Category Archives: communion

Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places…

Posted on March 18, 2025 by RC

We must not allow our grasp of total depravity to lead us to miss in us God’s image. We are plenty bad. Sin touches every part of us. We’re unable to do anything in ourselves pleasing to God, including coming … Continue reading →

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How Does the Church Fight for the Kingdom?

Posted on March 17, 2025 by RC

There are myriad ways that we dishonor the Word of God. First, we don’t read it. Too many of us somehow think that we have mastered the content of the Bible, and now that we are spiritually mature, all we … Continue reading →

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He Puts the Lonely in Families: Psalm 68:6

Posted on February 25, 2025 by RC

Most every night I gather my precious wife and our two still-at-home sons for prayer before bed. Many nights I pray in thanksgiving for God’s very specific grace in all four of our lives, that He puts the lonely in … Continue reading →

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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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Our Concluding Hosea Study; The Bride Wore Red

Posted on February 13, 2025 by RC
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Should women be allowed to serve the sacrament of communion?

Posted on February 3, 2025 by RC

Symbols can be tricky things. They are often a great help to us, communicating difficult to express truths in difficult to forget ways. They can, however, get a touch uppity from time to time. Sometimes the symbol loses all sense … Continue reading →

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What about the mega-church model of small group ministries?

Posted on January 27, 2025 by RC

I once worked in an office that was quite caught up in a then well-known book. The E-Myth was a business book, written by Michael Gerber. His thesis was that successful businesses are those that learn to franchise themselves, after … Continue reading →

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How can professed believers not go or belong to a church?

Posted on January 13, 2025 by RC

Sin. The book of Hebrews commands of us both that we not neglect the gathering together of the saints (10:25) and that we remember those who rule over us in the church (13:7). If you don’t go to church, you … Continue reading →

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Encore Podcast- Elisha and the Bears; Shannon Sproul, Hero

Posted on January 8, 2025 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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What are the three stages of church planting?

Posted on January 6, 2025 by RC

I am a veteran of church planting, having planted three churches over the past thirty years. I have as well given counsel to others planting churches. One thing I am quick to explain is that there are two difficult phases … Continue reading →

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