Unholy Charade - Jeff Crippen

Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church

The RASN’s Descent into Mordor

Most of you have seen the Lord of the Rings series, or read it. You will remember that closing scene at the fires of Mordor where Gollum clutches "his precious" all the while falling into destruction in the fires. Gollum gives us a very accurate and fitting picture of the…

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“As Is” and “What You See is Not Necessarily What You Get”

We know that RASNs (revilers, abusers, sociopaths, narcissists) are very deceptive. They wear disguises and like their father the devil, they can appear as angels of light or sons of righteousness as the Apostle Paul puts it. In defending ourselves against these kind, there are two points of wisdom which…

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Why Does it Take so Long to Realize What a RASN is?

Rev 2:19-20 'I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. (20) 'But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My…

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Abigail Acted in Self-Defense

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel (now the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name…

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Truth-Tellers in a Toxic Family

Gal 4:16 So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? I was listening to an online podcast focusing on narcissism recently. The subject was about the experience of the one person in a toxic family who sees the truth and speaks it. There are two routes facing…

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RASNs and Compartmentalization

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.(2Co 11:13-14) Most of you know how RASNS (revilers, abusers, sociopaths, and narcissists) wear disguises. They do so for a number of reasons, one…

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RASNs Will Never do This

Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way. (Psalm 139:23-24) True repentance involves a willingness to be "searched." The Psalmist admitted that there could well be…

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RASNs as Corrupt Politicians

"But let your statement be, 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no'; anything beyond these is of evil.(Mat 5:37) I am sure that you have noticed while watching the news that dishonest politicians are in no way the picture of Matthew 5:37. Today their "yes" is yes, but tomorrow it will be…

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RASN’s Have No Shame

There is a normal kind of shame which is proper and which functions in a healthy person. In this article I don't mean the wrong kind of shame which wicked people cast upon an innocent. I am speaking of shame which is rightly felt when we wrong someone or sin…

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The Ending Reveals the Beginning

Where a relationship ends up reveals what it was from the beginning Often we can find ourselves going down that memory lane, thinking that things were so great back then. For anyone in a relationship with a RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist) and especially for a person married to a…

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