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Some older and more recent material, mostly from X: — From fall of 2024: America has never been more divided than we are right now. Someone might counter, “But what about the Civil War, when we literally divided into two nations, 3,000,000 men went to war with each other, and 700,000 were killed? What about…

Notes on Divorce – A Discussion from X

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If you are a Christian in an unhappy marriage and you believe you have just and biblical grounds for divorce, you need to seek out your session’s counsel and submit to their judgment in the matter. You cannot grant yourself grounds for divorce. Neither your counselor nor therapist has any authority to grant you grounds…

Notes on Proverbs, Ephesians, Liturgy and Other Miscellanies

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Sin is the self turned in on itself. Faith is the opposite of sin — it’s the self turning away from the self to God. —- Christians, a reminder: Jesus cancelled every funeral he ever attended. He will reverse your funeral, too, at the last day. The gospel in its new covenant form was first…

Political Theology and the Principalities and Powers – Quotes and More

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From Oliver O’Donovan’s book The Desire of Nations, summarizing the meaning of Christendom: The more the political character of Israel’s hope engages us, the more we need to know how it has actually shaped the government of nations. The more the problem of our own modernity engages us, the more we need to see modernity…

Sexual Obligation in Marriage — An Interpretative Paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 7:1-9

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This is an interpretive paraphrase/rewriting of 1 Corinthians 7:1-9, a key text on marital sexuality. If Paul had elaborated and explained himself more fully in these verses, I think he would have said something like this: [1] You wrote to me, “It is good for a man to not touch – that is, to not…

The Cultural Power of the Church

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An X post from February 2025: The goal of the church is never cultural influence or political power in themselves, but faithfulness to Jesus Christ. However, churches that are faithful to Christ will find their influence and power increasing over time. God blesses faithfulness. Churches that seek power and influence in themselves will compromise to…

Satanic Accusation: The Devil Doesn’t Fight Fair

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An X post from October ‘24: One of Satan’s favorite weapons to use against the church is false accusation. There are plenty of examples of Satanic false accusation in Scripture. Pharaoh and Abimelech make false accusations against Abraham; Potiphar’s wife falsely accuses Joseph; Job’s so-called friends make false accusations against him, following Satan who did…

Movements that do not police themselves are bound to fail.

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An X thread from October ’24: It is crucial to understand the times and to understand the Scriptures. Many Christian movements have fizzled out quickly because their leaders misunderstood the cultural situation. Or, the movement got traction, grew, and became influential, but did damage because it was more culture-shaped than Scripture-shaped. An example of the…

Worship before Warfare. Liturgy before Dominion. Consecration before Conquest.

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