Monthly Archives: June 2025

How ought the believer to serve the church?

Posted on June 30, 2025 by RC

There are many weaknesses inherent in the mindset that sees the church like a shopping mall. The seeker sensitive movement has encouraged the church to see itself as a business, marketing the gospel to increase market share. This sands down … Continue reading →

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Same Circumstance, Same Savior, Same Song

Posted on June 27, 2025 by RC

Trouble comes to the people of God. If it is not here now, it will be here soon. Those who promise that the Christian life is a breezy walk through the meadow not only have not taken up their cross … Continue reading →

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The Rise of the Next Reich and the Part We Play

Posted on June 26, 2025 by RC

We must remember two great truths from the wisdom of Solomon- there is nothing new under the sun (Eccl. 1:9) and that there is a time for peace and time for war (Eccl. 3:8). This notion that we are entering … Continue reading →

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Summer Hiatus and Classic Jesus Changes Everything

Posted on June 25, 2025 by RC

Hello friends. It’s summertime and that means Hollywood and Fort Wayne take a break. Each Wednesday this summer I’ll be re-airing classic Jesus Changes Everything Podcasts for your listening pleasure. That said, I may well break out a new episode … Continue reading →

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American Idols: Worshipping the Work of Our Hands

Posted on June 24, 2025 by RC

Sophistication, more often than not, comes complete with toilet paper stuck to the heel of your shoe. We enter the world seeking to look au courant. We carry with us the latest news, opinions, tastes. All while wearing the latest … Continue reading →

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How does the church effectively serve the believer?

Posted on June 23, 2025 by RC

For almost a year now I’ve been publishing a weekly blog piece under the Ask RC heading on the nature and calling of the church. I have been persuaded for decades that one of the great weaknesses inside the church … Continue reading →

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Kiss the Son Lest You Perish Along the Way

Posted on June 20, 2025 by RC

There is no such thing as the “More” party. They do not run campaigns seeking to unseat sitting officials of the “Less” party. Both “More” and “Less” need more context and less ambiguity. We need to know what we are … Continue reading →

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We Have Met the Scandalizers and They Are Us

Posted on June 19, 2025 by RC

Much has already been spoken and written since last month’s blunder by Bryan Chappell, former stated clerk of the PCA church. If you are unaware, Dr. Chappell was being interviewed by the Gospel Coalition and along the way, in order … Continue reading →

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Babes in Toyland: Youthful Folly In Our Dotage

Posted on June 17, 2025 by RC

We should expect that a given culture would follow the pattern of the riddle of the Sphinx. What begins on four legs, moves to two, and ends with three? Oedipus freely passed on his way because he recognized this as … Continue reading →

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What does it mean to say the church is apostolic?

Posted on June 16, 2025 by RC

The various competitors to the “one true church” crown, Anglo-Catholicism, Roman Catholicism and eastern Orthodoxy, all make quite a fuss about their pedigrees. Each holds to a doctrine called “apostolic succession” which affirms that the current leadership in their respective … Continue reading →

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