Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

Finding Judgey McJudgerson: A Comic Tragedy

Posted on May 29, 2025 by RC

It is both tragic and comic when it happens. I fear we miss the tragedy in the comedy. Person A makes an observation that Person B has done something wrong. Lied, or cheated, or some such. Person B offers as … Continue reading →

Posted in apologetics, Biblical Doctrines, ethics, grace, justification, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, logic, philosophy, post-modernism, RC Sproul JR, repentance, wisdom | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Children: A Precious Blessing From the Lord

Posted on May 27, 2025 by RC

It’s a staple of pastoral humor. You can pretty much count on some quip coming from the pulpit when summer vacation starts, bemoaning the burden of children home from school, and when it ends, celebrating the blessing of shipping children … Continue reading →

Posted in abortion, Biblical Doctrines, church, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, psalms, RC Sproul JR, Reformation, Theses, wisdom | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Blessed Are the Rich in Spirit: Grace Upon Grace

Posted on May 23, 2025 by RC

There is real poverty in our world, more than we’d care to admit. Jesus, after all, told us the poor would always be with us. But just as all Israel are not Israel, so all the poor are not truly … Continue reading →

Posted in 10 Commandments, Biblical Doctrines, Economics in This Lesson, eschatology, ethics, grace, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR, wisdom, worship | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Care and Feeding of Shepherds: A How To Guide

Posted on May 20, 2025 by RC

I have not one, but multiple machines in my house that I love. It’s the kind of machine that makes me give thanks for the days we live in. Little more than a century ago even kings and titans of … Continue reading →

Posted in church, Devil's Arsenal, ethics, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, prayer, preaching, RC Sproul JR, wisdom, work | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Our Greatest Weapon: War Through Repentance

Posted on May 16, 2025 by RC

It was a wise man who first noted that there is nothing new under the sun. Sadly, Solomon seemed to sigh his way through this observation, wistfully longing for something new. We, if we were wise, would rejoice in this … Continue reading →

Posted in 10 Commandments, Biblical Doctrines, church, creation, eschatology, evangelism, grace, hermeneutics, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR, repentance | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Come and Go With Me: Finding Grace in the Gutter

Posted on May 15, 2025 by RC

Dwarves, as a rule, are a rather recalcitrant lot. It was their stubborn refusal to follow directions that caused some of them to suffer the indignity of being turned into dufflepuds, in C.S. Lewis’ The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. … Continue reading →

Posted in 10 Commandments, beauty, Biblical Doctrines, communion, Devil's Arsenal, evangelism, grace, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, preaching, RC Sproul JR, wonder, worship | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Three Economic Truisms that Just Aren’t So

Posted on May 13, 2025 by RC

A little knowledge may be dangerous, but not nearly so dangerous as a great deal of ignorance. Too often, when it comes to economics, we carry around just enough foolishness to make ourselves dangerous, believing “truths” that have no truth … Continue reading →

Posted in 10 Commandments, Books, Economics in This Lesson, ethics, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, politics, RC Sproul JR, work | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Inkling of Wonder: Why This Calvinist Cherishes Lewis

Posted on May 9, 2025 by RC

I am a Calvinist. No, better to say that I am a rabid Calvinist. I am the son of a Calvinist. My spiritual grandfather was the Calvinist’s Calvinist, John Gerstner. When I consider my own theological education, I divide it … Continue reading →

Posted in beauty, Biblical Doctrines, Doctrines of Grace, grace, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR, sovereignty, theology, Westminster Shorter Catechism, wisdom, wonder, worship | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Economics, Politics and Theology, Oh My!!

Posted on May 8, 2025 by RC

I know over the past several weeks I’ve been feeding my audience a steady diet of economics. I’ve written about tariffs and trade deficits, common goods and common grace. Such questions have been dominating our headlines. As it happens, I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in 10 Commandments, Biblical Doctrines, creation, Economics in This Lesson, ethics, Jesus Changes Everything, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, philosophy, politics, RC Sproul JR, Theses, work | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Blowing Smoke on the Information Superhighway

Posted on May 6, 2025 by RC

I don’t want to get too technical with the fine points of economics, but it isn’t strictly true, despite what you may have heard, that time is money. It is not, however, that particular bit of misinformation I want to … Continue reading →

Posted in cyberspace, Devil's Arsenal, Economics in This Lesson, kingdom, Kingdom Notes, RC Sproul JR | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment