Category Archives: politics

Just Desserts: Fighting Envy and Guilt Manipulation

Posted on August 27, 2026 by RC

We are all all too comfortable affirming we are due what we are in fact not due. We are prone to confusing wants and rights. Some argue that every employee is owed a “living wage.” Whence came, however, such an … Continue reading →

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Hear O Israel: Always Enrolled in the School of Christ

Posted on August 21, 2026 by RC

It is not hard to complain about the government’s schools. The government seems less than satisfied with its own product, ever promising us that it will improve. Atheists complain about prayers before football games. Christians complain about the teaching of … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Blessed Are the Persecuted For My Name’s Sake

Posted on July 3, 2026 by RC

The early church faced at least two distinct and competing enemies. While Jesus walked the earth and after, God’s kingdom faced the challenges of both the Roman Empire and Judaism. An armed terror that was, though given to emperor worship, … Continue reading →

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Our Gratitude and Our Shame in God’s Country

Posted on July 2, 2026 by RC

Every few weeks, on my podcast, posted right here every Wednesday, I do a segment called “That 70s Kid.” Therein I give myself free rein to wax nostalgic about those halcyon days. I might talk about the great cereals we … 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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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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