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Jesus and the Pharisees

Posted on June 13, 2023 by RC

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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Who Is My Brother?

Posted on June 9, 2023 by RC

Conservative Christians seeking a way to encapsulate our most fundamental political commitments came up with “family values.” We vote “family values.” We support “family values” candidates. Even the left has noticed, countering our language with this bit of bumper-sticker wisdom: … Continue reading →

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Our Father

Posted on June 8, 2023 by RC

As a father and a grandfather I am, from time to time, faced with challenges. Children and grandchildren have inherited from me a condition that leads to those challenges- sin. For the myriad ways they are and can be blessings … Continue reading →

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What Angry Greta Teaches Us

Posted on June 6, 2023 by RC

I will never forget my first published piece. It was a letter to the editor of the Ligonier Echo, the weekly newspaper of the small town wherein I grew up. I was all of 10 years old at the time, … Continue reading →

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The Rest of the Story

Posted on June 2, 2023 by RC

Obedience is a rather narrow road. Disobedience, on the other hand, has a great, sweeping plain of options. Because we are like the Pharisees, we find it easy to convert the law of God into sundry sins of omission. We’re … Continue reading →

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Dueling Verses

Posted on June 1, 2023 by RC

The Bible is God’s Word. God’s Word tells us that God is one, “Hear O Israel, the Lord thy God, the Lord is one” (Deut. 6:4). Since God is one, of a piece, not divided against Himself, then we know … Continue reading →

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The Silence of the Lambs

Posted on May 30, 2023 by RC

The world, Paul tells us, knows what’s coming. He not only highlights the universal guilt of all men, but ironically defines that guilt as the denial of what we know. We know that there is a God, and that we … Continue reading →

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The Children’s Crusade

Posted on May 26, 2023 by RC

The Devil delights in false dichotomies. When he persuades us that our choices are between this foolishness and that weakness — heads, he wins; tails, the kingdom loses. When we are lukewarm in our commitment, when we think the kingdom … Continue reading →

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Praising Her in the Gates

Posted on May 25, 2023 by RC

It is a sure sign of the tendency of men to be relational dolts that we don’t even see how destructive our doltiness is. Some time ago one of our sons was having a hard time. That hard time expressed … Continue reading →

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The Victory Parade We Don’t Deserve

Posted on May 19, 2023 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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