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Today’s podcast encourages you to read PG Wodehouse, discourages you from embracing kinism, and more…

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Ask RC- What do you think the church’s deepest weakness is?

That question is likely above my pay grade. I don’t pretend to know what the deepest weakness is, but I do have some thoughts on one great weakness- we don’t believe God. We don’t believe God when He warns us … Continue reading

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Naked and Unashamed

I’m as guilty as the next guy. We are all willing to lament the propensity of the church to shoot its wounded. We are given to complaining about the lack of transparency at the local church, that we smile at … Continue reading

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Today’s podcast considers taking offense at the Bible, at prices, and more…

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Knowing the Enemy

There are, no matter what may be happening around the globe, at least three wars going on at the same time. There is, from the garden of Eden to the consummation of the Kingdom of God the battle between the … Continue reading

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Today’s podcast- The “drop in,” loving death and more…

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Why did the Pharisees hate Jesus so much?

It may well be in the calculus of evil that the only character faring worse than a Nazi is the Pharisee. These were the original black hats. In each of the gospel accounts they are the no-accounts, the very foil … Continue reading

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The Devil in the Details

The Christian is engaged in a three-front war. The Bible, replete with martial language, bears this out. The great evil trinity against which we fight is the world, the flesh, and the devil. In our day, sadly, we have made … Continue reading

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Kingdoms in Conflict

“Theological liberalism no longer announces itself with old men in big steeples but disguises itself in young men in skinny jeans and glasses” I tweeted the above some time ago. From all appearances, based on the responses I received, theological … Continue reading

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Ask RC- How can we tell the difference between the accusations of the devil, and the conviction of the Holy Spirit?

Jesus, we ought to remember, was betrayed twice by His disciples. While the betrayal of Judas carried Jesus inexorably toward His passion, the betrayal of Peter was of the same dark hue. Both pushed Jesus away as the other, both … Continue reading

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