@_matthewpearson Here’s the historical underlying cause for “Reformed” Baptist shame:.“My baptism, my choice!” —> “My salvation, my choice!” —> “My body, my choice!” —> “My gender, my choice!”. The Failure of the American Baptist Culture: Christianity and Civilization.

Yes, but not in the identical sense that these tongues were given in the apostolic period. The Spirit gives the Church "analogical tongues," which the Church has been using for nearly 2,000 years now to get the gospel out to new tribes and nations, like the English tongue.

This PCA study committee is going to be more like a PCA "buddy committee" than anything else. The PCA has been known to harbor a "good ol' boy" mentality when it comes to investigating these kinds of issues.

God can eternally decree evil/deception without becoming an evil deceiver, just like He can eternally decree the existence of rocks without becoming a rock. This is one of the main points behind creation out of nothing, and why the Church has universally confessed it.

CN study committee, or a PCA “good buddy” committee? I think we all know how this is gonna turn out. PSA: “The PCA has concluded that CN is not only bad for this nation, but it’s also bad for the Church, and it’s also bad fo yo health. Is there a diet version of CN somewhere?”.

“Only God can do it! Only He can save! Only He can deliver! Only He can set free!”. This must’ve been last week’s service at the Reformed Presbyterian Covenant Church here in town.😂.

And if you think the human cell is intricately designed, imagine thinking that atheism itself is just the byproduct of mindless/pointless nature. Oh wait, atheists never think their atheisms are the result of mindless/pointless nature. I forgot. My bad.🤣.

I'm no Charismatic, but I'm postmill, and I fully endorse this sentiment, even if the theology is a bit wack. Postmillers should want God to continue pouring out His Spirit all over the earth, LIKE He did at Pentecost. Sure, it's not going to be an IDENTICAL Pentecost, but still.

This is why the WCF says that we are to believe all things either directly/explicitly taught in the Scriptures, or that are "deduced by good and necessary consequence from the Scriptures.". Protesting Catholicism wins again!.

Homophobia is not pathetic, but it is sympathetic to the fact that homoeschatology is going nowhere, and will eventually kill itself off over time = sexual nihilism. Heteroeschatology on the other hand is where history is going --> "one-flesh union" between Christ and His Bride.

“To press the point: Reformed churches reacted to FV in the way they did because they’re in the grip of Baptistic Evangelicalism. That quintessentially American brand of Christianity is the target, usually hidden, of most of my polemics here.”.

The plain/literal reading of the text actually says "thousands years." Both the numerical adjective and the noun are in the plural in the Greek. And there is no indefinite article before the numerical adjective, either. E.g., Rev 20:2d says, "and bound him thousands years.".

Definitely not “ex opere operato” (by the work working), just like baptism in the newest covenant doesn’t regenerate someone ex opere operato. But if God the Spirit chose to regenerate someone through circumcision, then He could do so. Just like He can do so now through baptism.

Because a bunch of wannabe scientists in holy-white lab coats told this guy that giant random explosions will eventually cause logic, rationality, sentient beings, love, hate, morality, etc. — and he thinks belief in “ancient desert gods” sounds crazy?!.

Baptism is true whether or not you agree with it. The Gospel is true whether or not you agree with it. God is true whether or not you agree with Him.

Indeed. Christians must learn to reject any notion that Israel as a nation won't one day get saved and be discipled by the Church. Christian nationalism entails that not only will the U.S. become Christian again, but so will Israel. Christian nationalism is for every nation.

And how exactly should the Church, not mention pastoral care, be handled in this situation? Is this even a legit marriage?. What say ye?.

That the stars and planets are inhabited by angelic beings, both holy and unholy, and that these same beings will one day help mankind navigate and travel the interstellar universe, for greater glory or shame.

Why would any "bone-again" believing Christian want to reject what Paul says in Romans 2 about all those who've been circumcised of heart, by the Spirit? We put the JUDEO-INDEED in the Christian life. Indeed, there is no Christian life without becoming a "Jew indeed.".

Not crazy, just wrong. Paul himself declared that schism is justified in certain circumstances: “No doubt there has to be schisms among you to show which of you has God’s approval.”. And Baillie the divine should take a backseat to Paul the more divine!.

Now by “we,” I’m assuming you only mean those in your church who have attained to a level of theological and pistic comprehension, such that they can recite the Creed with a level of understanding sufficient enough to recite it without being charged with hypocrisy, right?.