Tag Archives: kingdom notes

Habits of the Heart

Posted on November 9, 2023 by RC

Is it possible that our besetting sins beset us because we prefer to lop their tops off to getting to the root of the problem? I have been wondering of late why we are so prone, in the midst of … Continue reading →

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The Axis of Evil

Posted on November 7, 2023 by RC

It is my habit to challenge my brothers and sisters who spend time and energy denouncing this form of abortion, that reason for abortion, or the other context for abortion. The problem with late term or partial birth abortions isn’t … Continue reading →

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Alone with My Thoughts

Posted on November 3, 2023 by RC

It is, of course, a sound and biblical truth that what comes out of our mouths reveals what is in our hearts. And, in turn, it is true that what is in our hearts is desperate wickedness. To be sure … Continue reading →

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Buckle Up

Posted on November 2, 2023 by RC

In little more than a year, unless things heat up more than even I can imagine, these United States will have an election. Every four years we’re told that this election is the one that really counts, that the future … Continue reading →

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Seeking Christ

Posted on October 31, 2023 by RC

Neil Postman, in his compelling book, Amusing Ourselves to Death, argues that we have moved as a culture from one wherein the printed word drives us, to one wherein the image drives us. With the advent of the printing press, … Continue reading →

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Let No Man Tear Asunder

Posted on October 27, 2023 by RC

My favorite theologian of all time was wont to argue that the defining task of the theologian is to make distinctions. That’s what we do. We bring clarity through precision, precision through distinction. The man who may well have been … Continue reading →

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Public People, Private Lives

Posted on October 26, 2023 by RC

There has been of late a rather embarrassing battle going on on social media between competing tribes of Bible believing Calvinists who come down on different sides of what God commands for civil governments. There are good men on both … Continue reading →

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The Lord of Darkness

Posted on October 24, 2023 by RC

I am the Lord, and there is no other; I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things” (Isaiah 6b-7). It was Millenium Bug season, and many of my … Continue reading →

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Blood in the Streets

Posted on October 20, 2023 by RC

How prone we are to miss the drama. The tyranny of the urgent, the plainness of our patterns, and our propensity to look inward rather than outward all push us to regard our callings, our surroundings, and our souls as … Continue reading →

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Hear O Israel, In the School of Christ

Posted on October 19, 2023 by RC

It is not hard to complain about the government’s schools. The government, at least during every election cycle, seems less than satisfied with its own product, ever promising us that it will improve. Atheists complain about prayers before football games. … Continue reading →

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