James Cubie
@jamesfcubie
Pastor, Husband, Father | Mattituck Presbyterian Church: https://mattpres.com | https://foundationandfire.substack.com
Gentle pushback. Protestants historically--as opposed to modern Evangelicals--understood they needed the Fathers, natural law, tradition, and other sources of truth. Scripture alone was *finally* authoritative, not but not the *only* source of truth and authority.
American Protestants don’t need to turn to “ancient communities” for their faith. They only need the Bible. That is enough. It’s all there is, in fact. All the other garbage by cosplaying latter-day Fr. Coughlins and Third World accounts is an anti-American, sectarian op.
GM. Evergreen.
Part of the reason the seeker-sensitive movement struggled to adjust to 2020's was what people were SEEKING changed fast: Early-90's Seeker: "Doctrine divides, preach felt needs" 2024 Seeker: "My felt need is getting my family out of clown world"
People often speak of marital hardships as though they’re some aggressive cancer that just invaded their home. That’s rarely the case. Most broken marriages are broken because people chose to break them. You don’t have to do that. You can forgive and be kind.
Divorce is hard. Dating is hard. Dying slowly inside a broken marriage is harder.
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?
Okay, I’ll bite on the Colbert thing… First, there is a huge corporate bloat problem here. Colbert says he has more than 200 people working on his show. Johnny Carson had 75-90 over his biggest years, and his audience was 6-10 times Colbert’s. So figure that out. Second, as…
Why would someone like me, steeped in covenantal thinking, serving a denomination filled with paedobaptists, sacramental Calvinists, and postmillennialists, have such a deep appreciation for John MacArthur? It is because MacArthur accomplished what few men have achieved in…
Whatever breadth God provides, we should aspire to the same depth as Rev. MacArthur. Well done, good and faithful servant!
“You take care of the depth of your ministry, and God will take care of the breadth.” John MacArthur
Durer the meme master before memes were a thing. Keep (faithfully) meme-maxxing...
"What do you Lutherans believe about the Holy Communion?" Let Albrecht Dürer tell you through His masterful woodcut.
Solid, timeless principle.
Zwingli says youths should go to weddings and public festivals, albeit not too constantly, because making merry in public affords less dangerous temptation than partying in private.
That nothing shall distract from the preaching and hearing of the Word, there.
Anglo-Saxon Church dating to the 7th century. What do you notice about it?
Very helpful, and good to see Calvin vindicated, again!
Latest from me in this month’s issue of @firstthingsmag. Engaging the topics of Israel and ethnic identity. Building upon the stimulating insights in one of the most important works in New Testament/Pauline studies since John Barclay’s *Paul and the Gift*.
Can anyone recommend a chapter/book on the regulative principle? Thanks!
"[God does not speak to - or act upon - us] through his unveiled, brilliant, and glorious majesty, out of consideration for us poor, weak, and timid mortals, and for our comfort, for who could bear such majesty for an instant in this poor and sinful flesh? ... No, he wants to…
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We could also - just hear me out - not retweet/post anything by someone who has been rightfully excommunicated by his church. We could respect one another's practice of church discipline, and "have nothing more to do with him."
Baptize yo' chirren... And this is the biblical case for that.
When you baptize an infant, that infant becomes a Christian. This does not mean they are born again. Reformed theology rejects baptismal regeneration. It means they have been given a covenant identity with Christ. The Christian parents of that child, by faith, trust that God…