Category Archives: Biblical Doctrines

How Do My Pastor’s Sermon and a Recorded One Differ?

This common take has become a cliché. Many clichés, however, reach that status by virtue of being true. How many times have you heard a preacher say, “The indicative drives the imperative”? Well, maybe not that way exactly, but something … Continue reading

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Would a Man Rob God? Would a Government Do the Same?

The question on its face seems rather insane. It demands not just a “no” but a “by no means.” If not a “why would you ask such a stupid question?”. I ask the question, however, because God Himself once asked … Continue reading

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Giving Thanks in Times Like These And All Others

I will not dispute that these are not the best of times. As a nation we are drowning in red ink. Around the globe, soldiers, civilians and believers are falling by the sword. Yet, the liturgy of our year, by … Continue reading

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Apples of Gold in Settings of Silver; Illegal Orders & More

This week’s all new podcast features more of Lisa’s God honoring poetry, nuance on honoring military authority and more. Check it out, a true bounty of tasty podcast goodness. This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Jesus Changes Almost Everything: A Qualification

I love Twitter. (And refuse to call it X). When I first heard about it I confess I was conflicted. The social commentator in me was appalled. My inner Neil Postman took the curmudgeon approach, bemoaning the dumbing down of … Continue reading

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Why are we so awful to people on social media?

First, because we are so awful to people. We are so awful to people because we are awful people. Technology does not create fresh wickedness in us. It can, however, invite our wickedness out to play. Social media that seems … Continue reading

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The Stinking Lesson of the Stinking Garbage Can

Experience is overrated. We often learn its lessons too late. Though once it has aged it can pack a punch. My father, about the time I entered into junior high school, impressed upon me the lesson experience taught him too … Continue reading

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This Week’s Study, Trusting Like Children

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Dinner and a Bible Study, Tonight: Trusting Like Children

We continue our weekly Monday night Bible study. We begin at 7:00. Local guests are invited for dinner at 6:15. We air the study on Facebook Live (RC-Lisa Sproul). Within a day or two we post the video of the … Continue reading

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What is the devil’s game? Lord of the Lies

We move too fast over God’s Word. I fear we skim lightly over the very voice of God, and so miss its thundering, reverberating tones. We are too hurried to allow the tension to build, the drama to heighten to … Continue reading

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