Category Archives: Doctrines of Grace

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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Ask RC- What does 1 John 2:2 – “And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world” mean?

Posted on July 30, 2020 by RC

My hero and teacher, Dr. John Gerstner, in dealing with one of the errors of dispensationalism, its rejection of the doctrine of limited atonement, referred to this error as, “beating the ‘L’ out of TULIP.” Though we believe the five … Continue reading →

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Before the Foundation of the World- Unconditional Election

Posted on July 18, 2020 by RC

Once there was God, and nothing else. This stretches the mind. It is doubly difficult because we first try to imagine vast expanses of nothing, a sort of infinite sea of black. But there is no expanse, and there is … Continue reading →

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Wellness Check

Posted on June 12, 2020 by RC

How do you know you’re getting better? The answer may well be a potent clue in determining just how sick you are. A miser, for instance, judges his health precisely by how much wealth he has managed to hoard, the … Continue reading →

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Sabbath, Top 5 Super Movies & the Soul of the Solas

Posted on June 12, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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What is most needful in our pulpits?

Posted on May 28, 2020 by RC

Ask RC First, we need to know which pulpits we are talking about. The world is full of “pulpits” that are filled by men and women who are missing the most important thing- the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. That … Continue reading →

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Donatism, Grace and the Devil in the Details

Posted on April 21, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Yesterday’s Sermon on the Mount Study

Posted on April 7, 2020 by RC
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Ask RC- Can a person go to heaven with unrepentant sin?

Posted on April 6, 2020 by RC

Yes, yes, and no. The first yes is the easiest. It is a gross misunderstanding of the gospel to believe that our sins are only forgiven as long as we keep up with them perfectly. We don’t enter into a … Continue reading →

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Losers ‘R’ Us, or First Church of the Base and Foolish

Posted on March 28, 2020 by RC

One of the common complaints against the doctrine of unconditional election is that it seems to make God out to be capricious. The late great John Gerstner, in trying to emphasize the sovereign grace of God in election once, with … Continue reading →

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