Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

Believing the Invisible

Posted on April 3, 2020 by RC

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

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Jesus’ Fools Day

Posted on April 1, 2020 by RC

It is a wise quip, albeit one built on an urban legend, that April Fool’s Day is the national holiday for atheists. The Bible tells us that the fool says in his heart that there is no God (Psalm 14:1). … Continue reading →

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Losers ‘R’ Us, or First Church of the Base and Foolish

Posted on March 28, 2020 by RC

One of the common complaints against the doctrine of unconditional election is that it seems to make God out to be capricious. The late great John Gerstner, in trying to emphasize the sovereign grace of God in election once, with … Continue reading →

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One Giant Leap- Or, Reading Providence with Dyslexia

Posted on March 27, 2020 by RC

It is a good thing to affirm the sovereignty of God over all things. God delights in the truth and we ought to draw the deepest comfort from it. It is right and proper to understand that His sovereignty is … Continue reading →

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Looking for Love

Posted on March 25, 2020 by RC

How important it is to not allow our grasp of man’s total depravity to cause us to miss the remnants of the image of God in us. We are plenty bad. Sin touches every part of our being, and makes … Continue reading →

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The Faith of Demos

Posted on March 21, 2020 by RC

Fallen man, we are told, having refused to acknowledge his maker, worships creatures instead. What we find here is a curious reality, the intersection of man’s fallen and man’s created natures. Creature worship, strictly speaking, isn’t the exact opposite of … Continue reading →

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Going the (Social) Distance

Posted on March 20, 2020 by RC

Both humor and angst are going viral on the interwebs. With no other place to express either our cleverness or our fear, it doesn’t surprise me. Of course, for some the two are wrapped around each other. We put up … Continue reading →

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Ask RC- Is it possible for a Christian to over-repent?

Posted on March 19, 2020 by RC

Yes and no. There is a perspective out there, driven I suspect more by psychology than theology, that looks down its nose at what is sometimes called “worm theology.” It suggests that we can be too down on ourselves, that … Continue reading →

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Colliding Solipsists

Posted on March 18, 2020 by RC

It is not, of course, a new thing, for one generation to grumble about the weaknesses of the next generation. Indeed it isn’t uncommon for the complaints to be essentially the same- the younger generation is lazy, disrespectful, slovenly, self-indulgent. … Continue reading →

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Myth Made Fact

Posted on March 14, 2020 by RC

It is a holdover from our modernist past that we consider “myth” to be synonymous with false. We also tend to think it means “old.” Now in our postmodern maturity we’ve reached the conclusion that while myth is not true, … Continue reading →

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