Category Archives: church

New Theses for a New Reformation #2 Worldliness

Posted on December 10, 2019 by RC

We must believe that the love of the world is hatred of God. Whatever happened to worldliness? Time was when worldliness was a front and center concern to most Christians. Eventually it became the exclusive domain of fundamentalists. Now, only … Continue reading →

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What Are You Worried About?

Posted on December 7, 2019 by RC

We are inveterate plea-bargainers. We are adepts at the art of the deal. Romans 1 tells us that in our fallen condition we all deny the God we know exists. We know we stand guilty before Him, but we suppress … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Is acting a sin?

Posted on December 6, 2019 by RC

In its exposition of the meaning of the 7th commandment the Westminster Larger Catechism says, “The sins forbidden in the Seventh Commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, adultery, fornication, rape, inces3, sodomy, and all unnatural lusts; … … Continue reading →

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The Blessing of Benedictions, a Letter to an Unbelieving Friend and More…

Posted on December 6, 2019 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything

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The Devil’s Advocates

Posted on December 5, 2019 by RC

There are many blessings that come with being de-platformed. One of those blessings is being freed from various internet press-gangs. Time was whenever there was a hubbub on the internet that agitators on both sides would seek to win my … Continue reading →

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Ask RC-Jesus told the rich young fool that he must sell all that he had, give it to the poor, and follow him. Is this true for all who would follow Jesus?

Posted on December 4, 2019 by RC

Yes. This, of course, is not what we typically hear about this text. We are told, for instance, that Jesus was tapping into the first use of the law rather than the third here, that rather than telling the young … Continue reading →

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New Theses For a New Reformation

Posted on December 3, 2019 by RC

Today we begin a new series of posts, New Theses on a New Reformation. Once a week I will be posting a brief challenge to us as individuals, as families and as the church, encouraging us all to repent and … Continue reading →

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Tune into last night’s advent celebration, and join us next Sunday evening.

Posted on December 2, 2019 by RC
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He Who Has Ears

Posted on December 2, 2019 by RC

Lord Acton was absolutely right, that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. He may have been more right, however, if he had adapted a bit of biblical wisdom in articulating the dangers of power. What if he had said … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Are there any “gray areas” from God’s point of view? Is everything a matter of right and wrong from God’s point of view? How would you determine issues that would be “gray?”

Posted on November 29, 2019 by RC

No, there are no gray areas from God’s point of view. Neither should there by gray areas from our point of view. There are, however, issues that are not moral issues. Suppose, for instance, that the dictionary suggests that both … Continue reading →

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