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The Face of Evil

There are any number of dangers of a steady pop culture diet. To catch our attention Hollywood must increase the tension. The struggle must get more and more dramatic; the stakes must increase. We don’t merely hope the good guys … Continue reading →

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She Rises Up; Her Children Call Her Blessed

My mother-in-law passed away this week. She was in no way the quintessential mother-in-law of pop culture. She was gracious, loving and gentle. She had faced many challenges in her life, but did so with grace. She was always loved … Continue reading →

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No “Last Night’s Study” This Week

Last night’s study on The Holiness of God was interrupted by a warning that one manifestation of His awesome power might be on its way, a tornado. It was, as chapter 4, which we were to look at, begins, a … Continue reading →

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We Have Met the Censors and They Are Us

Not long ago I tweeted this: Things you cannot say without getting into a lot of trouble- “Bomb” in the security line at the airport “Fire!” in a crowded, fire-less theater. “He’s a he” about a man in a dress. … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- How should Christians respond when pressured to embrace worldly movements?

San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Sam Coonrod made headlines last week when, for the west coast opener of this year’s abbreviated baseball season, he alone did not kneel during a planned video presentation from Morgan Freeman about the racial strife … Continue reading →

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Covid, Judgment and Grace

There is a great divide between the city of God and the city of man. The competing armies of the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, however, have this much in common- we’re all bad. The … Continue reading →

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Loving His Enemies

They are coming for us. We have reached a cultural tipping point wherein many of the convictions of Christians, things once universally held, that right and wrong are real and we are all often wrong, that men are men and … Continue reading →

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Blood in the Streets

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 find our callings, our surroundings, our own souls to … Continue reading →

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A Plea For Gathering Together In Time, or, Disconnected

The rumbles have already begun, between churches and states, churches and churches, church members and other church members. There has been no Olly, Olly oxen free opening all churches of all sizes in all jurisdictions. There has been increasing impatience … Continue reading →

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Why are times so tough right now?

Times are hard. As I write our pandemic has been rudely shoved to the back burner of our collective consciousness. Covid’s destructive side-kick, economic meltdown, is now flying below our radar. Instead our attention, and our fears have zeroed in … Continue reading →

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