Category Archives: Kingdom Notes

Seeing Beyond The Shadowlands

Posted on October 30, 2019 by RC

It has long been my contention that the Reformed church never quite got over the Enlightenment. While we rightly reject this premise and that conclusion at the heart of the Enlightenment experiment, we still drink deep of its spirit. We … Continue reading →

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Rightly Dividing

Posted on October 26, 2019 by RC

Though we don’t give it its due, objectively speaking it is a rather dramatic moment. First, of course, there is the broader drama, a recreation of the temptation in the Garden of Eden, but this time taking place in a … Continue reading →

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Conscientious Objecting- Choosing Your Twitter War Wisely

Posted on October 24, 2019 by RC

Either/or either works, or it doesn’t. Sometimes we really do have to pick our poison. Other times we find ourselves being roped into a false dilemma, and escape through a tertium quid, a third option. Joshua asked the Captain of … Continue reading →

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Five Common Expressions I’ve Never Understood

Posted on October 23, 2019 by RC

Common sense may be more common than sense. There are any number of shorthand aphorisms in the world and in the church that shape our thinking, but don’t stand up to scrutiny, at least right away. Below are five common … Continue reading →

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The Sole Soul of the Solas

Posted on October 19, 2019 by RC

It puzzles me deeply that so few are puzzled deeply by the paradox. We are so used to the befuddling language that we miss its befuddling nature. It ought to stop us in our tracks, arrest our attention, like those … Continue reading →

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#JesusToo

Posted on October 17, 2019 by RC

We are all rather quick to lay claim to the title “victim.” The truth is we are all victims. Every mother’s son of us has, at one time or another, been the victim of someone else’s sins against us. It … Continue reading →

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Lawless Law

Posted on October 16, 2019 by RC

The purported value of ethical relativism, the idea that there are no transcendent, binding rules for right and wrong that all humans are morally required to submit to, is that it allows us to live in peace. That is, if … Continue reading →

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Faux Pearls

Posted on October 12, 2019 by RC

Maslow was wrong. Well, he was right before he was wrong. It is true enough that we all have a hierarchy of needs. Some things are more important than others. Trouble is, he didn’t know what the most important things … Continue reading →

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Aim Close Hit Most or Hong Kong Phooey

Posted on October 10, 2019 by RC

Today, if I’d like, I can have a take on what people think about what an NBA owner thinks about what Chinese basketball fans think about what another NBA owner thinks about what the people of Hong Kong think about … Continue reading →

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Compromising Positions

Posted on October 9, 2019 by RC

It is surely possible for different people to share the same goals, but to employ different strategies. What I am increasingly seeing, however, is how easy it is for strategies and goals to meld together. We all want, I trust, … Continue reading →

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