Category Archives: grace

A Confederacy of Dunces: Crooked Sticks, Straight Lines

Posted on August 5, 2025 by RC

Some years ago I had a refreshing, encouraging conversation on a podcast, with a well known blogging friend on the subject of writing. One of the things covered in that conversation was dealing with criticism. The irony is that each … Continue reading →

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Lessons in the Crucible of Tyranny, in the Hand of Grace

Posted on July 25, 2025 by RC

C.S. Lewis, in his essay “On the Reading of Old Books,” which is found in the collection of essays, God in the Dock, argues that we are all by nature time bound. This frailty will, of necessity, give us a … Continue reading →

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People Are the Worst And Too Evil To Admit It

Posted on July 24, 2025 by RC

About six years ago Inc.com published a survey that showed that 83% of people believe that people are basically good. My own assessment is that 100% of those people who believe people are basically good are basically not the sharpest … Continue reading →

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The Moral Insanity of Moral Insanity: Crazy Is as Evil Does

Posted on July 17, 2025 by RC

A house divided against itself cannot stand. But we keep trying. Because we are all houses divided against ourselves. We are born bearing the image of God. But we are likewise, in our natural state, at enmity with God. When … Continue reading →

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Getting Our Back Up and Forgetting Our Back Up

Posted on July 15, 2025 by RC

It is because we are saved by grace that we sinners are able to confess publicly that we are sinners. It is because we are sinners, however, that we are so quick to get defensive anytime someone accuses us of … 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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Being RC’s Son- Living in the Shadow of Love

Posted on July 8, 2025 by RC

It isn’t at all unusual, when I am scrolling through twitter to see someone tweet some version of this simple but poignant idea- I miss RC. These are people who, like me, benefitted from his teaching and were charmed by … Continue reading →

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Who loves the church? And Why We Should Too

Posted on July 7, 2025 by RC

For a year now, in this space, most Mondays here at RCSproulJr.com I’ve sought to answer questions related to the nature and calling of the church. Such is driven in large part by my contention that the evangelical “church,” for … Continue reading →

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Same Circumstance, Same Savior, Same Song

Posted on June 27, 2025 by RC

Trouble comes to the people of God. If it is not here now, it will be here soon. Those who promise that the Christian life is a breezy walk through the meadow not only have not taken up their cross … 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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