Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

Slitherlip’s Smears and Tarnishtongue’s Tales

Posted on January 24, 2020 by RC

Dear Slitherlips, As you well know, the Enemy has a rather unfair advantage in that He can, and delights to make things out of nothing. Our powers lag well behind, being limited to perversion. He takes what is not to … Continue reading →

Posted in cyberspace, Devil's Arsenal, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR, scandal, special edition | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Slitherlip’s Smears and Tarnishtongue’s Tales

A Man Has a Right to Own Her Body

Posted on January 22, 2020 by RC

You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain– . Seeking to stop the slaughter of the unborn by merely declaiming abortion is like building a bridge by starting in the middle. James reminds us that … Continue reading →

Posted in abortion, church, Devil's Arsenal, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR, sexual confusion | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on A Man Has a Right to Own Her Body

Ask RC- How do we best fight against arrogance?

Posted on January 20, 2020 by RC

On the one hand I’m the perfect person to ask this question. Because I struggle deeply against this sin. On the other hand I’m the worst person to ask this question because I so often lose the struggle. Not because … Continue reading →

Posted in Ask RC, assurance, Devil's Arsenal, grace, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, prayer, RC Sproul JR | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The World and All

Posted on January 18, 2020 by RC

The Sadducees and Pharisees were no dummies. They just weren’t as smart as their enemy. As we read through the gospel accounts it seems their strategy was simple- they would put an end to Jesus by forcing him to destroy … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Doctrines, church, creation, cyberspace, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR, sovereignty, theology, wonder | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on The World and All

To See the Kingdom

Posted on January 17, 2020 by RC

“Unless a man is born of water and the Spirit he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Jesus spoke this to Nicodemus in John 3. It is, like every text, an important one. Jesus gives us a prerequisite, a sine … Continue reading →

Posted in church, Doctrines of Grace, grace, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on To See the Kingdom

Beating Mr. Bulver, or Suspecting the Man in the Mirror

Posted on January 15, 2020 by RC

That Bulverism is a fallacy (wherein one discredits the conclusions of another on the grounds that said conclusions benefit the concluder) does not mean that it is not also a temptation. Suppose, for instance, I were to make the argument … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Doctrines, cyberspace, Devil's Arsenal, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Eating Our Parents- Faux Nostalgia From a Faux Culture

Posted on January 11, 2020 by RC

Even cowboys are sometimes Indians. The double cliché is that on the one hand the cowboys who opened up the American west were as wasteful as they were courageous, littering the great plains with the rotting carcasses of buffalo. We, … Continue reading →

Posted in kingdom, Kingdom Notes, post-modernism, RC Sproul JR | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Won

Posted on January 10, 2020 by RC

We ought to be stunned, and in turn filled with an unshakable joy as we consider how far God stooped to redeem us. God, after all, so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes … Continue reading →

Posted in Biblical Doctrines, church, Doctrines of Grace, grace, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR, wonder | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Won

Following the Leader

Posted on January 8, 2020 by RC

I don’t much care for physics. Never did. That, of course, doesn’t keep me from being grateful for physicists, and for engineers. This message has reached you through the labors of men who do care about such things. But usually … Continue reading →

Posted in church, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Following the Leader

When Pigs Fly

Posted on January 4, 2020 by RC

We Protestants tend to have something of a love/hate relationship with Thomas Aquinas. On the one hand, as Protestants, at least we who are Reformed, we value theological brilliance. We admire deeply the mind of Thomas, perhaps even dreaming that … Continue reading →

Posted in church, grace, Heroes, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR, Roman Catholicism, wonder | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on When Pigs Fly