Category Archives: church

Ask RC- Should Christians obey the Old Testament law?

Posted on December 16, 2019 by RC

Of course. Well, wait, it’s complicated. Most Christians agree that we are not to obey what Bible scholars call “the ceremonial law.” The notion that a believer must be circumcised was a critical battle while the New Testament was being … Continue reading →

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Driving Them Out

Posted on December 14, 2019 by RC

As the book of Joshua ends things are looking up. God has delivered the enemies of Israel into their hand. The war for the land is over in principle. All that is left is a little mopping up. The Canaanite … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Is it a sin to celebrate Christmas?

Posted on December 13, 2019 by RC

You have heard it said, and rightly so, that it’s rather important to define our terms. Here is a case in point. There are at least three ways we use the phrase “celebrate Christmas.” The first is as the celebration … Continue reading →

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Superstition, We’re So Vain and Thank You for Being a Friend

Posted on December 13, 2019 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything

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Comfortably Numb, or Just Another Day in Jersey City

Posted on December 12, 2019 by RC

By the time you are reading this the news cycle will have moved on. Indeed it already has. Yesterday, as I type, gunmen opened fire at a cemetery and kosher grocery store in Jersey City, New Jersey. The gunmen are … Continue reading →

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Imputation, Infusion and Eternal Consequence: A Parable

Posted on December 11, 2019 by RC

Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and … Continue reading →

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Irresistible Grace, Bastiat’s The Law and the Call to Hospitality

Posted on December 11, 2019 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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New Theses for a New Reformation #2 Worldliness

Posted on December 10, 2019 by RC

We must believe that the love of the world is hatred of God. Whatever happened to worldliness? Time was when worldliness was a front and center concern to most Christians. Eventually it became the exclusive domain of fundamentalists. Now, only … Continue reading →

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What Are You Worried About?

Posted on December 7, 2019 by RC

We are inveterate plea-bargainers. We are adepts at the art of the deal. Romans 1 tells us that in our fallen condition we all deny the God we know exists. We know we stand guilty before Him, but we suppress … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Is acting a sin?

Posted on December 6, 2019 by RC

In its exposition of the meaning of the 7th commandment the Westminster Larger Catechism says, “The sins forbidden in the Seventh Commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, adultery, fornication, rape, inces3, sodomy, and all unnatural lusts; … … Continue reading →

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