Category Archives: Reformation

Contextualizing Missions

Posted on October 28, 2020 by RC

It is just about the time that we begin to mock our fathers that we find ourselves slipping on the banana peels they have left behind. Consider our fathers’ failure to contextualize in missions. Generations ago great heroes went forth … Continue reading →

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Lutheranism; Love Is; Just My Imagination

Posted on October 27, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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What is solo Christo?

Posted on October 26, 2020 by RC

Literally the Latin phrase simply means “Christ alone.” It is often written solus Christus and I know enough Latin to know I don’t know why. The Reformation, of course, built its message around five solas. Sola fide and sola scriptura … Continue reading →

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God is Thrifty; Thanking Pastors; Halloween?

Posted on October 22, 2020 by RC

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New Theses, New Reformation

Posted on October 19, 2020 by RC

Thesis 46 We must seek always to see Christ. Neil Postman, in his compelling book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, argues that we have moved as a culture from one wherein the printed word drives us, to one wherein the image … Continue reading →

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New Theses, New Reformation

Posted on October 13, 2020 by RC

Thesis 45 We must not look to others for our value or importance. It is supposed to be part and parcel of being an American that we would both delight to be and aspire to be free. Freedom is our … Continue reading →

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Clericalism; Love Is; Driving Them Out

Posted on October 13, 2020 by RC

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Ask RC- Was the Reformation necessary?

Posted on October 12, 2020 by RC

Yes. It may be easy to miss that truth when one considers all the seemingly random things that came together to bring the Reformation to pass. What if that thunderstorm had not re-routed Luther from law school to monkery? What … Continue reading →

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New Theses, New Reformation

Posted on September 29, 2020 by RC

Thesis 43 We must be humble about our ability to understand our neighbors. One of the great evils of pop psychology, and there are many, is the pop part. That is, as psychology has been repackaged for mass consumption, it … Continue reading →

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First Church of the Not So Bad

Posted on September 23, 2020 by RC

We are adepts not at fighting our sins but hiding them. We gather each Lord’s Day dressed in our smiles, share our praise reports and our health concerns, pat ourselves on our backs, and return home to our gross and … Continue reading →

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