Category Archives: RC Sproul JR

Some Simple Counsel for a Joyous Christmas

Posted on December 19, 2024 by RC

It is, as the song goes, the most wonderful time of the year. I’m a deep aficionado of the advent season, but understand that it isn’t always sugarplums and flying reindeer. I wonder, however, if sometimes our less than ideal … Continue reading →

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Beating Mr. Bulver; The Spirit of Christmas Presents & More

Posted on December 18, 2024 by RC

This Week’s Encore Presentation of Jesus Changes Everything

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The Boy Behind the Curtain or, Silence of the Clams

Posted on December 17, 2024 by RC

It’s a simple rule really, but a powerful one, one I have found quite helpful to my peace of mind, making the best use of my time and my mental energy. I follow this rule- anyone speaking ill of another … Continue reading →

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What should I look for in finding a church?

Posted on December 16, 2024 by RC

A Church First, that it be a church. The Reformers argued that there are three distinguishing marks of the church- the Word, sacraments and discipline. That means your campus ministry isn’t the church; your podcasts are not the church; your … Continue reading →

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Giving Honor To Our Fundamentalist Betters

Posted on December 13, 2024 by RC

It is no new insight to note that in America the evangelical church is worldly and anemic. We are so earthly minded that we are no heavenly good. The anemia comes from the worldliness. But whence comes the worldliness? Like … Continue reading →

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Oh No!!!!!!!! Giving Mr. Bill His Due

Posted on December 12, 2024 by RC

I would never suggest that poverty is not real. I regularly suggest that it’s not quite as real, or rather quite as widespread as many seem to think. There is no question that the sundry follies of both parties over … Continue reading →

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Encore Edition; Limited Atonement, Pastor Pinhead & More

Posted on December 11, 2024 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done; And You Did Too

Posted on December 10, 2024 by RC

My friend and co-author Paul Derry said it, and I’ll never forget it. We were talking about working together on a book, that book which became Call Me Barabbas. I was concerned my battered reputation might hurt his chances to … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with expositional preaching?

Posted on December 9, 2024 by RC

Not much. Here is yet another place where we ought both to define our terms and to put the question in context. The majority of pulpits in this nation are filled with people sharing their own personal thoughts, with sprinklings … Continue reading →

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The God of Space and Time in Space and Time

Posted on December 6, 2024 by RC

We are all by nature Pelagians. Like the heretical monk Pelagius, we like to think we are basically good. Help in fighting this temptation is one of the great blessings that comes from embracing Reformed theology. Now we understand not … Continue reading →

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