Category Archives: post-modernism

Kiss the Son Lest You Perish Along the Way

Posted on June 20, 2025 by RC

There is no such thing as the “More” party. They do not run campaigns seeking to unseat sitting officials of the “Less” party. Both “More” and “Less” need more context and less ambiguity. We need to know what we are … Continue reading →

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Babes in Toyland: Youthful Folly In Our Dotage

Posted on June 17, 2025 by RC

We should expect that a given culture would follow the pattern of the riddle of the Sphinx. What begins on four legs, moves to two, and ends with three? Oedipus freely passed on his way because he recognized this as … Continue reading →

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The Nature of the Beast- Persecution Draws Near

Posted on June 10, 2025 by RC

How easy it is for us to find comfort in the distance between us and hardship. We know famines happen, but not here. We know political dissent is repressed, but not here. We know Christians are persecuted. But not here. … Continue reading →

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At Least I’m Honest About It

Posted on June 6, 2025 by RC

Every culture and subculture has its own taboos. Not all of them are the same, however. Given that we are all human, how can we explain the divergence of cultural standards? Why does one culture find adultery to be a … Continue reading →

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Finding Judgey McJudgerson: A Comic Tragedy

Posted on May 29, 2025 by RC

It is both tragic and comic when it happens. I fear we miss the tragedy in the comedy. Person A makes an observation that Person B has done something wrong. Lied, or cheated, or some such. Person B offers as … Continue reading →

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How Should the Church Prepare for Persecution?

Posted on April 14, 2025 by RC

Apologists for the world inside the church love to downplay the power plays of the powerful. They argue that since, so far, no Christians in the west are being fed to the lions we are not persecuted. Persecution, however, is … Continue reading →

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Christians Oddly Obsessed With Homosexuality?

Posted on April 8, 2025 by RC

Really? I’m not sure such is true anymore. Some, to be sure. Many professing Christians, however, are joining the world in embracing a love and let love ethic. Given the choice between being culturally marginalized or marginalizing the Bible, too … Continue reading →

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Kingdoms in Conflict, Enemies in Disguise

Posted on March 28, 2025 by RC

“Theological liberalism no longer announces itself with old men in big steeples but disguises itself in young men in skinny jeans and glasses.” I tweeted the above some time ago. From all appearances, based on the responses I received, theological … Continue reading →

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Rebels Without a Cause: Fighting the World With Its Weapons

Posted on March 25, 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. Setting aside for a moment the chicken … Continue reading →

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Fool Me Once: None So Blind as Those Who Won’t See

Posted on March 20, 2025 by RC

Americans are not so much a forgiving people as we are a forgetting people. Great evils are not so much atoned for as they are moved on from, especially in the political sphere. The news cycle is a rinse cycle. … Continue reading →

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