Category Archives: Apostles’ Creed

Remembering What The Lord Has Already Forgotten

Posted on September 18, 2025 by RC

It is one of the most precious of promises in all of God’s Word. In Psalm 103:12 and Hebrews 8:12 we are told that He remembers our sins no more. The promise is so precious, in fact, that we should … Continue reading →

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The Bride Wore Black: Protesting Our Pride

Posted on August 14, 2025 by RC

A week or so ago the folks at Protestia tweeted this: Better to marry a former OF model who has come to know the depths of her sin and the mercy of the Lord, than an unkissed virgin with a … Continue reading →

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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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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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Is Liturgy in the Church a Bad Thing?

Posted on May 5, 2025 by RC

No. It is an inescapable thing. If we mean by “liturgy” a form of public worship, then every church has one. If, however, we mean a precisely planned form, following patterns handed down over centuries, then some churches are non-liturgical. … Continue reading →

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Enemy of the State: Fighting Rivals to His Throne

Posted on May 1, 2025 by RC

It was a true reflection of my own convictions, and my calling as a teacher. I was about 17; my niece was 3. We were sitting together at our local church, listening to the sermon. I know she was listening … Continue reading →

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He Puts the Lonely in Families: Psalm 68:6

Posted on February 25, 2025 by RC

Most every night I gather my precious wife and our two still-at-home sons for prayer before bed. Many nights I pray in thanksgiving for God’s very specific grace in all four of our lives, that He puts the lonely in … Continue reading →

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How can professed believers not go or belong to a church?

Posted on January 13, 2025 by RC

Sin. The book of Hebrews commands of us both that we not neglect the gathering together of the saints (10:25) and that we remember those who rule over us in the church (13:7). If you don’t go to church, you … Continue reading →

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Is there one true church? How do we recognize it?

Posted on September 2, 2024 by RC

Yes, Virginia, there is. The true church is made up of all those churches that confess the true faith. We can divide the true church into the visible church and the invisible. The former contains all those who have a … Continue reading →

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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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