Category Archives: Biblical Doctrines

Funny Hats, Secret Handshakes, Bread and Wine

Posted on February 21, 2025 by RC

The hard driving forces of individualism do not yet stand astride the culture like a colossus. We have divided our homes into mini-apartment complexes and our churches into age and gender- segregated shopping malls. We break the ties that bind … Continue reading →

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Your Mercies Begin Afresh Each Day O Lord

Posted on February 20, 2025 by RC

There is something both healthy and unhealthy about our propensity to see our salvation in a punctiliar, once-for-all context. Many, though not all of us can pinpoint the day when, by His grace we entered into His kingdom by faith. … Continue reading →

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Mostly Modern: A Worldview on Our Worldviews

Posted on February 18, 2025 by RC

Does a fish know it’s wet? When one is born in water, goes to school in water, marries in water and raises little fish in water before dying in water, despite its ever presence, the water just isn’t noticed. So … Continue reading →

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New Study Begins Tonight- The Greatest Commandment

Posted on February 17, 2025 by RC

Tonight we begin a new study, exploring the greatest commandment. We will unpack both the command to love the Lord our God with all that we are and our neighbor as ourselves. All are welcome in our home at 6:15 … Continue reading →

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Where do we draw the line on Christian essentials?

Posted on February 17, 2025 by RC

“In essentials, unity. In doubtful matters, liberty. In all things, charity.” This quote purports to tell us exactly where to draw these lines. And it does so rather well. What this famous quote doesn’t do is tell us which matters … Continue reading →

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Holding the Center: Tyranny, Liberty and Covenant

Posted on February 14, 2025 by RC

We are a litigious people. We not only like to sue one another, we like to avoid being sued, and having to sue. That is, we hire lawyers not only to write up contracts, but to help enforce contracts. Handshakes … Continue reading →

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Our Concluding Hosea Study; The Bride Wore Red

Posted on February 13, 2025 by RC
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Does God really decide, and care who wins a football game?

Posted on February 10, 2025 by RC

I began asking this question as a little boy, deeply committed to the Pittsburgh Steelers. I remember praying that we would beat the Oakland Raiders in an upcoming playoff game. When my prayer ended, fear set in- what if there … Continue reading →

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Too Easily Distracted, Too Easily Satisfied

Posted on February 7, 2025 by RC

We live in a world where work gets done tomorrow. All deadlines must be flexible, negotiable in our day, lest we have no deadlines at all. Excellence has gone the way of the dodo. We are, in the words of … Continue reading →

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These Are the Days of Our Lives; Another World

Posted on February 6, 2025 by RC

Dear Bob, What do you suppose that John means when he tells us, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit “Do not love the world, or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the … Continue reading →

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