Category Archives: prayer

Diffusing Deconversions

Posted on March 6, 2020 by RC

There’s a new genre in town. We still have love stories, science fiction stories, crime stories. We also still have conversion stories, testimonies about God’s grace in our lives. What is new is the yang to that yin, testimonies of … Continue reading →

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Yesterday’s Sermon on the Mount Study

Posted on March 3, 2020 by RC
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Speciesism, Jesus Blesses the Widow of Nain and Theology Has Consequences

Posted on March 3, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Ask RC- What causes a lack of assurance?

Posted on March 2, 2020 by RC

There are at least two different ways we struggle with assurance, two different truths we want and need to be assured of. The first is the truth of the gospel. What if the Bible is just the opinions of men? … Continue reading →

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Lord, Teach Us to Pray

Posted on February 29, 2020 by RC

We’ve all heard the accusation. If God has already determined the future, what is the point of praying? This comes from our evangelical brothers, who, recognizing us as members of that species reformandicus bibliotechus, are looking askance at our pointy … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- How should we understand the promise Jesus makes in John 14:14, “If you ask anything in My name I will do it?”

Posted on February 28, 2020 by RC

My book, Believing God, was written with a single goal in mind, to help believers enter more fully into the promises of God. Even we who affirm that God’s Word is always true still struggle to believe that if we … Continue reading →

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New Theses, New Reformation

Posted on February 18, 2020 by RC

Thesis 13- We must pray for those who watch out for our souls. The Reformers did not merely affirm that Scripture alone could bind the conscience, they also stood firm on the doctrine of the perspicuity of Scripture. Perspicuity is … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Is the Coronavirus a judgment sent from God?

Posted on February 17, 2020 by RC

It is natural, when confronted with hardship, whether it be personal, national, even global, to wonder where the hand of God is in the hardship. When that hardship hits us or those whom we love, we often fall into fear … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 4, 2020 by RC
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Ask RC: Does God really decide, and care who wins a football game?

Posted on January 30, 2020 by RC

I began asking this question myself long before Tim Tebow was even born. I was a little boy, deeply committed to the Pittsburgh Steelers. I remember praying that they would beat the Oakland Raiders in an upcoming playoff game. When … Continue reading →

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