Category Archives: assurance

How can I know if my church is preaching the gospel?

Posted on December 27, 2021 by RC

It is a disheartening reality that we who affirm the doctrine of total depravity often don’t believe we are totally depraved. It’s true enough that there are institutions and individuals who flat deny the doctrine. Then there are those who … Continue reading →

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Consorting with Whores

Posted on December 21, 2021 by RC

That there is a deep and profound chasm that separates believing in the total depravity of man and our own understanding of the depth and scope of our own sin is a potent sign of the depth and scope of … Continue reading →

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How Can I Know I am Saved?

Posted on December 16, 2021 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Happily Ever After

Posted on December 2, 2021 by RC

“And to forsake all others, till death do us part.” One would think, that with the decades-old trend in the broader culture of “personal marriage vows,” wherein husband and wife fill in the blanks and speak their own words, that … Continue reading →

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Shorter Catechism 96; Psalm 10

Posted on November 24, 2021 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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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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