Category Archives: apologetics

Room 101

There is a simple enough test to see if someone has actually read George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. All you have to do is utter the words “Room 101” and look to see if the person shudders. Those who have merely … Continue reading

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Golden Rule Epistemology

It was an easy argument. As a graduate student in English at Ole Miss I had developed something of a reputation as a contrarian, a gadfly. Which led one colleague to ask me words to this effect- “RC, you always … Continue reading

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Is God’s grace wide enough for homosexuals?

Of course, depending on how we define the term. We recently witnessed yet another erstwhile evangelical reject biblical sexual ethics. Richard Hays, professor at Duke Divinity School, whose work on ethics has been much appreciated among evangelicals, began arguing that … Continue reading

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Vox Dei

There’s something odd about the West’s shift from modernism to postmodernism. On the one hand, we would be wise to remember that the two are kin to each other. We can debate over whether they are father and son, older … Continue reading

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Christian Nationalism

My father told a lot of jokes. That’s what dads do. One I remember goes like this. There was a monk that had allowed nicotine to get ahold of him. Given the amount of time spent in prayer he thought … Continue reading

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Romans 11, Part the Third

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Now Play Nice

It is bad enough that we are such suckers for the bait and switch. The devil has been playing this gag on us for millennia. We should have learned by now. When the angel comes along and says, “You know, … Continue reading

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Alice in Negative World

Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care? There is a group of mostly younger thinkers who have embraced a paradigm that affirms that the broader culture’s relationship to Christians has gone from one generally positive … Continue reading

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Romans 11, Part Deux

I’m afraid I won’t be able to get a podcast up today, and possibly this week. To ease that pain, here is last night’s study on Romans 11. It just might surprise you.

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No Middle Ground

There is in the broader world a constant search for some safe, middle ground on the issue of abortion. Pro-lifers and pro-choicers desperately seek a via media between an outright ban and the heartless destruction of fully grown babies moments … Continue reading

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