Saved by grace | husband to 1, dad to 5 | MDiv student
@IRBS_1689
| 2 Tim. 2:15 | theology nerd |
@Rangers
| Particularly Baptist | Views/opinions are my own
The enneagram is occultic and demonic.
Christians have ZERO business fooling around with it and syncretistically fusing it with Christianity.
#enneagram
Some: "Spurgeon was a great preacher! We love Spurgeon!"
The same people: "Calvinism is a disease in the church! Say no to Calvinism!"
Spurgeon: ≈ "Calvinism is just the nickname we give to sound biblical doctrine."
It makes me sad when I hear other Christians respond to the news that we are expecting our fifth child in January by a comment like "Don't you have cable subscription?" or "You need to get a hobby!".
We are "pro-life", except when you exceed the acceptable amount of kids.
🤦🏽♂️😒
Don't reject Calvinism because you hear Leighton Flowers describe it and condemn it.
When it comes to Calvinism, he has no idea what he's talking about. Do your own due diligence and understand the issues at play regarding Calvinism before you "reject it."
@Soteriology101
Even Steven Furtick espouses SOME sound doctrine. Not everything he says is heretical.
And, yet, he's still a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Does that mean I read his work and spit out the bones. NO.
Wolves teach heresy intentionally.
Mark and avoid.
Sproul, MacArthur, Piper, etc. introduced me to solid old dead guys. (9-10yrs ago)
Now the solid old dead guys are basically all I read.
I never read Sproul, MacArthur, or Piper any more.
I no longer am satisfied with getting stuff second-hand. 😂
Just scrolling through
@Soteriology101
's Twitter account makes me feel sorry that their "ministry" is entirely dependent upon Calvinism merely existing.
"We hate Calvinism" isn't a good ministry model.
Weak.
@DustyDeevers
Jesus isn’t reigning Dusty. Someday he will for 1,000 years. Until then, Satan is the prince of this world! Revelation is clear on this! Our world must get exceedingly evil leading up to the Rapture.
The 21st century church needs to unhitch the word "worship" from the term "music".
Music is a means (one of many) by which Christians can worship God.
True worship has God as its object, is driven by a response to his revelation, and isn't confined merely to music.
It's amazing to me that anyone would actually buy tickets and attend this conference.
It is apparent that the church needs more Law/Gospel, Reformed Two-Kingdoms preaching, not less.
This stuff 👇🏼 is just flat-out unbiblical.
I'm a student of Dr. Strachan at GBTS and I greatly appreciate him. Also, I don't personally hold to EFS/ERAS.
However, this stuff has got to stop. Flagrant mockery is not the godly way for men to express disagreement.
Daniel, this is not the way brother.
Baptist Theology 101:
-Only those who are regenerate are members of the New Covenant.
-There is no such thing as a covenant child in the New Covenant.
#credo
#baptist
Friends, please pray for me.
I am engaging a friend and previous classmate and conversations about the doctrine of God. He has been influenced lately to deny the Trinity and to embrace Unitarianism. By all accounts, he seems to be a born again believer.
I have come to reject "Lordship Salvation" not because I don't believe the Christ is both Lord and Savior, but rather because it's a confusing paradigm that tends toward mixing categories and blurring lines.
I'll take the WCF/WLC/Heidleberg/2LBCF definitions of saving faith.
1. JMac introduced me to the absolute sovereignty of God and calvinism
2. Sproul introduced me to Covenant/Reformed theology
3. Packer, Piper, and Bridges taught me how to desire God
4. Baucham & Riddlebarger introduced me reformed amillenialism (then found Beale)
I'm 31.
I have a goal set for myself:
By the time I'm 40, I'd like to be proficient enough in the biblical languages that I could preach sermon from them in the pulpit without an English translation present.
Is the book of Jonah historical? I lean toward “yes,” but the main question is: did the author intend it to be read this way, & what’s literary evidence for this? If the author intended it to be read as a parable, that would be fine. Lots of inspired parables in the Bible.
I would say public school kids are unnaturally socialized as they are grouped by age/grade. Literally no other sphere of life does that. It is a false socialization.
Theonomy is simply a biblically unsubstantiated position to hold under New Covenant Christianity.
The concept of theonomic reconstruction is foreign to the New Testament and promotes an erroneous understanding of both the the law and the Gospel.
We have no business "inviting" God presence to join us in our worship services.
He already presently indwells each of His children through the person of the Holy Spirit.
How arrogant and misguided of us.
I have been a Southern Baptist for 30 years [since birth lol], served on staff at three, and just recently only ever discovered (or even heard of) the 1689 LBCF and Keach's Catechism...‼️‼️Why have I been deprived of great theology?!?! 🤔
@CBTSeminary
@IRBS_1689
@gbtseminary
Two friends of mine from my undergraduate program (2012-2016) have apostasized.
One is now essentially affirming Unitarianism.
The other is being currently trained as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church.
This greatly saddens me.
I've come to see that "Reformed" as a label historically has real meaning and definition:
It involves AT LEAST these criteria:
-Calvinistic
-Confessional
-Covenantal
-Creedal
I've grown much in my understanding over the years and eagerly continue to grow.
Proper, sound exegesis of the OT cannot be accomplished by using the "literal-grammatical-historical hermeneutic alone" approach. Theological, typological, and redemptive-historical interpretation are also necessary.
It's weird to me how some want to claim the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith as their preferred confession, and yet they reject the covenant theology that undergirds the entire confession.
This is truly bizzare.
@Steadfast_Women
Wilkin: "I would never tell anyone to put their kids in public school..."
Also Wilkin: "But, basically I'm telling you put your kids in public school because that's the Christian thing to do for the good of the community."
In God's providential timing, I first obtained and read this in 2020.
Subsequently, I've read through large portions of it over and over again. It is one of my most frequented books. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
The haterade being dumped on
@HwsEleutheroi
and his ministry in attempts to belittle and discredit is astounding.
Disrespectful, dishonorable, and shameful.
@AominOrg
@RichPierce14
While the theobros are at play and shooting each other with their nerf guns,
@HwsEleutheroi
is actively defending the Trinity against Unitarian heresy in real time.
Real heresy. Real threat. Not a contrived threat. Not argument over tertiary issues.
Let the reader understand.
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine within your house, your children like olive plants around your table. Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.
— Psalm 128:3–4
Our church elders had a nice dinner this evening with Dr. White. We look forward to his presentation tomorrow evening at our church. Thankful for him and
@AominOrg
!
@gbtseminary
@RevJacquiLewis
Isaiah says different:
But the Lord was pleased
To crush Him, putting Him to grief;
If He would render Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
— Isaiah 53:10
Hot take this morning, choosing violence: 🙃
The pre-trib rapture of the church is indefensible, biblically speaking. It's been refuted many times over.
And what I find interesting & ironic is that many of its proponents hold to inerrancy and a high view of Scripture. 🤔🧐
I am so incredibly thankful for
@DrOakley1689
& the Dividing Line. The impact it has had on me has been unquantifiable in helping me form a more complete, biblical worldview.
🧵Dear Baptists, the Reformed Churches confess infant baptism. They do so because their covenant theology leads (one cov of grace, multiple administrations) them to it. You deny it, bec your covenant theology leads you to your conclusion. We have different covenant theologies.
Fire away with the arrows, but I'll say it just once:
This argument is the fruit of biblicism. Biblicism is dangerous (to be fair, I did not listen to the whole sermon, just the clip). He says there's no biblical
proof of the active obedience of Christ. 👀
This past Sunday night, I addressed the resurgence in the Reformed and Reformed-adjacent world of the doctrine of the “imputation of the active obedience of Christ,” and the aggressive push some are making to have the embrace of this doctrine serve as a supposed litmus test of
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GEN Z 🔥
I believe the prophetic word the Lord gave Mike Bickle is coming to pass before our very eyes…
“I will change the understanding and expression of Christianity in the earth in one generation.”
A new generation wants to burn before the Lord in love.