Category Archives: wisdom

Feed Me: War and the Singular Rise of Algorithms

Whatever its etymology may reveal, it remains revealing that what flows through my social media apps is called my “feed.” From the constant sight of all of us looking down at our phones, at our sites, it seems we’re all … Continue reading

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Truth You Can Count On, Study 3 No-et Alls

In this, our third study from Truth You Can Count On we consider the impact of sin on our capacity to know things. We affirm both that we err often, a lot, and for foolish reasons. We deny that sin … Continue reading

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Truth You Can Count On, 1st Study- God Knows

A few weeks ago we began a new study Monday nights titled Truth You Can Count On. Below is the first of these studies, recorded January 19. This one explores the nature of God’s knowing. I think you’ll find it … Continue reading

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Two Cheers for Doubt: When And Where to not Be Sure

Do we not tend to see doubt as something negative? Something to avoid or overcome? Doubt is what we writers and editors, when we hang out together and tell stories about the rest of you, call a “transitive” verb. These … Continue reading

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Study Tonight, Truth You Can Count On: The Word on the Word

We continue our Truth You Can Count On study. Tonight, 7:00, what the Word says about the Word. We stream it on Facebook Live (at the account Lisa and I share, RC-Lisa) for those who attend online. You can usually … Continue reading

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Why are we so stupid? Examining Our Besetting Wrongness

It’s not at all unusual for us to shake our heads at the world, to bemoan the stupidity of the common man. Which is kind of weird, since we are all common men. We somehow think that we have risen … Continue reading

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Athens and Jerusalem, City of God and City of Man

What hath Jerusalem to do with Athens? Much in every way. On the negative side, we’d do well to remember that the citizens of God’s city, like those in the city of man, are still sinners. Though we are indwelt … Continue reading

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Digital Directions: Caught in the Cattle Chute

I’m not a fan of Disney parks. And not because of increasing woke messaging. I didn’t care for them back when they really were family friendly. The message was fine. The method was not. That is, what I don’t like … Continue reading

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Embracing Righteous Anger, While Maintaining Peace

“Judge not” is surely that text in all of Scripture that is most misunderstood outside the kingdom. Among believers we misunderstand Paul’s admonition to the Ephesians, “Be angry but do not sin” (Ephesians 4:26). We soundly conclude from this text … Continue reading

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Rightly Ordering Our Love: a Brief Lesson

It was Augustine who argued that every sin is a failure to love ordinately. Either we love something more than we ought or love something less than we ought. We are to love, in order. Eve, for instance, found the … Continue reading

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