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Mostly Modern: A Worldview on Our Worldviews

Posted on February 18, 2025 by RC

Does a fish know it’s wet? When one is born in water, goes to school in water, marries in water and raises little fish in water before dying in water, despite its ever presence, the water just isn’t noticed. So … Continue reading →

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Meek and Mild? Smoldering Wicks and Cracking Whips

Posted on February 11, 2025 by RC

Jesus, like love, is something everyone wants to lay claim to. There is no organized coalition banded together by a hatred of love. So too there are precious few people who are willing to lay a charge at Jesus’ feet. … Continue reading →

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Too Easily Distracted, Too Easily Satisfied

Posted on February 7, 2025 by RC

We live in a world where work gets done tomorrow. All deadlines must be flexible, negotiable in our day, lest we have no deadlines at all. Excellence has gone the way of the dodo. We are, in the words of … Continue reading →

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Stubborn Hearts: Biting the Hand That Feeds Us

Posted on January 30, 2025 by RC

You know the drill. Small child asks for eggs for breakfast, scrambled, with cheese. You happily prepare just that for the child. Said child sits for a bit looking at the eggs, then gets down from the table. You ask … Continue reading →

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The Problems of Evil and the Problem of Pleasure

Posted on January 17, 2025 by RC

There is a great divide between the city of God and the city of man. We all, however, have this much in common — we’re all sinners. One source of the gap may be found in how we look at … Continue reading →

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How can professed believers not go or belong to a church?

Posted on January 13, 2025 by RC

Sin. The book of Hebrews commands of us both that we not neglect the gathering together of the saints (10:25) and that we remember those who rule over us in the church (13:7). If you don’t go to church, you … Continue reading →

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Why Never Never Land Will Never Never Matter

Posted on January 7, 2025 by RC

Dear Peter Pan, Are you having fun yet? It sure looked that way to me back when we first crossed paths. My mom took me to the movies, and there we met. I was like you, though not quite so … Continue reading →

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How can the church best bless future generations?

Posted on December 30, 2024 by RC

We must pass down strong churches. A friend once told me about his first day at seminary. All the young men were gathered together and the president of the institution came to address them. He began, as one might imagine, … Continue reading →

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Some Simple Counsel for a Joyous Christmas

Posted on December 19, 2024 by RC

It is, as the song goes, the most wonderful time of the year. I’m a deep aficionado of the advent season, but understand that it isn’t always sugarplums and flying reindeer. I wonder, however, if sometimes our less than ideal … Continue reading →

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Taking Takes Off, or, Nebby Is as Nebby Does

Posted on December 5, 2024 by RC

They were heady days, the first decade of the internet. The market seized on this new technology to do what it does best, spread pornography. The Reformed seized on it to do what it does best, skewering our brothers. I … Continue reading →

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