Author Archives: RC

What’s missing from the contemporary church?

Posted on August 19, 2024 by RC

Sinlessness. That is, the weaknesses that plague the contemporary church aren’t, in the end, all that different from the weaknesses that plagued the historical church. The more things change and all that, after all. It is said that one Lord’s … Continue reading →

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Theological Socialism and God’s Good Grace

Posted on August 16, 2024 by RC

Karl Marx himself recognized that a free economy created a great deal of stuff. Productivity wasn’t the problem, according to Marx, in the capitalist economy. Instead, the problem was the distribution of the wealth that was created. Which is what … Continue reading →

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Better to Have Loved and Lost- Burying Duke

Posted on August 15, 2024 by RC

We buried Duke. We had not known him long. We didn’t have a great deal in common. His illness came on suddenly. Lisa and I had visited him, sought to comfort him, and prayed for him. When the sun rose … Continue reading →

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Kamilli Vanilli; Marcia Montenegro; Sodom; Prayer & More

Posted on August 14, 2024 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Resenting Grace: Parable of the Miserly Son

Posted on August 13, 2024 by RC

It is counter-intuitive, but nevertheless, there it is. We all, from time to time, take offense when grace is offered to us. We all, even more of the time, take offense when grace is offered to others. Two different circumstances, … Continue reading →

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What does it mean that the church is the bride of Christ?

Posted on August 12, 2024 by RC

When a writer makes an analogy he seeks to draw out truths about one thing by drawing out its similarities to the known qualities of the thing to which it is compared. If I say, “Life is like a roller-coaster” … Continue reading →

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Patience, Now or, Fools Rush In

Posted on August 2, 2024 by RC

The devil presents us with something of a paradox. On the one hand, when he is introduced we are told, “Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made” (Gen. … Continue reading →

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To and From, or Into Our Father’s Open Arms

Posted on August 1, 2024 by RC

It may be the most overlooked moment of deep horror in all of the Bible. Not the eating of the fruit itself. Plenty of horror there, but it’s not overlooked. Rather it was the response of our first parents to … Continue reading →

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Marcia Montenegro; Olympic Blasphemy; Loving Wisdom & More

Posted on July 31, 2024 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Scandal of the Gospel in a Graceless World

Posted on July 30, 2024 by RC

All of us, both within and without the church, face the temptation of being legalists when dealing with others’ sins against us, and antinomians when dealing with our sins against others. We want those we have perceived to have wronged … Continue reading →

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