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Diffusing Deconversions

Posted on March 6, 2020 by RC

There’s a new genre in town. We still have love stories, science fiction stories, crime stories. We also still have conversion stories, testimonies about God’s grace in our lives. What is new is the yang to that yin, testimonies of … Continue reading →

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We’re Only Human

Posted on March 4, 2020 by RC

Some time ago I binge watched HBO’s ten part mini-series, Band of Brothers. It was most excellent and I commend it to you. Based on Stephen Ambrose’s book of the same name, the account, based on real persons and events, … Continue reading →

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Lord, Teach Us to Pray

Posted on February 29, 2020 by RC

We’ve all heard the accusation. If God has already determined the future, what is the point of praying? This comes from our evangelical brothers, who, recognizing us as members of that species reformandicus bibliotechus, are looking askance at our pointy … Continue reading →

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Who’s Your Daddy?

Posted on February 27, 2020 by RC

The world, too often with help from the Christian church, is intent on removing from the world all of its wonder. We may see the universe as a plenty amazing machine. But even the most amazing machine is cold to … Continue reading →

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As Luck Would Have It

Posted on February 24, 2020 by RC

Though we often lose sight of this hard reality, our ideas are more tightly bound together than we might think. While we may indeed have an overstock of internal contradictions in the way we look at the world, we in … Continue reading →

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Digging Deep

Posted on February 21, 2020 by RC

It’s eye-catching when reality catches up with folks. See a man caught up in his road rage, waving one angry finger at the slow poke in the passing lane. When his truck flops and flails into the median we all … Continue reading →

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We Do What We Are

Posted on February 19, 2020 by RC

In my Introduction to Philosophy class I had my students read through a portion of Clarence Darrow’s closing argument in the trial of Leopold and Loeb. These two young men murdered a teenage boy simply because they embraced the ethics … Continue reading →

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The Man Comes Around

Posted on February 15, 2020 by RC

Confidence in the victory of Jesus, knowing He is bringing all things under subjection, knowing that His kingdom, that rock uncut by human hands is covering all the earth is our very hope. There is no line that separates His … Continue reading →

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Lovers (of the World) Gonna Hate

Posted on February 13, 2020 by RC

Some years back I participated on a Christian college campus in an intriguing discussion. I had been invited, due to my public labors on behalf of the unborn, to join a panel asking something along these lines, “Why is the … Continue reading →

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Scary Witches

Posted on February 12, 2020 by RC

Witches are real, and witches are evil. To be sure, while warts, brooms and cauldrons are also real the caricature that brings them all together is rather far from the truth. God, in His infinite wisdom, told His people Israel … Continue reading →

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