Unholy Charade - Jeff Crippen

Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church

Check out “In Defense of Fellowship by Distance” at Light for Dark Times blog

Here is the link to this morning's blog post over at Light for Dark Times. I wanted all of you to know about it in case you don't follow that Friday morning blog regularly. Hey, hit that subscribe (follow) button, as youtubers say.

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No Excuse for Assuming All are Christians

Act 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…

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Vengeance is Mine (says the narcissist)

Est 3:5-6 And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage to him, Haman was filled with fury. (6) But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the…

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The Fruit of Thankfulness

Col 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.Psa 100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!Rom 1:21 For although they knew God, they did…

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Another Diotrephes (Named, Haman)

Est 3:1-5 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him. (2) And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for…

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The Smirk – A tool of the evil one

This morning I published a post over at my other blog, lightfordarktimes.com, about a very interesting subject - "The Smirk." I am posting this announcement here because I wanted to be sure all of you know about it and go on over there to read it. Here is the link

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You Have Met this Person – Diotrephes

3 John 1:8-10 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth. (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…

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More Followup on the Earlier Post about “The Sin of Forgiveness”

Recently I posted excerpts from an article on the subject of forgiveness where there is no repentance, written by Professor Barry Gritters and published in 3 sections in The Standard Bearer. Gritters is on faculty at Protestant Reformed Theological Seminary. A friend who subscribes to that publication showed me Gritters'…

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Some Additional Information about my previous post on The Sin of Forgiveness

I have made some additions to this week's post referring to Professor Gritter's articles on it being a sin to forgive someone who is unrepentant. You can go here to read my revised post. It is important to be aware of these new facts and we thank LB for commenting…

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The Sin of Forgiveness

NOTE: 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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