Category Archives: kingdom

Should we pay taxes that finance abortion?

Posted on February 26, 2024 by RC

It is one of my great passions, the desire to see me, and the evangelical church take the evil of abortion more seriously, to have our hearts more deeply broken, and our actions more faithful. We have all, I fear, … Continue reading →

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Looking Backward, Moving Forward

Posted on February 23, 2024 by RC

It doesn’t happen often, but it had happened. A book written for businessmen had jumped the fence and become something of a universal best seller. Like The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People before it, and Good to Great after … Continue reading →

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Life Wins- On the Passing of John Barros

Posted on February 22, 2024 by RC

I’m not shy about the term hero. I have many of them, not because my standards are low. It’s not that I misapply the term, using it as a synonym for “someone I admire.” It is rather that a. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Coming Up Repentance

Posted on February 20, 2024 by RC

Forgiveness of sins does not, of itself, erase the need, in some contexts, for painful, and fitting consequences. If a man robs a bank and then throws himself on the mercy of God in Christ his sin will most surely … Continue reading →

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Us and Them

Posted on February 16, 2024 by RC

It certainly is, comparatively speaking, a subplot. But it is plenty important. As God’s Word describes the power of God’s words in creation, we ought to be astonished. God speaks, and there is light. He speaks and the whole of … Continue reading →

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The Sins of Silence

Posted on February 15, 2024 by RC

Time was when those eager to not be thought fools thought it wise to stay silent. Speaking could change how you are perceived, or it could just confirm a negative opinion already held. This wisdom, whose source is in dispute, … Continue reading →

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My Brother, My Father

Posted on February 13, 2024 by RC

It was 85 years ago today that a woman I never met gave birth to a boy I’ve never not known. The day I met that boy, who by then had become a man, the woman who had given birth … Continue reading →

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The World and All

Posted on February 9, 2024 by RC

The Sadducees and Pharisees were no dummies. They just weren’t as smart as their enemy. As we read through the gospel accounts, it seems their strategy was simple: they would put an end to Jesus by forcing Him to destroy … Continue reading →

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For Whom the Toll Belz

Posted on February 8, 2024 by RC

I was a student at Grove City College when I received a subscription to The Presbyterian Journal. It was not good looking. It had no articles apt to grab the interest of most college students. It wasn’t an academic publication. … Continue reading →

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Christos Ho Kurios

Posted on February 6, 2024 by RC

Rome could not help but trip over her own feet. When you get the gospel wrong the error does not stay hermetically sealed, leaving everything else safe. Rather, the whole ship goes down. Rome, seeking to elevate the church, created … Continue reading →

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