Tag Archives: sanctification

The Devil’s Arsenal- Standing

Posted on July 2, 2019 by RC

While envy may be the green-eyed monster, pride is a chameleon. It comes in a wide swath of colors, myriad sizes and innumerable shapes. It is also, one could argue, the true mother of all sins. Pride was Lucifer’s downfall, … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to Me- In the Grip of Gratitude

Posted on July 1, 2019 by RC

Today begins my 55th journey around the sun. By all accounts I ought to be in the grip of a midlife crisis. Children are leaving the nest. More hairs are abandoning their posts as the battle is lost. My “career” … 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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Bible Study Facebook Live June 24, 2019 Love

Posted on June 25, 2019 by RC

In which we “started talking’ about love, started talking’ about sin.” Part 3 of our study on The Spirit of the Fruit, focusing on love.

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Fear and Loathing in Radio Land

Posted on June 24, 2019 by RC

The hypocrisy falls on us all. Those outside the kingdom will argue at one and the same time that the media we consume, whether violent video games, racy television programs, raunchy lyrics, that these are just entertainment, and have no … Continue reading →

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Jesus Is Not My Crutch

Posted on June 22, 2019 by RC

The devil delights to mock us. When he isn’t filling us with pride, he tries filling us with shame. We are told by the serpent, often through his respectable mouthpieces, men like Marx and Freud, that religion is a superstitious … Continue reading →

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Owning My Inner Pharisee

Posted on June 21, 2019 by RC

  There are, I suspect, two defining and inter-related qualities that make for a Pharisee. The world would have us believe that one of them is being religious, and the other being powerful. The truth is that one is the … Continue reading →

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Honest Conversation Between 2 Sinners About the One Who Never Sinned

Posted on June 20, 2019 by RC

  Last week I was a guest on my friend Chris Arnzen’s terrific radio program, Iron Sharpens Iron. We talked, as you might expect, about my book, Growing Up (with) RC but more important we talked about God’s grace for … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- What is Sonship theology?

Posted on June 19, 2019 by RC

Sonship theology is a set of biblical notions originally propagated by Jack Miller, a former missionary and pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America (former because Jack has gone on to his reward.) The ideas were first spread through a … Continue reading →

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Bible Study Facebook Live June 17, 2019 The Works of the Flesh

Posted on June 18, 2019 by RC

This week, in part 2 of our series The Spirit of the Fruit, we considered the works of the flesh and what they tell us about ourselves, and the blessings of obedience.  

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