Category Archives: work

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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These Are the Days of Our Lives; Another World

Posted on February 6, 2025 by RC

Dear Bob, What do you suppose that John means when he tells us, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit “Do not love the world, or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the … Continue reading →

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Oh No!!!!!!!! Giving Mr. Bill His Due

Posted on December 12, 2024 by RC

I would never suggest that poverty is not real. I regularly suggest that it’s not quite as real, or rather quite as widespread as many seem to think. There is no question that the sundry follies of both parties over … Continue reading →

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Feeling His Pleasure, or, Hands Across a Keyboard

Posted on November 21, 2024 by RC

Not long ago, in our study of First Thessalonians (see here) we came across Paul’s injunction that we aspire to a quiet life, and work with our own hands (4:11). We talked briefly about two errors we are prone to … Continue reading →

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Repentance; Election Blues; God’s Stewards and More

Posted on October 30, 2024 by RC

This week’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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The Work of the Ministry and the Ministry of Work

Posted on September 27, 2024 by RC

I give thanks for my seminary education. All that time and energy devoted to studying the Scriptures revealed, among many other things, that the Bible says not the first word about seminary. It does, however, tell us a thing or … Continue reading →

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Dominion- Reigning for the Glory of Our King

Posted on August 20, 2024 by RC

I’m not in the habit of citing Karl Barth favorably, but when you’re right you’re right. Counter-intuitively, but insightfully Barth considers the sin of sloth to be on par with the sin of pride. We are prone to it, and … Continue reading →

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