Author Archives: RC

What Love Is This? The World’s Hatred of the God of Love

Posted on July 12, 2024 by RC

The simplicity of God is a doctrine that provides a rather useful fence. The perfections of God are, of course, worthy of our excitement. Their infinity is, of course, staggering. But the simplicity of God is that place where these … Continue reading →

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No Believer Could Ever, or, Logs-in-Eyes ‘r’ Us

Posted on July 11, 2024 by RC

It’s election season again, which means I once again enter into that weird phase where my ideological friends regularly make me cringe. Sometimes it’s over the top rhetoric in favor of some guy on the red team, other times it’s … Continue reading →

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Former Astrologer Marcia Montenegro, Lying Media & More

Posted on July 10, 2024 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Name It Blame It, or, Pinning Failures on Failure

Posted on July 9, 2024 by RC

Some time ago I published an Ask RC podcast titled, “What’s wrong with the enneagram?” One of my (many) concerns is that as with so many other so called assessment tests, we always face the temptation to excuse our sin … Continue reading →

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What should I expect from my local church?

Posted on July 8, 2024 by RC

It is an easy thing to grumble about the marketing mentality of so many local churches. Rather than taking direction from God’s Word we take it from sociological studies, surveys, and sage savants. What we often miss is that churches … Continue reading →

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Sophisticated Lady or, The Blushless Bride

Posted on July 5, 2024 by RC

We’ve all heard the horror stories. First there was the church that offered visitors a free oil change during the “service” if you would come. Then we heard of simple cash rewards. More recently a church raffled off a new … Continue reading →

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Happy Dependence Day

Posted on July 4, 2024 by RC

We all are prone to putting people we love and admire on a pedestal. We are also often prone to being skeptical, even cynical about those we don’t love and admire. We make angels out of some mere men, devils … Continue reading →

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Marcia Montenegro; Debate & Supremes; Sara’s Pleasure & More

Posted on July 3, 2024 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Heresies, Damned Heresies, Goldilocks and Elisha’s Bears

Posted on July 2, 2024 by RC

Too Hard There are at least three working definitions of heresy. First is the view that all error is heresy. This view has as an advantage that it recognizes the unity of truth. Because God is one, and God is … Continue reading →

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Why is it important to be a member of a local church?

Posted on July 1, 2024 by RC

While it is true enough that the concept of the invisible or universal church has its place, that place is not where a believer can hold membership. The Word of God calls on us to not forsake the gathering together … Continue reading →

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