Category Archives: post-modernism

Our Bread and Circuses: At Ease In Babylon

Posted on August 19, 2025 by RC

While Christians martyred under the Roman empire died for their faith, I fear they didn’t die for our faith. First, we must understand what Rome had against these saints. Part of the genius of the Roman empire was their “broad-mindedness.” … Continue reading →

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Narcissists Gonna Narcissize: Popping Psychology’s Bubble

Posted on August 7, 2025 by RC

It is bad enough when a group of scholars determine themselves to be experts on the human psyche, while leaving behind God’s Word. Sometime in the late nineteenth century psychology as a field of study was birthed at the University … Continue reading →

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To Be is to Be Perceived: Falling Trees in the Woods

Posted on August 1, 2025 by RC

Like Xeno’s paradox, the counter-intuitive claim of Bishop Berkeley (pronounced Bark-lee for some strange reason) that esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived, is difficult to refute. The good bishop argued the world outside of us is only … Continue reading →

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The Moral Insanity of Moral Insanity: Crazy Is as Evil Does

Posted on July 17, 2025 by RC

A house divided against itself cannot stand. But we keep trying. Because we are all houses divided against ourselves. We are born bearing the image of God. But we are likewise, in our natural state, at enmity with God. When … Continue reading →

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American Idols: Worshipping the Work of Our Hands

Posted on June 24, 2025 by RC

Sophistication, more often than not, comes complete with toilet paper stuck to the heel of your shoe. We enter the world seeking to look au courant. We carry with us the latest news, opinions, tastes. All while wearing the latest … Continue reading →

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Kiss the Son Lest You Perish Along the Way

Posted on June 20, 2025 by RC

There is no such thing as the “More” party. They do not run campaigns seeking to unseat sitting officials of the “Less” party. Both “More” and “Less” need more context and less ambiguity. We need to know what we are … Continue reading →

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Babes in Toyland: Youthful Folly In Our Dotage

Posted on June 17, 2025 by RC

We should expect that a given culture would follow the pattern of the riddle of the Sphinx. What begins on four legs, moves to two, and ends with three? Oedipus freely passed on his way because he recognized this as … Continue reading →

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The Nature of the Beast- Persecution Draws Near

Posted on June 10, 2025 by RC

How easy it is for us to find comfort in the distance between us and hardship. We know famines happen, but not here. We know political dissent is repressed, but not here. We know Christians are persecuted. But not here. … Continue reading →

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At Least I’m Honest About It

Posted on June 6, 2025 by RC

Every culture and subculture has its own taboos. Not all of them are the same, however. Given that we are all human, how can we explain the divergence of cultural standards? Why does one culture find adultery to be a … Continue reading →

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Finding Judgey McJudgerson: A Comic Tragedy

Posted on May 29, 2025 by RC

It is both tragic and comic when it happens. I fear we miss the tragedy in the comedy. Person A makes an observation that Person B has done something wrong. Lied, or cheated, or some such. Person B offers as … Continue reading →

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