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What in the World? Hating the World By Wanting Its Love

I posted some years ago, on social media, the following bit of wisdom- “Too often we train our children to make their way in the world. I want to train my children to make war on the world.” In the … 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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Oh the Humanity! Speaking “Truth” to “Power”

We spend an awful lot of talk and ink discussing the proper and biblical way to disagree with one another. Often we debate whether sarcasm is ever a legitimate tool in the believer’s arsenal. We dispute about what situations call … Continue reading →

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Ask RC: How do you handle times of spiritual dryness?

There is a reason we call mountaintop experiences mountaintop experiences- the very glory of them makes them rare. The top of a mountain is sublime, exhilarating. But you can’t live there. On our journey to the Celestial City we all … Continue reading →

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Sacred Marriage- Woman at the Well; Tasting the Scandal Du Jour

Adultery, Backstabbing and Socialism, oh my. Today’s podcast brings old truths of grace face to face, or heel to head with the old “news” of sin. Grace wins, because Jesus Changes Everything. Be a good egg and listen in. Then … Continue reading →

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Why is Big Eva So Loose? Exploring Our Love for the World

Because that’s what the boys like. Big Eva does not match the world’s standard of desirability. Her hair is a hot mess; she’s kind of flabby and her voice can be incredibly grating. She realizes that her only hope of … Continue reading →

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The Scarlet D: Peter, Past Failures and Reputations

Nobody likes disloyalty. Whether one is a heroic lawman hunting down mafioso or a dastardly mafioso evading a heroic lawman, disloyalty sours the stomach. Incompetence is a frustration. Arrogance is an annoyance. Disloyalty, however, reveals a selfishness, a cravenness so … Continue reading →

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Remembering What Is Remembered No More

The devil, when he tempts us, encourages us to not see the sin before us as sin. When he tempted Eve to eat of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil his sales pitch wasn’t, “This is a … Continue reading →

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The Smell of Death Surrounds Us: Savorless Salt

When we are yet outside the kingdom, before we’re born again, we suppress the truth in unrighteousness (Romans 1). Romans 1 isn’t saying we are stupid. It says we are foolish. We know what we know but because such knowledge … Continue reading →

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Silence of the Shams: Cyberspace Lessons from Middle-Earth

Every new technology seems to raise new ethical questions. What we discover, however, is that the old answers suffice to answer the new questions. Consider the internet. For some of you the internet is as normal as the sunrise. You’ve … Continue reading →

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