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Strange Bedfellows: Understanding My Enemy’s Enemy

Posted on October 15, 2024 by RC

All is not actually fair in love and war. And the enemy of my enemy is likely not to be a trustworthy ally. Some years ago I had the occasion to speak to a group of pro-lifers on ministering outside … Continue reading →

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Owning, and Owned By the Pearl of Great Price

Posted on October 8, 2024 by RC

There may well be many of them, but perhaps not as many as you might think. Most of the knowledge I was blessed to receive from my Father became melded together with the rest of it. I was blessed to … Continue reading →

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Intro to Philippians, from 9.9.24, Paul’s Joy in Hardship

Posted on September 16, 2024 by RC
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Not Worthy to Be Compared- Here to Eternity

Posted on August 29, 2024 by RC

We all know we are called to walk by faith and not by sight (II Cor. 5:7). What we often don’t know is how terrible we are at it. We tend to think of it as the ability to believe … Continue reading →

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Better to Have Loved and Lost- Burying Duke

Posted on August 15, 2024 by RC

We buried Duke. We had not known him long. We didn’t have a great deal in common. His illness came on suddenly. Lisa and I had visited him, sought to comfort him, and prayed for him. When the sun rose … Continue reading →

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The Lord Giveth, and the Lord Taketh Away

Posted on June 7, 2024 by RC

Though He is the potter and we are but clay, this does not keep us from complaining about our station. When the God of heaven and earth, the One who made all things, asks if the clay will ask of … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Romans Study- Ch. 13, God & Government

Posted on May 1, 2024 by RC
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Room 101

Posted on April 19, 2024 by RC

There is a simple enough test to see if someone has actually read George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. All you have to do is utter the words “Room 101” and look to see if the person shudders. Those who have merely … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Evil

Posted on March 26, 2024 by RC

What if I told you that on September 12, 2001 terrorists in the United States killed 3000 people, and the story didn’t even make the news? What if I told you that on January 7th, 2021 terrorists killed 2500 people … Continue reading →

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Going Homesteady- Homesteaders vs. Preppers

Posted on March 18, 2024 by RC
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