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Muzzled Oxen

Posted on August 27, 2021 by RC

Trolls, I am convinced, know they are trolls. They make no pretense of making any sense. They are self-consciously jerking us around which makes them more nasty than ignorant. There are, however, some whose hostility is genuine but so powerful … Continue reading →

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Reckless Fervor

Posted on August 21, 2021 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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I Kissed Kindness Goodbye, or, Shaming an Ex-vangelist

Posted on August 20, 2021 by RC

There are two kinds of people in the world- those who know there are one kind of people in the world and those who are mistaken. People are people, which is enough to encourage us to treat others with dignity … Continue reading →

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At Such a Cost

Posted on August 18, 2021 by RC

Men were made 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 One Point Sermon

Posted on August 14, 2021 by RC

Our calling is to preach the whole counsel of God, and to do that, we have to preach the whole counsel of God. But there is still more to it. Systematic theology reminds us that the Bible is one book. … Continue reading →

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Two Cheers for Doubt

Posted on August 13, 2021 by RC

Do we not tend to see doubt as something negative? Something to avoid or overcome? Doubt is what we writers and editors, when we hang out together and tell stories about the rest of you, call a “transitive” verb. These … Continue reading →

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Back Up

Posted on August 11, 2021 by RC

It is because we are saved by grace that we sinners are able to confess publicly that we are sinners. It is because we are sinners, however, that we are so quick to get defensive anytime someone accuses us of … Continue reading →

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Taking Our Hobby Horses into Town

Posted on August 7, 2021 by RC

Have you ever wondered, perhaps when reading through John Calvin’s Institutes or the Westminster Confession of Faith, why God gave us His Word in such a confusing and disjointed way? I mean, shouldn’t the book of Genesis be about the … Continue reading →

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Child Abuse in the Godhead?

Posted on August 6, 2021 by RC

One of the great dangers that comes of stripping words of their meaning is the constant need to up their intensity to try to get the work done. That is, if we embrace the idea that words have no meaning, … Continue reading →

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Preaching Power

Posted on July 31, 2021 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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