Category Archives: church

Eyes to See

Posted on July 7, 2023 by RC

It was my habit — my sophomoric habit — to proudly argue from my ignorance that we ought always to consider last things last. That is, recognizing the great difficulty in grasping the meaning of the end times and the … Continue reading →

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Ears to Hear

Posted on July 6, 2023 by RC

My father and I had a few rituals. One we practiced whenever he was about to speak at a conference. I typically sat in the front row, right beside him. As he would rise to get behind the pulpit I’d … Continue reading →

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Compromising Positions

Posted on July 4, 2023 by RC

It is surely possible for different people to share the same goals, but to employ different strategies. What I am increasingly seeing, however, is how easy it is for strategies and goals to meld together. We all want, I trust, … Continue reading →

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Broken Churches

Posted on June 30, 2023 by RC

Broken homes are created by broken people. Before we can offer the balm of Gilead to those living in broken homes, we need to be perfectly clear how they got that way. For all the pressures assaulting the family, for … Continue reading →

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God Killers

Posted on June 27, 2023 by RC

There is a potent cure for rubber-necked ghouls. You know the pattern. An accident takes place on the interstate. The lanes are cleared, but traffic remains backed up. Why? Because too many people when passing by slow down to take … Continue reading →

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Are Mormons Christians?

Posted on June 26, 2023 by RC

No. No one, of course, can see into anyone else’s heart. What we can do, however, is listen to another person’s profession of faith. Mormons do not believe that which is essential to the Christian faith. There are many areas … Continue reading →

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God’s Hammer

Posted on June 23, 2023 by RC

Sometimes, indeed often, we build and maintain our paradigms for our own comfort. Our worldviews are usually less the result of careful, dispassionate, sober-minded analysis and more the result of self-serving, special pleading, rationalization of our sin. We believe not … Continue reading →

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RIP Consensus

Posted on June 22, 2023 by RC

Everybody is for diversity, until they aren’t. Everyone is for equity, until they aren’t. Everyone is for inclusivity, until they aren’t. Suppose, for example, that famed racist David Duke wants to speak on your campus about the racial superiority of … Continue reading →

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Naked and Unashamed

Posted on June 20, 2023 by RC

I’m as guilty as the next guy. We are all willing to lament the propensity of the church to shoot its wounded. We are given to complaining about the lack of transparency at the local church, that we smile at … Continue reading →

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A Future So Bright

Posted on June 16, 2023 by RC

Because we believe it is our due, we are confident that even the darkest clouds have silver linings. When someone dies in old age, we rejoice that he had a long and full life. When someone is taken suddenly, we … Continue reading →

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