Category Archives: Devil’s Arsenal

Double Plus Ungood, or The Lies of Big Brother

Posted on August 14, 2020 by RC

There aren’t many moments that I remember discerning pain in my father’s voice. Listening to him recount the sad saga of Francis Gary Powers was one of them. In 1960 Powers piloted a U-2 spy plane across Soviet airspace. With … Continue reading →

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Will Trump Leave Office? And Leviticus in 5 Minutes

Posted on August 10, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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American Idols

Posted on August 8, 2020 by RC

We are made in God’s image. The sheer fact that we could spend the rest of our lives contemplating what it means to be made in God’s image, without beginning to scratch the surface, reminds us that we are God’s … Continue reading →

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Dogmatism, Election Advice and Rabbits Out of Hats

Posted on August 4, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Ask RC- How can I be sure Jesus won’t say to me “Depart from Me” on the last day?

Posted on August 3, 2020 by RC

You can’t make that sure, which is one of the keys to understanding this text. Assurance of salvation is one of the most common pastoral challenges, and understandably so. It matters, forever. And we struggle with sin until the day … Continue reading →

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The Dance of Life, or The Devil in the E’Gals

Posted on August 1, 2020 by RC

The fall of Adam and Eve is one of the stickiest theological wickets we encounter in the Bible. How could both of them, whom God had declared good, do bad? But there is a stickier wicket still, perhaps made so … Continue reading →

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Truth or Consequentialism

Posted on July 29, 2020 by RC

There are, in the end, essentially only two forms of ethics. One approach is pragmatic, the other principled. Pragmatism on its own, of course, is always incomplete. That is to say, we can’t answer the question of what works until … Continue reading →

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New Theses, New Reformation

Posted on July 28, 2020 by RC

Thesis 35 We must discipline our children in accordance with the Bible rather than psychology. Our tendency is to believe that the devil creates false worldviews for the purpose of fooling unbelievers. But the devil doesn’t score any points on … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- How should Christians respond when pressured to embrace worldly movements?

Posted on July 27, 2020 by RC

San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Sam Coonrod made headlines last week when, for the west coast opener of this year’s abbreviated baseball season, he alone did not kneel during a planned video presentation from Morgan Freeman about the racial strife … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- How do I repent?

Posted on July 23, 2020 by RC

How do I repent? How do I know when I have repented? If repentance is a gift from God, then what is my role? If I think I have repented but then commit the same sin again, does that mean … Continue reading →

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