Category Archives: assurance

Holes in Our Sermons

Posted on August 31, 2023 by RC

It is easy enough to grumble about what goes on at the giant church down by the interstate. It could be that there you’ll find the prosperity gospel at its most crass. Maybe the pastor has a fleet of exotic … Continue reading →

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Power Preaching

Posted on August 17, 2023 by RC

All those who preach want their preaching to have impact. I suspect that in all those who preach, this desire is born of a mixture of two other desires, the desire to have congregants and the kingdom blessed, and the … Continue reading →

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#JesusToo

Posted on August 1, 2023 by RC

We are all rather quick to lay claim to the title “victim.” The truth is we are all victims. Every mother’s son of us has, at one time or another, been the victim of someone else’s sins against us. It … Continue reading →

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Naked and Unashamed

Posted on June 20, 2023 by RC

I’m as guilty as the next guy. We are all willing to lament the propensity of the church to shoot its wounded. We are given to complaining about the lack of transparency at the local church, that we smile at … Continue reading →

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Sacred Marriage, Father’s Day; Gender; Being Jesus & More

Posted on June 14, 2023 by RC

This Week’s Jesus Changes Everything podcast

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Our Father

Posted on June 8, 2023 by RC

As a father and a grandfather I am, from time to time, faced with challenges. Children and grandchildren have inherited from me a condition that leads to those challenges- sin. For the myriad ways they are and can be blessings … Continue reading →

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Check out our last study until September

Posted on June 6, 2023 by RC
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The Rest of the Story

Posted on June 2, 2023 by RC

Obedience is a rather narrow road. Disobedience, on the other hand, has a great, sweeping plain of options. Because we are like the Pharisees, we find it easy to convert the law of God into sundry sins of omission. We’re … Continue reading →

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Check out Monday’s Study on Romans 5

Posted on May 30, 2023 by RC
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The Silence of the Lambs

Posted on May 30, 2023 by RC

The world, Paul tells us, knows what’s coming. He not only highlights the universal guilt of all men, but ironically defines that guilt as the denial of what we know. We know that there is a God, and that we … Continue reading →

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