Category Archives: wisdom

Bargains in the Remainder Bin: (Mostly) Forgotten Bangers

Posted on August 28, 2025 by RC

Sometimes a book comes along, captures the attention of an audience, and then seems to fade away. They’re not quite classics but their usefulness far outlasts their market. The list below is nothing but such books. Sure, if you want … Continue reading →

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Elders to the Rescue: Rooting Out Unbelief

Posted on August 26, 2025 by RC

I was ordained, for the first time, in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. It’s an interesting institution with an interesting history. It is the oldest Presbyterian denomination in the nation to have never had a split. It is also one … Continue reading →

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What can I fulfill His command to be a peacemaker?

Posted on August 25, 2025 by RC

Jesus, of course, listed peacemakers among the blessed in His Sermon on the Mount. He is the ultimate peacemaker, first reconciling us, His enemies, with our Father. Second, this in turn reconciles us with each other. We, however, are called … Continue reading →

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Resting in His Providence, Working For His Kingdom

Posted on August 15, 2025 by RC

To suggest that wisdom is always balanced seems to me to be a bit, well, unbalanced. Whoever first uttered the words of wisdom, “moderation in all things,” should, I believe, have healed himself. All things? Isn’t that a bit extreme? … Continue reading →

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Narcissists Gonna Narcissize: Popping Psychology’s Bubble

Posted on August 7, 2025 by RC

It is bad enough when a group of scholars determine themselves to be experts on the human psyche, while leaving behind God’s Word. Sometime in the late nineteenth century psychology as a field of study was birthed at the University … Continue reading →

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Classic Episode- Ex Cathedra, and What Do We Need to Know?

Posted on August 6, 2025 by RC

This week’s Classic Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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A Confederacy of Dunces: Crooked Sticks, Straight Lines

Posted on August 5, 2025 by RC

Some years ago I had a refreshing, encouraging conversation on a podcast, with a well known blogging friend on the subject of writing. One of the things covered in that conversation was dealing with criticism. The irony is that each … Continue reading →

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Conquering the World In Our Own Neighborhood

Posted on July 31, 2025 by RC

Aquinas was a great gift, among the greatest minds the world has known. Which doesn’t mean that he had no flaws. One of which goes to the heart of his intellectual labors. He sought to synthesize the wisdom of Aristotle … Continue reading →

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Lessons in the Crucible of Tyranny, in the Hand of Grace

Posted on July 25, 2025 by RC

C.S. Lewis, in his essay “On the Reading of Old Books,” which is found in the collection of essays, God in the Dock, argues that we are all by nature time bound. This frailty will, of necessity, give us a … Continue reading →

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Getting Our Back Up and Forgetting Our Back Up

Posted on July 15, 2025 by RC

It is because we are saved by grace that we sinners are able to confess publicly that we are sinners. It is because we are sinners, however, that we are so quick to get defensive anytime someone accuses us of … Continue reading →

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