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New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 15- We must come together to renew covenant. It was a wise man who first said that the good is sometimes the enemy of the best. Much of what has come to be known as the church growth movement … Continue reading

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Ask RC- What causes a lack of assurance?

There are at least two different ways we struggle with assurance, two different truths we want and need to be assured of. The first is the truth of the gospel. What if the Bible is just the opinions of men? … Continue reading

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Tasting Eternity, The Covenant of Life and Fairy Dust

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Who’s Your Daddy?

The world, too often with help from the Christian church, is intent on removing from the world all of its wonder. We may see the universe as a plenty amazing machine. But even the most amazing machine is cold to … Continue reading

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The Man Comes Around

Confidence in the victory of Jesus, knowing He is bringing all things under subjection, knowing that His kingdom, that rock uncut by human hands is covering all the earth is our very hope. There is no line that separates His … Continue reading

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No Accounting

There’s no accounting for taste. Or to put it another way, the taste has reasons that reason knows not of. We like what we like, and we don’t like having to explain it. Which is why postmodernism fits us so … Continue reading

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New Theses, New Reformation

Thesis 11– We must practice hospitality. It is my habit, when I grow unduly discouraged with the church, to read through I Corinthians. Reading through the long list of serious problems that Paul had to address there, and suddenly the … Continue reading

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What He Says at His Feast, Jesus Meets John the Baptist and Rushing to Judgment

Today’s JCE podcast

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Grateful in the Kingdom

There is, in a rather small subsection of the Reformed world, a rather curious conviction. Some otherwise sound folks take the true and sound notion that because God knows those whom He has not chosen, because it is a great … Continue reading

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