Category Archives: philosophy

Golden Rule Epistemology

Posted on April 18, 2024 by RC

It was an easy argument. As a graduate student in English at Ole Miss I had developed something of a reputation as a contrarian, a gadfly. Which led one colleague to ask me words to this effect- “RC, you always … Continue reading →

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News I Can Use

Posted on April 5, 2024 by RC

A case could be made that what separates Reformed believers from the rest of the evangelical church is less the competing doctrinal perspectives of Calvinism versus Arminianism and more the competing perspectives on the value of doctrine. That is, we … Continue reading →

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Now Play Nice

Posted on March 19, 2024 by RC

It is bad enough that we are such suckers for the bait and switch. The devil has been playing this gag on us for millennia. We should have learned by now. When the angel comes along and says, “You know, … 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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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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Is homosexuality “unnatural”?

Posted on December 11, 2023 by RC

Certainly. There is one way this is so, and one in which it is not. As per always, it helps if we define our terms. It is not uncommon for apologists for this particular perversion to argue that it is … Continue reading →

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Devils and Demos

Posted on November 16, 2023 by RC

Legend has it that as the Constitutional Convention adjourned that a woman questioned Benjamin Franklin, “Sir, what kind of government have you given us?” The old curmudgeon quipped, “A republic, if you can keep it.” It is not a good … Continue reading →

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What’s our biggest weakness in understanding the Bible?

Posted on November 6, 2023 by RC

Logic, or a lack thereof. There are plenty of other weaknesses we have. We not only don’t come to the Bible as first century Jews but we do come as twenty-first century Americans. We are largely ignorant of the geography, … Continue reading →

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Sacred Marriage, The Good; Foreign Alliances; Babel & More

Posted on October 25, 2023 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Blood in the Streets

Posted on October 20, 2023 by RC

How prone we are to miss the drama. The tyranny of the urgent, the plainness of our patterns, and our propensity to look inward rather than outward all push us to regard our callings, our surroundings, and our souls as … Continue reading →

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