Tag Archives: lies

Jesus Changes Everything, part deux.

Posted on July 23, 2019 by RC

And on the second day there was a second podcast. Have a listen to my interview with former career criminal, police informant and servant of Jesus, Paul Derry, and more on Jesus Changes Everything.

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Pleasures At Your Right Hand

Posted on July 22, 2019 by RC

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the source of that ode to frustration, “Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink.” Salt water is the cruelest trick, looking, sounding, even feeling like that which satisfies, when in … Continue reading →

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Believing God

Posted on July 20, 2019 by RC

We live in an age of spin, propaganda. We no longer weigh careful arguments and reach our conclusions judiciously. Instead we inhabit what one cultural critic called a “sensate culture.” We do not think; we feel. We do not decide; … Continue reading →

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Slacker Nation

Posted on July 19, 2019 by RC

It is a long standing standard of my top ten reads list, that potent tiny tome, The Abolition of Man by the incomparable C.S. Lewis. Here Lewis enters into a critique of postmodernism that is prescient, gracious, and devastating. Of … Continue reading →

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Fear and Loathing in Eden

Posted on July 17, 2019 by RC

Paranoia, long before it became a psychological term, served as a fitting antonym for not just trust, peace, but love. We know this in part because the Apostle Paul, under the inspiration of the Spirit tells us in I Corinthians … Continue reading →

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The Devil’s Arsenal- Standing

Posted on July 2, 2019 by RC

While envy may be the green-eyed monster, pride is a chameleon. It comes in a wide swath of colors, myriad sizes and innumerable shapes. It is also, one could argue, the true mother of all sins. Pride was Lucifer’s downfall, … Continue reading →

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Talkin’ ‘Bout My G-G-Generation

Posted on June 29, 2019 by RC

I enjoyed my two year sojourn as a gadfly of the academy. I was a graduate student at Ole Miss, taking classes toward a Masters degree, and better still teaching two classes of Freshman English each semester. The two intersected … Continue reading →

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The Silence of This Lamb

Posted on May 30, 2019 by RC

  It’s been said that the rise of every empire in human history was preceded by some great technological leap forward. I’d suggest the same truth applies to ideological empires. For all his brilliance, and his even greater courage, Martin … Continue reading →

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A Verdict that Demands Evidence

Posted on April 29, 2019 by R.C. Sproul Jr.

It’s a bad thing to tell a lie. Generally speaking we oughtn’t do it. Truth be told, however, I suspect we lie less often than one might think, and do more damage with the non-lies that we tell. For me … Continue reading →

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