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Tag Archives: sanctification
What does it mean that the church is the bride of Christ?
When a writer makes an analogy he seeks to draw out truths about one thing by drawing out its similarities to the known qualities of the thing to which it is compared. If I say, “Life is like a roller-coaster” … Continue reading
Posted in Ask RC, beauty, Biblical Doctrines, church, communion, eschatology, kingdom, RC Sproul JR
Tagged Ask RC, Christian Testimony, church, eschatology, God's love, gratitude, kingdom, marriage, marriage feast of the lamb, RC Sproul Jr, sanctification
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Patience, Now or, Fools Rush In
The devil presents us with something of a paradox. On the one hand, when he is introduced we are told, “Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made” (Gen. … Continue reading
Posted in Devil's Arsenal, grace, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR
Tagged Christian Testimony, culture wars, devil, kingdom, kingdom notes, RC Sproul Jr, sanctification
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Run Away, Run Away- The Wisdom of Fleeing Temptation
There’s a reason he’s called the rich, young fool. Though he was wise enough to ask the right person, Jesus, his question, “what must I do to inherit eternal life” he was fool enough to claim, after Jesus reminded him … Continue reading
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Name It Blame It, or, Pinning Failures on Failure
Some time ago I published an Ask RC podcast titled, “What’s wrong with the enneagram?” One of my (many) concerns is that as with so many other so called assessment tests, we always face the temptation to excuse our sin … Continue reading
Love One Another, Because He is In Us and Them
Do we not glide happily past this command? It should, though it doesn’t, go without saying. There’s no question that the Bible teaches this. There’s no question that the Bible emphasizes this. There’s no question that we’re not very good … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Testimony, church, Forgiveness, friendship, God's love, gratitude, kingdom, kingdom notes, RC Sproul Jr, sanctification
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Stewarding Our Failures, Robust Dividends
When one invests his money wisely he ends up with more money. When one invests ones failures wisely he ends up with fewer failures. We don’t tend, however, to look at our failures as assets. We see them as burdens, … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Doctrines, grace, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR, repentance, scandal, wisdom
Tagged Christian Testimony, failure, Forgiveness, God's love, gratitude, joy, kingdom, kingdom notes, RC Sproul Jr, sanctification, scandal
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This Is My Body
I have some degree of sympathy with the argument because I once made it myself. I was in high school, and served faithfully as the poster child for the National Sophomoric Self-Important Blow-Hard Association. I dressed in black, listened to … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, Biblical Doctrines, Big Eva, church, communion, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR
Tagged Christian Testimony, church, kingdom, kingdom notes, RC Sproul Jr, sanctification
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The Lord Giveth, and the Lord Taketh Away
Though He is the potter and we are but clay, this does not keep us from complaining about our station. When the God of heaven and earth, the One who made all things, asks if the clay will ask of … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, Christian Testimony, God's love, gratitude, joy, kingdom, kingdom notes, peace, RC Sproul Jr, sanctification, suffering
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Monday Night’s Study, Romans 15
Posted in 10 Commandments, Bible Study, Biblical Doctrines, church, communion, Doctrines of Grace, ethics, grace, RC Sproul JR, theology
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Surviving Biden
There has to be balance. There is a fatalism that simply shrugs when Rome’s imperial army is parked outside Jerusalem’s door. The destruction of the city in 70 AD was plenty bad. On the other hand, there are those who … Continue reading
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