Category Archives: scandal

Blessed to preach Jesus at the Gates of Hell

Posted on February 16, 2024 by RC
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Is it wrong to publish anonymously?

Posted on January 29, 2024 by RC

That depends a great deal on what one is publishing. Last week I nearly broke the internet when first I suggested that while Pastor Alistair Begg’s advice on attending a loved one’s faux wedding was well off the mark, it … Continue reading →

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Great Ideas, Terrible Men

Posted on January 15, 2024 by RC

Martin Luther would certainly be among the top ten people who’ve had an influence on me. CS Lewis would as well. Among more contemporary thinkers, I’d have to list Ravi Zacharias and RC Sproul. Luther, of course, had some less … Continue reading →

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Is homosexuality “unnatural”?

Posted on December 11, 2023 by RC

Certainly. There is one way this is so, and one in which it is not. As per always, it helps if we define our terms. It is not uncommon for apologists for this particular perversion to argue that it is … Continue reading →

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The Gates of Hell Advancing

Posted on November 28, 2023 by RC

The feint is a rather critical part of any battle strategy. There are few occasions where a direct, unambiguous assault will work out well. We want instead to keep our enemy guessing, unsure as to whether we will be coming … Continue reading →

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Can sin be my identity?

Posted on October 30, 2023 by RC

No, and yes. One of the strange results of efforts made to shoehorn homosexuality into the church is the claim of many at best celibate and at worst actively practicing, that they are “gay Christians.” The latter try to claim … Continue reading →

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Public People, Private Lives

Posted on October 26, 2023 by RC

There has been of late a rather embarrassing battle going on on social media between competing tribes of Bible believing Calvinists who come down on different sides of what God commands for civil governments. There are good men on both … Continue reading →

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Blood in the Streets

Posted on October 20, 2023 by RC

How prone we are to miss the drama. The tyranny of the urgent, the plainness of our patterns, and our propensity to look inward rather than outward all push us to regard our callings, our surroundings, and our souls as … Continue reading →

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Keep Your Pants On

Posted on September 28, 2023 by RC

We’re fools, we meaning we humans. We see the destruction that flows from our foolish choices, and seek out any solution besides stopping with the foolish choices. The Bible says that sexual behavior is only for a married husband and … Continue reading →

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Have You Heard?

Posted on September 21, 2023 by RC

Gossip, for all its destructive power, and the bounty of warning against it in the Bible, still carries with it an image as a cute or entertaining sin. We laugh at the town matriarch who is more effective at spreading … Continue reading →

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