Category Archives: 10 Commandments

The Peace that Passes

Posted on April 14, 2023 by RC

The Bible is a book that is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Look at it from one perspective, and it’s rather a small book. It occupies less space on a shelf than a dictionary. Some … Continue reading →

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Lisa and I on Proverbs 31; NHL vs. LGBTQ; Jesus on Divorce

Posted on April 12, 2023 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Theology Has Consequences

Posted on April 11, 2023 by RC

Richard Weaver first made a name for himself when he published his seminal work Ideas Have Consequences, a brief book whose ideas are still bringing forth consequences. He was to the secular academic world something of a Francis Schaeffer, introducing … Continue reading →

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Do all paths lead to heaven?

Posted on April 10, 2023 by RC

Yes, and no. It is a common enough analogy supporting a common enough fallacy, the idea that all religions are simply different paths that meet at the top, finding God. If it’s a fallacy, and it is, then in what … Continue reading →

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Goodness, Truth and Beauty

Posted on April 6, 2023 by RC

What hath Jerusalem to do with Athens? Much in every way. On the negative side, we would do well to remember that the citizens of God’s city, like those in the city of man, are still sinners. Though we are … Continue reading →

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Does God promise to bless this nation if we will repent?

Posted on April 3, 2023 by RC

If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land (II … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Number?

Posted on March 30, 2023 by RC

Psychology, being something of a murky social science, has long been a source of murky attempts to diagnose not just what is wrong with us, but what we are. Pop psychology, especially seems to specialize in personality tests. We carry … Continue reading →

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Don’t Take the Bait; Murderous Hearts; Beatings As Blessings

Posted on March 29, 2023 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Isn’t God just concerned with our hearts?

Posted on March 27, 2023 by RC

First, God is deeply concerned about our hearts. We often seem to think that only our thoughts and actions matter and our feelings are out of our control. Orthodoxy, right doctrine, matters. Orthopraxy, right behavior, matters. Orthopathos, right feeling, matters. … Continue reading →

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Right Now Counts Forever

Posted on March 24, 2023 by RC

It was Augustine who argued that every sin is a failure to love ordinately. Sin is the result of either loving something more than we ought or the result of loving something less than we ought. We are to love, … Continue reading →

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