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Ask RC- Why are we so awful to each other on the internet?

The internet did not invent sin. We were plenty awful to each other long before Al Gore went into his lab and wound his web around the world. That said, the internet did bring some new features to the sin … Continue reading

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Ask RC- What’s the difference between a fundamentalist and an evangelical?

There’s a great deal of history and nuance to this question. One could argue that the terms are identical. Both groups trace their roots to a prior term, and the shift to the new term to the same source. That … Continue reading

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Ask RC- How does the ancient heresy of Gnosticism impact the church today?

There are at least two ways, one most of us are on guard against, the other we’re oblivious to. One of the defining qualities of the gnostic worldview is that it sees that which is material as bad, inherently inferior … Continue reading

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Ask RC-How can an infinite hell be just when our sins are finite?

The wisdom of this question, I would argue, is that it gets at the real horror of hell. A lake of fire is a frightening thought indeed. The greater dread, however, is the duration of hell, that it never ends. … Continue reading

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Today’s podcast- progressive taxes, Something Wicked This Way Comes and More…

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Ask RC- What made Martin Luther such a world changer?

We are all given to projection with our heroes. That is, we see those who have done well, who have made an impact, and assume the person’s effectiveness flowed out of some quality we admire or think we have. Spike … Continue reading

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Ask RC- Are you a part of the fill-in-the-blank movement?

Though I have, from time to time been proud to give that most humble answer to a number of sticky issues, when asked my position- I don’t know- I have more than my fair share of convictions. I likely have … Continue reading

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Ask RC- What has changed in your thinking the past few years?

One would think that by now I’d be used to people telling me what I believe. For years I had people bundling me together with the Federal Vision crowd, despite my speaking publicly against it, and writing extensively against it. … Continue reading

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Ask RC- What does it take to write well?

Though it is most often attributed to the great sports writer Red Smith, no one knows for sure who first bled this great insight- “Writing is easy. You just open a vein and bleed.” Like all great metaphors, this one … Continue reading

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Ask RC- What Are You Thankful For?

Though there is nothing I am sufficiently thankful for, the list of things I am thankful for is endless. The pious answer, Jesus, is true. But not much of a surprise. All of us in Christ have the same infinite … Continue reading

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