Category Archives: Devil’s Arsenal

How can professed believers not go or belong to a church?

Posted on January 13, 2025 by RC

Sin. The book of Hebrews commands of us both that we not neglect the gathering together of the saints (10:25) and that we remember those who rule over us in the church (13:7). If you don’t go to church, you … Continue reading →

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Order Hunger: Understanding The Rise of Christian Fascism

Posted on January 9, 2025 by RC

We all, to our shame, are prone to embracing ideas and behaviors on the basis of what we’ve been through. Trouble is, we usually don’t know we’re doing it. Our experience neither proves nor disproves, makes wise or foolish whatever … Continue reading →

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Why Never Never Land Will Never Never Matter

Posted on January 7, 2025 by RC

Dear Peter Pan, Are you having fun yet? It sure looked that way to me back when we first crossed paths. My mom took me to the movies, and there we met. I was like you, though not quite so … Continue reading →

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What are the three stages of church planting?

Posted on January 6, 2025 by RC

I am a veteran of church planting, having planted three churches over the past thirty years. I have as well given counsel to others planting churches. One thing I am quick to explain is that there are two difficult phases … Continue reading →

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Bowing Before The Idolatrous Gods of This Age

Posted on January 3, 2025 by RC

Richard Weaver first made a name for himself when he published his seminal work, Ideas Have Consequences. It is a brief work with ideas that are still reaping consequences. He was to the secular academic world something of a Francis … Continue reading →

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How can the church best bless future generations?

Posted on December 30, 2024 by RC

We must pass down strong churches. A friend once told me about his first day at seminary. All the young men were gathered together and the president of the institution came to address them. He began, as one might imagine, … Continue reading →

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The Boy Behind the Curtain or, Silence of the Clams

Posted on December 17, 2024 by RC

It’s a simple rule really, but a powerful one, one I have found quite helpful to my peace of mind, making the best use of my time and my mental energy. I follow this rule- anyone speaking ill of another … Continue reading →

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Oh No!!!!!!!! Giving Mr. Bill His Due

Posted on December 12, 2024 by RC

I would never suggest that poverty is not real. I regularly suggest that it’s not quite as real, or rather quite as widespread as many seem to think. There is no question that the sundry follies of both parties over … Continue reading →

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Taking Takes Off, or, Nebby Is as Nebby Does

Posted on December 5, 2024 by RC

They were heady days, the first decade of the internet. The market seized on this new technology to do what it does best, spread pornography. The Reformed seized on it to do what it does best, skewering our brothers. I … Continue reading →

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All Quiet On the Western Front

Posted on December 3, 2024 by RC

It probably says more about what defines our moments, the television, than the moments themselves, that we keep multiplying defining moments. For my parents’ generation, it was the death of John F. Kennedy. Everyone remembers where they first heard, or … Continue reading →

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