Tag Archives: kingdom notes

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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Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them- Postmoderns, COVID and Miss Information

Posted on July 30, 2021 by RC

It is as deadly as it is swift and easy, the refutation of our most sacred national creed. That creed affirms, “There is no such thing as objective truth.” With these three words we refute it, slay it, and dust … Continue reading →

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Paradise Remembered

Posted on July 28, 2021 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. I understand that most were not blessed as … Continue reading →

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Sniffing Out the Truth

Posted on July 24, 2021 by RC

Opinions are like noses, they say, everyone has one. One very common nose is that this bit of received wisdom means that we can never really know the truth. Which, of course, is a truth claim, and so contradicts itself. … Continue reading →

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More Pious Than God; The Church and the Sexually Unrepentant

Posted on July 23, 2021 by RC

That accusation, “You’re more pious than God,” when rightly used isn’t an argument against piety, but against impiety. That is, when our scruples line up with the law of God we are not being anything other than faithful, as we … Continue reading →

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Three Bad Pro-Life Arguments

Posted on July 21, 2021 by RC

  There is a thin line between friendly fire and sound coaching. I’m grateful for everyone who recognizes the humanity of the unborn and longs to see them protected from all who would do them harm. That said, from time … Continue reading →

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Knowing the Enemy

Posted on July 17, 2021 by RC

There are, no matter what may be happening around the globe, at least three wars going on at the same time. There is, from the garden of Eden to the consummation of the Kingdom of God the battle between the … Continue reading →

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Missing the (Decimal) Point

Posted on July 16, 2021 by RC

It’s a crazy real estate market out there. Prices have shot through the roof faster than, well, faster than the last real estate bubble we had. My neighbor across the way had 31 live viewers the first day it was … Continue reading →

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Jesus Changes Almost Everything

Posted on July 14, 2021 by RC

I love Twitter. When I first heard about it I confess I was conflicted. The social commentator in me was appalled. My inner Neil Postman took the curmudgeon approach, bemoaning the dumbing down of our discourse to 140 characters. Has … Continue reading →

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A Matter of Life and Death

Posted on July 10, 2021 by RC

We live in strange times. It used to be said that the only two things we could be certain of were death and taxes. Taxes you can still be pretty sure of, but death has recently become rather more cloudy. … Continue reading →

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