Category Archives: grace

The Way in the Manger

Posted on December 18, 2020 by RC

It is increasingly fashionable, and has always been quite easy to debunk a number of Christmas season staples that are either less than certain or certainly not true. We don’t know, for instance, how many wise men there were, because … Continue reading →

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New Theses, New Reformation

Posted on December 15, 2020 by RC

Thesis 52 We must believe God loves us. Love is one of the good words. Just as no one particularly labors to have words like death, or cruelty associated with themselves or their ideas, so everyone wants to lay claim … Continue reading →

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Sinner- n. One who sins.

Posted on December 12, 2020 by RC

I have noticed in recent years a great upsurge in objections to the objective truth to what we are. Anytime I speak of the believer as a sinner, let alone a miserable sinner, I can always count on someone to … Continue reading →

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Ex-vangelical Pharisees, or, Judging We Are Judged

Posted on December 11, 2020 by RC

There is, purportedly, a movement out there, a movement out of the church. A bevy of young, feckless and deformed men and women have weighed the evangelical church in the balance and found us wanting. They self-identify as ex-vangelicals. And … Continue reading →

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The Ontological Yo-Yo: God Made Man

Posted on December 5, 2020 by RC

“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a … Continue reading →

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Five Questions We Should Ask Before Posting

Posted on December 2, 2020 by RC

Cyberspace is not only infinite, but eternal. No matter how silly, foolish, embarrassing our thoughts might be, they will be allowed to merge onto the information superhighway. But, all the off-ramps are closed. Believing the best defense is a, well, … Continue reading →

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Nate Pickowicz on Reviving New England

Posted on December 2, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Grateful in the Kingdom

Posted on November 28, 2020 by RC

There is, in a rather small subsection of the Reformed world, a rather curious conviction. Some otherwise sound folks take the true and sound notion that because God knows those whom He has not chosen, because it is a great … Continue reading →

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Giving Thanks, Seeking Partners

Posted on November 26, 2020 by RC

You didn’t think I was going to leave you bereft of a podcast on this day of thanks did you? Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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New Theses, New Reformation

Posted on November 24, 2020 by RC

Thesis 50- We must ask God for wisdom, believing He will give it. God’s promises are shocking. Our sin, in turn, is shocking. These two intersect when we in our sin refuse to believe the promises of God. He, because … Continue reading →

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