Category Archives: assurance

Ask RC- Why Does God Love Us?

Posted on March 9, 2020 by RC

It might be a sound argument as to why He ought not to love us that we find this question surprising. It is because of our sin, our pride, our egos that we think ourselves worthy of His love, as … Continue reading →

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Diffusing Deconversions

Posted on March 6, 2020 by RC

There’s a new genre in town. We still have love stories, science fiction stories, crime stories. We also still have conversion stories, testimonies about God’s grace in our lives. What is new is the yang to that yin, testimonies of … 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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Who’s Your Daddy?

Posted on February 27, 2020 by RC

The world, too often with help from the Christian church, is intent on removing from the world all of its wonder. We may see the universe as a plenty amazing machine. But even the most amazing machine is cold to … Continue reading →

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Meeting Jesus- The Paralytic, Sacerdotalism and The Seat of the Scornful

Posted on February 25, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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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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New Theses, New Reformation

Posted on February 11, 2020 by RC

Thesis 12- We must practice the grace of church discipline. The Reformers wisely argued that there are three distinguishing characteristics of the true church. The church is that place where the gospel is rightly preached. It is that place where … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 4, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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What He Says at His Feast, Jesus Meets John the Baptist and Rushing to Judgment

Posted on February 3, 2020 by RC

Today’s JCE podcast

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Grateful in the Kingdom

Posted on February 1, 2020 by RC

There is, in a rather small subsection of the Reformed world, a rather curious conviction. Some otherwise sound folks take the true and sound notion that because God knows those whom He has not chosen, because it is a great … Continue reading →

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