Category Archives: assurance

Ask RC- Can a Christian vote for a Democrat?

Of course. Truth be told, I’m far more concerned about the spiritual state of the person asking the question than I am about the spiritual state of the person inside the question. This, despite the truth that over the course … Continue reading

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John Tweeddale, Hero, Blessings at Death and In Search of Partners

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Ask RC- How can I be sure Jesus won’t say to me “Depart from Me” on the last day?

You can’t make that sure, which is one of the keys to understanding this text. Assurance of salvation is one of the most common pastoral challenges, and understandably so. It matters, forever. And we struggle with sin until the day … Continue reading

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Ask RC- What does 1 John 2:2 – “And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world” mean?

My hero and teacher, Dr. John Gerstner, in dealing with one of the errors of dispensationalism, its rejection of the doctrine of limited atonement, referred to this error as, “beating the ‘L’ out of TULIP.” Though we believe the five … Continue reading

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God Wills; Randy Winton, Hero and the Catechism on Adoption

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Covid, Judgment and Grace

There is a great divide between the city of God and the city of man. The competing armies of the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, however, have this much in common- we’re all bad. The … Continue reading

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Walking Toward Perfection

I have suggested in the past that we ought, when tempted toward pride in our own spiritual maturity, take an honest look at how far we have to go, at the great gap between where we are and where we … Continue reading

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Ask RC- How do I repent?

How do I repent? How do I know when I have repented? If repentance is a gift from God, then what is my role? If I think I have repented but then commit the same sin again, does that mean … Continue reading

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Angels in the Architecture; God’s Wisdom; Meeting Jesus- Us

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Sacerdotalism, Presbymyopia and Giving the Spirit His Due

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