Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

No, You May Not Have This Dance

Posted on October 9, 2020 by RC

Suppose your love of dancing is known throughout your community. Suppose that at tonight’s dance you’ve not only waltzed and tangoed through the first five dances, but did so with a variety of partners and always with a genuine smile … Continue reading →

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Turning It Up to 11, or Why The Means of Grace Rock the House

Posted on October 7, 2020 by RC

The only thing worse than falling into a spiritual valley is the conviction that one must always be on a spiritual mountaintop. Though the Bible is the very history of the ups and downs of God’s people, God’s people go … Continue reading →

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What Love is This?

Posted on October 3, 2020 by RC

The simplicity of God is a doctrine that provides a rather useful fence. The perfections of God are, of course, worthy of our excitement. Their infinity is, of course, staggering. But the simplicity of God is that place where these … Continue reading →

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Two Thumbs Down

Posted on October 2, 2020 by RC

Neil Postman, in his delightful, albeit ominous, little book Amusing Ourselves to Death, draws an insightful comparison to two important dystopian novels. Utopian novels, of course, are those designed to show us edenic cultures. Dystopian novels show us hellish futures. … Continue reading →

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Savorless Salt or Normal Evil

Posted on September 30, 2020 by RC

When we are yet outside the kingdom, before we are born a second time, we suppress the truth in unrighteousness (Romans 1). This does not mean we are stupid. It does mean we are foolish. We know what we know, … Continue reading →

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Let No Man Tear Asunder

Posted on September 26, 2020 by RC

My favorite theologian of all time was known to argue that the defining quality of the theologian is to make distinctions. That’s what we do. We bring clarity through precision, precision through distinction. That man who may well be my … Continue reading →

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Who Are You To Say? or The Bliss of Ignorance

Posted on September 25, 2020 by RC

It is my general direction to encourage people to believe they’re not quite as dumb as they think they are. I remind my philosophy students that Immanuel Kant was just a man who put his pantaloons on one leg at … Continue reading →

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First Church of the Not So Bad

Posted on September 23, 2020 by RC

We are adepts not at fighting our sins but hiding them. We gather each Lord’s Day dressed in our smiles, share our praise reports and our health concerns, pat ourselves on our backs, and return home to our gross and … Continue reading →

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Homage

Posted on September 19, 2020 by RC

Though I didn’t think such was possible, my esteem for both my father and the Bible took a rather sudden spike. I was blessed to be sitting in a seminary class, while he stood, teaching. He mentioned, almost in passing, … Continue reading →

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In the Depths

Posted on September 18, 2020 by RC

I’d like to say I first went there through reading Pascal’s Pensees. Barring that, the next best choice would be the adventures of Antman. Truth be told, my fascination with this truth began with a scene in a movie I … Continue reading →

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