Tag Archives: Ask RC

What Causes Us to Fail to Rightly Divide God’s Word?

Posted on August 11, 2025 by RC

Nearly all of us are willing to concede that we are not right about everything we believe. We all have errors in our thinking and would love to correct them. Trouble is, we’re not always so sure where to find … Continue reading →

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Why do good things happen by bad people? Mirrors Crack’d

Posted on August 4, 2025 by RC

Perhaps my most shared tweet answers the age old question- why do bad things happen to good people? My answer- “That only happened once, and He volunteered.” The lesson, of course, is that apart from Jesus there are no good … Continue reading →

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Why is there so much demon possession in the Bible?

Posted on July 28, 2025 by RC

I don’t know. The Bible doesn’t say. I do, however, have a few thoughts. The first I remember learning from my father. He suggested that it may that the scope of demon possession when Jesus walked the earth may have … Continue reading →

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Will AI Take Over the World? Ghosts in the Machine

Posted on July 21, 2025 by RC

Though he was by no means the first nor the last to make this point, my father did a great service to the church by reminding it that “chance” has no causal power. Indeed it has no power at all, … Continue reading →

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Today’s Classic JCE- Sentimentalism; Love Is; Philosophy

Posted on July 9, 2025 by RC

Love of Emotion, Defining Love and the Love of Wisdom. Just lovely. https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=16928201

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Who loves the church? And Why We Should Too

Posted on July 7, 2025 by RC

For a year now, in this space, most Mondays here at RCSproulJr.com I’ve sought to answer questions related to the nature and calling of the church. Such is driven in large part by my contention that the evangelical “church,” for … Continue reading →

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How ought the believer to serve the church?

Posted on June 30, 2025 by RC

There are many weaknesses inherent in the mindset that sees the church like a shopping mall. The seeker sensitive movement has encouraged the church to see itself as a business, marketing the gospel to increase market share. This sands down … Continue reading →

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How does the church effectively serve the believer?

Posted on June 23, 2025 by RC

For almost a year now I’ve been publishing a weekly blog piece under the Ask RC heading on the nature and calling of the church. I have been persuaded for decades that one of the great weaknesses inside the church … Continue reading →

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What does it mean to say the church is apostolic?

Posted on June 16, 2025 by RC

The various competitors to the “one true church” crown, Anglo-Catholicism, Roman Catholicism and eastern Orthodoxy, all make quite a fuss about their pedigrees. Each holds to a doctrine called “apostolic succession” which affirms that the current leadership in their respective … Continue reading →

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What does it mean that the church is holy?

Posted on June 2, 2025 by RC

The Nicene Creed affirms that the church is one, holy, catholic and apostolic. I discussed what is means that the church is one here. When the creed affirms that the church is holy it is making at least three important … Continue reading →

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