Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

Taking Our Hobby Horses into Town

Posted on August 7, 2021 by RC

Have you ever wondered, perhaps when reading through John Calvin’s Institutes or the Westminster Confession of Faith, why God gave us His Word in such a confusing and disjointed way? I mean, shouldn’t the book of Genesis be about the … Continue reading →

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Child Abuse in the Godhead?

Posted on August 6, 2021 by RC

One of the great dangers that comes of stripping words of their meaning is the constant need to up their intensity to try to get the work done. That is, if we embrace the idea that words have no meaning, … Continue reading →

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And It Came To Pass

Posted on August 4, 2021 by RC

I was not, as a kid, a particularly gifted athlete. I enjoyed sports, however, and so my hours were determined by the seasons: football, basketball, baseball. I realized early on that my gifts were limited, while my desire to compete … Continue reading →

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Preaching Power

Posted on July 31, 2021 by RC

That we in the church have been infected by the consumerist mindset is a given. It is a buyer’s market, with sellers of every imaginable stripe vying for our attention. In the mindset of too many churches, and too many … Continue reading →

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Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them- Postmoderns, COVID and Miss Information

Posted on July 30, 2021 by RC

It is as deadly as it is swift and easy, the refutation of our most sacred national creed. That creed affirms, “There is no such thing as objective truth.” With these three words we refute it, slay it, and dust … Continue reading →

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Paradise Remembered

Posted on July 28, 2021 by RC

  Nostalgia has as its lightly buried foundation a longing for a place we have never been to, Eden.  Home is but an echo, a shadow of our first and final home. I understand that most were not blessed as … Continue reading →

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Sniffing Out the Truth

Posted on July 24, 2021 by RC

Opinions are like noses, they say, everyone has one. One very common nose is that this bit of received wisdom means that we can never really know the truth. Which, of course, is a truth claim, and so contradicts itself. … Continue reading →

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More Pious Than God; The Church and the Sexually Unrepentant

Posted on July 23, 2021 by RC

That accusation, “You’re more pious than God,” when rightly used isn’t an argument against piety, but against impiety. That is, when our scruples line up with the law of God we are not being anything other than faithful, as we … Continue reading →

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Three Bad Pro-Life Arguments

Posted on July 21, 2021 by RC

  There is a thin line between friendly fire and sound coaching. I’m grateful for everyone who recognizes the humanity of the unborn and longs to see them protected from all who would do them harm. That said, from time … Continue reading →

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Knowing the Enemy

Posted on July 17, 2021 by RC

There are, no matter what may be happening around the globe, at least three wars going on at the same time. There is, from the garden of Eden to the consummation of the Kingdom of God the battle between the … Continue reading →

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