Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

Storm

Imagine, if you will, that you find yourself in the midst of the greatest storm ever to hit the world. The wind is blowing at gale force. The ground is trembling, splitting at the seams. Lightning crashes and lights up … Continue reading

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At the Foot of the Cross

Pop culture is a sanitizing force. No, it doesn’t make the world a cleaner place. It just makes us all the more the same. We are a world awash in golden arches, swooshes, and the real thing. Because people in … Continue reading

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Go, Stand, Speak

We know more than we let on. So Paul tells us in Romans 1. Still our conclusions are not the fruit of careful, dispassionate reasoning. Motives mix up our minds, and too often we end up believing not what we … Continue reading

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I Know a Man

I know a man. He studied to become a pastor. More than 35 years ago he became the shepherd of a local church in a small, midwestern town. The church was not at all large but began to grow under … Continue reading

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Addicted to Mediocrity

There are two raging rivers, culturally speaking, that converge to form the lazy river of mediocrity. First, we do not know the excellent. Goodness, truth, and beauty, as the great triad of virtues, are so much more demanding, not simply … Continue reading

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At Ease in the Land of Moloch

Suppose for a moment that the sky were falling. Now while you have your imagination engaged, imagine that Chicken Little was actively trying to sound the alarm, not that the sky is falling, but that a rat has successfully broken … Continue reading

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Answering Fools

When I was a young man I came to understand the brilliance of my father. Like millions of others I learned at his feet. I watched him lay down careful arguments like so many dominoes destined to reach a predictable … Continue reading

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Confessing Faith

While it may be true that there are two kinds of people in the world, (those who like to divide the world into two kinds of people and those who don’t), there are in turn myriad places to draw these … Continue reading

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Wealth and Poverty

Though one could argue that it is bad for business, it has been my habit of late to emphasize a rather simple point- that wisdom is rather simple. God has not hidden His Word, but revealed it, and anyone laboring … Continue reading

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That Ain’t a Shame

The devil never wastes a good temptation. First, he presents it. When we fall for it he is right there not to congratulate but to accuse. When our foolish sin leads to hardship, as it always will, he tempts us … Continue reading

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