Tag Archives: joy

News I Can Use

Posted on April 5, 2024 by RC

A case could be made that what separates Reformed believers from the rest of the evangelical church is less the competing doctrinal perspectives of Calvinism versus Arminianism and more the competing perspectives on the value of doctrine. That is, we … Continue reading →

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Paradise Restored

Posted on March 29, 2024 by RC

There are any number of ways to capture the glory of Eden. Because it is a garden paradise, we can focus on its bucolic nature. Bereft of thorns and thistles, fruitful and beautiful, it is the ideal location, designed for … Continue reading →

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Marital Woes; EXTREMIST!; The God Who Sees and More

Posted on March 27, 2024 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Rest Indeed

Posted on March 15, 2024 by RC

Though it comes rather early in the story, I am convinced that Genesis 3:15 is not just the hinge of the Bible, but it is the very hinge of history. It is there that God responds to the serpent’s assault … Continue reading →

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Life Wins- On the Passing of John Barros

Posted on February 22, 2024 by RC

I’m not shy about the term hero. I have many of them, not because my standards are low. It’s not that I misapply the term, using it as a synonym for “someone I admire.” It is rather that a. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Last Week’s Study, Romans 10, part I

Posted on February 5, 2024 by RC
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The Wonder of It All

Posted on February 1, 2024 by RC

Is it not true that most bad ideas are good ideas that took a wrong turn? That the thing pursued by the idea is a good thing, but the directions are off? Consider our desire, born right out of God’s … Continue reading →

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Being Sought First, the Kingdom of God

Posted on January 19, 2024 by RC

Our faith is, more often than not, more both/and than either/or. Man’s responsibility or God’s sovereignty? Yes. Mourning or dancing? Yes. Living or dying? Yes. Our temptation in light of this is always to push for one side or the … Continue reading →

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The Love of the Father

Posted on January 16, 2024 by RC

Love is one of the good words. Just as no one particularly labors to have words like death, or cruelty associated with themselves or their ideas, so everyone wants to lay claim to love. The devil, however, is quite content … Continue reading →

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Sinner- n. One who sins.

Posted on January 9, 2024 by RC

I have noticed in recent years a great upsurge in objections to the objective truth of what we are. Any time I speak of the believer as a sinner, let alone a miserable sinner, I can always count on someone … Continue reading →

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