morning (Easter). It is excellent and very appropriate for Easter. He is Risen!
Read MoreThese are links to the Pilgrim's Progress class, Sunday sermon (April 2nd), and the two mid-week Studies (Ephesians and Revelation). I will try to remember to post these here each week. NOTE: We concluded Pilgrim's Progress reading (21 videos) last Sunday but all of the class videos (as is true…
Read More2Co 1:9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. There it is. The hardest lesson to learn. In the middle of trials and perhaps even more importantly, in the…
Read MoreI am conservative in my theology. I believe that the Bible is the inerrant, infallible Word of God. And I believe that God has instructed us to appoint qualified (godly) men to the offices of pastor and elder in the local church. (Even though I have known a lot of…
Read MoreI have created a new playlist on our Youtube Channel, Light for Dark Times – Jeff Crippen (I guess you have to search for that whole title including my name). There are 11 videos there now under the playlist title – “Does God Love Everyone.” These 11 videos are part…
Read MoreThe following is from the introduction to Arthur Pink's Book, Satan and His Gospel. You can read a copy on Kindle for free. If you aren't familiar with A.W. Pink, I highly recommend you read at least one of his books. I am currently reading from his commentary on the…
Read MoreRev 2:14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality.1Co 5:1 It is actually…
Read MoreAct 8:9-13 But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. (10) They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the power of…
Read MoreNOTE: Subsequent to writing this post, a commenter (LB, see her comment below) tipped us off to the fact that Professor Gritter's denomination, the Protestant Reformed Churches in America, has a doctrine of divorce, marriage, and remarriage, that does not accord with Professor Gritter's article summarized here in this post.…
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