Jeff Crippen’s Sermons on Domestic Abuse
Jeff Crippen’s 21 sermon series on abuse sermonaudio.com/crc
A Cry For Justice
Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Violence and Abuse in its Midst
Job 19:7 Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.
"Good people never pretend to be evil, but evil people pretend to be good. Sheep don't wear wolves' clothing." ~ Jeff Crippen
The job of defending and protecting the defenseless is given to us (Christians), and the buck stops here. ~ Jeff Crippen
What is Abuse?
Very few people know what abuse really is, though everyone seems quite ready to give advice to its victims. If you believe that abuse is physical battering, you have some learning to do.
Abuse is fundamentally a mentality. It is a mindset of entitlement. The abuser sees himself as entitled. He is the center of the world, and he demands that his victim make him the center of her world. His goal is power and control over others. For him, power and control are his natural right, and he feels quite justified in using whatever means are necessary to obtain that power and control. The abuser is not hampered in these efforts by the pangs of a healthy conscience and indeed often lacks a conscience.
While this mentality of power and control often expresses itself in various forms of physical abuse, it just as frequently employs tactics of verbal, emotional, financial, social, sexual and spiritual abuse. Thus, an abuser may never actually lay a hand on his wife and yet be very actively terrorizing her in incredibly damaging ways.
Abuse in any of its forms destroys the victim's person. Abuse, in the end, is murder.
Watch For Our New Book
"A Cry for Justice: Recognizing Perpetrators of Domestic Violence and Abuse in the Church and Rendering Justice and Help to Their Victims." by Pastor Jeff Crippen and Anna Wood
Note from Jeff & Barbara
The articles we write and post on A Cry for Justice are representative of our doctrinal understanding of the Scriptures, and of our application of those truths. Sometimes, for purposes of discussion and learning, we may invite a guest to post an article that presents some points we do not entirely agree with. Comments to the articles will also sometimes present positions we do not necessarily endorse.
Our Position on Divorce
We believe that marriage is a covenant, the terms of which are the vows. Habitual, unrepentant, violation of those vows destroys the covenant and entitles the wronged spouse to divorce, though does not require it. The Bible sets out covenant-destroying sins: desertion and abuse (1 Cor. 7:15) – abuse is a form of desertion because the evil conduct violates and repels the victim – and adultery (Mat 19, Mk 10). God doesn't hate the legal process of divorce; he hates the sins of desertion, abuse and adultery that cause marriages to break down. We believe that a wronged party, after divorce, is free to remarry, only in the Lord (i.e., another believer).
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If a printed sermon would be more helpful, you could post them as well? Did I send them to you, Anna?
No, you didn’t. I’d LOVE to post the printed ones both on here and on my other domestic abuse site (At the end of myself…at the feet of Jesus). Then I could post a link on twitter, post the sermons on FB and in so many other places. Thank you!
As I listen to these sermons I feel chains dropping off of me.Doors I had shut hesitantly are being firmly locked, steps I’d taken in fear are being validated by the Truth.I am being freed from false guilt as I listen.The scriptures especially Nehemiah …its like I’ve never read it before; its so telling the story of my abusive marriage.Thank you Pastor Jeff for these sermons. I’ll be sharing them with my pastor and others.
God bless!
Dear Pastor Jeff,
I have never heard a sermon like these. I devoted most of last weekend to listening to them. They are confirmed in my life experience. The Lord has given you an anointing to speak for those of us who have not been heard. You also help us to clear the cobwebs out of our own confused thinking. I am anxious to read the book that you and Anna have written. Barbara Roberts suggested your website to me. I only found her site a few months ago, and was then able to begin reading all her information a few weeks ago. What I appreciate most about both of your teaching is that it is so scriptural. Between your site and Barbara’s I can hardly keep up with the new information, but I am sure trying to do it. Keep “crying in the wilderness”. I am lifting you up to the Lord in prayer. Blessings.
Sharing and praying.