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A Hermeneutic that takes 100s of passages that speak of believers' faithfulness & interprets it as "But u can't do it" is lazy, & functionally both Antinomian & Gnostic, spiritualizing texts meant to be practical
Faith-fueled Spirit-empowered obedience is really yours
☩ ℭ𝔥𝔢𝔱 ☩ retweeted
Their whole system is based on how to have assurance if obedience is out of the question.
☩ ℭ𝔥𝔢𝔱 ☩ retweeted
If Trump had spent his political capital on the Save Act (in line with election promises) and not a stupid war in the Middle East (which he promised not to do) then GOP would not be here.
That’s the big lesson. Here’s hoping they learn it.
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"After the War, [Baxter] was fixt at Kidderminster. There his Ministry by the Divine Influence, was of admirable Efficacy. The Harvest answer'd the Seed that was sowed. Before his coming, the Place was like a Piece of dry and barren Earth, only Ignorance and Profaneness as Natives of the Soil were rise among them; but by the Blessing of Heaven upon his Labour and Cultivating, the Face of Paradise appear'd there in all the Fruits of Righteousness. Many were translated from the state of polluted Nature, to the state of Grace; and many were advanc'd to higher degrees of Holiness. The bad were chang'd to good, and the good to better.
Conversion is the Excellent Work of Divine Grace: the Efficacy of the Means is from the Supreme Mover. But God usual∣y makes those Ministers successful in that Blessed Work, whose principal Design and Delight is to glorify him in the saving of Souls. This was the reigning Affection in his Heart; and he was extraordinarily qualified to obtain his End."
- William Bates, "A funeral-sermon for the reverend, holy and excellent divine, Mr. Richard Baxter who deceased Decemb. 8, 1691"
ALT Baxter's Pulpit at Kidderminster
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How can repentance be a consequent (as opposed to an antecedent or concomitant) condition of salvation if no one may expect forgiveness without it, and we are required to repent to escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin?
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Eli McGowan denies that he is guilty of “defaming” those to his right “with uncharitable, malicious language aimed at harming their reputation,” such as “racist, Nazi, white nationalist, etc.”
Eli has insisted that I “substantiate” my claim that “I’m talking about you.”
My language for defamation echoes the Westminster Larger Catechism’s teaching that defamation includes the lack of “a charitable esteem of” others (WLC 144) and can even use truth “maliciously to a wrong end” or “pervert it to a wrong meaning” (WLC 145).
The following examples will show that Eli has regularly and maliciously sought to harm my reputation and the reputation of others by making false statements or uncharitably perverting the truth. He is a “gossip and busybody,” which is conduct the apostle warns against (1 Tim. 5:13; 2 Thess. 3:11). Eli has not acted in good faith, nor has he sought to make amends for the wrong done.
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Well, it looks like my Schmitt article is out in rotation again almost three years later. Carl is the gift that keeps on giving. I suppose that it might be time to set the record straight. Read below.
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They tore down Robert E. Lee and told you speaking up made you a Nazi.
Then came Washington. Grant. Teddy Roosevelt. What, you support enslavers and racists?
Now they erect pagan gods while telling you America is merely an “idea.”
Your monuments fall, your history is rewritten, your culture is mocked…and you’re still expected to say nothing.
Stay quiet, you racist.
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High IQ Christianity
The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox mind cannot comprehend Reformed simplicity. Just like Hindus.
Because Protestant countries are literate; not having to rely on images and iconography all the time.
It's what God established for worship.
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Has there ever been an age in which keeping the Christian Sabbath has been more intensely needed, yet so studiously ignored?
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I find the Critical Text's reading of Romans 3:22 unconvincing. It seems pretty clear that the shorter reading is the result of skipping a clause that begins with the same word as the following clause.
Byz: δικαιοσυνη δε θεου δια πιστεως ιησου χριστου εις παντας και επι παντας τους πιστευοντας ου γαρ εστιν διαστολη (even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; - NKJV)
CT: δικαιοσύνη δὲ θεοῦ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ εἰς πάντας τοὺς πιστεύοντας· οὐ γάρ ἐστιν διαστολή. (the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: - ESV)
The Byzantine reading also seems to jive better with verse 22b + 23- "For there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," - as it is Byz 22 introduces the category of all, that is all humanity, and all who believe. So Paul would be saying that believer and unbeliever alike have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
The CT v. 22 is a bit awkward when paired with v. 23 since the only "all" category Paul has introduced in the immediate context is the "all who believe," which would then seem to lend to the interpretation that the "all" who sinned in v. 23 is the "all who believe." But this would be extremely odd given that Paul's whole argument in ch. 3 to this point has been the sin of Jew and Gentile alike.
Theologically speaking, the Byz reading is quite nice as it is saying that God's economy of salvation by which he saves men through faith in Christ is unto all mankind by way of offer and availability, but its effect is actually on all believing humanity. A nice text to pair with Larger Catechism Q. 31.
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Will be interesting to see if this gets an exception to the rule (and therefore gets some apology or at least feigned acknowledgement). The “rule,” for anyone still wondering at this late hour is that Christians on the right are, well, not genuine Christians. More than that, the overall cultural ethos is that those on the right are not to be regarded as human. The church that has chosen to be apolitical for so long has been largely naive to this, and so wastes great amounts of time and resources calling everyone to fair play. Trouble is, the spirit of the age is so named for a reason. It is deeply spiritual, personal, and religious. Irony of ironies—for the pietists who are always warning us of anti-gospels and idols of power—but so it is. And so no genuine fair play will be forthcoming.
