Tag Archives: kingdom notes

Covid, Judgment and Grace

Posted on July 25, 2020 by RC

There is a great divide between the city of God and the city of man. The competing armies of the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, however, have this much in common- we’re all bad. The … Continue reading →

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Walking Toward Perfection

Posted on July 24, 2020 by RC

I have suggested in the past that we ought, when tempted toward pride in our own spiritual maturity, take an honest look at how far we have to go, at the great gap between where we are and where we … Continue reading →

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Dissing Our Mother

Posted on July 22, 2020 by RC

It wasn’t the first time a wife upstaged her husband, and the results were nearly as disastrous. In Eden Eve took the lead, conversed with the devil, bit the fruit, and then served it to her husband. By the time … Continue reading →

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Before the Foundation of the World- Unconditional Election

Posted on July 18, 2020 by RC

Once there was God, and nothing else. This stretches the mind. It is doubly difficult because we first try to imagine vast expanses of nothing, a sort of infinite sea of black. But there is no expanse, and there is … Continue reading →

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Loving His Enemies

Posted on July 17, 2020 by RC

They are coming for us. We have reached a cultural tipping point wherein many of the convictions of Christians, things once universally held, that right and wrong are real and we are all often wrong, that men are men and … Continue reading →

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A Fool for a Client

Posted on July 15, 2020 by RC

How easily our familiarity with the Bible sets a trap for us. Our eyes run across the page and we realize we’re about to read about the Good Samaritan. We know that story. We race at best to get to … Continue reading →

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Come Together

Posted on July 11, 2020 by RC

Our view of the Lord’s Table is stunted, anemic. Too often we see this sacrament as merely quiet time with a snack. We reflect on our sins, which we ought to do. We reflect on what Christ has accomplished for … Continue reading →

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Imagine No Generations

Posted on July 9, 2020 by RC

There’s a new division in town, and we’re talking about my g-g-generation. With the rise of sociology, demographics, and marketing we find the world is finding new ways to divide us, sift us, and put us where we belong. Which … Continue reading →

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Dependence Day

Posted on July 6, 2020 by RC

It was just four years ago today as I write that I first put in a call to my beloved wife. Up until that point every bit of communication I made with her was online, typed out, safe and at … Continue reading →

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Sniffing Out the Truth

Posted on July 4, 2020 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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