Category Archives: ethics

Romans Study Resumes Tonight

Posted on September 11, 2023 by RC

Tonight we continue our look at the monumental, towering book of Romans. All are welcome to our home at 7 est, or you may join us for dinner at 6:15. We will also stream the study at Facebook, RC-Lisa Sproul. … Continue reading →

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Legislating Morality

Posted on September 7, 2023 by RC

“You can’t legislate morality” is yet another cultural aphorism that both makes a sound point and makes no sense. The sound point is this. While laws, and attendant criminal penalties for breaking said laws might be something of a restraint … Continue reading →

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Why is the church full of hypocrites?

Posted on September 4, 2023 by RC

Because the world is full of hypocrites. Now, before you shake your head in disgust at those terrible hypocrites, let me channel my inner Paul Washer and remind you, I’m talking about you. And me. We are all eager to … Continue reading →

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Crying Wolf

Posted on August 24, 2023 by RC

It’s a simple enough exercise, good for getting to bedrock principles. I ask my ethics students if it is ever right to tell a lie. Roughly 90% of them answer in the affirmative, with almost all of them embracing the … Continue reading →

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Sacred Marriage, Reformed Turf Wars, Heavenly Treasures

Posted on August 23, 2023 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Sacred Marriage, Garden II; Is Revolution Justified? & More

Posted on August 16, 2023 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Conscientious Objecting- Choosing Your Twitter War Wisely

Posted on August 15, 2023 by RC

Either/or either works, or it doesn’t. Sometimes we really do have to pick our poison. Other times we find ourselves being roped into a false dilemma, and escape through a tertium quid, a third option. Joshua asked the Captain of … Continue reading →

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Where do theological liberals get grace wrong?

Posted on August 14, 2023 by RC

Let me count the ways. I recently came across a tweet (forgive an old man for being slow to change) wherein a gentlemen left of center theologically opined that what people need from the church is not guilt, but grace. … Continue reading →

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Castles in the Sand

Posted on August 11, 2023 by RC

There are, when we disagree, almost always two disagreements. Most of the time the smaller disagreement is the bigger one. Consider election. There are some in the church who believe that God chooses who will believe His gospel. There are … Continue reading →

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Taking Our Losses

Posted on August 10, 2023 by RC

I’m not as much of a twitter warrior, or I suppose X-man might now be the term, than I once was. The medium I love, with its character limitations driving us more toward the poetic than the precise and careful. … Continue reading →

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