Category Archives: wisdom

Last week’s Parables Study: Treasure & Pearl of Great Price

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How Can I Become More Well Read? Four Suggestions

By reading well. Nothing too complicated about that. As with many good habits, the challenge is not that performing the habit is too hard, but that it is not easy enough. That is, we don’t like to exert ourselves. As … Continue reading

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What Every Christian Man Should Long to Hear

I want you to read this. Not because it reflects well on me, but because it reflects well on my beloved wife. She posted this on social media, at our shared Facebook account, RC-Lisa, accompanied by video of me preaching … Continue reading

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Ruth and Naomi; Jayden Ivey; Chisanbop; Introducing Paul

Check out this week’s podcast. It has a little bit of everything. Quality ingredients, combined with love and technology. This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Knot Kneading & Not Needing to Know: Me & the Sanford Mess

One cannot step outside the system. And we are the system. As I argued last week with respect to the war in Iran, truth can be hard to come by, outside of God’s Word and His world. Because every man … Continue reading

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What is Wisdom? Better Still, Who Is Wisdom?

I’ve written before on the difference between knowledge and wisdom. The two are deeply related, but they are nonetheless distinct. You can have knowledge without wisdom, but not wisdom without knowledge. James tells us “You believe that there is one … Continue reading

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The First Casualty: All That We Don’t Know About Iran

What I remember most about the first days of the COVID crisis was the sense that I had no idea whom to believe. I was skeptical of claims made the government because, well, they were claims made by the government. … Continue reading

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A Cat in a Dog’s World: BS in a Modern Age Episode 2

Part 2 of my dear friend Dave Nelson’s television program, A Cat in a Dog’s World: BS (Being Sanctified) in a Modern Age is now available. Dave and I continue our discussion on the pursuit of sanctification in our troubled … Continue reading

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Study Tonight, Truth You Can Count On: Spirit of Truth

We continue our Truth You Can Count On study. Tonight, 7:00, we unpack the role of the Spirit in illuminating God’s Word. We stream our study on Facebook Live (at the account Lisa and I share, RC-Lisa) for those who … Continue reading

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Learning War No More: What is “Just War Theory?”

Though some argue that Just War Theory (JWT) can be traced back to ancient Egypt, I’m interested in how Christians have reasoned over the ethics of war. Among the earliest theologians to set about the business of thinking through if … Continue reading

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