Monthly Archives: October 2023

Seeking Christ

Posted on October 31, 2023 by RC

Neil Postman, in his compelling book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, argues that we have moved as a culture from one wherein the printed word drives us, to one wherein the image drives us. With the advent of the printing press, … Continue reading →

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Romans Study Tonight- All Things Work Together for Good

Posted on October 30, 2023 by RC

Tonight we continue our look at the monumental, towering book of Romans. All are welcome to our home at 7 est, or you may join us for dinner at 6:15. We will also stream the study at Facebook, RC-Lisa Sproul. … Continue reading →

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Can sin be my identity?

Posted on October 30, 2023 by RC

No, and yes. One of the strange results of efforts made to shoehorn homosexuality into the church is the claim of many at best celibate and at worst actively practicing, that they are “gay Christians.” The latter try to claim … Continue reading →

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Let No Man Tear Asunder

Posted on October 27, 2023 by RC

My favorite theologian of all time was wont to argue that the defining task of the theologian is to make distinctions. That’s what we do. We bring clarity through precision, precision through distinction. The man who may well have been … Continue reading →

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Public People, Private Lives

Posted on October 26, 2023 by RC

There has been of late a rather embarrassing battle going on on social media between competing tribes of Bible believing Calvinists who come down on different sides of what God commands for civil governments. There are good men on both … Continue reading →

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Sacred Marriage, The Good; Foreign Alliances; Babel & More

Posted on October 25, 2023 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Lord of Darkness

Posted on October 24, 2023 by RC

I am the Lord, and there is no other; I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things” (Isaiah 6b-7). It was Millenium Bug season, and many of my … Continue reading →

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Romans Tonight, Still More on Chapter 8

Posted on October 23, 2023 by RC

Tonight we continue our look at the monumental, towering book of Romans. All are welcome to our home at 7 est, or you may join us for dinner at 6:15. We will also stream the study at Facebook, RC-Lisa Sproul. … Continue reading →

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Should Christian men labor for a good physique?

Posted on October 23, 2023 by RC

Proxy wars have a long history. Viet Nam was less about Viet Nam, more about the United States and the Soviet Union. Hamas may well be doing the bidding of Iran. Conservative Christians on twitter have of late been treated … Continue reading →

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Blood in the Streets

Posted on October 20, 2023 by RC

How prone we are to miss the drama. The tyranny of the urgent, the plainness of our patterns, and our propensity to look inward rather than outward all push us to regard our callings, our surroundings, and our souls as … Continue reading →

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