Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

The Great War

In the last seventy years, the United States government has waged war in Korea, in Viet Nam, in Libya, in Panama, in Grenada, in the former Yugoslavia, in Somalia, in Iraq, in Afghanistan, and in Iraq again. These are the … Continue reading

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For Better or For Worse

The Bible is full of promises. Most of them boil down to something terribly simple. God says to us, “Obey Me and be blessed. Disobey Me and be cursed.” This is God’s one covenant with man. Of course, praise God … Continue reading

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The Enemy of My Enemy is My Enemy

I was still a teenager, not terribly nuanced in my thinking, when Iraq and Iran went to war against each other. Thinking strictly in terms of geo-politics, and shamefully without a thought for families on either side my assessment was … Continue reading

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Revealing the Mystery

It is an old temptation, to construct images of Jesus out of celluloid. Christians have fought for and against it, and will likely do so for generations to come, until the next medium seeks to supplant the Word. We have … Continue reading

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10 Lies of the Devil About Boys and Girls

The devil is resourceful, hard working. There is no temptation he will not use, no stratagem too tiny to try us with. He does, however, have a few areas he specializes in. He is called Satan because he is an … Continue reading

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Keep Out of Ukraine

When we list the various ways we sin, “thought, word and deed” we might make the mistake of seeing this as a list like this one, “grape, watermelon, apple.” They all fall under the category of fruit, but that is … Continue reading

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Tracing America’s Downfall

Richard Weaver first made a name for himself when he published his seminal work, Ideas Have Consequences. It is a brief work with ideas that are still reaping consequences. He was to the secular academic world something of a Francis … Continue reading

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Beam Me Up

Jesus knew of what He spoke when He warned us to look out for the beam in our own eyes before getting too concerned about the speck in the eye of our brother. Our problem, having been forewarned by Jesus, … Continue reading

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Our Fundamentalist Betters

It is no new insight to note that in America the evangelical church is worldly and anemic. We are so earthly minded that we are no heavenly good. The anemia comes from the worldliness. But whence comes the worldliness? Like … Continue reading

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God in the Details

Have you ever noticed how much easier it is to deal with major inconveniences than minor ones? When we total our car, we are grateful to be alive and set about the business of taking care of the problem. When … Continue reading

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