Category Archives: kingdom

How Do My Pastor’s Sermon and a Recorded One Differ?

Posted on December 1, 2025 by RC

This common take has become a cliché. Many clichés, however, reach that status by virtue of being true. How many times have you heard a preacher say, “The indicative drives the imperative”? Well, maybe not that way exactly, but something … Continue reading →

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Would a Man Rob God? Would a Government Do the Same?

Posted on November 28, 2025 by RC

The question on its face seems rather insane. It demands not just a “no” but a “by no means.” If not a “why would you ask such a stupid question?”. I ask the question, however, because God Himself once asked … Continue reading →

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Giving Thanks in Times Like These And All Others

Posted on November 27, 2025 by RC

I will not dispute that these are not the best of times. As a nation we are drowning in red ink. Around the globe, soldiers, civilians and believers are falling by the sword. Yet, the liturgy of our year, by … Continue reading →

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Jesus Changes Almost Everything: A Qualification

Posted on November 25, 2025 by RC

I love Twitter. (And refuse to call it X). When I first heard about it I confess I was conflicted. The social commentator in me was appalled. My inner Neil Postman took the curmudgeon approach, bemoaning the dumbing down of … Continue reading →

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Talkin’ ‘Bout My G-g-g-generation: Who Are We?

Posted on November 21, 2025 by RC

I pursued a graduate degree at Ole Miss and taught two classes of Freshman English each semester. The two intersected when I took a graduate class on teaching the freshman class. The popular pop guru gave fresh nuggets of his … Continue reading →

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The Stinking Lesson of the Stinking Garbage Can

Posted on November 20, 2025 by RC

Experience is overrated. We often learn its lessons too late. Though once it has aged it can pack a punch. My father, about the time I entered into junior high school, impressed upon me the lesson experience taught him too … Continue reading →

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The New Promised Land: Total World Conquest

Posted on November 14, 2025 by RC

Most of us, at one time or another, have found ourselves embarrassed by God. He who has all perfections perfectly doesn’t always fit into our scheme of things. The Holy One doesn’t always do things the way we who are … Continue reading →

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Rebels Without a Cause: In Submission to the King

Posted on November 13, 2025 by RC

It was Marx who argued that, rather than man shaping economic realities, it was the economic realities that shape man. Despite his manifold and manifest follies, he had something of a point here. Wouldn’t hard times give rise to strong … Continue reading →

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A Matter of Life and Death Now and Forever

Posted on November 11, 2025 by RC

We live in strange times. It used to be said that the only two things we could be certain of were death and taxes. Taxes you can still be pretty sure of, but death has recently become rather more cloudy. … Continue reading →

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Dinner and a Bible Study, Tonight: Being Like Children

Posted on November 10, 2025 by RC

We continue our weekly Monday night Bible study. We begin at 7:00. Local guests are invited for dinner at 6:15. We air the study on Facebook Live (RC-Lisa Sproul). Within a day or two we post the video of the … Continue reading →

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