Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

The Scandal of the Gospel

Posted on February 10, 2021 by RC

All of us, both within and without the church, face the temptation of being legalists when dealing with others’ sins against us, and antinomians when dealing with our sins against others. We want those we have perceived to have wronged … Continue reading →

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The Madness of the Method

Posted on February 6, 2021 by RC

“You can’t turn back time.” “There’s no stopping progress.” It’s interesting the way we manipulate words. It’s certainly true, I suppose, that you can’t turn back time, and that there’s no stopping progress. But somehow these truisms have come to … Continue reading →

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Name It Blame It

Posted on February 5, 2021 by RC

Not long ago I published an Ask RC podcast titled, “What’s wrong with the enneagram?” One of my (many) concerns is that as with so many other so called assessment tests, we always face the temptation to excuse our sin … Continue reading →

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This Is My Body

Posted on January 30, 2021 by RC

I have some degree of sympathy with the argument because I once made it myself. I was in high school, and served faithfully as the poster child for the National Sophomoric Self-Important Blow-Hard Association. I dressed in black, listened to … Continue reading →

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Surviving Biden

Posted on January 29, 2021 by RC

There has to be balance. There is a fatalism that simply shrugs when Rome’s imperial army is parked outside Jerusalem’s door. The destruction of the city in 70 AD was plenty bad. On the other hand, there are those who … Continue reading →

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A Tale of 2 Sons- School, Lefties & the State

Posted on January 27, 2021 by RC

Imagine six people, two fathers, two mothers, two sons. Two of the parents, we’ll call them the Sprouls, are Christians. Sinners to be sure, but by God’s grace, repenting ones. The other parents, we’ll call them Mr. and Mrs. Horace … Continue reading →

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That They May Be One

Posted on January 23, 2021 by RC

Denominations, we are told, divide. We are told by apologists for the one true church, both the one true church that bows toward Rome and the other one, those who bow toward Constantinople, that our divisions are damning evidence against … Continue reading →

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Accommodating the Public (Schools)

Posted on January 22, 2021 by RC

Wouldn’t it be great if there were a platform, a medium that was accessible by all, where differing opinions could be expressed? Where no ideology was privileged and no ideology suppressed? A kind of Mars Hill. One question though. Should … Continue reading →

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Sober Minded

Posted on January 20, 2021 by RC

All of us, I presume, from time to time change our minds. We know that we err, and we know that we grow in grace. At least part of that growth happens when we no longer believe the errors we … Continue reading →

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Grace Abounding

Posted on January 16, 2021 by RC

Grace is a virtue that is not only far more powerful than nice, but, not coincidently, is far more difficult to cultivate. All it takes to adopt a nice attitude toward others is to simply not care. Nice, in fact, … Continue reading →

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