Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

www.Don’tbelieveoldmebelievenewme.com: Shameless Waffling

Posted on September 1, 2026 by RC

There is a reason that Saint Augustine is considered the greatest mind the church produced in the first millennia after the ascension of Christ. The man was flat out brilliant, blazing theological trails like Daniel Boone. His writings continue to … Continue reading →

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Let No Man Tear Asunder: Understanding Faith & Repentance

Posted on August 28, 2026 by RC

My favorite theologian was wont to argue that the defining task of the theologian is to make distinctions. That’s what we do. We bring clarity through precision, precision through distinction. The man who may well be my favorite theologian’s favorite … Continue reading →

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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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Risk and Reward: How the Gospel Empowers Community

Posted on August 25, 2026 by RC

One challenge, recognized even by its proponents, of sundry church growth strategies is getting pew sitters engaged and involved. The challenge flows out of the contradiction between what draws people and where we want them to end up. People expect … 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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Cancel Culture: How The World Denies Grace

Posted on August 18, 2026 by RC

There are a thousand ways the church foolishly follows the world. It is a perennial problem, just another form of the syncretism that led ancient Israel down the path of destruction. Typically our following is permissive. That is, when the … Continue reading →

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The Parable of the Prodigal Father: Rejoicing in His Grace

Posted on August 14, 2026 by RC

When I served as editor-in-chief of Tabletalk magazine, I committed my share of gaffes. I received more than my share of sweet natured but schoolmarmish notes about why this semicolon should have been a colon, or why further was the … Continue reading →

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The Scarlet D: Peter, Past Failures and Reputations

Posted on August 13, 2026 by RC

Nobody likes disloyalty. Whether one is a heroic lawman hunting down mafioso or a dastardly mafioso evading a heroic lawman, disloyalty sours the stomach. Incompetence is a frustration. Arrogance is an annoyance. Disloyalty, however, reveals a selfishness, a cravenness so … Continue reading →

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Remembering What Is Remembered No More

Posted on August 11, 2026 by RC

The devil, when he tempts us, encourages us to not see the sin before us as sin. When he tempted Eve to eat of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil his sales pitch wasn’t, “This is a … Continue reading →

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