Tag Archives: sanctification

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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Environmentalism, Sinclair Ferguson’s The Whole Christ and The Theology of Glory

Posted on December 3, 2019 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything

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God’s Hammer

Posted on November 30, 2019 by RC

Sometimes, indeed often, we build and maintain our paradigms for our own comfort. Our worldview is usually less the result of careful, dispassionate, sober-minded analysis, and more the result of self-serving, special pleading, rationalization of our sin. We believe what … Continue reading →

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Three Question Salute or, How to Reboot Gratitude

Posted on November 27, 2019 by RC

Ingratitude is virtually universal. Adam and Eve were ungrateful in paradise. The children of Israel were ungrateful after being delivered from slavery and while being led to a land flowing with milk and honey. Paul, in , seeking to describe … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- What, if you could have only one word, would you want on your tombstone?

Posted on November 22, 2019 by RC

This “Ask RC” goes back twenty years. This question was asked of me by a friend with a preternatural gift of asking what he calls “diagnostic questions,” questions that slip into ordinary conversation that end up, before we know what … Continue reading →

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The Daily Grind

Posted on November 21, 2019 by RC

We are all mirrors cracked. Man, as man, was made to reflect the glory of God. Adam and Eve were put into the Garden to reflect their Maker, to show forth His glory. In defying Him and eating of the … Continue reading →

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The Culture Culture

Posted on November 20, 2019 by RC

The Bible teaches, from Genesis 3 onward, the antithesis. Antithesis is a rather fancy theological term that simply affirms that the people of God live their lives in the context of the battle between the seed of the woman and … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Why are we so awful to each other on the internet?

Posted on November 18, 2019 by RC

The internet did not invent sin. We were plenty awful to each other long before Al Gore went into his lab and wound his web around the world. That said, the internet did bring some new features to the sin … Continue reading →

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Samson as type of Christ, Lisa, the Purpose Driven Wife and More…

Posted on November 18, 2019 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything

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