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What is institutional entropy?

Posted on January 24, 2022 by RC

Institutional entropy is the idea that all institutions tend toward apostasy. I didn’t invent the phrase but took to it the first time I heard it. It describes why Harvard, created to be a bastion of faithfulness to the gospel, … Continue reading →

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Three Wars

Posted on January 13, 2022 by RC

It has long been my habit whenever I speak somewhere, to remind those to whom I am speaking of our historical context. Context is everything. My goal isn’t to place us in the declining years of the west — though … Continue reading →

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What can we learn from two years of COVID?

Posted on January 10, 2022 by RC

Far more fragile than the human immune system is the human liberty system. That is, of all the frightening things that have come our way through the pandemic years, none frightens me more than to witness great swaths not just … Continue reading →

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Festivus From the Best of Us

Posted on January 7, 2022 by RC

One would need to be a Scrooge indeed to begrudge those who deny Jesus the happiness they enjoy on the occasion of the celebration of His birth. Jesus is for those who rest in Him, but He has indeed blessed … Continue reading →

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Blood in the Streets

Posted on January 7, 2022 by RC

Today’s Jesus Changes Everything Podcast

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Net Losses

Posted on January 5, 2022 by RC

A given culture’s depravity isn’t measured simply by the percentage of Christians in that culture. Vital to the equation are two other factors. First, and most important, is how spiritually mature those Christians are. Corinth remained a sewer not because … Continue reading →

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Diagnosing Diagnostics

Posted on January 4, 2022 by RC

When you have a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail. In like manner, when you have a wrench everything looks like a bolt. Any given tool empowers us and tempts us. It makes easier the task for which … Continue reading →

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Pandemic of Civic Ignorance

Posted on January 3, 2022 by RC

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Be Careful in Here

Posted on December 31, 2021 by RC

Is it the incessant push to have a take? Is it communications reduced to 280 characters? Is it political polarization pushed by algorithms driving us all into our respective echo chambers? How, I’m asking, do we account for our increasing … Continue reading →

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Culture War Casualties

Posted on December 23, 2021 by RC

While it may be true that there are two kinds of people in the world, (those who like to divide the world into two kinds of people and those who don’t), there are in turn myriad places to draw these … Continue reading →

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