Category Archives: kingdom

Our Fundamentalist Betters

Posted on February 24, 2022 by RC

It is no new insight to note that in America the evangelical church is worldly and anemic. We are so earthly minded that we are no heavenly good. The anemia comes from the worldliness. But whence comes the worldliness? Like … Continue reading →

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Shorter Catechism 102; Bible in 5, Jude

Posted on February 23, 2022 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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God in the Details

Posted on February 22, 2022 by RC

Have you ever noticed how much easier it is to deal with major inconveniences than minor ones? When we total our car, we are grateful to be alive and set about the business of taking care of the problem. When … Continue reading →

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Eyes to See

Posted on February 18, 2022 by RC

What more can He say than to you He hath said? Every bit of fear, discontent, frustration that dwells in my spirit finds a place there because of my stubborn refusal to believe God. There is not another promise that … Continue reading →

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How should Christians respond to Don Piper’s 90 Minutes in Heaven or similar works?

Posted on February 16, 2022 by RC

Gracious skepticism. Our response ought to begin with grace. Pastor Piper has, from all appearances, a credible profession of faith. We have every reason to believe that he is an honest and sincere Christian man. As such, even if we … Continue reading →

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The Wizard of Ahhs

Posted on February 15, 2022 by RC

My incessant gasps were potent portents to my comparative illiteracy. I can’t contain them given the passion I feel for both wisdom and literary dexterity. The setting was my office as I work on a classical education curriculum project. We … Continue reading →

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Is the state responsible to keep people safe?

Posted on February 14, 2022 by RC

Safe from what? Those who would take their lives and plunder their goods? Yes. That is precisely the function of government. God has granted the state the power of the sword to punish those who assault life and property by … Continue reading →

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Growing Aslan

Posted on February 11, 2022 by RC

It is one of the many moments where CS Lewis presents a simple turn of a phrase, in the midst of a story, and it stops you dead in your tracks. “Safe, safe? Who said anything about safe? He’s not … Continue reading →

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Forever Friend, Israel Contreras; Racial Animosity and the Bible

Posted on February 11, 2022 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The God of Space and Time

Posted on February 10, 2022 by RC

We are all by nature Pelagians. Like the heretical monk Pelagius, we like to think in our hearts, even should our lips profess otherwise, that we are basically good. Help in fighting this temptation is one of the great blessings … Continue reading →

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