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Principalities and Powers

Posted on October 27, 2022 by RC

There are certain things you can always be sure of this time of year. You can count on pumpkin spice flavored pumpkin spice, the airing of It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, and Christians debating the legitimacy of “celebrating” Halloween. … Continue reading →

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A Higher Power

Posted on October 25, 2022 by RC

It is not a difficult thing to discern the nature of someone else’s god. Some people carry their religion on their sleeve, advertising their spiritual commitments on bumper stickers or t-shirts. You can tell the Amish by their clothing, even … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Treasure

Posted on October 21, 2022 by RC

C.S. Lewis, in his essay “On the Reading of Old Books,” which is found in the collection of essays, God in the Dock, argues that we are all by nature time bound. This frailty will, of necessity, give us a … Continue reading →

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Legends of Fall

Posted on October 20, 2022 by RC

Though I am far from an expert on such things it’s my belief déjà vu is deeply related to our sense of smell. Smells are, at least in their subtlety, things we often pass over, ignore, set aside. What if, … Continue reading →

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Getting Better All the Time?

Posted on October 18, 2022 by RC

History is littered with the inhuman. That is, when we seek to take an honest look at those who have gone before us, we find what we manage to think is something different from us. We look at Nazi Germany … Continue reading →

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The Two Shall Become One

Posted on October 14, 2022 by RC

Six years ago today Lisa became my bride, and I her husband. For all the cultural confusion about marriage, for all the dishonor we give the institution, treating it as a revolving door, the reality is the reality. Before the … Continue reading →

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Contending with Fools

Posted on October 12, 2022 by RC

We live in an age of spin and propaganda. We no longer weigh careful arguments and reach our conclusions judiciously. Instead, we inhabit what one cultural critic called a “sensate culture.” We do not think, we feel. We do not … Continue reading →

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Be Still

Posted on October 11, 2022 by RC

The children of God are rather different from the children of men. We have been reborn by a sovereign God. They have not. We have been redeemed by a sovereign God. They have not. We are being remade by a … Continue reading →

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What Bible translations do you recommend?

Posted on October 10, 2022 by RC

It is a good thing that so many Christians love the Bible. It may not be such a good thing that Christians love their Bibles. That is, debating the relative merits of this translation over that can get rather emotional, … Continue reading →

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Voting for Death

Posted on October 7, 2022 by RC

It’s a common enough fallacy, tu quoque. It means simply, “You too.” If we are talking about something I’ve done wrong and I point out that you have done the same such has zero bearing on the wrongness of what … Continue reading →

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