Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

Grateful in the Kingdom

Posted on November 28, 2020 by RC

There is, in a rather small subsection of the Reformed world, a rather curious conviction. Some otherwise sound folks take the true and sound notion that because God knows those whom He has not chosen, because it is a great … Continue reading →

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Looking for Life in the Temple of Consumption

Posted on November 27, 2020 by RC

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, “Black Friday is proof that Thanksgiving didn’t stick.” I understand the importance of proper qualifications. One should not hear in that pithy phrase a condemnation either of getting a good deal, … Continue reading →

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The Unbearable Oughtness of Being

Posted on November 25, 2020 by RC

Or, Postmodern Pharisees The appeal of ethical relativism is rather plain to see. If there is no right and wrong then I can’t be convicted of any wrong. Ethical relativism allows me to write my own law, to edit on … Continue reading →

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Humble Gods

Posted on November 21, 2020 by RC

We live in an age of uncertainty. We are ignorant of our past, and fearful of our future. And in the here and now, well, we just don’t know. The one thing we’re sure of is that we’re not sure … Continue reading →

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What Paul Didn’t Do

Posted on November 20, 2020 by RC

Though such doesn’t keep us from our appointed camps, we are well aware of the plain teaching Paul gives to the Corinthian church about party loyalties. It demonstrates our pride when we declare “I am of Paul” or “I am … Continue reading →

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5 Reasons Bloggers Use Numbered Lists

Posted on November 18, 2020 by RC

We’ve all read them, and some of us have written them- those catchy little blog pieces that promise sometimes to give us 5 of this, or more boldly THE 7 of that. Perhaps like me you have puzzled over this … Continue reading →

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A Matter of Life and Death

Posted on November 14, 2020 by RC

We live in strange times. It used to be said that the only two things we could be certain of were death and taxes. Taxes you can still be pretty sure of, but death has recently become rather more cloudy. … Continue reading →

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Mighty Tenderness

Posted on November 13, 2020 by RC

There is a rather radical gap between the two things that hold my attention most Sunday afternoons in the Fall. On the one hand my eyes are glued to the television as I watch the Pittsburgh Steelers go to battle. … Continue reading →

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Wet Fish

Posted on November 11, 2020 by RC

You would have thought that I had just belched my way through a “Hail Mary” the way the woman looked at me. I was a guest at the pastor’s house, having just recently preached in that far off shore. It … Continue reading →

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Let My People Go

Posted on November 7, 2020 by RC

There are at least three different ways to despise the state, two of which are flat wrong. The first, I would guess, represents none of you. There are, nevertheless, in this world, people who hate the government precisely because from … Continue reading →

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