Category Archives: assurance

Belong, then believe, or, believe, then belong?

Posted on November 18, 2021 by RC

Will going to church eventually lead to conversion, or must one be born again and then desire to belong to the Boby of Christ? Believe, then belong. However, it is certainly possible that one might attend, then believe, and then … Continue reading →

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Common Grace

Posted on November 17, 2021 by RC

Perhaps the most subtle verbal sleights of hand are acts of equivocation. Equivocation is when we use one word, but with two different meanings. The change happens so fast we miss the palmed meaning, and are made fools. The classic … Continue reading →

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A Time for Everything

Posted on November 16, 2021 by RC

It’s not been an easy few years. No mask can hide it, no needle inoculate us from it. In addition to health woes we’ve had years of political upheaval and rancor, riots in our streets. Inflation is informing us that … Continue reading →

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Are there carnal Christians?

Posted on November 15, 2021 by RC

Yes there are. I know this because I am one. You, I pray, are one as well. Because there are only two kinds of genuine Christians, carnal ones and dead ones. It is important, as always, that we define our … Continue reading →

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How do you handle times of spiritual dryness?

Posted on November 4, 2021 by RC

There is a reason that mountaintop experiences are called mountaintop experiences- because it is the very glory of them that makes them so rare. The top of a mountain is sublime, exhilarating, moving. But you can’t live there. All of … Continue reading →

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Cancel Culture

Posted on October 29, 2021 by RC

There are a thousand ways the church foolishly follows the world. It is a perennial problem, just another form of the syncretism that led ancient Israel down the path of destruction. Typically our following is permissive. That is, when the … Continue reading →

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Remembered No More

Posted on October 28, 2021 by RC

The devil, when he tempts us, encourages us to not see the sin before us as sin. When he tempted Eve to eat of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil his sales pitch wasn’t, “This is a … Continue reading →

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Why does Jesus say that those who mourn will be comforted?

Posted on October 27, 2021 by RC

The Sermon on the Mount is one of the most familiar passages of all the Bible, and is certainly the most famous sermon ever given. It is rich in themes we all need to master, our calling to be salt … Continue reading →

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Forever Friend, Randy Winton; Appeal; Peace in the Valley

Posted on October 8, 2021 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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What is the doctrine of illumination?

Posted on September 16, 2021 by RC

Illumination is that doctrine that describes the work of the Holy Spirit in helping the believer to understand God’s Word. Though regeneration is required to rightly understand the Word, while having spiritual eyes comes before having spiritual sight, they are … Continue reading →

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