Category Archives: Biblical Doctrines

Lisa and I on Proverbs 31; NHL vs. LGBTQ; Jesus on Divorce

Posted on April 12, 2023 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Theology Has Consequences

Posted on April 11, 2023 by RC

Richard Weaver first made a name for himself when he published his seminal work Ideas Have Consequences, a brief book whose ideas are still bringing forth consequences. He was to the secular academic world something of a Francis Schaeffer, introducing … Continue reading →

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Do all paths lead to heaven?

Posted on April 10, 2023 by RC

Yes, and no. It is a common enough analogy supporting a common enough fallacy, the idea that all religions are simply different paths that meet at the top, finding God. If it’s a fallacy, and it is, then in what … Continue reading →

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Good Friday

Posted on April 7, 2023 by RC

It is not a great mystery why we call this day “Good” Friday. This is the day each year that we remember the suffering and death on the cross of our Savior. Though they surely had little understanding of what … Continue reading →

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Goodness, Truth and Beauty

Posted on April 6, 2023 by RC

What hath Jerusalem to do with Athens? Much in every way. On the negative side, we would do well to remember that the citizens of God’s city, like those in the city of man, are still sinners. Though we are … Continue reading →

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Chilling With the Scornful

Posted on April 4, 2023 by RC

It has long been my contention that the rampant skepticism about all things supernatural among the Reformed crowd is driven more by modernist assumptions than it is exegesis. We’re in a bit of a pickle, wanting to be true to … Continue reading →

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Does God promise to bless this nation if we will repent?

Posted on April 3, 2023 by RC

If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land (II … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Number?

Posted on March 30, 2023 by RC

Psychology, being something of a murky social science, has long been a source of murky attempts to diagnose not just what is wrong with us, but what we are. Pop psychology, especially seems to specialize in personality tests. We carry … Continue reading →

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Fairy Dust

Posted on March 28, 2023 by RC

It was the writer Arthur C. Clarke who posited this law- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. I disagree. The technology need not be advanced at all. The truth is that the sole reason we don’t see the … Continue reading →

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Isn’t God just concerned with our hearts?

Posted on March 27, 2023 by RC

First, God is deeply concerned about our hearts. We often seem to think that only our thoughts and actions matter and our feelings are out of our control. Orthodoxy, right doctrine, matters. Orthopraxy, right behavior, matters. Orthopathos, right feeling, matters. … Continue reading →

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