Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Posted on March 24, 2021 by RC

Jesus, just as His Father did before on Mount Sinai, is not, in pronouncing law in His Sermon on the Mount, laying burdens on us. He is instead instructing us in how we can lead a good life. He is … Continue reading →

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Dear Peter Pan,

Posted on March 20, 2021 by RC

Are you having fun yet? It sure looked that way to me back when we first crossed paths. My mom took me to the movies, and there we met. I was rather like you, though perhaps not quite so daring … Continue reading →

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Why We Should Pay No Mind to Anonymous Accusers

Posted on March 19, 2021 by RC

or, Silence of the Clams It’s a simple rule really, but a powerful one, one I have found quite helpful to my peace of mind, making the best use of my time and my mental energy. I follow this rule- … Continue reading →

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Believing the Invisible

Posted on March 17, 2021 by RC

We are all tempted to be practical deists. The deists were the poster children for god-of-the-gaps theology. Because they wanted the universe to make sense, but didn’t want to have to answer to the living God, they posited a creator … Continue reading →

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All Quiet On the Western Front

Posted on March 13, 2021 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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Adopted By Big Brother

Posted on March 12, 2021 by RC

How Bethany Christian Services Became Bethany Services I don’t pretend to understand how this is all supposed to work. How the government got in the business of adoption and fostering I’ll never understand. But there they are, they of the … Continue reading →

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Reformed Jerks

Posted on March 10, 2021 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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One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism

Posted on March 6, 2021 by RC

The Bible is organic. The Bible is true, and as such is consistent, coherent, and comprehensible. And the consistent, coherent, and comprehensible truth is, it’s not ordered as a systematics text, far less as a book of church order. It … Continue reading →

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Why We Hunger for the Benediction

Posted on March 5, 2021 by RC

The Blessing of Blessings I, along with many others, hopped on the liturgy bandwagon back in the day. I haven’t, in fact, hopped off. I have, however, come to a more modest understanding of the relative merits of high liturgy. … Continue reading →

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Strange Bedfellows

Posted on March 3, 2021 by RC

All is not actually fair in love and war. And the enemy of my enemy is likely not to be a trustworthy ally. Some years ago I had the occasion to speak to a group of pro-lifers on ministering outside … Continue reading →

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