Tag Archives: God’s love

Ode to Joy- Our Bible Study on Philippians 1

Posted on September 18, 2024 by RC
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Intro to Philippians, from 9.9.24, Paul’s Joy in Hardship

Posted on September 16, 2024 by RC
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Turning the Mirror Around, Hiding From the Ugly

Posted on September 12, 2024 by RC

Not only do we remain, in ourselves, sinners, when by His grace we are declared to be saints, but we tend to be, after being born again, repenting and being indwelt by the Spirit, the same kind of sinners we … Continue reading →

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Live Bible Study Tonight- Intro to Philippians, Ode to Joy

Posted on September 9, 2024 by RC

Tonight we begin a new study, considering the book of Philippians. 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, RC-Lisa Sproul. We … Continue reading →

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Why is the evangelical church so full of pretense?

Posted on September 9, 2024 by RC

I’m no behaviorist, but I don’t need to be to understand this truth- that which you punish you get less of, and what you reward you get more of. We don’t like punishment, and seek to avoid it. We do … Continue reading →

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Beggars All- Making Invitations to the Feast

Posted on September 3, 2024 by RC

For all the hardships connected to inflation none of us, I suspect, have found ourselves giving thanks for having the head of a donkey or dove droppings to eat. That, however, was the situation in Samaria when the Syrians laid … Continue reading →

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The Perseverance of the Saints, A Love Story

Posted on August 30, 2024 by RC

“And to forsake all others, till death do us part.” One would think, that with the decades-old trend in the broader culture of “personal marriage vows,” wherein husband and wife fill in the blanks and speak their own words, that … Continue reading →

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Not Worthy to Be Compared- Here to Eternity

Posted on August 29, 2024 by RC

We all know we are called to walk by faith and not by sight (II Cor. 5:7). What we often don’t know is how terrible we are at it. We tend to think of it as the ability to believe … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound, Given To All Around

Posted on August 23, 2024 by RC

Perhaps the most subtle verbal sleights of hand are acts of equivocation. We commit equivocation when we use one word, but with two different meanings. We make the change so quickly we miss the palmed meaning, and are made fools. … Continue reading →

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What’s missing from the contemporary church?

Posted on August 19, 2024 by RC

Sinlessness. That is, the weaknesses that plague the contemporary church aren’t, in the end, all that different from the weaknesses that plagued the historical church. The more things change and all that, after all. It is said that one Lord’s … Continue reading →

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