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Motive Power: Doing Right, For All the Right Reasons

Posted on March 20, 2026 by RC

God, from a certain perspective, isn’t terribly particular with respect to our motives. Inside the church there are those who argue that the right and heroic thing to do is the right and heroic thing because it is right and … Continue reading →

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The First Casualty: All That We Don’t Know About Iran

Posted on March 19, 2026 by RC

What I remember most about the first days of the COVID crisis was the sense that I had no idea whom to believe. I was skeptical of claims made the government because, well, they were claims made by the government. … Continue reading →

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On Being Bar-Barnabas, The Sons of the Son of Encouragement

Posted on March 17, 2026 by RC

The Holy Spirit is called by Jesus the paraclete, or Comforter. While I would never want to diminish the value of the comfort the Spirit gives, we might do well to look more deeply at the root meaning of comfort. … Continue reading →

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But As the Captain of the Lord’s Hosts I Have Come

Posted on March 13, 2026 by RC

Though I didn’t think such was possible, my esteem for both my father and the Bible took a rather sudden spike. I was blessed to be sitting in a seminary class, while he stood, teaching. He mentioned, almost in passing, … Continue reading →

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One Constant Through All the Years, Ray, Has Been Baseball

Posted on March 12, 2026 by RC

I don’t know who bought, I mean won, last year’s World Series. Over the course of the past 47 years the only World Series stories I recall are the Red Sox winning one, the Astros cheating and the earthquake in … Continue reading →

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Reckless Fervor and the Safety of Our Father’s Presence

Posted on March 10, 2026 by RC

One of the oddest things to hinder our prayers is fear. Many of us are reluctant to pray in front of others. We fear, I suppose, that those who are listening might be critiquing our prayers. That fear is both … Continue reading →

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Oh Brave New World, With Such People In It

Posted on March 6, 2026 by RC

Neil Postman, in his delightful albeit ominous book Amusing Ourselves to Death, draws an insightful comparison between two important dystopian novels. Utopian novels, of course, are those designed to show us edenic cultures. Dystopian novels show us hellish futures. The … Continue reading →

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Assessing Self Assessments: Poor Richard’s Lesson

Posted on March 5, 2026 by RC

The story is told that for a time a young Ben Franklin had the diligence to daily score his own performance on a number of character issues. On a scale of 1-10, how respectful had he been that day? How … Continue reading →

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Jesus Changes Everything, At Such an Immeasurable Cost

Posted on March 3, 2026 by RC

God made men for work, for protection, and for rescue. When we look at the imago Dei, the glorious truth that we are made in the image of God, I fear we miss much when we describe it in terms … Continue reading →

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The Prince and the Paupers: Sharing His Riches

Posted on February 27, 2026 by RC

One of the troubles with trouble is that it can encourage us toward selfishness. When things are going well for us, it is rather easy to feel magnanimous. When challenges come our way, however, suddenly we feel entitled to be … Continue reading →

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