Tag Archives: sanctification

Children: A Precious Blessing From the Lord

Posted on May 27, 2025 by RC

It’s a staple of pastoral humor. You can pretty much count on some quip coming from the pulpit when summer vacation starts, bemoaning the burden of children home from school, and when it ends, celebrating the blessing of shipping children … Continue reading →

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Blessed Are the Rich in Spirit: Grace Upon Grace

Posted on May 23, 2025 by RC

There is real poverty in our world, more than we’d care to admit. Jesus, after all, told us the poor would always be with us. But just as all Israel are not Israel, so all the poor are not truly … Continue reading →

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Our Greatest Weapon: War Through Repentance

Posted on May 16, 2025 by RC

It was a wise man who first noted that there is nothing new under the sun. Sadly, Solomon seemed to sigh his way through this observation, wistfully longing for something new. We, if we were wise, would rejoice in this … Continue reading →

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Come and Go With Me: Finding Grace in the Gutter

Posted on May 15, 2025 by RC

Dwarves, as a rule, are a rather recalcitrant lot. It was their stubborn refusal to follow directions that caused some of them to suffer the indignity of being turned into dufflepuds, in C.S. Lewis’ The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. … Continue reading →

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What distinguishes the believer from the non-believer?

Posted on May 12, 2025 by RC

Right from the get-go we have something of an epistemological/ontological problem. There are differences that are easier to see, and differences that are more central, but harder to discern. On the ontological side the whole of the order of salvation, … Continue reading →

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Inkling of Wonder: Why This Calvinist Cherishes Lewis

Posted on May 9, 2025 by RC

I am a Calvinist. No, better to say that I am a rabid Calvinist. I am the son of a Calvinist. My spiritual grandfather was the Calvinist’s Calvinist, John Gerstner. When I consider my own theological education, I divide it … Continue reading →

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Prayer; Shedeur; A Little Dab; Our Warrior God

Posted on April 30, 2025 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Study Tonight: Issues Dividing the Church- Politics

Posted on April 28, 2025 by RC

We continue exploring issues dividing the church. Tonight we consider politics. All are welcome at 6:15 for dinner, and for the study at 7:00. We live-stream on Facebook Live, RC-Lisa Sproul. We hope you’ll join us.

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Last Week’s Study- Sexual Morality in the Church

Posted on April 28, 2025 by RC
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Whatever Happened to Prayer in the Church?

Posted on April 28, 2025 by RC

We have witnessed, if not pulled off, a revolution over the past forty years in how the church gathers together to worship. Most of this has been driven by a radical shift in understanding the purpose of the Lord’s Day … Continue reading →

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