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How can the church best bless future generations?

Posted on December 30, 2024 by RC

We must pass down strong churches. A friend once told me about his first day at seminary. All the young men were gathered together and the president of the institution came to address them. He began, as one might imagine, … Continue reading →

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Beating Mr. Bulver; The Spirit of Christmas Presents & More

Posted on December 18, 2024 by RC

This Week’s Encore Presentation of Jesus Changes Everything

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What should I look for in finding a church?

Posted on December 16, 2024 by RC

A Church First, that it be a church. The Reformers argued that there are three distinguishing marks of the church- the Word, sacraments and discipline. That means your campus ministry isn’t the church; your podcasts are not the church; your … Continue reading →

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Giving Honor To Our Fundamentalist Betters

Posted on December 13, 2024 by RC

It is no new insight to note that in America the evangelical church is worldly and anemic. We are so earthly minded that we are no heavenly good. The anemia comes from the worldliness. But whence comes the worldliness? Like … Continue reading →

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Encore Edition; Limited Atonement, Pastor Pinhead & More

Posted on December 11, 2024 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done; And You Did Too

Posted on December 10, 2024 by RC

My friend and co-author Paul Derry said it, and I’ll never forget it. We were talking about working together on a book, that book which became Call Me Barabbas. I was concerned my battered reputation might hurt his chances to … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with expositional preaching?

Posted on December 9, 2024 by RC

Not much. Here is yet another place where we ought both to define our terms and to put the question in context. The majority of pulpits in this nation are filled with people sharing their own personal thoughts, with sprinklings … Continue reading →

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All Quiet On the Western Front

Posted on December 3, 2024 by RC

It probably says more about what defines our moments, the television, than the moments themselves, that we keep multiplying defining moments. For my parents’ generation, it was the death of John F. Kennedy. Everyone remembers where they first heard, or … Continue reading →

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Live Study Tonight, II Thess. 1 – Maturing in Hardship

Posted on December 2, 2024 by RC

Tonight we continue our study on I Thessalonians. All are welcome to our home at 7 est, or you may join us for dinner at 6:15. We will also stream the study at Facebook Live, RC-Lisa Sproul. We hope you’ll … Continue reading →

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Why did God chose us? 1st Church of the Base and Foolish

Posted on December 2, 2024 by RC

One complaint against the doctrine of unconditional election is that it seems to make God out to be capricious. The late great John Gerstner, in trying to emphasize the sovereign grace of God in election once, with his tongue firmly … Continue reading →

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