Category Archives: Ask RC

Ask RC- What advice would you give Christians facing such rapid cultural marginalization?

Posted on March 5, 2020 by RC

What advice would you give Christians facing such rapid cultural marginalization? In the great battle that is the culture war Christians are in rapid and chaotic retreat. On issues of sexuality we are deemed backward, hateful and hypocritical. To speak … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- What causes a lack of assurance?

Posted on March 2, 2020 by RC

There are at least two different ways we struggle with assurance, two different truths we want and need to be assured of. The first is the truth of the gospel. What if the Bible is just the opinions of men? … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- How should we understand the promise Jesus makes in John 14:14, “If you ask anything in My name I will do it?”

Posted on February 28, 2020 by RC

My book, Believing God, was written with a single goal in mind, to help believers enter more fully into the promises of God. Even we who affirm that God’s Word is always true still struggle to believe that if we … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- What warnings from the Bible are we most prone to overlook?

Posted on February 26, 2020 by RC

CS Lewis, in his essay On the Reading of Old Books, affirms the obvious truth that every age is given to peculiar blind spots. When we read the Puritans we will see them. When we read Athanasius, (Lewis’ essay was … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Why are people such jerks?

Posted on February 20, 2020 by RC

Not long ago I posted an Ask RC piece in which the question was, “What kind of pizza topping are you?” I didn’t try to answer the question, because the piece was actually about the internet and its sundry and … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Is the Coronavirus a judgment sent from God?

Posted on February 17, 2020 by RC

It is natural, when confronted with hardship, whether it be personal, national, even global, to wonder where the hand of God is in the hardship. When that hardship hits us or those whom we love, we often fall into fear … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- What pizza topping are you?

Posted on February 14, 2020 by RC

I don’t know. More importantly, neither does anyone else. The better question is, why would anyone think anyone could know? Though they have been with us for some time I’m seeing more and more quizzes on sundry social media feeds … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- How should we honor our elders when they err?

Posted on February 10, 2020 by RC

By treating them honorably. It should never surprise us when we discover a beloved pastor, a respected teacher, a living hero of our faith, has feet of clay. We, after all, like they, are descendants of clay footed people. Our … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Who married Cain?

Posted on February 7, 2020 by RC

The more honest question would be this one- why was it permissible for Cain (and Seth, and many more for that matter) to marry his sister? It is a more honest answer because we know there could be no other … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Why are Christians so easily beaten in the culture wars?

Posted on February 5, 2020 by RC

Time was when the answer to that question would be grounded in a faulty eschatology. Dispensationalism for decades taught a diminished understanding of the great commission. They saw it strictly as evangelism, that our calling was to drag as many … Continue reading →

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