Jared Michelson

Mark how Christ loved, He said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Whom He willed to be forgiven, them He willed to be changed: of enemies He deigned to make brethren....They who in rage had shed His blood, by believing drank it. - Augustine

'It takes courage to learn about where we are, and to learn to discern what is good and right and true and beautiful and what is wrong and hateful and destructive. Courage is the absent virtue in the mob.' comment.org/punching-blind/

'Resentment is easy. Theology is hard.' John Bowlin (cited by Stout)

Jared Michelson Appointed to Teach at Calvin Theological Seminary (#crcsynod 2025): Jared Michelson, newly appointed professor of systematic theology, says all pastors are public theologians. buff.ly/WQCtZJM

As a strongly pro-liturgy Baptist (what many, including my friend Matt here, would call "evangelical"), I strongly agree with this assessment. God requires his people's sacrifice to be wholehearted, not merely external. christianitytoday.com/2025/05/limits…

🚨New book alert🚨 Out now: The Doctrine of God and the Crisis of Modernity A critical evaluation of Charnock’s, Schleiermacher’s and Barth’s accounts of the doctrine of God in view of the philosophical critiques of Hume, Kant and Feuerbach. Learn more: bit.ly/45kOozW

Christ came to destroy the works of the devil, not by acting powerfully, but rather by his and his members' suffering, so as to conquer the devil not by power, but by righteousness (ST 3.41.1ad2).

This is the bequest that funds my current job... What a strange world.

In philosophy and pop culture (eg The Good Place, Talking Heads) eternal life is said to delegitimise this life. Theology/Bib Studies is complicit, defending heaven only by making it more 'worldly' and less 'Platonic'. If interested this is open access doi.org/10.1111/ijst.1…

Resentment derives from a personal experience of being wronged. The Nietzchean ressentiment fueling the left and right is ‘a disposition that builds on a narrative of injury…lived and relived, etched into individual and collective consciousness’ hedgehogreview.com/issues/in-need…

“Yesterday I hated him with great hatred; today I hate him with even greater hatred; and he can be certain that tomorrow and thereafter I shall hate him continually with ever fiercer and more bitter hatred." King William the II on Anselm.

Calvin doesn't like good looking pastors: "It is ordered by the special Providence of God, that there should be in ministers no appearance of excellence, lest any thing of distinction should throw the power of God into the shade".

Upcoming event on Faith and the Future of Scotland, which should be great:

Does theological study matter for real-world ministry? 🤔 Our guest Jared Michelson says YES! Tune into this week's TheoDisc to find out why. theodisc.podbean.com/e/jared-michel…

'Whatever, therefore, be our circumstances in this world, there is nothing truly enjoyable without a friend.' Augustine

This is indeed a great disgnostic question to get at what neo-Calvinism offers @DrJamesEglinton @collinhansen