Category Archives: preaching

A Plea For Gathering Together In Time, or, Disconnected

Posted on June 10, 2020 by RC

The rumbles have already begun, between churches and states, churches and churches, church members and other church members. There has been no Olly, Olly oxen free opening all churches of all sizes in all jurisdictions. There has been increasing impatience … Continue reading →

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What would you say to Derek Chauvin?

Posted on June 1, 2020 by RC

Repent and believe the gospel. Which is precisely what I would have said to George Floyd, had I the opportunity. Which doesn’t in the least suggest a moral equivalency between the actions of the two. It does, however, suggest a … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Fact and Lessons from George Floyd

Posted on June 1, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything

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His Obedient Life

Posted on May 30, 2020 by RC

Everybody loves Jesus. Marxists love Jesus, because He was such a radical revolutionary. Unitarians love Jesus, because He befriended the social outcasts. Liberals love Jesus because, well, because He was liberal. Even some conservatives love Jesus, because He was so … Continue reading →

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What is most needful in our pulpits?

Posted on May 28, 2020 by RC

Ask RC First, we need to know which pulpits we are talking about. The world is full of “pulpits” that are filled by men and women who are missing the most important thing- the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. That … Continue reading →

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Nationalism, Patriarchs’ Lives & God Killers

Posted on May 12, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Why are unbelievers hostile toward the church?

Posted on May 11, 2020 by RC

It is a common thing for Christians to side with non-Christians against other Christians. The reason for this is that we are sinners, Christians, non-Christians and the other Christians. That is, Christian A listens with a sympathetic ear while non-Christian … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Why is the church so full of pretense?

Posted on May 8, 2020 by RC

I’m no behaviorist, but I don’t need to be to understand this truth- that which you punish you get less of, and what you reward you get more of. We don’t like punishment, and seek to avoid it. We do … Continue reading →

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Selling Our Souls

Posted on May 7, 2020 by RC

It is, according to CS Lewis, one of the most potent pulls into sin, the desire to belong. Were Maslow a bit more honest in ranking our “needs” I suspect the approval of others would make the top five of … Continue reading →

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New Theses, New Reformation

Posted on April 28, 2020 by RC

Thesis 23 We must preach rather than teach. I don’t know if it happens at all seminaries, but it happened at the seminary I attended. Seminaries, presumably, are established to prepare men for gospel ministry. But where I went more … Continue reading →

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