Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church

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"Speak the Truth in Love" has come to mean "Just Keep Quiet About it"

Eph 4:14-16 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. (15) Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him…

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The Deeds of the Flesh 'Fleshed Out'" — Sermon by Ps Jeff Crippen

The Deeds of the Flesh 'Fleshed Out' Sermon 8 from the series:  The Psychology and Methods of Sin A 21 sermon series on domestic violence and abuse First given on September 12, 2010 Sermon Text: Galatians 5:16-21 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the…

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The Abuser Uses Language to Establish Himself on the "High Ground"

Gen 3:1 "Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" The wicked talk "down" to those they are trying to…

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Abusers Charge their Victims with sin and Threaten God's Wrath Upon them

John 8:48 The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?" The tactics we can expect to be used against us when we confront evil of the kind we focus on here (abusers - entitlement, power, control, justified) include blaming,…

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The Deception of the Abuser — Sermon by Ps. Jeff Crippen

The Deception of the Abuser Sermon 5 from the series:  The Psychology and Methods of Sin A 21 sermon series on domestic violence and abuse First given on August 22, 2010 Sermon Text: Luke 3:1-14 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of…

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The True Story of "Frank" – A Crazymaking Shamer of Little Ones

Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" Here in the very first chapters of Scripture we meet…

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Bow Down — The Abuser's Command – sermon by Ps Jeff Crippen

Bow Down — The Abuser's Command Sermon 4 from the series:  The Psychology and Methods of Sin A 21 sermon series on domestic violence and abuse First given on August 15, 2010 Sermon Text:  Esther 3:5 "When we are honest, we come to the humbling realization that in each abuser…

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***Peace, Peace, When there is no Peace+4

Jer 8:10-11 Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely. (11) They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there…

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Worship Me, or Else – The Abuser's Command — Sermon by Ps Crippen

Worship Me, or Else - The Abuser's Command Sermon 2 from the series:  The Psychology and Methods of Sin Part 2 of a 21 sermon series on domestic violence and abuse First given on August 1, 2010 Sermon Text:  Daniel 3 I would never in my wildest nightmares dream that…

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Sin of Abuse Exposed by the Light of Christ — Sermon by Ps Crippen

Sin of Abuse Exposed by the Light of Christ Sermon 1 from the series: The Psychology and Methods of Sin A 21 sermon series on domestic violence and abuse First given on July 25, 2010 3 John 1:9-10 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to…

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