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@MichaelCarlino
Christian. Husband of @kyliecarlino. Father of two. Member @kenwoodbc. DOP @CBMWorg. Assistant Director @sbtsrevitalize. PhD Candidate @SBTS.
As @kdclaunch and I make our case for Gender Essentialism below, we seek to demonstrate the correspondence between genus/kind and essence in Genesis 1, and then male/female with existence, such that the essence-existence distinction defends the judgements of Scripture.
(3/4) @kdclaunch & @MichaelCarlino contend for "a kind of gender essentialism which flows out of a clear distinction between the existence and essence of humanity, so that our anthropology and Christology hold together." cbmw.org/journal/genderβ¦
Interestingly, in βA Counter-Antidote,β Keach uses Owenβs definition of βhabit of Graceβ (what Owen calls a βpower, a principle of spiritual lifeβ¦ infused into our soulsβ) from Pneumatolgia to argue that because infants donβt have this βhabit,βthey shouldnβt be baptized.
President Trump has issued an executive order aimed at allowing the institutionalization of the severely mentally ill. If implemented, this would reverse more than six decades of liberal policies that effectively condemned the victims of mental illness to live in the streets.
The White House just released a really good executive order on cleaning up America's streets, re-institutionalizing insane people, and ending open air drug abuse and the problems it creates. Here's a quick overviewπ§΅
Benjamin Keach critiquing Richard Baxter's position on justification and the "baptismal covenant":
Good stuff from Benjamin Keach on the "Law" in Romans 3:19 from "The Marrow of True Justification":
"Let my reader contemplate with wonder and with joy, the infinite honour that is conferred on the human nature, in the person of our great Mediator. For it is in everlasting union with the Son of God; is now seated on a throne of light; is the most glorious of all creatures, andβ¦
"Apparently, Dr. Barrettβs retrieval project has room for an unorthodox Anglican priestess, but it doesnβt have room for Southern Baptists." ~@DennyBurk π― dennyburk.com/no-southern-baβ¦
Good thread π§΅π
Resist false dichotomies and simplistic narratives. Be faithful and stay Baptist, my friends!
Do your soul a favor and read this section on the glory of Christ from chapter 5 of Abraham Booth's "The Reign of Grace." Hallelujah, what a Savior! β¬οΈβ¬οΈβ¬οΈ "It was necessary also that the human nature of Christ, in which he was to accomplish our deliverance, should be derivedβ¦
My prayer and hopeful expectation: The recent news regarding Matthew Barrett and what his departure from the SBC represents will cause responsible "retrievalists" and "biblicists" in Baptist life to rally closer together.
As the co-author of this SBC resolution, and a member of an SBC church who will be reciting the Nicene creed this coming Lordβs Day before participating in the Lordβs Supper, I can assure you that reports of our βrejectionβ of creeds for βsolo scripturaβ are demonstrably false.
It is interesting to learn from former Southern Baptist theologians that Southern Baptists are averse to the Nicene Creed, especially since we identified ourselves with it in a resolution just this year.
βJohn Owenβs conception of Spirit-infused habitual grace appropriately corrects and develops two divergent frameworks for understanding sanctification within the biblical counseling movement. Owen portrayed Spirit-infused habitual grace as the internal, metaphysical workβ¦
J.C. Ryleβs 5οΈβ£points of evangelicalism: 1οΈβ£The absolute supremacy of the Bible as the only rule of faith and practice, the only test of truth, the only rule of controversy; 2οΈβ£The corruption of human nature by sin; 3οΈβ£The centrality of the Atonement of Christ; 4οΈβ£[An]β¦
![MichaelCarlino's tweet image. J.C. Ryleβs 5οΈβ£points of evangelicalism:
1οΈβ£The absolute supremacy of the Bible as the only rule of faith and practice, the only test of truth, the only rule of controversy;
2οΈβ£The corruption of human nature by sin;
3οΈβ£The centrality of the Atonement of Christ;
4οΈβ£[An]β¦](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gwn91IDWoAA3Qd7.jpg)
Scientists: βLet us design children in our image and likeness, so that they may be without defect and commodified.β
One Embryo. Three Parents. Major problem: Children have a right to be conceived through the loving union of their mother and father. The introduction of third-party genetic material fractures this unity, severing the childβs biological identity from the conjugal act andβ¦
The madman shouted in the marketplace. No-one stopped to answer him. Thus it was confirmed that his theses were incontrovertible. - Dag HammarskjΓΆld
Tony is asking the questions that matter:
Can Thomistic Baptists hold steady for the long haul?
A word to myself and other Baptists who like to play the "I'm a lower c catholic" card: Be sure to be a "capital B Baptist" while doing so. You can only serve one Capital in the end.
My dear friend @PereiraMichaelJ has written an excellent essay on the necessity of the virgin birth for us and our salvation; and the fittingness of Mary's title "Theotokos" ("God bearer/mother of God) as the mother of God the Son incarnate. Tolle, legeβ¬οΈ
"The virgin birth was essential for the eternal Son of God to become flesh so that he might be our Savior and the incarnation of the Son demands that Mary be rightfully called 'Mother of God.'" ~@PereiraMichaelJ christoverall.com/article/concisβ¦