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Sober Minded

Posted on January 20, 2021 by RC

All of us, I presume, from time to time change our minds. We know that we err, and we know that we grow in grace. At least part of that growth happens when we no longer believe the errors we … Continue reading →

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Grace Abounding

Posted on January 16, 2021 by RC

Grace is a virtue that is not only far more powerful than nice, but, not coincidently, is far more difficult to cultivate. All it takes to adopt a nice attitude toward others is to simply not care. Nice, in fact, … Continue reading →

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Scarlet Letters

Posted on January 15, 2021 by RC

Nine times out of ten an accusation of hypocrisy becomes exposure of hypocrisy. The left believed they had caught the right in hypocrisy when it sought to brush off President Trump’s sexual sins, having insisted that when it was President … Continue reading →

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Living in Our Fears

Posted on January 13, 2021 by RC

It is our fears that reveal to us our treasures, and the shape of the idols of our hearts. And the devil likes nothing more than to prey upon those fears, even through the medium of our purported friends. I … Continue reading →

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Now Play Nice

Posted on January 9, 2021 by RC

It is bad enough that we are such suckers for the bait and switch. The devil has been playing this gag on us for millennia. We should have learned by now. When the angel comes along and says, “You know, … Continue reading →

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Amen, A-Woman, A-nonbinary

Posted on January 8, 2021 by RC

Nothing like a riot to take the nation’s mind off your own public goof. Just days ago we were all laughing over a man and his “a-woman.” He now claims he was only joking (Proverbs 26:19). But it’s not funny. … Continue reading →

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On Human Cruelty and Selective Application

Posted on January 6, 2021 by RC

While we were distracted by COVID and the election, most of us missed the story from Mozambique, where Islamic terrorists in November beheaded over fifty people. Perhaps such is deemed un-newsworthy since we are well aware that Muslims in the … Continue reading →

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Fighting From Freedom

Posted on January 2, 2021 by RC

I have, on more than one occasion, taught a class on dystopian novels. We’ve read Brave New World, 1984, That Hideous Strength and more. I always ask my class “Why do these men, the rulers over these hideous cultures, do … Continue reading →

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Coming Up Repentance

Posted on January 1, 2021 by RC

Forgiveness of sins does not, of itself, erase the need, in some contexts, for real, painful, and fitting consequences. If a man robs a bank and then throws himself on the mercy of God in Christ his sin will most … Continue reading →

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The Sins of Silence

Posted on December 30, 2020 by RC

Time was when those eager to not be thought fools thought it wise to stay silent. Speaking could change how you are perceived, or it could just confirm a negative opinion already held. This wisdom, whose source is in dispute, … Continue reading →

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