Category Archives: kingdom

Taxing Our Perspective: How Long Little DOGE?

Posted on February 27, 2025 by RC

There are likely hundreds of illustrations used to help people wrap their minds around the mind-numbing numbers reflected in the size of the federal government, its colossal budgets and its staggering debts. You know the ones- stack enough dollar bills … Continue reading →

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Lying Tongues, Bogus Checks, Pharaoh’s Dreams & More

Posted on February 26, 2025 by RC

Lisa and I begin a new series on the sins of the tongue. I explain why the proposed DOGE checks aren’t such a good idea. We explore Joseph interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams, Jesus greatest miracle in the life of the paralytic, … Continue reading →

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He Puts the Lonely in Families: Psalm 68:6

Posted on February 25, 2025 by RC

Most every night I gather my precious wife and our two still-at-home sons for prayer before bed. Many nights I pray in thanksgiving for God’s very specific grace in all four of our lives, that He puts the lonely in … Continue reading →

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Funny Hats, Secret Handshakes, Bread and Wine

Posted on February 21, 2025 by RC

The hard driving forces of individualism do not yet stand astride the culture like a colossus. We have divided our homes into mini-apartment complexes and our churches into age and gender- segregated shopping malls. We break the ties that bind … Continue reading →

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Your Mercies Begin Afresh Each Day O Lord

Posted on February 20, 2025 by RC

There is something both healthy and unhealthy about our propensity to see our salvation in a punctiliar, once-for-all context. Many, though not all of us can pinpoint the day when, by His grace we entered into His kingdom by faith. … Continue reading →

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Mostly Modern: A Worldview on Our Worldviews

Posted on February 18, 2025 by RC

Does a fish know it’s wet? When one is born in water, goes to school in water, marries in water and raises little fish in water before dying in water, despite its ever presence, the water just isn’t noticed. So … Continue reading →

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Where do we draw the line on Christian essentials?

Posted on February 17, 2025 by RC

“In essentials, unity. In doubtful matters, liberty. In all things, charity.” This quote purports to tell us exactly where to draw these lines. And it does so rather well. What this famous quote doesn’t do is tell us which matters … Continue reading →

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Holding the Center: Tyranny, Liberty and Covenant

Posted on February 14, 2025 by RC

We are a litigious people. We not only like to sue one another, we like to avoid being sued, and having to sue. That is, we hire lawyers not only to write up contracts, but to help enforce contracts. Handshakes … Continue reading →

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What’s the best decision you made in the last ten years?

Posted on February 13, 2025 by RC

Responding to a message. No doubt about it. A person I had never met came to me online for counsel during a difficult time. I offered what counsel I could over the course of a few years. Then I brought … Continue reading →

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Meek and Mild? Smoldering Wicks and Cracking Whips

Posted on February 11, 2025 by RC

Jesus, like love, is something everyone wants to lay claim to. There is no organized coalition banded together by a hatred of love. So too there are precious few people who are willing to lay a charge at Jesus’ feet. … Continue reading →

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