Category Archives: sovereignty

God on the Warpath, or The Grace of God in the Virus of Death

Posted on April 8, 2020 by RC

God is in the business of tearing down our idols. We, because we are yet sinners, desperately seek to prove Jesus wrong, to successfully serve two masters. But our Master won’t have it. He will not share His glory with … Continue reading →

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Believing the Invisible

Posted on April 3, 2020 by RC

We are all tempted to be practical deists. The deists were the poster children for god-of-the-gaps theology. That is, because they wanted the universe to make sense, but didn’t want to have to answer to the living God, they posited … Continue reading →

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One Giant Leap- Or, Reading Providence with Dyslexia

Posted on March 27, 2020 by RC

It is a good thing to affirm the sovereignty of God over all things. God delights in the truth and we ought to draw the deepest comfort from it. It is right and proper to understand that His sovereignty is … Continue reading →

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Aristotle, God’s Omnipotence and a Little Help From Our Friends

Posted on March 26, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Ask RC- What should we do in these strange days?

Posted on March 23, 2020 by RC

The story is told of the older woman who was blessed to have Martin Luther as her pastor. One Sunday, however, she determined to express her displeasure, “Why, Dr. Luther,” she asked, “do you seem to preach the same sermon … Continue reading →

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ABCs of Theology- Vitality; Meeting Jesus- The Wind and the Waves and More…

Posted on March 18, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything

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Ask RC- How should we respond to the impact of the Coronavirus?

Posted on March 16, 2020 by RC

I have no place to speak to the question about how to avoid the virus, or how to protect assets, or whether we ought to gather for public worship, whether this side or that side is minimizing or never letting … Continue reading →

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No One Here Gets Out Alive- Corona Fever

Posted on March 11, 2020 by RC

It is surely possible to adopt too fatalistic a view of the future. One can waltz right into utter destruction while singing Que Sera Sera, whatever will be will be with all the panache of Doris Day and end up … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- What advice would you give Christians facing such rapid cultural marginalization?

Posted on March 5, 2020 by RC

What advice would you give Christians facing such rapid cultural marginalization? In the great battle that is the culture war Christians are in rapid and chaotic retreat. On issues of sexuality we are deemed backward, hateful and hypocritical. To speak … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- How should we understand the promise Jesus makes in John 14:14, “If you ask anything in My name I will do it?”

Posted on February 28, 2020 by RC

My book, Believing God, was written with a single goal in mind, to help believers enter more fully into the promises of God. Even we who affirm that God’s Word is always true still struggle to believe that if we … Continue reading →

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