Tag Archives: culture wars

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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Good News, Good News, Good News and Bad News

Posted on August 22, 2025 by RC

I’ve got great news — I just saved a bundle on my car insurance. This punchline might expose a problem in our Christian sub-culture: we don’t know what the good news is. The confusion is understandable. God is good, gracious. … Continue reading →

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Tariffs and Inflation: And Never the Twain Do Meet

Posted on August 21, 2025 by RC

Economic pundits have been celebrating of late that thus far we haven’t seen a deep spike in inflation due to the imposition of tariffs on foreign goods sold in the US. In other news, thus far the lint in my … Continue reading →

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Our Bread and Circuses: At Ease In Babylon

Posted on August 19, 2025 by RC

While Christians martyred under the Roman empire died for their faith, I fear they didn’t die for our faith. First, we must understand what Rome had against these saints. Part of the genius of the Roman empire was their “broad-mindedness.” … Continue reading →

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Some Dance to Forget: Walking in His Garden

Posted on August 8, 2025 by RC

It is a sure sign of the fall that we so egregiously miss what we lost. Jesus calls us to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness precisely because our priorities are all out of line. Even that … 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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To Be is to Be Perceived: Falling Trees in the Woods

Posted on August 1, 2025 by RC

Like Xeno’s paradox, the counter-intuitive claim of Bishop Berkeley (pronounced Bark-lee for some strange reason) that esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived, is difficult to refute. The good bishop argued the world outside of us is only … 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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People Are the Worst And Too Evil To Admit It

Posted on July 24, 2025 by RC

About six years ago Inc.com published a survey that showed that 83% of people believe that people are basically good. My own assessment is that 100% of those people who believe people are basically good are basically not the sharpest … Continue reading →

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