Author: Pastor Rich Lusk
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X Posts from July ’25 and Other Miscellanies: Marriage, Wisdom, Economics, Generational Warfare, Christian Politics, and More
Before @larsonhicks and I started doing the “Got a Minute?” podcast together, I went on Larson’s podcast to discuss wisdom from Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. Here’s a blast from the past: — Progressives have their own version of postmillennialism and the covenant — they claim the next generation and they expect victory. — The welfare state is massive…
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The Bounded Life
Everyone was designed to live a bounded existence. We are creatures, accountable to our Creator, and called to live in accord with his law and design. We all have certain responsibilities and obligations assigned to us. Some things are our responsibilities, some things aren’t — being able to draw the proper line between what I…
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Postmillennialism, Hyper-Preterism, and Christ the King Sunday
This is an old X post… A🧵 on postmillennialism and a suggestion for guarding against an error some postmil churches fall into 1/17 I am a postmillennialist and have been for many, many years I believe the kingdom of God will grow, and the nations will be discipled over the course of history I believe…
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Sex that Sticks: Fornication, Divorce, and Purity Culture
The purity culture movement of the 1990s was kind of a mess. I was never in church circles where it was popular (I graduated high school in ‘91 right before it became a thing anyway) and by the time I had kids of my own, it had kind of died out in evangelicalism – and…
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Notes on Christian Nationalism: Origins and Fault Lines
[This primer on Christian nationalism grew mainly out of discussions on X. The term “Christian nationalism,” as I use it here, has become something of an umbrella term for conservative/traditional Protestants who want to see Christian influence on national life and culture. Obviously, some see problems with the label – I do as well –…
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: “BAPTISMAL EFFICACY AND THE REFORMED TRADITION” (2002)
BAPTISMAL EFFICACY AND THE REFORMED TRADITION: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE By Rich Lusk OUR REFORMED HERITAGE When a Reformed Christian hears “baptismal regeneration,” what comes to mind? “Heresy,” most likely. Unfortunately, many in the Reformed community today have lost touch with some important aspects of their own heritage. If Reformed theology is going to continue…
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Charles Simeon on Baptismal Regeneration
This lengthy but insightful quotation on the historic meaning of “baptismal regeneration” and the problem with modern “refinements” is taken from Richard Whately’s 1857 tract on Baptism: “In the baptismal Service,” says the late Mr Simeon, “we thank God for having regenerated the baptized infant by his Holy Spirit. Now from hence it appears that, in the opinion…
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Circumcision, Baptism, and Colossians 2:11-12
What is the circumcision made without hands in Colossians 2? How does it relate to circumcision as the sign of the Abrahamic covenant? How does it relate to baptism? “[11] In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,…
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FV and Assurance
An X post from November 2024: A comment on FV and assurance: Assurance is not found through a process of introspection, making sure I have a really regenerated heart (the human heart is too much of a labyrinth for that, and we are all too easily prone to self-serving forms of self-deception). Rather, assurance is…
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FV Summarized
An X post from 8/8/24: Since discussions of the so-called Federal Vision are heating back up, I figured I’d give a quick, short summary of the key emphases of FV: 1. Creation is gift. This means there is no nature/grace dualism in the Bible and no merit theology in the Bible. Everything is grace. Grace…
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