Category Archives: kingdom

Blah, Blah, Blahg: Silencing the Devil with Silence

My reputation is often savagely assaulted in the Devil’s great gossip tool, the world wide web. There’s plenty to talk about, since I not only have plenty of sin in my life, but some of my most spectacular sins are … Continue reading

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Calvin at His Best: Living for Worshipping the Living God

Some don’t like the system bearing his name. Some don’t like that we use his name to describe our system of understanding. Most, on both sides, however, miss what animated the man John Calvin. Calvin was a man focused on … Continue reading

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Timing and the Times: A Time to Consider

I don’t understand the algorithms that manage social media. Somehow I have it in my head that most of the people who see what I post on twitter see it because somewhere along the line they decided to follow me. … Continue reading

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The Fifth Empire: Glorious Triumph of the Rock

We, citizens of the American Empire, await yet another “shut down.” Is it but a mirage, or a harbinger? Would we not be wise if we, citizens of God’s kingdom, consider a right view of history itself? Let us look … Continue reading

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Love In His Kingdom: Bringing the Outside In

The kingdom of God is at war. The promise from the beginning was that the seed of the woman, our King, would come and crush the head of the seed of the serpent (Gen. 3:15). Jesus’ first step out of … Continue reading

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And Now, Live From Somewhere, Here’s The Fake News…

Are any of you in favor of fake news? You know, the news about COVID, or climate change? The news about autism and vaccines. Or the fake news about Tyler Robinson? Or would you all like to get rid of … Continue reading

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Judging We Are Judged: Putting Down the Gavel

When the culture veers wildly to the left we think the solution is to veer wildly to the right. The world has planted its flag on its intentionally obtuse misunderstanding of Matthew 7:1, “Judge not, lest you be judged” and … Continue reading

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Is the Trump administration assaulting free speech?

No. Along with a more nuanced no. But still no, fundamentally. The First Amendment to the US Constitution reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of … Continue reading

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None Dare Call It Fornication: How We “Sin” No More

The Overton Window is not just for politics anymore. Coined, not coincidentally by political scientist Joseph Overton, it suggests that there is a range of public policies that a given culture might consider. Anything outside the “window” will be considered … Continue reading

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Remembering What The Lord Has Already Forgotten

It is one of the most precious of promises in all of God’s Word. In Psalm 103:12 and Hebrews 8:12 we are told that He remembers our sins no more. The promise is so precious, in fact, that we should … Continue reading

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