Category Archives: abortion

Can sin be my identity?

Posted on October 30, 2023 by RC

No, and yes. One of the strange results of efforts made to shoehorn homosexuality into the church is the claim of many at best celibate and at worst actively practicing, that they are “gay Christians.” The latter try to claim … Continue reading →

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The Lord of Darkness

Posted on October 24, 2023 by RC

I am the Lord, and there is no other; I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things” (Isaiah 6b-7). It was Millenium Bug season, and many of my … Continue reading →

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Blood in the Streets

Posted on October 20, 2023 by RC

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 regard our callings, our surroundings, and our souls as … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Lisa’s Success; McCarthy’s Fall, Babel & More

Posted on October 11, 2023 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Unbearable Oughtness of Being Or, Postmodern Pharisees

Posted on October 10, 2023 by RC

The appeal of ethical relativism is rather plain to see. If there is no right and wrong then I can’t be convicted of any wrong. Ethical relativism allows me to write my own law, to edit on the fly, to … Continue reading →

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Keep Your Pants On

Posted on September 28, 2023 by RC

We’re fools, we meaning we humans. We see the destruction that flows from our foolish choices, and seek out any solution besides stopping with the foolish choices. The Bible says that sexual behavior is only for a married husband and … Continue reading →

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Legislating Morality

Posted on September 7, 2023 by RC

“You can’t legislate morality” is yet another cultural aphorism that both makes a sound point and makes no sense. The sound point is this. While laws, and attendant criminal penalties for breaking said laws might be something of a restraint … Continue reading →

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Kingdom Now

Posted on September 1, 2023 by RC

I am deeply grateful to my Old Testament professor. Though I was young and foolish while in seminary, I have, by God’s grace, been growing less young and less foolish over time. I used to argue with him about as … Continue reading →

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Sacred Marriage, Sovereignty; Dangerous Days, Old QBs & More

Posted on August 30, 2023 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Crying Wolf

Posted on August 24, 2023 by RC

It’s a simple enough exercise, good for getting to bedrock principles. I ask my ethics students if it is ever right to tell a lie. Roughly 90% of them answer in the affirmative, with almost all of them embracing the … Continue reading →

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