Category Archives: communion

What does it mean to preach from text to table?

Posted on October 6, 2025 by RC

I’m not sure if “Text to Table” is a thing, or has been a thing. I do know my own use of that language is not borrowed from someone else, though I would be quite surprised if no one thought … Continue reading →

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Calvin at His Best: Living for Worshipping the Living God

Posted on October 3, 2025 by RC

Some don’t like the system bearing his name. Some don’t like that we use his name to describe our system of understanding. Most, on both sides, however, miss what animated the man John Calvin. Calvin was a man focused on … Continue reading →

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Three Invaluable, Necessary, Life Changing Truths

Posted on September 2, 2025 by RC

There are three great truths which, to the extent that they are believed, result not just in eternal life, but in a faithful life in the here and now. Three truths that can never be too familiar, never too impactful, … Continue reading →

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The Bride Wore Black: Protesting Our Pride

Posted on August 14, 2025 by RC

A week or so ago the folks at Protestia tweeted this: Better to marry a former OF model who has come to know the depths of her sin and the mercy of the Lord, than an unkissed virgin with a … Continue reading →

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Who Killed Jesus? Heaven and Earth On Trial

Posted on July 10, 2025 by RC

While crime solving podcasts are all the rage, and murder mysteries have a long history with us, there is one death that has rightly been investigated more than any other. There remain, despite all the energy that has gone into … Continue reading →

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How does the church effectively serve the believer?

Posted on June 23, 2025 by RC

For almost a year now I’ve been publishing a weekly blog piece under the Ask RC heading on the nature and calling of the church. I have been persuaded for decades that one of the great weaknesses inside the church … Continue reading →

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We Have Met the Scandalizers and They Are Us

Posted on June 19, 2025 by RC

Much has already been spoken and written since last month’s blunder by Bryan Chappell, former stated clerk of the PCA church. If you are unaware, Dr. Chappell was being interviewed by the Gospel Coalition and along the way, in order … Continue reading →

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How can the church grow closer? Chewing on Community

Posted on May 19, 2025 by RC

Community and the Christian have something of a love-hate relationship. Most of us long to be part of a vibrant, immersive, community of love built around Jesus and the gospel. We also, however, want to be left alone. We don’t … Continue reading →

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Come and Go With Me: Finding Grace in the Gutter

Posted on May 15, 2025 by RC

Dwarves, as a rule, are a rather recalcitrant lot. It was their stubborn refusal to follow directions that caused some of them to suffer the indignity of being turned into dufflepuds, in C.S. Lewis’ The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. … Continue reading →

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Is Liturgy in the Church a Bad Thing?

Posted on May 5, 2025 by RC

No. It is an inescapable thing. If we mean by “liturgy” a form of public worship, then every church has one. If, however, we mean a precisely planned form, following patterns handed down over centuries, then some churches are non-liturgical. … Continue reading →

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