Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

Taking Takes Off, or, Nebby Is as Nebby Does

Posted on December 5, 2024 by RC

They were heady days, the first decade of the internet. The market seized on this new technology to do what it does best, spread pornography. The Reformed seized on it to do what it does best, skewering our brothers. I … Continue reading →

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All Quiet On the Western Front

Posted on December 3, 2024 by RC

It probably says more about what defines our moments, the television, than the moments themselves, that we keep multiplying defining moments. For my parents’ generation, it was the death of John F. Kennedy. Everyone remembers where they first heard, or … Continue reading →

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Looking for Life in the Temple of Consumption

Posted on November 29, 2024 by RC

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, “Black Friday is proof that Thanksgiving didn’t stick.” I understand the importance of proper qualifications. One should not hear in that pithy phrase a condemnation either of getting a good deal, … Continue reading →

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Kenning Kin Cons, or, Lining Outside the Colors

Posted on November 26, 2024 by RC

There are two kinds of people in the world, those who divide the world into two kinds of people, and those who do not. I’m both. There is one kind of people, two kinds of people, three kinds of people … Continue reading →

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Feeling His Pleasure, or, Hands Across a Keyboard

Posted on November 21, 2024 by RC

Not long ago, in our study of First Thessalonians (see here) we came across Paul’s injunction that we aspire to a quiet life, and work with our own hands (4:11). We talked briefly about two errors we are prone to … Continue reading →

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Eight Years Bearing the Sower’s Fruit with My Bride

Posted on November 19, 2024 by RC

Jesus’ public ministry, because Jesus changes everything, changed everything. It’s hard to believe such a short time, three years of public ministry, could render such potent change. It was not long after He ascended to the right hand of the … Continue reading →

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The Year of Our Lord- Marking Time in His Kingdom

Posted on November 15, 2024 by RC

The world is half full of half-empty thinkers, and I am one of them. Puddleglum is my patron saint. And nothing exposes the vast expanse of emptiness in the top half of the glass like listening to the evening news. … Continue reading →

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Striking Out- How Lefty Women Want to Punish Their Men

Posted on November 14, 2024 by RC

Trump Derangement Syndrome certainly comes with some strange symptoms. There are, of course, any number of reasons to not like the president elect. I could give you a quite long list myself, though I’m sure anyone could compile a voluminous … Continue reading →

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The Oxymoronic Arrogance of Reformed Folk

Posted on November 12, 2024 by RC

It’s an irony that hits close to home, so it’s one I make note of regularly. We who confess to being Reformed, Calvinistic, embracing the doctrines of grace, begin our confession of our distinctives with the doctrine of total depravity. … Continue reading →

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God in the Hands of Angry Sinners- A Misunderstanding

Posted on November 8, 2024 by RC

It was a strange time for me. I was attending a high school that was so nominal in its commitment to the Christian faith that the high school English teacher was an atheist. Still, his was among my favorite classes, … Continue reading →

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