Category Archives: kingdom

Rebels Without a Cause: Fighting the World With Its Weapons

It was Marx who argued that, rather than man shaping economic realities, it was the economic realities that shape man. Despite his manifold and manifest follies, he had something of a point here. Setting aside for a moment the chicken … Continue reading →

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Study Concludes Tonight- The Greatest Commandment

Tonight we conclude exploring the greatest commandment, asking, “who is my neighbor.” All are welcome in our home at 6:15 eastern for dinner, and for the study itself at 7:00. The study will be live-streamed on Facebook Live, RC-Lisa Sproul. … Continue reading →

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Fool Me Once: None So Blind as Those Who Won’t See

Americans are not so much a forgiving people as we are a forgetting people. Great evils are not so much atoned for as they are moved on from, especially in the political sphere. The news cycle is a rinse cycle. … Continue reading →

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Looking for Love In All the Wrong Places…

We must not allow our grasp of total depravity to lead us to miss in us God’s image. We are plenty bad. Sin touches every part of us. We’re unable to do anything in ourselves pleasing to God, including coming … Continue reading →

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A Chosen Race, a Royal Priesthood, a Holy Nation

The serpent, more cunning than any of the beasts of the field, is a counterfeiter. His wily custom is to not merely construct an alternate realm to Christ’s realm. No, he crafts every piece of that realm as a copy … Continue reading →

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“Gender neutral” Bible translations? Boy Oh Boy

It is a holdover of our modernist past that we tend to see the work of translation as a science more than an art. We think we punch a word in from language a, and out pops the exact same … Continue reading →

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Quenching the Devil’s Fiery Arrows: Jesus the Christ

There is nothing new under the sun. In our battle with the world, the flesh and the devil there are no tactical advances, no technological upgrades. It’s the same temptations, assaults, dropped payloads as its always been. There are subtleties … Continue reading →

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The Preponderant Problem of Power Preaching Pulpits

It’s a bad fault of mine, but I suspect you suffer from it as well. My fault is that I assume that others have the same faults I do. If I struggle with pride, my guess is that those to … Continue reading →

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When did the church begin? God’s People By God’s Grace

There are any number of answers to this question that are both distinct and all perfectly fitting. The answer generally comes down to how one defines the church. The answers run the gamut from Genesis 1 to Acts 2. We … Continue reading →

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Christians Aren’t Perfect, Just Forgiving

“By this,” Jesus said, “all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35). Here Jesus gives us an apologetic we’ve lost sight of. One of the blessings that come with God’s … Continue reading →

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