Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

Victory By Death: The Way of the Cross, The Way of the Way

Posted on April 3, 2026 by RC

The Devil delights in false dichotomies. When he persuades us that our choices are between this foolishness and that weakness — heads, he wins; tails, the kingdom loses. When we are lukewarm in our commitment, when we think the kingdom … Continue reading →

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What Every Christian Man Should Long to Hear

Posted on April 2, 2026 by RC

I want you to read this. Not because it reflects well on me, but because it reflects well on my beloved wife. She posted this on social media, at our shared Facebook account, RC-Lisa, accompanied by video of me preaching … Continue reading →

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Hear O Israel, The Lord Our God, The Lord Is One

Posted on March 31, 2026 by RC

The doctrine of the simplicity of God provides a rather useful fence. The perfections of God are, of course, worthy of our excitement. Their infinity is staggering. In God’s simplicity His infinite perfections show themselves to be one, the glorious … Continue reading →

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Pride Before the Fall: Adam, Eve and Mephistopheles

Posted on March 27, 2026 by RC

God is true and every man a liar. Liars, however, dress like their father. That is, just as the devil appears as an angel of light, so he, and his minions, appear as tellers, indeed lovers of the truth. As … Continue reading →

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Knot Kneading & Not Needing to Know: Me & the Sanford Mess

Posted on March 26, 2026 by RC

One cannot step outside the system. And we are the system. As I argued last week with respect to the war in Iran, truth can be hard to come by, outside of God’s Word and His world. Because every man … Continue reading →

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Muzzled Oxen: Financing the Work of the Kingdom

Posted on March 24, 2026 by RC

Trolls, I am convinced, know they are trolls. They make no pretense of making any sense. They are self-consciously jerking us around which makes them more nasty than ignorant. There are, however, some whose hostility is genuine but so powerful … Continue reading →

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Motive Power: Doing Right, For All the Right Reasons

Posted on March 20, 2026 by RC

God, from a certain perspective, isn’t terribly particular with respect to our motives. Inside the church there are those who argue that the right and heroic thing to do is the right and heroic thing because it is right and … Continue reading →

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The First Casualty: All That We Don’t Know About Iran

Posted on March 19, 2026 by RC

What I remember most about the first days of the COVID crisis was the sense that I had no idea whom to believe. I was skeptical of claims made the government because, well, they were claims made by the government. … Continue reading →

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On Being Bar-Barnabas, The Sons of the Son of Encouragement

Posted on March 17, 2026 by RC

The Holy Spirit is called by Jesus the paraclete, or Comforter. While I would never want to diminish the value of the comfort the Spirit gives, we might do well to look more deeply at the root meaning of comfort. … Continue reading →

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But As the Captain of the Lord’s Hosts I Have Come

Posted on March 13, 2026 by RC

Though I didn’t think such was possible, my esteem for both my father and the Bible took a rather sudden spike. I was blessed to be sitting in a seminary class, while he stood, teaching. He mentioned, almost in passing, … Continue reading →

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