Category Archives: grace

Life Wins- On the Passing of John Barros

Posted on February 22, 2024 by RC

I’m not shy about the term hero. I have many of them, not because my standards are low. It’s not that I misapply the term, using it as a synonym for “someone I admire.” It is rather that a. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Coming Up Repentance

Posted on February 20, 2024 by RC

Forgiveness of sins does not, of itself, erase the need, in some contexts, for painful, and fitting consequences. If a man robs a bank and then throws himself on the mercy of God in Christ his sin will most surely … Continue reading →

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Can a person or church be “too” grace focused?

Posted on February 19, 2024 by RC

No, of course not. How could one possibly be too focused on God’s undeserved favor toward us? How could one be too committed to showing grace to repentant believers? Under what circumstances could grace lead one astray? The question needs … Continue reading →

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Blessed to preach Jesus at the Gates of Hell

Posted on February 16, 2024 by RC
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Us and Them

Posted on February 16, 2024 by RC

It certainly is, comparatively speaking, a subplot. But it is plenty important. As God’s Word describes the power of God’s words in creation, we ought to be astonished. God speaks, and there is light. He speaks and the whole of … Continue reading →

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Special Valentine’s Day Edition

Posted on February 14, 2024 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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My Brother, My Father

Posted on February 13, 2024 by RC

It was 85 years ago today that a woman I never met gave birth to a boy I’ve never not known. The day I met that boy, who by then had become a man, the woman who had given birth … Continue reading →

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Does God take pleasure in the death of the wicked?

Posted on February 12, 2024 by RC

Yes, and no. First, to the no. The Bible explicitly says exactly this, “Say to them, As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn … Continue reading →

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For Whom the Toll Belz

Posted on February 8, 2024 by RC

I was a student at Grove City College when I received a subscription to The Presbyterian Journal. It was not good looking. It had no articles apt to grab the interest of most college students. It wasn’t an academic publication. … Continue reading →

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Last Night’s Study, Romans 10, Pt. II

Posted on February 6, 2024 by RC
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