Bryan of Alexandria ✠🕊️
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Matt. 18:15. Forgiven Sinner. Husband, Dad, Pastor. Hymnal Collector. Psalm Singer. Thou shalt not reply to cheap shots from low-follower anons. #DontFeedTrolls
These pew cards continue to be one of my favorite things we've ever done.
A few notes on paedobaptism from Acts 2: Acts 2 is a pivotal passage in baptism debates because it’s the first time the apostles preach the gospel in the new covenant age and perform new covenant baptisms. Note that Peter is preaching specifically to the men (2:14, 29). Just as…
Step 1: Plan to do a Book Study in your Church, and set it up to last for a Quarter. Twelve weeks. Decide you'll make it work, no matter how many chapters the book has. Step 2: Realize how many books in the Christian publishing world have 12 chapters 🤣
Counterpoint: it’s good to publicly shame men who destroy their families, and women who wreck other people’s families
“Forget about how this impacts people like the CEO and his mistress, garden-variety sinners who, through a combination of terrible luck and atrocious judgment, will be famous, and hated, for the rest of their lives. You don’t have to feel sorry for them (although I admit, I kind…
Obergefell delenda est.
🏳️🌈 In 2012, a bombshell study threatened to derail the march to gay marriage. It said what no one else would: Kids do best with their mom and dad. They tried to bury it. 10 years later? The evidence is stronger than ever. Here’s what they didn’t want you to know: 🧵
Hey @grok, based on ALL my tweets, I am: Which dictator? Which philosopher? Which fictional character? Which politician? Which religious figure? Which historical figure? Which artist?
Hey @grok, based on ALL my tweets, I am: Which dictator? Which philosopher? Which fictional character? Which politician? Which religious figure? Which historical figure? Which artist?
Do you suppose that these adulterers were worse than all the other adulterers because they suffered this fate? I tell you no, but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. (Lk 13:1-5)
When you ask a question the Bible already raises, reject the answer the Bible already gives, and then try to make it a twisty philosophical problem, then forgive me for not considering you a stalwart apologist for the Christian faith.
Why Did God Create People He Knew Would Reject Him?
Welp.
Who supports abortion rights with no exceptions? 🔵 89% of Democrats ⚫ 60% of Americans overall 🟠 57% of Catholics 🟣 42% of Protestants 🔴 29% of Republicans 🟢 Just 24% of weekly-attending born-again Protestants
Me: Doesn’t commit a mortal sin for two weeks My Mind: “But what if you did?” Me: Trying to convict myself of a mortal sin I never committed Scrupulosity is so fun…
Me: Doesn’t commit a mortal sin for two weeks My Mind: “But what if you did?” Me: Trying to convict myself of a mortal sin I never committed Scrupulosity is so fun…
If you think private devotions are more important than corporate worship, you are more Gnostic than Christian.
Yep. And when this realization impacts your preaching, it will be a shake up.
This is not meant to be a hot take, but in my experience, antinomianism is much more common in the Reformed world than legalism. The concept of "evangelical obedience" scares us. Many seem to want to ignore the fact that there are over 1k imperatives in the NT.
In pastoral work, as with any work, you can put the work first, or you can put your family first. There are serious risks and consequences to either choice. So pick your risks and consequences.