Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

I’m Just a Sinner In a Rock and Roll Band

It is shocking to me that someone else’s sin seems to shock us. I can only surmise that our shock is the fruit of not having a very clear idea of ourselves. I’ve often suggested that so many of us … Continue reading

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Owning, and Owned By the Pearl of Great Price

There may well be many of them, but perhaps not as many as you might think. Most of the knowledge I was blessed to receive from my Father became melded together with the rest of it. I was blessed to … Continue reading

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Let It Not Be Named Once Among You As Becomes Saints

A given culture’s depravity isn’t measured simply by the percentage of Christians in that culture. Vital to the equation are two other factors. First, and most important, is how spiritually mature those Christians are. Corinth remained a sewer not because … Continue reading

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Days of Whine and Roses: Hustling Downward

With the recent passing of Pete Rose we are once again debating the merits of whether he should be in the baseball Hall of Fame. He was, by all accounts, one of the greatest to ever play the game. He … Continue reading

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Love Your Grammar: Death of Culture in the Death of Language

Grammers defiantly not easy getting it right. Know what I mean? Of course you know what I mean. So what difference does it make that I didn’t begin “Grammar’s definitely not easy to get right?” Aren’t grammar nerds, you know, … Continue reading

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The Work of the Ministry and the Ministry of Work

I give thanks for my seminary education. All that time and energy devoted to studying the Scriptures revealed, among many other things, that the Bible says not the first word about seminary. It does, however, tell us a thing or … Continue reading

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Living in a World Gone Mad: Lovers of Death

Sometimes the Bible says things with such simple clarity that it shakes us from our slumbers. Evil’s presence has numbed us, making us miss the obvious. We believe, for instance, that we do not have an established religion in our … Continue reading

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Murdering Miracles- Unraveling What God Is Knitting Together

It is, in one sense, a simple enough question to answer. When you remember that we are wicked enough to murder our own children it makes sense that we are also wicked enough to not be terribly concerned about the … Continue reading

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Jesus Christ Superstar: The Folly Of Pop Icon-ography

The biggest oxymoron in Hollywood may well be this one: Bad publicity. In our age, what they say about you no longer matters, as long as they are talking about you. Face time is what it’s all about. In the … Continue reading

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Joy in All Times, All Places, All Circumstances

Just because someone says you’re guilty of something doesn’t mean you are. The world is swift to lay a charge that we are “judgmental.” They do so any time we seek to remind them of what God says about this … Continue reading

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