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The Spirit of Christmas Future

Posted on December 26, 2020 by RC

I must have been 10 years old when the anxiety hit me. I sat amidst the crumpled paper when it dawned on me, “It doesn’t get any better than this.” As I surveyed my gifts, however, I knew—the descent had … Continue reading →

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What If?

Posted on December 25, 2020 by RC

The Bible is faithful to tell us what has come to pass. It, in turn, rightly also tells us what will come to pass. Our faith can faithfully be summarized with these three affirmations, two historical, one future- Christ has … Continue reading →

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The Mis

Posted on December 23, 2020 by RC

Truth is I have neither read nor watched Les Miserables. I’m not much one for musicals and well, I have no other excuse. As I recall part of the story is about a man who is sentenced to five years … Continue reading →

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The Way in the Manger

Posted on December 18, 2020 by RC

It is increasingly fashionable, and has always been quite easy to debunk a number of Christmas season staples that are either less than certain or certainly not true. We don’t know, for instance, how many wise men there were, because … Continue reading →

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The Other Cheek, and the Other Foot

Posted on December 16, 2020 by RC

We are all quick to take offense, and all rather blind to the offenses we cause. That’s because we think we are the center of the universe, and all others orbit around us. Consider Roy Costner IV, a young hero … Continue reading →

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Sinner- n. One who sins.

Posted on December 12, 2020 by RC

I have noticed in recent years a great upsurge in objections to the objective truth to what we are. Anytime I speak of the believer as a sinner, let alone a miserable sinner, I can always count on someone to … Continue reading →

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Ex-vangelical Pharisees, or, Judging We Are Judged

Posted on December 11, 2020 by RC

There is, purportedly, a movement out there, a movement out of the church. A bevy of young, feckless and deformed men and women have weighed the evangelical church in the balance and found us wanting. They self-identify as ex-vangelicals. And … Continue reading →

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God in a Manger

Posted on December 9, 2020 by RC

There’s a reason that after we are introduced to someone that we most often ask, “What do you do?” The truth of the matter is that our identity is rightly tied up in our labors. What we do not only … Continue reading →

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The Ontological Yo-Yo: God Made Man

Posted on December 5, 2020 by RC

“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a … Continue reading →

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The Inerrancy of Nature

Posted on December 4, 2020 by RC

It is a good thing to believe in and defend the inerrancy of the Word of God. Better, it’s a necessary thing. The Bible is God’s Word and is without error in all that it teaches. My hero, and my … Continue reading →

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