Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

Learning from the Master, Not From Our “Masters”

“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” “If you can read this, thank a teacher.” Such is the wisdom one can expect to find on a car’s bumper. Wisdom, however, is found in God’s Word, which, surprisingly, says not … Continue reading

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What Have You Told Them? A Thought Experiment

Imagine, if you would, that you know something immeasurably important. Then, imagine that you have been charged with the task of telling as many people as possible about this immeasurably important thing that you know. The one who gave you … Continue reading

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The One Point Sermon: All Jesus All The Time

Our calling is to preach the whole counsel of God, and to do that, we have to preach the whole counsel of God. But there is still more to it. Systematic theology reminds us that the Bible is one book. … Continue reading

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Bigger on the Inside than It Is on the Outside

The Bible is a book that is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Look at it from one perspective, and it’s rather a small book. It occupies less space on a shelf than a dictionary. Some … Continue reading

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Feed Me: War and the Singular Rise of Algorithms

Whatever its etymology may reveal, it remains revealing that what flows through my social media apps is called my “feed.” From the constant sight of all of us looking down at our phones, at our sites, it seems we’re all … Continue reading

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Two Cheers for Doubt: When And Where to not Be Sure

Do we not tend to see doubt as something negative? Something to avoid or overcome? Doubt is what we writers and editors, when we hang out together and tell stories about the rest of you, call a “transitive” verb. These … Continue reading

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Athens and Jerusalem, City of God and City of Man

What hath Jerusalem to do with Athens? Much in every way. On the negative side, we’d do well to remember that the citizens of God’s city, like those in the city of man, are still sinners. Though we are indwelt … Continue reading

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Digital Directions: Caught in the Cattle Chute

I’m not a fan of Disney parks. And not because of increasing woke messaging. I didn’t care for them back when they really were family friendly. The message was fine. The method was not. That is, what I don’t like … Continue reading

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Embracing Righteous Anger, While Maintaining Peace

“Judge not” is surely that text in all of Scripture that is most misunderstood outside the kingdom. Among believers we misunderstand Paul’s admonition to the Ephesians, “Be angry but do not sin” (Ephesians 4:26). We soundly conclude from this text … Continue reading

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Rightly Ordering Our Love: a Brief Lesson

It was Augustine who argued that every sin is a failure to love ordinately. Either we love something more than we ought or love something less than we ought. We are to love, in order. Eve, for instance, found the … Continue reading

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