Category Archives: wonder

On the Beauty of Beauty: Stopping to Smell the Roses

It is a vestige of our modernist past that we remain so deeply committed to efficiency. We’re giddy at the utterly unfounded promise that AI is going to give us all the four hour work week. We imagine all we … Continue reading →

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Bible Study Tonight: Psalm 8- Glory, Tenderness and Dominion

Tonight we continue our fall study. We’ll be unpacking Psalm 8, celebrating His condescending grace. All are welcome at our home at 7:00, or to tune in on Facebook Live at RC- Lisa Sproul. We hope you’ll join us.

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Grace Upon Grace: Further Up and Further In

The grace of God is as overpowering to my sin as His sovereignty was over the nothing at the creation. His grace is the unstoppable force that makes my sin, which was once entrenched, anchored, tethered to the very foundations … Continue reading →

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A Wretch Like Me: Diving Deep into Our Darkness

It is a manifestation of a prior irony, a particular fruit from a specific noxious tree. The broader problem is this- that we, those who are Reformed in our theology, are a profoundly proud group of people. We have come … Continue reading →

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Do Aliens Exist? Should We Be Afraid of Them?

Like, non-human, not-from-here intelligent beings? Of course they do, as every Bible believer would insist. Some suggest that given the size of the universe it is likely that aliens exist. Others suggest that since the Bible says nothing about aliens … Continue reading →

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From Orthodoxy to Doxology and Back Again

When Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, describes the church as the body of Christ, he speaks more wisely than we fools tend to hear. As is the habit of the modern evangelical church, we take the full, … Continue reading →

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Wealth, Poverty, Gratitude and the Giver of Good Gifts

“Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die: Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be … Continue reading →

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Ask RC: Did God create us because He was lonely?

Of all the silly notions that run rampant in our thoughtless, sentimental times, this one may well take the cake. That’s the “Boy howdy is this a silly idea” cake mind you. It is beautifully true and truly beautiful that … Continue reading →

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The Philosophy of Philosophy: Love It or Hate It

Teaching philosophy is in my blood. I don’t just know how to do it, but I love doing it. Most of the classes I’ve taught over the years have consisted of people not planning to become professional philosophers. There aren’t … Continue reading →

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The Cosmology of Elfland: Rejecting A Clockwork Orange

We are all the children of the Enlightenment. Even if we couldn’t begin to define “Enlightenment,” or if we know what it is and see it as an Endarkenment, we’re still shaped by it. It’s in our blood and sinews, … Continue reading →

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