Category Archives: church

Ask RC- Why is the church so full of pretense?

Posted on May 8, 2020 by RC

I’m no behaviorist, but I don’t need to be to understand this truth- that which you punish you get less of, and what you reward you get more of. We don’t like punishment, and seek to avoid it. We do … Continue reading →

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Permanent Things, Lisa on A Woman’s Scars…

Posted on May 7, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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New Theses, New Reformation

Posted on May 5, 2020 by RC

Thesis 23- We must give pass down strong churches. A friend once told me about his first day at seminary. All the young men were gathered together and the president of the institution came to address them. He began, as … Continue reading →

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Nestorianism, Cain’s Wife & Knowing the Enemy

Posted on May 5, 2020 by RC

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Guarding Our Feeling Life

Posted on May 4, 2020 by RC

I, though if pushed against a wall will come in as a dichotomist, have no special quarrel with trichotomists. I believe we are bodies and souls. But I get why some say we’re bodies, souls and spirits. There are times, … Continue reading →

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Judas Meets Jesus; Exiting the Ark

Posted on May 4, 2020 by RC

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O For a Thousand Years To Sing

Posted on May 2, 2020 by RC

It doesn’t happen often, but it had happened. A book written for businessmen had jumped a fence and become something of a universal bestseller. Like The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People before it, and Good to Great after it, … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- The Great Commission calls us to make disciples of the nations. What is a disciple?

Posted on April 30, 2020 by RC

First, a disciple is just a student. It’s neither a magic nor an unusual word, but a simple one. We rightly distinguish between the twelve before the ascension of Christ and the twelve after, referring to the former as disciples … Continue reading →

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New Theses, New Reformation

Posted on April 28, 2020 by RC

Thesis 23 We must preach rather than teach. I don’t know if it happens at all seminaries, but it happened at the seminary I attended. Seminaries, presumably, are established to prepare men for gospel ministry. But where I went more … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Are we living in the last days?

Posted on April 27, 2020 by RC

Yes, of course we are. Before, however, you start packing for the Rapture Express, you might want to remember that your grandparents were also living in the last days. And their grandparents before them, and their grandparents before them. Luther … Continue reading →

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