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Discerning the Body

Posted on March 7, 2020 by RC

The hard driving forces of individualism do not yet stand astride the culture like a colossus. We have divided our homes into mini-apartment complexes, and our churches into age and gender segregated shopping malls. We break the ties that bind … Continue reading →

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New Theses, New Reformation

Posted on March 3, 2020 by RC

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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Tasting Eternity, The Covenant of Life and Fairy Dust

Posted on February 28, 2020 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Seeing Beyond The Shadowlands

Posted on October 30, 2019 by RC

It has long been my contention that the Reformed church never quite got over the Enlightenment. While we rightly reject this premise and that conclusion at the heart of the Enlightenment experiment, we still drink deep of its spirit. We … Continue reading →

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Me Not Me

Posted on September 20, 2019 by RC

I’m not the man I used to be. Neither am I the man I will one day be. And yet, I am the man I used to be, and will forever be that man. The passage of time experienced by … Continue reading →

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What If God Were One of Us?

Posted on July 15, 2019 by RC

  It is an old temptation, to construct images of Jesus out of celluloid. Christians have fought for it and against, and will likely do so for generations to come, until the next medium seeks to supplant the Word. We … Continue reading →

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May the Best Man Win

Posted on July 12, 2019 by RC

It begins, I suspect, with a far too small view of the fall. There is plenty we lament about that dark day in a history’s most beautiful spot. We know that sin brought division to Adam and Eve. The two … Continue reading →

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Scar Light

Posted on July 5, 2019 by RC

My torso is a map of past hardships. Top left is a scar from where I had a port put in for my chemo years ago. There are more scars where various moles had to be scraped off. Then there … Continue reading →

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The End of the End

Posted on June 28, 2019 by RC

When Alice found herself at a crossroads in Wonderland, she looked about for help. There in the tree was a smile. Just a smile. Soon though the Cheshire Cat’s body filled in the picture. Alice asked which way she should … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Is Christianity a religion, or a relationship?

Posted on June 26, 2019 by RC

Yes. There are, of course, all manner of things that separate the Christian faith from all other faiths. Ours is the story of God condescending to us, rather than we climbing to Him. Ours is a story grounded in history, … Continue reading →

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