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“The church need not be morbid. It does, however, need to be honest. Death is not an occasional pastoral problem. It is a fact of ordinary ministry. Every pastor who remains in the ministry long enough will stand beside hospital beds, counsel grieving spouses, pray with frightened saints, visit the weak, bury the dead, and speak to families trying to make sense of loss. He will also preach week after week to dying people, even though they may not yet feel it.” –@ehenes
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Everett A Henes retweeted
Praying, Preaching, And Pastoring At The Edge Of Death: The Forgotten Christian Art Of Dying Well (Part 4) | The Heidelblog
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Rutherford: Christ Did Not Die To Enable You To Do Your Part | The Heidelblog
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Everett A Henes retweeted
“Most Christians know they should prepare for death. The difficulty is that we often think of that preparation too narrowly and too late.” –@ehenes
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Here’s Our 2nd Most Popular Post For The Week Of September 28–October 4, 2026: @ehenes, Learning to Die from Augustine: The Forgotten Christian Art of Dying Well (Part 1) | The Heidelblog
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Barthian patriarchs who hold to strict RPW in the PCUSA.
This is my favorite timeline for spectating.
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ICYMI: “Death is a difficult topic for modern Christians. We know that we will die. We confess it in our theology, see it in our families, and hear it announced in prayer meetings, hospital rooms, and funeral homes. Yet for all that, many of us are remarkably unprepared for it.” –@ehenes
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ICYMI: Learning To Die From Augustine: The Forgotten Christian Art Of Dying Well (Part 1) | The Heidelblog
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Everett A Henes retweeted
Sinclair Ferguson warns ministers against an "oppositional tone" in preaching, where the pastor preaches in an "attack mode" and is "coming down upon the people instead of bringing them up to the Lord Jesus Christ."
He says there is a way in which men can even preach the great indicative truths of the Scriptures in an imperative tone because of the preacher's affections.
Sinclair includes this great line that the people need to hear that "the only interest Jesus has in their sin is to get rid of it."
Really convicting stuff here for preachers.
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Learning To Die From Augustine: The Forgotten Christian Art Of Dying Well (Part 1) | The Heidelblog
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I’m happy to engage if you insist. But so far everything you’ve brought up has always been out of historical context.
Here’s the clue: they are defending a true church against schism. They’re not defending an apostate church against proper separation.
You need to prove the PCUSA is, today, a true church. That they have not—in their courts—rejected the Word of God and the Gospel.
Tolerating people who are less liberal isn’t proof. They tolerate people who will go along to get along. Start bringing charges and see how they react. Start attempting to actually reclaim the denomination for sound doctrine and faithfulness to Scripture and see what happens.
John Ball (1585-1640), the “Presbyterians Champion,” refutes the separatism of @ehenes and @GeorgeSayour in his work, “A Friendly Trial…”
The Bee gets it.
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This is why it’s key to remember the distinction between what Calvin is arguing against—a corrupt but still true church—and theological liberalism. “Theological liberalism is where they stopped being Christian.”
Comparing the PCUSA to corrupt churches in Calvin’s day is the wrong connection. Compare it to the gospel-denying Romanism of Calvin’s day.
Calvin, on attending a corrupt Church (from the fourth of his “Four Sermons” against the Nicodemites)
“If, in those places where the gospel is preached, the kind of ministry existed which could really edify us, and if we were sure of finding none but angels there who could lead us to paradise, there would be no stopping us. But once we get there we are bound to hear of much that will offend us, and will witness more than enough scandals. There will be plenty of rascals who dishonour the gospel by their dissolute lives. Ostentation, extravagance, drunkenness and suchlike will be all too frequent. Many will be found who so despise God that there will be more ungodliness than among the papists. There will be the same abuses and illegalities as exist elsewhere. Even among the preachers there will be much to blame: some will be apathetic, or else they will be so keen to serve their own interests as to scarcely care about their duties. Worse still, there will be scoffers intent on living it up, and on befriending the worst of men so as to be free to do as they like.’ Just supposing the situation were TEN TIMES WORSE than this, these are paltry excuses… consider David’s example. In Saul’s day, tell me, was justice dispensed with all the probity one might wish? On the contrary, we read of David’s frequent protests against the wickedness, dishonesty, cruelty and arrogance both of the king and his officers. Did the priests and Levites live such holy lives that he had reason to be satisfied? No, we gather rather that very many of them did evil, and encouraged iniquity with their smooth talk. Among ordinary folk there was a great deal of hypocrisy and much blatant wrongdoing. There, then, is God’s church, full of much corruption! Nevertheless David is not averse to entering it, and his desire to do so is in no way cooled. This, I confess, is a terrible trial to endure, for the more zealous someone is for God’s honour, the more reason he has to be saddened and annoyed that God should be so disgraced by those who defile his church.”
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Here’s Our Most Popular Post For The Week Of September 14–20, 2026: @ehenes, Grieving Together: A Husband’s Call After Miscarriage | The Heidelblog
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Ohhh Booyyy! Had on @ehenes to discuss @ReallyOldLife , @redeemed_zoomer and @pftk_org ... but most DG! Enjoy a taste!
