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Worshipping Your Own Personal “Higher” “Power”

Posted on December 16, 2025 by RC

It is not a difficult thing to discern the nature of someone else’s god. Some people carry their religion on their sleeve, advertising their spiritual commitments on bumper stickers or t-shirts. You can tell the Amish by their clothing, even … Continue reading →

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What does Semper Reformanda, always reforming mean?

Posted on December 15, 2025 by RC

The Reformation was rife with slogans, pithy shorthand flags planted in the ground expressing Reformation distinctives. It argued, of course, that those distinctives were in fact not new, but a recovery of what had been lost over the course of … Continue reading →

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Growing Pains: Annihilating God’s Character

Posted on December 9, 2025 by RC

Our little corner of the interwebs is up in arms over actor Kirk Camerson’s recent admission that he is finding the doctrine of annihilation to be preferable to the doctrine of eternal conscious torment for those who die outside of … Continue reading →

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Missing the (Decimal) Point

Posted on December 2, 2025 by RC

It’s a volatile real estate market out there. Prices have, in the past few years, shot through the roof faster than, well, faster than the last real estate bubble we had. And they have also come crashing down, when the … Continue reading →

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Talkin’ ‘Bout My G-g-g-generation: Who Are We?

Posted on November 21, 2025 by RC

I pursued a graduate degree at Ole Miss and taught two classes of Freshman English each semester. The two intersected when I took a graduate class on teaching the freshman class. The popular pop guru gave fresh nuggets of his … Continue reading →

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What is the devil’s game? Lord of the Lies

Posted on November 17, 2025 by RC

We move too fast over God’s Word. I fear we skim lightly over the very voice of God, and so miss its thundering, reverberating tones. We are too hurried to allow the tension to build, the drama to heighten to … Continue reading →

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Rebels Without a Cause: In Submission to the King

Posted on November 13, 2025 by RC

It was Marx who argued that, rather than man shaping economic realities, it was the economic realities that shape man. Despite his manifold and manifest follies, he had something of a point here. Wouldn’t hard times give rise to strong … Continue reading →

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Be Careful Little Children What You Hear: Listen Now

Posted on November 4, 2025 by RC

There is a steep penalty to pay for our steeply declining level of discourse. As a culture we have grown radically more emotive and radically less thoughtful. We communicate in 280 characters, through memes, with the broad brushed strokes of … Continue reading →

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Here We Stand; We Can Do No Other, God Help Us

Posted on October 30, 2025 by RC

The difference between a right perspective and a wrong one is rarely a matter of data. It can happen that way. I may think I need a snowblower because I believe Fort Wayne averages 212 inches of snow annually. It … Continue reading →

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The Science of Laughter and the Laughter of Science

Posted on October 28, 2025 by RC

I know they do this. In a world where a new crop of dissertations is needed every year and research grants can make or break a university I’m sure there have been extensive scientific studies into laughter. Without so much … Continue reading →

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