Robert Hasler
@rdhasler
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asst. pastor, @christpresburke // @pubtheoproj // @NewVivarium // birder // Pro Deo et Patria 🇺🇸
Joined August 2011
Thankful to @AmReformer for publishing some of my reflections from #pcaga. Based on the various debates of the assembly, I’ve formulated a new working typology that I think explains the political realignment we’re experiencing as a denomination.
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A Brief Reflection and Typology Two weeks ago, the 52nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America convened in Chattanooga to conduct the business of the denomination. Because the PCA is...
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I’m still not sold on the problem being inherent in the American Founding and probably won’t be at this point.
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RT @HistoricalRook: #OTD August 25, 1560: .Led by John Knox, the reformed Church of Scotland is established on Protestant lines. The Scotti….
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The market exists for man, not man for the market.
One encouraging thing I see in the present generation is their willingness to forfeit **some** financial excess in pursuit of higher goods.
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Yeah, no. And also, what exactly would a state-based standard for sociability look like?
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RT @scottrswain: According to WCF 23.3, it is the duty of the civil magistrate to protect the good name of all his people by not allowing a….
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My last in series on Francis Makemie, affectionately referred to as the Father of American Presbyterianism. Makemie was a critical figure in the development of religious liberty rights in America. I don’t think there’s any doubt about that. Reading the full scope of his known.
"Makemie was articulating a positive relationship between Christian religion and civilization—a political Christianity where faith leavened the rhythms of public life and bequeathed a Christian State.". Read part 2 of our look at the politics of Francis Makemie. Link in replies.
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RT @NewVivarium: "Makemie was articulating a positive relationship between Christian religion and civilization—a political Christianity whe….
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I regret to inform you that the end of history never arrived nor will it as long as the Lord should tarry.
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My political philosophy is that I am for good things and against bad things.
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When new gods were chosen,.then war was in the gates. —Judges 5:8.
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RT @jamesrwoodtheo: Niebuhr: “A perfectionist ethic … [has] the tragic [effect] of increasing complacency toward remediable imperfections i….
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Co-sign.
In my view, one significant issue facing ministerial education today is the influx of students who lack a classical education. Historically, it was assumed that those entering seminary had this foundational knowledge, which formed the basis of their theological training. As a.
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RT @HillsdalePR: 1/ @Hillsdale’s Dr. Matthew Mehan (@MTMehan) has been selected for @Heritage’s America250 Innovation Prize for a forthcomi….
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The study of history, leavened by Christian religion, will include 1) belief in the moral responsibility of every individual soul, 2) and sober admission of universal human depravity. Together, it means acknowledging the precariousness of civilization. We can’t take it for
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In the very sermon that led to his arrest and occasioned his defense of religious liberty, Francis Makemie also affirmed the possibility of Christian nations:. "For [the Magistrate] is the Minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. And that the
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RT @MD_Adams90: For Christians, words are a gift from God, entrusted to us for proclaiming truth, teaching the faith, and building one anot….
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RT @jamesrwoodtheo: Bavinck: “if [Christ’s] kingdom is not *of*, it is certainly *in* this world, and is intended for it.”.
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