Category Archives: kingdom

Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted by the Father

It is natural, though altogether wrong, to think that when we turn from the Old to the New Testament that we are entering more gentle times, that God in the interim became kinder and gentler. We do not see in … Continue reading

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Guest Post from Dutch Theologian, Linus Van Pelt

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Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, Slow to Become Angry

Movements move, eventually, off the mark. This may be because movements require two dangerous but potent ingredients- single-mindedness and certainty. One does not give birth to a movement while spinning multiple plates. One doesn’t change the collective wisdom of the … Continue reading

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Being Still: A Heart’s Embrace of His Sovereignty

The children of God are rather different from the children of men. We have been reborn by a sovereign God. They have not. His children have been redeemed by a sovereign God. They have not. We are being remade by … Continue reading

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Defending Loose Cannons, and Trump’s Loose Tongue

The charge of hypocrisy sticks. Perhaps because we are all worse than our own standard. We rebuke the other guy, only to find that we too are guilty. The only good news I can offer is that it works both … Continue reading

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Worshipping Your Own Personal “Higher” “Power”

It is not a difficult thing to discern the nature of someone else’s god. Some people carry their religion on their sleeve, advertising their spiritual commitments on bumper stickers or t-shirts. You can tell the Amish by their clothing, even … Continue reading

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What does Semper Reformanda, always reforming mean?

The Reformation was rife with slogans, pithy shorthand flags planted in the ground expressing Reformation distinctives. It argued, of course, that those distinctives were in fact not new, but a recovery of what had been lost over the course of … Continue reading

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The Word of His Power; The Power of His Word

I think we’ve got omniscience wrong. Yes, it certainly means all knowing. And yes, certainly God knows all things. It’s important to affirm as well that His knowledge overlaps with our knowledge. When we say 2+2=4 we are agreeing with … Continue reading

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Growing Pains: Annihilating God’s Character

Our little corner of the interwebs is up in arms over actor Kirk Camerson’s recent admission that he is finding the doctrine of annihilation to be preferable to the doctrine of eternal conscious torment for those who die outside of … Continue reading

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Bible Study, Tonight: To Be As Children: Wonder

We continue our Monday Bible study at 7:00. Please note we will not be serving dinner, and will be online only tonight due to unsafe roads. We air the study on Facebook Live (RC-Lisa Sproul). Within a day or two … Continue reading

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