Category Archives: repentance

How should Christians respond to pride month?

Posted on June 10, 2024 by RC

Christians are called to be counter-cultural. Which means there’s only one way to respond to pride month. With humility. Which, of course, is the same way we should respond to every situation and circumstance. Humility for the believer operates on … Continue reading →

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Remembering Tomorrow

Posted on May 31, 2024 by RC

Ideas have consequences. It is absolutely true that as a man thinks in his heart, so he is (Prov. 23:7). It is also true, however, that God is true, and every man a liar (Rom. 3:4). That is why the … Continue reading →

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Can a Christian over-repent?

Posted on May 27, 2024 by RC

Yes and no. There is a perspective out there, driven I suspect more by psychology than theology, that looks down its nose at what is sometimes called “worm theology.” It suggests that we can be too down on ourselves, that … Continue reading →

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Seek First

Posted on May 21, 2024 by RC

It’s a pretty simple concept that we let slip too easily out of our hands, because it reveals our weaknesses. The concept is this- when the Bible warns us against something, there’s a pretty good chance we’ll be tempted to … Continue reading →

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Why won’t unbelievers come to church?

Posted on May 13, 2024 by RC

Sin. The real question is, our sin or theirs? It has become fashionable, and perhaps always was, for some believers to blame other believers for unbelievers choosing to be unbelievers. When Bill Hybels, building Willow Creek into one of the … Continue reading →

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We Thirst

Posted on May 10, 2024 by RC

Our sins leave scars. First, they not only wound others but hurt us, damage us. Then, by His grace, and by His scars, they are healed. They are forgotten by the One who knows all things, the beginning from the … Continue reading →

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How can we disarm those we are witnessing to?

Posted on May 6, 2024 by RC

When the believer interacts with an unbeliever, seeking to share the good news of Jesus Christ, we have one great advantage- we’ve read their mail. That is, before the conversation even begins we know the unbeliever already knows God exists, … Continue reading →

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The Hard Book

Posted on May 3, 2024 by RC

There are at least two different kinds of hard sayings in the Bible. On the one hand, there are texts that are just plain terribly hard to understand— texts to which we respond, “What in the world could that mean?” … Continue reading →

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Clickety Do Daw

Posted on May 2, 2024 by RC

One of the troubles with inward sins is that they are inward. (The other trouble is that they are sins.) With inward sins, those we cannot measure objectively, it is all too easy to claim we have them whipped. When … Continue reading →

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Antithesis

Posted on April 23, 2024 by RC

Of what? Antithesis, to the broader world, describes that idea which counters the thesis. The antithesis of “Social justice is a biblical concept” is “Social justice comes out of Marxist ideology.” To the Christian, however, it is more than this. … Continue reading →

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