Dear Saints | RCC Pastors Podcast

This week we discuss the closing verses of Jude — three short commands with a lot of pastoral weight: have mercy on those who waver, save others by snatching them from the fire, and have mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. We talk through what it actually looks like to love a brother or sister who's drifting, how to tell the difference between wavering and entrenched fal...

This week we talk about why we should and how we can prepare for the Sunday worship gathering.

We take another look at Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz and explore what each of them can show us about putting our faith in God when life is messy and hard.

In this episode, we talk about what it looks like to pursue intentional discipleship within the local church — especially when you’re the one seeking help to grow in Christ. Drawing from Garrett Kell’s How Can I Find Someone to Disciple Me?, we explore practical wisdom for finding discipling relationships, making the most of them, and cultivating a church culture where helping one another follow J...

This week we're talking about summer rhythms and how to keep following Jesus together with intentionality even when our 'normal' is disrupted.

This week we're talking about the reading of Scripture in our Sunday worship gathering!

As we prepare to say goodbye to a number of members this summer, we talk about practical ways to think and act rightly toward departing brothers and sisters.

This week we explore a "B-Side" from this past Sunday's sermon--what's going on with the Holy Spirit in John 20:22 and discuss how to handle things in the text that we don't understand.

This week we talk about trust and belief in the truthfulness and trustworthiness of the Christian faith. Is the Bible true? Can we trust it? Is it reasonable to believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus? How should we even conceive of the questions themselves? What can we know with certainty?

This week we discuss the place and purpose of corporate prayer in our Sunday Worship Gathering's liturgy.

This week we discuss the place and purpose of the Assurance of Pardon in our Sunday Worship Gathering's liturgy.

Every church has to say goodbye to members at some point. RCC is preparing to say a lot of goodbyes in the coming months. How should we think about this and what should we do? In this episode, we cover why leaving is a real ecclesiological act (not just a personal decision), discuss good and bad reasons for leaving, explore the categories we use as pastors when a member departs, clarify what the c...

What does Jesus actually mean when he prays "that they may be one"? We dig into what real unity looks like — why committed local membership isn't the enemy of Christian unity, what we're actually looking for when we call a church gospel-believing, and how to think about fellowship across denominational lines.

This week we talk about the inevitability of death, pastoring to prepare people to die, and living in light of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. --Ben Sasse on Life, Cancer, and the Gospel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-what-you-believe-with-michael-horton/id1776875542?i=1000750316469 --Sermon Excerpt, Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper: https://www.desiringgod.org/me...

This week we take a closer look at John 16:8-11 and the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

This week we talk about the various times in John's gospel where Jesus invites the disciples to pray in his name, promising that "it will be given." What does it mean and how should we respond?

This week we dive a little more into application from John 15:18-16:15. What does it mean to be hated by the world? And how do we know whether we've fallen into one of the various pitfalls that misapply this biblical truth?

This episode builds on the theme of valuing Sunday mornings by getting into the everyday, human work of ministering to one another when we gather. We walk through simple practices to use ordinary moments for spiritual care.

Not really an episode, just an announcement of our plans for Sunday, February 1, 2026 given the snow forecast.

This week we talk about what it is that we're doing when we gather as the church to worship and what can't be substituted when we are unable to gather. We make no predictions about this weekend's weather.

This week we talk about God's sovereignty--how this biblical truth affects our Christian walk and some pitfalls to watch out for. We also talk about Sunday dinners!

As a new year invites fresh plans and inevitable frustration, we reflect on the difference between treating the Christian life as a system to improve and receiving it as a relationship to remain in. Drawing from John 15, we explore how abiding in Christ shapes fruitfulness without turning faith into a performance project—and how reclaiming our attention from constant digital noise can make room no...

It's Christmas week, so our gift to you is a short and completely off-topic episode where we answer some questions from members, most of which are very un-serious. If you skip this one, you won't have missed much.

Advent isn't just about nostalgia—it's about cultivating a holy longing that runs throughout Scripture and into our own lives today. In this episode, we explore how figures like Simeon, Anna, Zechariah & Elizabeth, embodied patient yearning for God's promises, and how even after the incarnation, believers still live in the tension of "already but not yet." We discuss what it means to long for...