Category Archives: ethics

Immortal Horrors or Everlasting Splendors: Missing Life’s Drama

Posted on August 20, 2026 by RC

How prone we are to miss the drama. The tyranny of the urgent, the plainness of our patterns, and our propensity to look inward rather than outward all push us to regard our callings, our surroundings, and our souls as … Continue reading →

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Sacred Marriage, Mary; Lawson & Gossip; 70s Packaging

Posted on July 22, 2026 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Smell of Death Surrounds Us: Savorless Salt

Posted on July 16, 2026 by RC

When we are yet outside the kingdom, before we’re born again, we suppress the truth in unrighteousness (Romans 1). Romans 1 isn’t saying we are stupid. It says we are foolish. We know what we know but because such knowledge … Continue reading →

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Sacred Marriage; Honor & the Good Life; 1 Point Sermon

Posted on July 15, 2026 by RC

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Silence of the Shams: Cyberspace Lessons from Middle-Earth

Posted on July 9, 2026 by RC

Every new technology seems to raise new ethical questions. What we discover, however, is that the old answers suffice to answer the new questions. Consider the internet. For some of you the internet is as normal as the sunrise. You’ve … Continue reading →

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America’s Birthday, My Birthday, Ears to Hear & More

Posted on July 1, 2026 by RC

Apparently, in order to give it all its due, the country has moved my birthday (today) celebration to the weekend. To tide you over till then, why not listen in on this week’s podcast? This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Anything You Can Do I Can Do Worser; I Can Do Anything…

Posted on June 30, 2026 by RC

Worser than you. This is not, of course, reason to boast, but is reason for shame. The worst shame, however, comes when I forget this truth. We find it all too easy to sit in judgment of others. Now I’m … Continue reading →

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Is there any benefit in studying philosophy?

Posted on June 29, 2026 by RC

I certainly hope so. Among my many callings is to teach classes in philosophy. A few semesters ago I taught Introduction to Ethics, leading my students in understanding the thought of Socrates, John Stuart Mill, Camus and more. Why would … Continue reading →

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Priorities, Emphases and the Lord Who Sets Them

Posted on June 26, 2026 by RC

There are, when we disagree, almost always two disagreements. Most of the time the smaller disagreement is the bigger one. Consider election. There are some in the church who believe that God chooses who will believe His gospel. There are … Continue reading →

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When You Love the CEO But Hate Middle Management

Posted on June 25, 2026 by RC

It’s not often that a bumper sticker sticks with me. Rarer still is when I not only remember one, but actually like it. Still more rare is when one that I like comes from a Christian perspective. My boss is … Continue reading →

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