Category Archives: beauty

The God of Space and Time

Posted on February 10, 2022 by RC

We are all by nature Pelagians. Like the heretical monk Pelagius, we like to think in our hearts, even should our lips profess otherwise, that we are basically good. Help in fighting this temptation is one of the great blessings … Continue reading →

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Sacred Marriage: Kindness

Posted on February 7, 2022 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Anything Podcast

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Growing in Stature and Wisdom

Posted on February 4, 2022 by RC

The relationship among the members of the Trinity is beautiful, indeed the very font of beauty. Such hasn’t, however, kept us sinners from finding ways to take the beauty and using it to bring the ugliness of division into the … Continue reading →

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The Power of His Glory

Posted on February 3, 2022 by RC

You want to know what your problem is? You don’t love Jesus enough. I know this not because I know you, but because I know me. I’ve got the same problem. My wife has the same problem, as do my … Continue reading →

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How did you know that you wanted to be a writer?

Posted on January 26, 2022 by RC

My ideological awakenings did not happen in the order most would suspect. I was well taught the Reformed faith in my catechism class in junior high school, working through GI Williamson’s Shorter Catechism for Study Groups. Though I had, of … Continue reading →

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God in the Hands

Posted on January 18, 2022 by RC

It was a strange time for me. I was attending a high school that was so nominal in its commitment to the Christian faith that the high school English teacher was an atheist. Still, his was among my favorite classes, … Continue reading →

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Immutable Love

Posted on January 14, 2022 by RC

It’s a good thing to have nice things. I’m all in favor of it, for me and for everyone else. You won’t find me confusing poverty for piety. That said, it was a wise poet who first wrote, “Mo’ money, … Continue reading →

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Sacred Marriage, Peace

Posted on January 10, 2022 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Festivus From the Best of Us

Posted on January 7, 2022 by RC

One would need to be a Scrooge indeed to begrudge those who deny Jesus the happiness they enjoy on the occasion of the celebration of His birth. Jesus is for those who rest in Him, but He has indeed blessed … Continue reading →

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Be Careful in Here

Posted on December 31, 2021 by RC

Is it the incessant push to have a take? Is it communications reduced to 280 characters? Is it political polarization pushed by algorithms driving us all into our respective echo chambers? How, I’m asking, do we account for our increasing … Continue reading →

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