John B. Carpenter
@CovenantReform2
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Pastor, Covenant Reformed Baptist Church (Danville, VA) book: Seven Pillars of a Biblical Church (Wipf & Stock) substack: Covenant Caswell PhD, ThM, MDiv
Danville, Virginia
Joined March 2019
Sin is an offense against the infinite dignity and therefore deserves nothing less than an infinite punishment.
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God gave the church no "calendar." He gave us scripture and elders. To allow a calendar to guide us rather than scripture and elders is not to be guided by God.
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"The Talents and the Takedown of “Spiritual-Only” Faith" https://t.co/3WiCXwDHCW “a vocation or calling [as] a certain kind of life ordained and imposed on man by God for the common good.”
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Video on the Bible and early church on icons: https://t.co/Z1WtchBlPn
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"The Unshakeable Kingdom: Why Your Worship is Everything" https://t.co/ArWzABXLsC The Puritans crossed a dangerous ocean in rickety sail boats so they could worship God rightly. How much do you value worship?
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“Certainly we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical arrangement called Christmas: ... b/c we find no Scriptural warrant whatever for observing any day as the birthday of the Savior; and, [so], its observance is a superstition, b/c [it is] not of divine authority.” Spurgeon
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If someone who says he's committed to "Baptist renewal" and is talking about "Advent" and the "lectionary," he doesn't know what Baptist identity is in order to renew it.
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I would find it exhausting to have to come up with a new angle every December to shoe-horn in a way to talk about Christmas, simply because the culture demands it.
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"God Has No Grandchildren: Why Salvation Isn’t a Legacy Admission" https://t.co/avgOIyXYzF "Baptism is a sign of regeneration (being born again), not a covenant sign like circumcision."
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Video on the Bible and early church on icons: https://t.co/Z1WtchBTEV
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My Thanksgiving article:
Thanksgiving: Our most Christian holiday by far
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