Category Archives: Ask RC

Why are we so awful to people on social media?

Posted on November 24, 2025 by RC

First, because we are so awful to people. We are so awful to people because we are awful people. Technology does not create fresh wickedness in us. It can, however, invite our wickedness out to play. Social media that seems … Continue reading →

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What is the devil’s game? Lord of the Lies

Posted on November 17, 2025 by RC

We move too fast over God’s Word. I fear we skim lightly over the very voice of God, and so miss its thundering, reverberating tones. We are too hurried to allow the tension to build, the drama to heighten to … Continue reading →

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Where are we evangelicals “wrong” on the Bible?

Posted on November 10, 2025 by RC

The evangelical position on the Bible, that it is inspired, inerrant, and infallible, true in all that it teaches is true, from top to bottom. Our orthodoxy (right doctrine) on the Bible is orthodox. It is our orthopraxy (right practice) … Continue reading →

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What does it take to be a student of the Word?

Posted on November 3, 2025 by RC

All believers know that the Bible is God’s Word, that it is true in all that it teaches. We know we’re supposed to not only read it, but to be read by it. We’re to study it and to be … Continue reading →

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Which of your father’s books is your favorite?

Posted on October 27, 2025 by RC

First, confession time. I am not 100% confident that I have read all his more than 100 books. Most of them to be sure, many of them when they were in manuscript form. Like most people I too delight over … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong with Digital ID? With a Side of CBDC

Posted on October 20, 2025 by RC

The claim is a bit of cliché but like most cliches, it became one because there’s truth in it. You have heard it said, “Technology is not good or bad. It depends on how it’s used.” While I think too … Continue reading →

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How Well Should Pastors Be Paid? Who Should Decide?

Posted on October 13, 2025 by RC

First, it’s not as easy question. In the open market people should be paid at the intersection of what they’re willing to work for and what someone is willing to pay them. You will never hear me complain either that … Continue reading →

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What does it mean to preach from text to table?

Posted on October 6, 2025 by RC

I’m not sure if “Text to Table” is a thing, or has been a thing. I do know my own use of that language is not borrowed from someone else, though I would be quite surprised if no one thought … Continue reading →

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Are Latter-Day Saints Christians, Just Another Denomination?

Posted on September 29, 2025 by RC

No. Unequivocally no. If words have meanings, no. That doesn’t mean they are worse than any other unbelievers. It doesn’t mean they don’t think they are. It doesn’t mean others don’t think they are. But they are not. Why not? … Continue reading →

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Is the Trump administration assaulting free speech?

Posted on September 22, 2025 by RC

No. Along with a more nuanced no. But still no, fundamentally. The First Amendment to the US Constitution reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of … Continue reading →

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