Category Archives: kingdom

One of Those Days

Posted on January 25, 2024 by RC

Ever had one? You know the type of day I’m talking about. One of those terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days? The pipes are frozen; the car won’t start and some screw-up at the bank is keeping you from … Continue reading →

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The Other Cheek, and the Other Foot

Posted on January 23, 2024 by RC

We are all quick to take offense, and all rather blind to the offenses we cause. That’s because we think we are the center of the universe, and all others orbit around us. Consider Roy Costner IV, a young hero … Continue reading →

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Being Sought First, the Kingdom of God

Posted on January 19, 2024 by RC

Our faith is, more often than not, more both/and than either/or. Man’s responsibility or God’s sovereignty? Yes. Mourning or dancing? Yes. Living or dying? Yes. Our temptation in light of this is always to push for one side or the … Continue reading →

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The Love of the Father

Posted on January 16, 2024 by RC

Love is one of the good words. Just as no one particularly labors to have words like death, or cruelty associated with themselves or their ideas, so everyone wants to lay claim to love. The devil, however, is quite content … Continue reading →

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Great Ideas, Terrible Men

Posted on January 15, 2024 by RC

Martin Luther would certainly be among the top ten people who’ve had an influence on me. CS Lewis would as well. Among more contemporary thinkers, I’d have to list Ravi Zacharias and RC Sproul. Luther, of course, had some less … Continue reading →

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Everything Old Is New

Posted on January 12, 2024 by RC

We are, I believe, dispensationalists by nature. That is, dispensationalism has so dominated the evangelical church over the past one hundred years, boldly and faithfully standing on the inerrancy of the Word of God when so many turned their backs, … Continue reading →

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Embodied Faith

Posted on January 11, 2024 by RC

A culture that denies that truth exists and can be known is already dead whether its obituary has been written or not. Cultures are built on truths, even if those truths are false. It is bad enough to be wrong, … Continue reading →

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Sinner- n. One who sins.

Posted on January 9, 2024 by RC

I have noticed in recent years a great upsurge in objections to the objective truth of what we are. Any time I speak of the believer as a sinner, let alone a miserable sinner, I can always count on someone … Continue reading →

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What are We Supposed to Do?

Posted on January 5, 2024 by RC

Though teleology may be the most neglected of all branches of philosophy, it cannot long be ignored in our daily lives. We need to know what we are for, what the goal is. And in a harried world, it is … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Call Me AI

Posted on January 4, 2024 by RC

A “Man on the Street” interview asked people this question- what’s the most impressive invention of the last 150 years?” One gentleman suggested that it had to be the automobile. What else, he reasoned, had had such an impact, reshaping … Continue reading →

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