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Rules For Our Reformation: Learning from Luther

Posted on January 16, 2026 by RC

The Protestant Reformation is called the Reformation for a good reason. It is not called the First Reformation or Reformation II, as if they happen every so often. I have never been asked, when referencing the Reformation, “Of which Reformation … Continue reading →

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And It Came To Pass: The Tapestry of Providence

Posted on January 13, 2026 by RC

I was not, as a kid, a particularly gifted athlete. It’s true I enjoyed sports, however, and so my hours were determined by the seasons: football, basketball, baseball. I realized early on that my gifts were limited, while my desire … Continue reading →

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Not a Sin, But Not the Ideal: A Cautious Warning

Posted on January 12, 2026 by RC

We all are prone to both legalism and antinomianism. When we want to do something God’s law forbids, we become antinomian. If we want someone else to not do what we think they should not, we become legalists. We add … Continue reading →

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Who’s On First? What’s On Second? Christ and His Kingdom

Posted on January 9, 2026 by RC

The one thing I want you to be certain to do is finish reading this piece and brush your teeth every evening. I trust at least two things strike you about this opening sentence. First, it’s a rather odd way … Continue reading →

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Kids and Their Phones, or, Old Man Yelling at Clouds

Posted on January 8, 2026 by RC

There was a time when I saw every complaint about any technology as an assault on the blessings of liberty. My loyalty to free markets made me suspicious of anyone casting doubt on the marvels of new whiz bang machines. … Continue reading →

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Preaching Power: Standing On and Under the Word

Posted on January 6, 2026 by RC

That we in the church have been infected by the consumerist mindset is a given. It is a buyer’s market, with sellers of every imaginable stripe vying for our attention. In the mindset of too many churches, and too many … Continue reading →

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Happy There Is Nothing New Under the Sun Year

Posted on January 2, 2026 by RC

Imagine, if you would, that you are the most powerful person in the world. Now imagine that you are also the richest person in the world. Would your life be fundamentally different? Would everything that is now ordinary about your … Continue reading →

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Paradise Remembered: Longing for Our Home

Posted on December 30, 2025 by RC

Nostalgia has as its lightly buried foundation a longing for a place we have never been to, Eden. Home is but an echo, a shadow of our first and final home. Most of you were not blessed as I was, … Continue reading →

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Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted by the Father

Posted on December 27, 2025 by RC

It is natural, though altogether wrong, to think that when we turn from the Old to the New Testament that we are entering more gentle times, that God in the interim became kinder and gentler. We do not see in … Continue reading →

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Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, Slow to Become Angry

Posted on December 23, 2025 by RC

Movements move, eventually, off the mark. This may be because movements require two dangerous but potent ingredients- single-mindedness and certainty. One does not give birth to a movement while spinning multiple plates. One doesn’t change the collective wisdom of the … Continue reading →

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