Tag Archives: RC Sproul Jr

We Are Family: All My Brothers and Sisters and Me

Conservative Christians seeking a way to encapsulate our most fundamental political commitments came up with “family values.” We vote “family values.” We support “family values” candidates. Even the left has noticed, countering our language with this bit of bumper-sticker wisdom: … Continue reading

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The Ground and the Beginning of Our Knowing

Which are two things, not one. The ground of our knowing is a question of ontology, or being. The beginning of our knowing is a question of epistemology, or how we know what we know. To understand the ground of … Continue reading

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Check Out This Week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

An interview with friend and author David Knight on his new book What it Means to Be a Christian. Plus, all the president’s memes, Hosea the prophet and lessons learned from falling towers. Tune in, and come out the other … Continue reading

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Last week’s Parables Study: Treasure & Pearl of Great Price

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Jesus is Lord: Always, Everywhere, Over All

When we know our end we know our calling for today. What is our end? We will, for all eternity, inhabit a redeemed world, the new heavens and the new earth. We will enjoy peace, plenty, a life utterly devoid … Continue reading

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Study Tonight- Parables: The Good Samaritan

Tonight we continue a study exploring the parables of Jesus. Last week we considered the found treasure and the pearl of great price.. Tonight- the Good Samaritan. We serve dinner at 6:15, and begin the study at 7:00. We also … Continue reading

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How Can I Become More Well Read? Four Suggestions

By reading well. Nothing too complicated about that. As with many good habits, the challenge is not that performing the habit is too hard, but that it is not easy enough. That is, we don’t like to exert ourselves. As … Continue reading

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The “Rest” of the Story: The Good Work of Sabbath

Obedience is a rather narrow road. Disobedience, on the other hand, comes with a great, sweeping plain of options. Because we are like the Pharisees, we find it easy to convert the law of God into sundry sins of omission. … Continue reading

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The Cosmology of Elfland: Rejecting A Clockwork Orange

We are all the children of the Enlightenment. Even if we couldn’t begin to define “Enlightenment,” or if we know what it is and see it as an Endarkenment, we’re still shaped by it. It’s in our blood and sinews, … Continue reading

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Ruth and Naomi Redux; Tony Reinke’s God & Technology Book

The return of Curating Your Book Library, prompted by Tony Reinke’s excellent book, God, Technology and the Christian Life. Plus, the workers are few and the shame of believers ashamed of God. Where else are you going to find all … Continue reading

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