Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

Angels, Angels Everywhere- Messengers of Unbelief

Posted on August 12, 2025 by RC

Being sick has its advantages. I am constantly encouraged when sick by the willingness of others to pray. I am grateful for the prayers, and goaded to be a more faithful prayer warrior myself. It is also a timely reminder … Continue reading →

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Some Dance to Forget: Walking in His Garden

Posted on August 8, 2025 by RC

It is a sure sign of the fall that we so egregiously miss what we lost. Jesus calls us to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness precisely because our priorities are all out of line. Even that … Continue reading →

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Narcissists Gonna Narcissize: Popping Psychology’s Bubble

Posted on August 7, 2025 by RC

It is bad enough when a group of scholars determine themselves to be experts on the human psyche, while leaving behind God’s Word. Sometime in the late nineteenth century psychology as a field of study was birthed at the University … Continue reading →

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A Confederacy of Dunces: Crooked Sticks, Straight Lines

Posted on August 5, 2025 by RC

Some years ago I had a refreshing, encouraging conversation on a podcast, with a well known blogging friend on the subject of writing. One of the things covered in that conversation was dealing with criticism. The irony is that each … Continue reading →

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To Be is to Be Perceived: Falling Trees in the Woods

Posted on August 1, 2025 by RC

Like Xeno’s paradox, the counter-intuitive claim of Bishop Berkeley (pronounced Bark-lee for some strange reason) that esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived, is difficult to refute. The good bishop argued the world outside of us is only … Continue reading →

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Conquering the World In Our Own Neighborhood

Posted on July 31, 2025 by RC

Aquinas was a great gift, among the greatest minds the world has known. Which doesn’t mean that he had no flaws. One of which goes to the heart of his intellectual labors. He sought to synthesize the wisdom of Aristotle … Continue reading →

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Lessons in the Crucible of Tyranny, in the Hand of Grace

Posted on July 25, 2025 by RC

C.S. Lewis, in his essay “On the Reading of Old Books,” which is found in the collection of essays, God in the Dock, argues that we are all by nature time bound. This frailty will, of necessity, give us a … Continue reading →

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People Are the Worst And Too Evil To Admit It

Posted on July 24, 2025 by RC

About six years ago Inc.com published a survey that showed that 83% of people believe that people are basically good. My own assessment is that 100% of those people who believe people are basically good are basically not the sharpest … Continue reading →

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The Specious Origin of The Origin of Species

Posted on July 22, 2025 by RC

Dear Dr. Darwin: There is an interesting angle on teleology that is rather like tossing a bat to see which team is up first, in the reverse. You may not remember that children’s game. One captain tosses the bat to … Continue reading →

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Power and Authority, Potter and Clay, Lord of Lords

Posted on July 18, 2025 by RC

We who are Reformed spend a great deal of time and energy speaking about God’s sovereign power. God’s power is more than worthy of our attention and study. We ought to be bowled over, blown away by that power. It, … Continue reading →

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