Doug Ponder
@dougponder
Biblical Studies Professor @GrimkeSeminary | Teaching Pastor @remnantrva | Mostly tweet about biblical theology, ethics, and anthropology.
This quote from David Wells is practically a masterclass in the nature and purpose of theology:
Excellent from @joe_rigney:
True compassion requires speaking truth rather than simply accommodating feelings, particularly in debates over gender identity, @joe_rigney argues. "Language instructs, and thus it’s important to retain coarse words for vile affections and vile acts." wng.org/opinions/fine-…
In the studio today with @TillyDillehay and @abigaildodds for a great discussion on ministering to women in the church. Keep your 👀 peeled for the upcoming episode.
I am late to the game but this essay from @dougponder in @Christ_OverAll is wildly good: christoverall.com/article/longfo…
Remember when people were called conspiracy theorists for raising the alarm about the potential side effects of the hot-rushed COVID vaccine? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Neither this text nor any other in the New Testament tells husbands to submit to their wives.
New Testament Marriage is a submission competition. “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” (Eph 5:21) “Walk in the way of love, JUST AS Christ loved us and gave himself up for us...” (Eph. 5:2)
Very important and underappreciated book.
Once again, I say Mark Jones’s book on this subject should be required reading.
Once again, I say Mark Jones’s book on this subject should be required reading.
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.
Despite historically bad rains, which really messed up the water, we still managed to snag about a dozen trout over the week. We also found a nice swimming hole that wasn’t a raging rapid right now. I like the beach, but I love the mountains.
We headed to the mountains instead of the beach for our vacation this year. It was the right choice.
We headed to the mountains instead of the beach for our vacation this year. It was the right choice.
Ben Mandrell's leadership led to a major theological downgrade at Lifeway. While he has moved on, the next leader of the SBC's massive publishing arm has significant work to do righting the ship, especially on egalitarianism. A reminder from @dougponder centerforbaptistleadership.org/lest-we-drift-…
I think Nate is right, but I also think that most people in most churches would do what the Gaineses did if they became famous and required that fame to maintain their wealth. 1 Tim. 6:8–10 + John 12:42–43
Most of the people who attend your local "everything is awesome" mega church would do what Chip Gaines is doing if they got a little bit of $$.
Don’t trade your virtue for AI. “For magic and [technology] alike, the problem is how to subdue reality to the wishes of men; the solution is a technique.” —C. S. Lewis
Increasingly, people will use AI to outsource all critical thinking. Listen to this recent example from @dougponder. Check out the recent 🧵 and the full episode below.
I regret to inform you that these slides are currently being presented to a room full of evangelical pastors who are eating this stuff up. People who uncritically adopt AI with this enthusiasm either do not know human nature or do not know the spiritual nature of ministry.
If we say we have no Zyn, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Come ye Zynners, poor and needy—Russell and CT stand ready to reform you. christianitytoday.com/2025/07/have-m…
CLIP: Embracing the logic of women pastors always leads to doctrinal unfaithfulness across the board. Full episode 🔗 below. “When you find yourself in a denomination that is struggling to uphold what it already says it believes, you’re at a grave moment.” @dougponder
"Darkness was in all Judea when our Lord suffered. And why? Because the Candle that lighted the sun and the moon was blown out. The Godhead was eclipsed; and the world’s eye was put out. He took away the sun with Him, as it were, to another world, when He that was the world’s…
Planned Parenthood is losing almost $1,000,000,000.00 today, and 200 PP clinics are on the brink of closure. This is excellent.
