Warhorn Blog Posts Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/out-of-our-minds-blog-posts Audio versions of the blog posts on Warhorn, usually read by the author. If you like these, don't miss the Out of Our Minds Podcast featuring Nathan Alberson and pastors Tim Bayly and Jake Mentzel in biweekly (fornightly) conversations about current events and the Church. © 2026 Tim Bayly 7c2906cb-9f0c-578f-9a29-d9a8b9bdd2bc yes en Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:59:11 -0500 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:00:02 -0500 https://warhornmedia.com/articles/out-of-our-minds/ https://img.transistorcdn.com/lrtEfIlRXjw7tk0yAGkPYWQ1GVK5884DYN0mp92OKig/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI0Mzc5LzE2NTIy/MDQyMTMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Warhorn Blog Posts https://warhornmedia.com/articles/out-of-our-minds/ episodic Tim Bayly Audio versions of the blog posts on Warhorn, usually read by the author. If you like these, don't miss the Out of Our Minds Podcast featuring Nathan Alberson and pastors Tim Bayly and Jake Mentzel in biweekly (fornightly) conversations about current events and the Church. Audio versions of the blog posts on Warhorn, usually read by the author. Lucas Weeks No No The kindness of the Lord (27): the counsel of older pastors The kindness of the Lord (27): the counsel of older pastors full b6e78638-4113-4783-a881-d991e98c28f6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/38ed6a34 Since he'd spent his life serving as an interim pastor, I wondered if Larry was a normal interim, or a good one. Asking him how he handled longterm conflicts he discovered in churches he was asked to serve as interim pastor, Larry said it was his habit to expose the church's conflict right out of the gate.


"How," I asked?


"The first thing I do is change the order of worship. That brings the power players out into the open."


Couldn't believe he said or did that.

]]> Since he'd spent his life serving as an interim pastor, I wondered if Larry was a normal interim, or a good one. Asking him how he handled longterm conflicts he discovered in churches he was asked to serve as interim pastor, Larry said it was his habit to expose the church's conflict right out of the gate.


"How," I asked?


"The first thing I do is change the order of worship. That brings the power players out into the open."


Couldn't believe he said or did that.

]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:59:10 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 686 Since he'd spent his life serving as an interim pastor, I wondered if Larry was a normal interim, or a good one. Asking him how he handled longterm conflicts he discovered in churches he was asked to serve as interim pastor, Larry said it was his habit to expose the church's conflict right out of the gate.


"How," I asked?


"The first thing I do is change the order of worship. That brings the power players out into the open."


Couldn't believe he said or did that.

]]> No Evangelism and daddy issues Evangelism and daddy issues full a37dcb0a-60c8-4274-8787-1791f480e4fc https://share.transistor.fm/s/874c95b9 If we belong to Christ, certainly we didn't enter the Kingdom of Heaven by hearing pastors condemn and expose other men's sins.


No, but rather, we confessed Christ after having the work of the Holy Spirit in the power of the preaching of God's Word and Law expose our own sins so thoroughly that we stopped thinking of anyone else's sins but our own.

]]> If we belong to Christ, certainly we didn't enter the Kingdom of Heaven by hearing pastors condemn and expose other men's sins.


No, but rather, we confessed Christ after having the work of the Holy Spirit in the power of the preaching of God's Word and Law expose our own sins so thoroughly that we stopped thinking of anyone else's sins but our own.

]]> Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:50:53 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 403 If we belong to Christ, certainly we didn't enter the Kingdom of Heaven by hearing pastors condemn and expose other men's sins.


No, but rather, we confessed Christ after having the work of the Holy Spirit in the power of the preaching of God's Word and Law expose our own sins so thoroughly that we stopped thinking of anyone else's sins but our own.

]]> No “Provide for his own” and Jesus’ law of love “Provide for his own” and Jesus’ law of love full bc966cba-1e01-43df-91ad-35ddbefbf7db https://share.transistor.fm/s/136d2949 Of course caring for our own children is to be reciprocated by our children when their parents grow old. These fundamental familial duties are commanded by God as the first obligations of the Second Table of the Law. Yes, without obedience to these first fundamental duties of the law of love, no other fulfillment of that law will ever be honored, nor even likely to be sincere.

But where are the harder parts of the Second Table of the Law which extend far, far beyond “providing for our own” ever expounded by our conservative Christian influencers? Why do such men never speak or preach commands of Jesus in this vein:

But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.]]> Of course caring for our own children is to be reciprocated by our children when their parents grow old. These fundamental familial duties are commanded by God as the first obligations of the Second Table of the Law. Yes, without obedience to these first fundamental duties of the law of love, no other fulfillment of that law will ever be honored, nor even likely to be sincere.

But where are the harder parts of the Second Table of the Law which extend far, far beyond “providing for our own” ever expounded by our conservative Christian influencers? Why do such men never speak or preach commands of Jesus in this vein:

But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:34:10 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 885 Of course caring for our own children is to be reciprocated by our children when their parents grow old. These fundamental familial duties are commanded by God as the first obligations of the Second Table of the Law. Yes, without obedience to these first fundamental duties of the law of love, no other fulfillment of that law will ever be honored, nor even likely to be sincere.

But where are the harder parts of the Second Table of the Law which extend far, far beyond “providing for our own” ever expounded by our conservative Christian influencers? Why do such men never speak or preach commands of Jesus in this vein:

But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.]]> No The baby conceived yesterday bears God's image and likeness The baby conceived yesterday bears God's image and likeness full 792e893e-a21c-46ee-938f-848747784d2a https://share.transistor.fm/s/24ef01fe So how does God decide who is a murderer?


When God weights acts of murder, He doesn't go easy on those who kill very young and very little babies. He doesn't decree an intermediate condemnation for those who murder these very little ones not yet attached to their mother's womb because they only have "intermediate moral value."


The murder of the very young or very old is not more or less evil based upon the pain others do or do not suffer at his loss. Man is not the measure of all things.


God is. And what has God decreed concerning murder?

Whoever sheds man's blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man. (Genesis 9:6)]]> So how does God decide who is a murderer?


When God weights acts of murder, He doesn't go easy on those who kill very young and very little babies. He doesn't decree an intermediate condemnation for those who murder these very little ones not yet attached to their mother's womb because they only have "intermediate moral value."


The murder of the very young or very old is not more or less evil based upon the pain others do or do not suffer at his loss. Man is not the measure of all things.


God is. And what has God decreed concerning murder?

Whoever sheds man's blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man. (Genesis 9:6)]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:28:41 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 675 So how does God decide who is a murderer?


When God weights acts of murder, He doesn't go easy on those who kill very young and very little babies. He doesn't decree an intermediate condemnation for those who murder these very little ones not yet attached to their mother's womb because they only have "intermediate moral value."


The murder of the very young or very old is not more or less evil based upon the pain others do or do not suffer at his loss. Man is not the measure of all things.


God is. And what has God decreed concerning murder?

Whoever sheds man's blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man. (Genesis 9:6)]]> No The Great Commission (3): "Go therefore" The Great Commission (3): "Go therefore" full a46afd68-6bf8-4d5f-a4da-390b895dcec7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2dcf7cec Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:36:28 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 966 No The death of death The death of death full 55c926d6-6bd8-4a08-91ce-ccca4013995a https://share.transistor.fm/s/71bbc463 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:12:07 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1054 No Mothers, teach God’s little ones Mothers, teach God’s little ones full 4affd6d1-3533-4bb5-bb4b-1a3d8f0f56f2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/08354a24 Sat, 20 Sep 2025 17:33:49 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 718 No Son Taylor is right: Charlie Kirk is a Christian martyr Son Taylor is right: Charlie Kirk is a Christian martyr full 2f3b9879-9766-4dcf-8ec2-d7551a05bf9d https://share.transistor.fm/s/1dd64387 Sat, 20 Sep 2025 16:49:02 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 421 No The kindness of the Lord (26): renewing a commitment The kindness of the Lord (26): renewing a commitment full c6a2c704-fee7-4a5f-880a-cdabfbac00b5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/97836250 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:20:36 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 708 No May God bless the people of England and America once more May God bless the people of England and America once more full ca4f5b5a-011c-4135-a48d-dc2cb38b387e https://share.transistor.fm/s/61a23cf4 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:57:03 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1159 No Jim Dobson, 1936-2025. Jim Dobson, 1936-2025. full 3cce8ff9-e96c-492f-8551-a7913e256db1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/94169f88 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:45:35 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 564 No The Great Commission (2): Authority and authoritarianism The Great Commission (2): Authority and authoritarianism full ed6fc13b-2886-48e6-a039-3f8a2a46b375 https://share.transistor.fm/s/725937fc Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:14:13 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 738 No The pulpit leads the world, one way or the other The pulpit leads the world, one way or the other full 567f2966-69ba-4ba6-8d2b-cb6dc665764c https://share.transistor.fm/s/cae73dc3 Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:24:19 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1725 No The Great Commission: all authority The Great Commission: all authority full 4e83799a-b642-43d2-bacc-eb130583c52c https://share.transistor.fm/s/15b5a7b0 Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:05:13 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 721 No Reading Scripture: warnings Reading Scripture: warnings full bf89352d-6fe3-4570-8697-12ddf40696bb https://share.transistor.fm/s/dfd742f6 Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:12:51 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 479 No Is all Scripture profitable to our children Is all Scripture profitable to our children full 44fb438c-c679-4e78-ad3b-039d9a852e73 https://share.transistor.fm/s/48e026d1 Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:39:47 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 481 No Motherhood's glory: the article I most wish men would read to their wife and daughters Motherhood's glory: the article I most wish men would read to their wife and daughters full 05423cc1-f344-47df-9a7b-de74a4c32412 https://share.transistor.fm/s/dc923667 Excerpt:
This then is the expectation of our culture for young women today: prepare for life-consuming responsibilities in the world and in the home—both at the same time—then balance these responsibilities for as long as you can as well as you can.


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This then is the expectation of our culture for young women today: prepare for life-consuming responsibilities in the world and in the home—both at the same time—then balance these responsibilities for as long as you can as well as you can.


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This then is the expectation of our culture for young women today: prepare for life-consuming responsibilities in the world and in the home—both at the same time—then balance these responsibilities for as long as you can as well as you can.


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]]> No Neutered Bibles Neutered Bibles full 4b5e0250-bab4-4fc0-89f7-e1c85e62faa4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7db7c027 Excerpt:
To be blunt, Evangelical scribes and their publishers have left the plenary inspiration of Scripture behind. Yes, they all continue to sign their names, subscribing to Scripture’s “inerrancy,” but it’s a lie. They believe they can better communicate God’s meaning by deleting God’s Words. He meant well, but the primitive patriarchy of the men He was forced to use to write (for instance) Psalms couldn’t stop breaking through His good intentions, corrupting His text.


As these scribes and their publishers see it, the original words of Scripture’s Hebrew and Greek are not inspired. What’s inspired is the meaning behind the words.


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To be blunt, Evangelical scribes and their publishers have left the plenary inspiration of Scripture behind. Yes, they all continue to sign their names, subscribing to Scripture’s “inerrancy,” but it’s a lie. They believe they can better communicate God’s meaning by deleting God’s Words. He meant well, but the primitive patriarchy of the men He was forced to use to write (for instance) Psalms couldn’t stop breaking through His good intentions, corrupting His text.


As these scribes and their publishers see it, the original words of Scripture’s Hebrew and Greek are not inspired. What’s inspired is the meaning behind the words.


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]]> Wed, 23 Apr 2025 12:55:12 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 744 Excerpt:
To be blunt, Evangelical scribes and their publishers have left the plenary inspiration of Scripture behind. Yes, they all continue to sign their names, subscribing to Scripture’s “inerrancy,” but it’s a lie. They believe they can better communicate God’s meaning by deleting God’s Words. He meant well, but the primitive patriarchy of the men He was forced to use to write (for instance) Psalms couldn’t stop breaking through His good intentions, corrupting His text.


As these scribes and their publishers see it, the original words of Scripture’s Hebrew and Greek are not inspired. What’s inspired is the meaning behind the words.


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]]> No False compassion, zeal without knowledge False compassion, zeal without knowledge full e21532cb-264d-47d6-b019-074f1b03dc5d https://share.transistor.fm/s/4eef5d32 Excerpt:
The most precious things in life are worth defending. Compassion is God’s gift to our fallen world, so it must be guarded. We must keep our eye on the ball. Counterfeits always devalue the genuine, and this isn’t just true of currency and paintings. It’s also true of moral virtues. False compassion is always an attack upon true compassion.

It’s the same with zeal. By nature, prophets specialize in the clamor of high dudgeon. Claiming they’ve received their words directly from God’s mouth and Word, zeal is their tool of trade, and now the world is as full of false zeal as it is of false prophets.


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The most precious things in life are worth defending. Compassion is God’s gift to our fallen world, so it must be guarded. We must keep our eye on the ball. Counterfeits always devalue the genuine, and this isn’t just true of currency and paintings. It’s also true of moral virtues. False compassion is always an attack upon true compassion.

It’s the same with zeal. By nature, prophets specialize in the clamor of high dudgeon. Claiming they’ve received their words directly from God’s mouth and Word, zeal is their tool of trade, and now the world is as full of false zeal as it is of false prophets.


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The most precious things in life are worth defending. Compassion is God’s gift to our fallen world, so it must be guarded. We must keep our eye on the ball. Counterfeits always devalue the genuine, and this isn’t just true of currency and paintings. It’s also true of moral virtues. False compassion is always an attack upon true compassion.

It’s the same with zeal. By nature, prophets specialize in the clamor of high dudgeon. Claiming they’ve received their words directly from God’s mouth and Word, zeal is their tool of trade, and now the world is as full of false zeal as it is of false prophets.


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]]> No Murder, sexual sin, and the Book of God Murder, sexual sin, and the Book of God full 8e2d4afa-b582-4725-8a0d-94cf7499a535 https://share.transistor.fm/s/387e1e07 Excerpt:
One of my heroes would regularly make the observation that there are certain lies only the educated man can believe.


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One of my heroes would regularly make the observation that there are certain lies only the educated man can believe.


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One of my heroes would regularly make the observation that there are certain lies only the educated man can believe.


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]]> No President Donald J. Trump: give God the glory President Donald J. Trump: give God the glory full 4272c703-7b06-4234-ab54-c3202d909a24 https://share.transistor.fm/s/229ac4cd Excerpt:
Anyone who has listened to a single campaign speech of President Trump, has ears to hear, and fears God, trembles at this man's pride. Yes, resolve. Yes, patriotism. But do not stop there. Donald J. Trump has shown us an almost supernatural self-esteem and confidence for many years now, and even with a healthy allowance for his many abilities and gifts, we all must acknowledge how much of a braggart he is. Admitting this simple fact is not to be disloyal to the man, but to give him the benefit of our sober evaluation and the proper direction of our counsel and prayers.


Stay with me. It is entirely possible to do his sort of reform work while acknowledging very publicly that it will fail without the power of God. Say, for instance, "God willing, we will make America great again!"


Is that so complicated?


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Anyone who has listened to a single campaign speech of President Trump, has ears to hear, and fears God, trembles at this man's pride. Yes, resolve. Yes, patriotism. But do not stop there. Donald J. Trump has shown us an almost supernatural self-esteem and confidence for many years now, and even with a healthy allowance for his many abilities and gifts, we all must acknowledge how much of a braggart he is. Admitting this simple fact is not to be disloyal to the man, but to give him the benefit of our sober evaluation and the proper direction of our counsel and prayers.


Stay with me. It is entirely possible to do his sort of reform work while acknowledging very publicly that it will fail without the power of God. Say, for instance, "God willing, we will make America great again!"


Is that so complicated?


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Anyone who has listened to a single campaign speech of President Trump, has ears to hear, and fears God, trembles at this man's pride. Yes, resolve. Yes, patriotism. But do not stop there. Donald J. Trump has shown us an almost supernatural self-esteem and confidence for many years now, and even with a healthy allowance for his many abilities and gifts, we all must acknowledge how much of a braggart he is. Admitting this simple fact is not to be disloyal to the man, but to give him the benefit of our sober evaluation and the proper direction of our counsel and prayers.


Stay with me. It is entirely possible to do his sort of reform work while acknowledging very publicly that it will fail without the power of God. Say, for instance, "God willing, we will make America great again!"


Is that so complicated?


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]]> No Murder: what's sex got to do with it Murder: what's sex got to do with it full 805b137b-743f-4e98-9675-43b08eaa63ed https://share.transistor.fm/s/a94c6679 Excerpt:
Sexual crimes committed against God's Moral Law are never safe. Never.


God created sex for the bonds of love and commitment, and the blessing of sons and daughters born of that love and commitment. Sever the golden bonds of God's Seventh Commandment and all Hell breaks loose.


When shooters shoot, this is the truth government agents deny and hide.


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Sexual crimes committed against God's Moral Law are never safe. Never.


God created sex for the bonds of love and commitment, and the blessing of sons and daughters born of that love and commitment. Sever the golden bonds of God's Seventh Commandment and all Hell breaks loose.


When shooters shoot, this is the truth government agents deny and hide.


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Sexual crimes committed against God's Moral Law are never safe. Never.


God created sex for the bonds of love and commitment, and the blessing of sons and daughters born of that love and commitment. Sever the golden bonds of God's Seventh Commandment and all Hell breaks loose.


When shooters shoot, this is the truth government agents deny and hide.


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]]> No Wheaton's Buswell Affair: the better way of love Wheaton's Buswell Affair: the better way of love full 588a34b2-7b66-4671-a6f6-433a24b836b1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7c4345b4 Excerpt:
Wheaton is again notorious, although those who have done the dirty deed keep announcing their deceptions are godly and have won the day. Methinks Wheaton’s rich white ladies and men do protest too much.

In the end, the question is whether Wheaton’s President loves his students, or not?

It’s easy to tell which it is.


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Wheaton is again notorious, although those who have done the dirty deed keep announcing their deceptions are godly and have won the day. Methinks Wheaton’s rich white ladies and men do protest too much.

In the end, the question is whether Wheaton’s President loves his students, or not?

It’s easy to tell which it is.


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Wheaton is again notorious, although those who have done the dirty deed keep announcing their deceptions are godly and have won the day. Methinks Wheaton’s rich white ladies and men do protest too much.

In the end, the question is whether Wheaton’s President loves his students, or not?

It’s easy to tell which it is.


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]]> No John Milton's dashed hopes: a lesson for Christian Nationalists John Milton's dashed hopes: a lesson for Christian Nationalists full ba77bda1-70e8-4889-a435-3b447b1ba406 https://share.transistor.fm/s/854c74ea Excerpt:
Milton, then, was not merely a hired pen of the Republic but its principled supporter. He began his service believing in the possibility that, in the Commonwealth, he was helping to build God’s kingdom on earth. Yet, over the course of his many years’ unflinching service to the Republic and subsequently to Oliver Cromwell as its Lord Protector, Milton’s optimism drained out of him slowly but surely like sap from an injured tree. In 1641, as Christopher Hill points out, Milton was full of millenarian hope and wrote of Christ’s return in terms of a ‘shortly expected king’.

 

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Milton, then, was not merely a hired pen of the Republic but its principled supporter. He began his service believing in the possibility that, in the Commonwealth, he was helping to build God’s kingdom on earth. Yet, over the course of his many years’ unflinching service to the Republic and subsequently to Oliver Cromwell as its Lord Protector, Milton’s optimism drained out of him slowly but surely like sap from an injured tree. In 1641, as Christopher Hill points out, Milton was full of millenarian hope and wrote of Christ’s return in terms of a ‘shortly expected king’.

 

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Milton, then, was not merely a hired pen of the Republic but its principled supporter. He began his service believing in the possibility that, in the Commonwealth, he was helping to build God’s kingdom on earth. Yet, over the course of his many years’ unflinching service to the Republic and subsequently to Oliver Cromwell as its Lord Protector, Milton’s optimism drained out of him slowly but surely like sap from an injured tree. In 1641, as Christopher Hill points out, Milton was full of millenarian hope and wrote of Christ’s return in terms of a ‘shortly expected king’.

 

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]]> No Christian Nationalism: trading on The Name Christian Nationalism: trading on The Name full ec9fce7f-0a49-4ddc-810c-2193b9393486 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b7cdc095 Excerpt:
Repeatedly, I have warned that the Church seeking political power will compromise the Church's witness. Naming their political aspirations "Christian" is to align the Church with their political aspirations, and the compromise is already visible, and will only grow.

Christians should take public moral and ethical stands which uphold God's law, and it's inevitable that those stands will be viewed as political by God's enemies. So be it.

But this is a far cry from identifying oneself publicly as a "Christian Nationalist," then truncating one's witness to God's law for the sake of electability.

 


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Repeatedly, I have warned that the Church seeking political power will compromise the Church's witness. Naming their political aspirations "Christian" is to align the Church with their political aspirations, and the compromise is already visible, and will only grow.

Christians should take public moral and ethical stands which uphold God's law, and it's inevitable that those stands will be viewed as political by God's enemies. So be it.

But this is a far cry from identifying oneself publicly as a "Christian Nationalist," then truncating one's witness to God's law for the sake of electability.

 


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Repeatedly, I have warned that the Church seeking political power will compromise the Church's witness. Naming their political aspirations "Christian" is to align the Church with their political aspirations, and the compromise is already visible, and will only grow.

Christians should take public moral and ethical stands which uphold God's law, and it's inevitable that those stands will be viewed as political by God's enemies. So be it.

But this is a far cry from identifying oneself publicly as a "Christian Nationalist," then truncating one's witness to God's law for the sake of electability.

 


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]]> No Is Creation to be kept, or subdued and ruled? Is Creation to be kept, or subdued and ruled? full 5efc09a0-fada-491a-9883-99724187df68 https://share.transistor.fm/s/11582c56 Excerpt:
Nature worship bears hideous fruit, physically and morally. God has ordained it so.

We and our children have not chosen LGBTQism, but God has smeared it all over us. It is His decision, not ours. His choice, not ours. And the fact that we glory in it is also his judgment on us.


He has given us over to shamelessness.


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Nature worship bears hideous fruit, physically and morally. God has ordained it so.

We and our children have not chosen LGBTQism, but God has smeared it all over us. It is His decision, not ours. His choice, not ours. And the fact that we glory in it is also his judgment on us.


He has given us over to shamelessness.


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Nature worship bears hideous fruit, physically and morally. God has ordained it so.

We and our children have not chosen LGBTQism, but God has smeared it all over us. It is His decision, not ours. His choice, not ours. And the fact that we glory in it is also his judgment on us.


He has given us over to shamelessness.


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]]> No Wheaton College & Buswell: academic freedom and silent professors Wheaton College & Buswell: academic freedom and silent professors full ba18c4b8-2375-442a-8109-79126a513b78 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f27f5a1d Excerpt:
Academic freedom is as academic freedom does, and Wheaton's profs proved themselves ignorant of how such a privilege is to be used for the promotion of truth and the common good. The evidence was all there, free for the asking, but not one of them availed themselves of it and took any stand of conscience.


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Academic freedom is as academic freedom does, and Wheaton's profs proved themselves ignorant of how such a privilege is to be used for the promotion of truth and the common good. The evidence was all there, free for the asking, but not one of them availed themselves of it and took any stand of conscience.


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Academic freedom is as academic freedom does, and Wheaton's profs proved themselves ignorant of how such a privilege is to be used for the promotion of truth and the common good. The evidence was all there, free for the asking, but not one of them availed themselves of it and took any stand of conscience.


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]]> No Man's gender and God's sex: teach your sons and daughters to obey Him Man's gender and God's sex: teach your sons and daughters to obey Him full 5ede4a2b-3198-4fab-b844-fbaed6308ccf https://share.transistor.fm/s/f487fc96 Excerpt:
Yesterday, news from Switzerland announced the Swiss government's kidnapping of a child from his father and mother to enforce government employees' judgment the child's body should be mutilated. It all started with the government's puberty blockers. The father and mother were opposed to the government mutilating their child, and they lost.


Their child was thirteen when the government began their mutilation of his body with chemicals called "puberty-blockers."


The rubric by which government authorities justify stealing children from parents and mutilating their bodies is a condition they refer to as "gender dysphoria."


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Yesterday, news from Switzerland announced the Swiss government's kidnapping of a child from his father and mother to enforce government employees' judgment the child's body should be mutilated. It all started with the government's puberty blockers. The father and mother were opposed to the government mutilating their child, and they lost.


Their child was thirteen when the government began their mutilation of his body with chemicals called "puberty-blockers."


The rubric by which government authorities justify stealing children from parents and mutilating their bodies is a condition they refer to as "gender dysphoria."


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Yesterday, news from Switzerland announced the Swiss government's kidnapping of a child from his father and mother to enforce government employees' judgment the child's body should be mutilated. It all started with the government's puberty blockers. The father and mother were opposed to the government mutilating their child, and they lost.


Their child was thirteen when the government began their mutilation of his body with chemicals called "puberty-blockers."


The rubric by which government authorities justify stealing children from parents and mutilating their bodies is a condition they refer to as "gender dysphoria."


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]]> No Cracked trackpad, Geniuses, and baby vomit Cracked trackpad, Geniuses, and baby vomit full ae4cc501-ef25-4e4e-bf86-9a07c99fcfd8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/742cba41 Excerpt:
Apple sent me an email asking me to rate my experience yesterday with their Indy Apple Store, so I guess I should honor their request.


Three days ago, the trackpad on my '23 Macbook Pro 14" cracked. It had been sitting next to me and when I picked it up, there was this crack from left to right across the trackpad. Nothing dropped on it...


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Apple sent me an email asking me to rate my experience yesterday with their Indy Apple Store, so I guess I should honor their request.


Three days ago, the trackpad on my '23 Macbook Pro 14" cracked. It had been sitting next to me and when I picked it up, there was this crack from left to right across the trackpad. Nothing dropped on it...


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]]> Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:12:52 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 691 Excerpt:
Apple sent me an email asking me to rate my experience yesterday with their Indy Apple Store, so I guess I should honor their request.


Three days ago, the trackpad on my '23 Macbook Pro 14" cracked. It had been sitting next to me and when I picked it up, there was this crack from left to right across the trackpad. Nothing dropped on it...


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]]> No Gardens and wilderness: man, the invasive species Gardens and wilderness: man, the invasive species full ed6f34fa-eca7-425e-86a9-d9a8924d2273 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7b44cab8 Excerpt:
Yet we've been whupped and, with regard to man and nature, we live in submission syndrome, looking for places and ways to confess our sins and parade our repentance. We have a rescued dog. We refuse to touch single-use plastic bags (which, by the way, have never been single-use). We take our dog to the dog park. We carry our own non-disposable straws...


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Yet we've been whupped and, with regard to man and nature, we live in submission syndrome, looking for places and ways to confess our sins and parade our repentance. We have a rescued dog. We refuse to touch single-use plastic bags (which, by the way, have never been single-use). We take our dog to the dog park. We carry our own non-disposable straws...


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]]> Thu, 12 Sep 2024 11:27:49 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 843 Excerpt:
Yet we've been whupped and, with regard to man and nature, we live in submission syndrome, looking for places and ways to confess our sins and parade our repentance. We have a rescued dog. We refuse to touch single-use plastic bags (which, by the way, have never been single-use). We take our dog to the dog park. We carry our own non-disposable straws...


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]]> No The Gospel begins with sex: Adam and Jesus are male The Gospel begins with sex: Adam and Jesus are male full 14a86b93-6d93-42c2-9ad4-1474dea021ec https://share.transistor.fm/s/ba1dad2f Excerpt:
Do we want to strengthen our mothers, sisters, daughters, and wives? Do we want to restore Eve to the center of life and love as God made her? To the work God created for her and her for?


There is no path to that love and beauty other than loving, living, and preaching God's archetypal Fatherhood over all His Creation


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Do we want to strengthen our mothers, sisters, daughters, and wives? Do we want to restore Eve to the center of life and love as God made her? To the work God created for her and her for?


There is no path to that love and beauty other than loving, living, and preaching God's archetypal Fatherhood over all His Creation


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]]> Thu, 12 Sep 2024 11:10:42 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 417 Excerpt:
Do we want to strengthen our mothers, sisters, daughters, and wives? Do we want to restore Eve to the center of life and love as God made her? To the work God created for her and her for?


There is no path to that love and beauty other than loving, living, and preaching God's archetypal Fatherhood over all His Creation


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]]> No Wheaton College & President Buswell: campus and church knavery Wheaton College & President Buswell: campus and church knavery full 1b5aa0aa-d231-42c3-96e5-a10e6521bd71 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7048138d Excerpt:
At Wheaton College under his tenure as President and at the Third General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of America under his term as Moderator, the Dyrness brothers opposed J. Oliver Buswell Jr.


From this point on, Wheaton's trustees take an increasingly hostile posture towards President Buswell, with a particular focus on his work as a Presbyterian churchman.


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At Wheaton College under his tenure as President and at the Third General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of America under his term as Moderator, the Dyrness brothers opposed J. Oliver Buswell Jr.


From this point on, Wheaton's trustees take an increasingly hostile posture towards President Buswell, with a particular focus on his work as a Presbyterian churchman.


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]]> Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:36:25 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 2623 Excerpt:
At Wheaton College under his tenure as President and at the Third General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of America under his term as Moderator, the Dyrness brothers opposed J. Oliver Buswell Jr.


From this point on, Wheaton's trustees take an increasingly hostile posture towards President Buswell, with a particular focus on his work as a Presbyterian churchman.


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]]> No Male rebels and their useful women Male rebels and their useful women full cdeb5444-983c-4953-8cfe-3c075a5ff889 https://share.transistor.fm/s/dcb98871 Excerpt:
The Protestant church in America today is inundated by women who preach, teach, and exercise authority over men, and the men who enable this sexual rebellion. The rebellion is so broadly practiced and accepted that the church's motto has become, "She is there, and she is not silent."


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The Protestant church in America today is inundated by women who preach, teach, and exercise authority over men, and the men who enable this sexual rebellion. The rebellion is so broadly practiced and accepted that the church's motto has become, "She is there, and she is not silent."


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]]> Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:55:53 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 768 Excerpt:
The Protestant church in America today is inundated by women who preach, teach, and exercise authority over men, and the men who enable this sexual rebellion. The rebellion is so broadly practiced and accepted that the church's motto has become, "She is there, and she is not silent."


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]]> No The prophets are dead; long live the prophetesses The prophets are dead; long live the prophetesses full 953c36e3-0636-4dad-8f28-77e3245b0bbe https://share.transistor.fm/s/858f4506 Excerpt:
If we're talking about what "plays in Peoria," women do better at prophesying against the false shepherds than men. We're happy to let them.

Have you noticed who are the souls who are exposing the false shepherds, today?


Women.


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If we're talking about what "plays in Peoria," women do better at prophesying against the false shepherds than men. We're happy to let them.

Have you noticed who are the souls who are exposing the false shepherds, today?


Women.


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If we're talking about what "plays in Peoria," women do better at prophesying against the false shepherds than men. We're happy to let them.

Have you noticed who are the souls who are exposing the false shepherds, today?


Women.


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]]> No Cat ladies, Pete Buttigieg, and America's future Cat ladies, Pete Buttigieg, and America's future full b89b217b-9ac6-457a-9d16-c55e45a315fa https://share.transistor.fm/s/d44b8aeb Excerpt:
If Sen. Vance were a comedian, everyone would be laughing. What he said is true and everyone knows it—especially the women who are now livid. He used the expression "childless cat ladies" because it's a trope. We all know and love one or another childless cat lady, but the reasonable among us are not foolish enough to want them leading our civil union into the future.


During this interview, Sen. Vance mentioned a number of names typifying his concern....


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If Sen. Vance were a comedian, everyone would be laughing. What he said is true and everyone knows it—especially the women who are now livid. He used the expression "childless cat ladies" because it's a trope. We all know and love one or another childless cat lady, but the reasonable among us are not foolish enough to want them leading our civil union into the future.


During this interview, Sen. Vance mentioned a number of names typifying his concern....


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]]> Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:51:04 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 961 Excerpt:
If Sen. Vance were a comedian, everyone would be laughing. What he said is true and everyone knows it—especially the women who are now livid. He used the expression "childless cat ladies" because it's a trope. We all know and love one or another childless cat lady, but the reasonable among us are not foolish enough to want them leading our civil union into the future.


During this interview, Sen. Vance mentioned a number of names typifying his concern....


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]]> No Holding feds accountable for allowing Pres. Trump to be shot Holding feds accountable for allowing Pres. Trump to be shot full 7aa04f9d-309b-4738-80b3-9430d2f17e5e https://share.transistor.fm/s/cc75b062 Excerpt:
Secy. Mayorkas has announced he is in charge of the investigation and he is now appointing and announcing the women and men he's chosen for his Investigation Committee.


The guy doesn't get it. His administrative leadership at the top of a heap which includes the Secret Service is precisely what needs to be investigated. For him to choose the women and men who will investigate himself is a conflict of interest that should shock the nation.


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Secy. Mayorkas has announced he is in charge of the investigation and he is now appointing and announcing the women and men he's chosen for his Investigation Committee.


The guy doesn't get it. His administrative leadership at the top of a heap which includes the Secret Service is precisely what needs to be investigated. For him to choose the women and men who will investigate himself is a conflict of interest that should shock the nation.


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Secy. Mayorkas has announced he is in charge of the investigation and he is now appointing and announcing the women and men he's chosen for his Investigation Committee.


The guy doesn't get it. His administrative leadership at the top of a heap which includes the Secret Service is precisely what needs to be investigated. For him to choose the women and men who will investigate himself is a conflict of interest that should shock the nation.


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]]> No The Secret Service and America's sexual insanity: an addendum The Secret Service and America's sexual insanity: an addendum full 3ca86f6f-2d2f-47c6-a7ae-73a7ab865665 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b0550287 Excerpt:
Real men have always been loathe to fight women; and in the workplace, even to disagree with them. So no, there has never been a rising up of soldiers against women admirals, generals, or all their human resource apparatus enforcing feminist mainstreaming of the female sex across the Armed Forces and law enforcement.  But get the common soldier and cop talking privately, and...


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Real men have always been loathe to fight women; and in the workplace, even to disagree with them. So no, there has never been a rising up of soldiers against women admirals, generals, or all their human resource apparatus enforcing feminist mainstreaming of the female sex across the Armed Forces and law enforcement.  But get the common soldier and cop talking privately, and...


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Real men have always been loathe to fight women; and in the workplace, even to disagree with them. So no, there has never been a rising up of soldiers against women admirals, generals, or all their human resource apparatus enforcing feminist mainstreaming of the female sex across the Armed Forces and law enforcement.  But get the common soldier and cop talking privately, and...


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]]> No The Secret Service and America's sexual insanity The Secret Service and America's sexual insanity full ad1ecc07-473d-4257-b8bc-ce7bf673d0c7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a443db45 Excerpt:
Because as soon as President Trump hit the deck behind the podium last night, he was surrounded and escorted off the platform by six or so Secret Service agents. When there is a shooter, it is their duty to cover President Trump's body with their own.


Four of the Secret Service agents could and did do that. The men.


Two of the Secret Service agents could not do that, and didn't. The women.


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Because as soon as President Trump hit the deck behind the podium last night, he was surrounded and escorted off the platform by six or so Secret Service agents. When there is a shooter, it is their duty to cover President Trump's body with their own.


Four of the Secret Service agents could and did do that. The men.


Two of the Secret Service agents could not do that, and didn't. The women.


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Because as soon as President Trump hit the deck behind the podium last night, he was surrounded and escorted off the platform by six or so Secret Service agents. When there is a shooter, it is their duty to cover President Trump's body with their own.


Four of the Secret Service agents could and did do that. The men.


Two of the Secret Service agents could not do that, and didn't. The women.


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]]> No Sen. Josh Hawley seeks establishment of "Christian civil religion" Sen. Josh Hawley seeks establishment of "Christian civil religion" full 6ec4347c-3714-4edc-a7af-e2574287df63 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1d5a74e1 Excerpt:
Contrary to Sen. Hawley, Augustine was not founding Christian nationalism when he wrote City of God, and it was not a book recommending some heartwarming but undefined “mutual love.” As with the ashes of the Roman Empire which Augustine was addressing, so today the real question we face as a nation is


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Contrary to Sen. Hawley, Augustine was not founding Christian nationalism when he wrote City of God, and it was not a book recommending some heartwarming but undefined “mutual love.” As with the ashes of the Roman Empire which Augustine was addressing, so today the real question we face as a nation is


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]]> Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:46:48 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 574 Excerpt:
Contrary to Sen. Hawley, Augustine was not founding Christian nationalism when he wrote City of God, and it was not a book recommending some heartwarming but undefined “mutual love.” As with the ashes of the Roman Empire which Augustine was addressing, so today the real question we face as a nation is


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]]> No Christian Nationalist Party: a simple Biblical platform Christian Nationalist Party: a simple Biblical platform full 96c55867-3eec-4359-805f-326474766d34 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a0e9ef00 Excerpt:
Here are five planks to be published broadly by Christian Nationalist Party members. As the Christian Nationalist Party seeks to establish the reign of God and codification of His law at the center of our nation and states' governmental authority, let it state the fundamentals of that rule and law established by God at Creation:


First, we call for


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Here are five planks to be published broadly by Christian Nationalist Party members. As the Christian Nationalist Party seeks to establish the reign of God and codification of His law at the center of our nation and states' governmental authority, let it state the fundamentals of that rule and law established by God at Creation:


First, we call for


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Here are five planks to be published broadly by Christian Nationalist Party members. As the Christian Nationalist Party seeks to establish the reign of God and codification of His law at the center of our nation and states' governmental authority, let it state the fundamentals of that rule and law established by God at Creation:


First, we call for


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]]> No The kindness of the Lord (25): thoughts on our Independence Day The kindness of the Lord (25): thoughts on our Independence Day full 474ede44-a137-4ce9-8083-f96cfae3aff6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/888b812b Excerpt:
"But I don't want to trust God," I said. And having blurted it out, I realized it was true. I didn't want to be dependent on God. I wanted to demand what was rightfully mine, and get it.


Subdued, but still full of self-justification, I walked back to my office, and then I began to come to terms with my sinful self. Whom was I really angry at?


It came clear to me. My anger was with God. I was angry at the thought of having to depend on Him for our needs.


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"But I don't want to trust God," I said. And having blurted it out, I realized it was true. I didn't want to be dependent on God. I wanted to demand what was rightfully mine, and get it.


Subdued, but still full of self-justification, I walked back to my office, and then I began to come to terms with my sinful self. Whom was I really angry at?


It came clear to me. My anger was with God. I was angry at the thought of having to depend on Him for our needs.


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"But I don't want to trust God," I said. And having blurted it out, I realized it was true. I didn't want to be dependent on God. I wanted to demand what was rightfully mine, and get it.


Subdued, but still full of self-justification, I walked back to my office, and then I began to come to terms with my sinful self. Whom was I really angry at?


It came clear to me. My anger was with God. I was angry at the thought of having to depend on Him for our needs.


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]]> No The church and the comedy club The church and the comedy club full 1f6c129e-5ac7-47bc-988f-1bbc8bd0fed4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/589a2271 Excerpt:
From the pulpit, I've often pointed out that the preacher is the man we pay to lie while the comedian is the man we pay to tell the truth. The preacher who tells the truth and the comedian who doesn't tell the truth will both be fired.


Try to imagine a politically correct comedian on a comedy club stage and the point is made.


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From the pulpit, I've often pointed out that the preacher is the man we pay to lie while the comedian is the man we pay to tell the truth. The preacher who tells the truth and the comedian who doesn't tell the truth will both be fired.


Try to imagine a politically correct comedian on a comedy club stage and the point is made.


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From the pulpit, I've often pointed out that the preacher is the man we pay to lie while the comedian is the man we pay to tell the truth. The preacher who tells the truth and the comedian who doesn't tell the truth will both be fired.


Try to imagine a politically correct comedian on a comedy club stage and the point is made.


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]]> No Arguments over women deacons and authority Arguments over women deacons and authority full a0f62291-0afb-4e6f-b259-70efc91a4ad2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3d0b3883 Excerpt:
Some declarations of self-righteousness and scholarly objectivity should be met with catcalls, and this one qualifies. There is not one man today arguing over the meaning of the Biblical word and office of deacon who is not governed by his commitment either to submit to, or rebel against, the New Testament command that women not teach or exercise authority over men.


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Some declarations of self-righteousness and scholarly objectivity should be met with catcalls, and this one qualifies. There is not one man today arguing over the meaning of the Biblical word and office of deacon who is not governed by his commitment either to submit to, or rebel against, the New Testament command that women not teach or exercise authority over men.


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Some declarations of self-righteousness and scholarly objectivity should be met with catcalls, and this one qualifies. There is not one man today arguing over the meaning of the Biblical word and office of deacon who is not governed by his commitment either to submit to, or rebel against, the New Testament command that women not teach or exercise authority over men.


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Pastors whose church growth came through flattering and gathering rebels will now be forced to submit to those rebels. In every job, there is a way for cheats to make a quick buck. The pastorate is no different.


If a pastor makes a quick church out of flattering rebels, he'll pay the price.


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Pastors whose church growth came through flattering and gathering rebels will now be forced to submit to those rebels. In every job, there is a way for cheats to make a quick buck. The pastorate is no different.


If a pastor makes a quick church out of flattering rebels, he'll pay the price.


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Pastors whose church growth came through flattering and gathering rebels will now be forced to submit to those rebels. In every job, there is a way for cheats to make a quick buck. The pastorate is no different.


If a pastor makes a quick church out of flattering rebels, he'll pay the price.


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If one were to separate the positives and negatives in Scripture, what proportion would we say are positive and what negative? Some might quibble over the definitions of "positive" and "negative" so another way to approach the issue is asking how much of Scripture is given over to recording God's promises as opposed to His warnings; His blessings as opposed to His curses?


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If one were to separate the positives and negatives in Scripture, what proportion would we say are positive and what negative? Some might quibble over the definitions of "positive" and "negative" so another way to approach the issue is asking how much of Scripture is given over to recording God's promises as opposed to His warnings; His blessings as opposed to His curses?


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If one were to separate the positives and negatives in Scripture, what proportion would we say are positive and what negative? Some might quibble over the definitions of "positive" and "negative" so another way to approach the issue is asking how much of Scripture is given over to recording God's promises as opposed to His warnings; His blessings as opposed to His curses?


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]]> No Wheaton College & President Buswell: wealthy men despise reformers Wheaton College & President Buswell: wealthy men despise reformers full a7b45505-dfa0-4d21-bf7e-2c384720fd13 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6eeea187 Excerpt:
In 1940, Wheaton's Trustees were scandalized by President Buswell's battle against heresy. They wanted a peaceful campus and non-controversial president, so they fired President Buswell and promoted history prof, V. Raymond Edman, into the presidency.


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In 1940, Wheaton's Trustees were scandalized by President Buswell's battle against heresy. They wanted a peaceful campus and non-controversial president, so they fired President Buswell and promoted history prof, V. Raymond Edman, into the presidency.


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In 1940, Wheaton's Trustees were scandalized by President Buswell's battle against heresy. They wanted a peaceful campus and non-controversial president, so they fired President Buswell and promoted history prof, V. Raymond Edman, into the presidency.


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Ryken, his Trustees and faculty grudgingly admit this in their Report. But note their final sentence. They couldn't help themselves:

During (Buswell's) tenure as president (1926-1940), the College's endowment expanded substantially, both the faculty and the student body roughly tripled in size (from a few hundred to more than a thousand), and the school's academic rigor and national (and international) reputation grew as never before. Wheaton had become what some have referred to as "the Harvard of Fundamentalism." But these dramatic changes were not accompanied by a more expansive vision for racial equality.[fn]Report, 13.[/fn]

The reader of such effete criticism must, of course, understand every last member of the Task Force, administration, and Board of Trustees is certain he himself is in possession of the most expansive vision for racial equality possible. But it should strike fear into the hearts of these faultless men judging Buswell to spend a moment asking themselves what other expansive visions of impeccable moral equality their successors ninety years from now will discover as future generations turn to examining the detritus of their own lives, then denouncing them and purging their names from Wheaton's campus.


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Ryken, his Trustees and faculty grudgingly admit this in their Report. But note their final sentence. They couldn't help themselves:

During (Buswell's) tenure as president (1926-1940), the College's endowment expanded substantially, both the faculty and the student body roughly tripled in size (from a few hundred to more than a thousand), and the school's academic rigor and national (and international) reputation grew as never before. Wheaton had become what some have referred to as "the Harvard of Fundamentalism." But these dramatic changes were not accompanied by a more expansive vision for racial equality.[fn]Report, 13.[/fn]

The reader of such effete criticism must, of course, understand every last member of the Task Force, administration, and Board of Trustees is certain he himself is in possession of the most expansive vision for racial equality possible. But it should strike fear into the hearts of these faultless men judging Buswell to spend a moment asking themselves what other expansive visions of impeccable moral equality their successors ninety years from now will discover as future generations turn to examining the detritus of their own lives, then denouncing them and purging their names from Wheaton's campus.


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Ryken, his Trustees and faculty grudgingly admit this in their Report. But note their final sentence. They couldn't help themselves:

During (Buswell's) tenure as president (1926-1940), the College's endowment expanded substantially, both the faculty and the student body roughly tripled in size (from a few hundred to more than a thousand), and the school's academic rigor and national (and international) reputation grew as never before. Wheaton had become what some have referred to as "the Harvard of Fundamentalism." But these dramatic changes were not accompanied by a more expansive vision for racial equality.[fn]Report, 13.[/fn]

The reader of such effete criticism must, of course, understand every last member of the Task Force, administration, and Board of Trustees is certain he himself is in possession of the most expansive vision for racial equality possible. But it should strike fear into the hearts of these faultless men judging Buswell to spend a moment asking themselves what other expansive visions of impeccable moral equality their successors ninety years from now will discover as future generations turn to examining the detritus of their own lives, then denouncing them and purging their names from Wheaton's campus.


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So from the beginning, the Reformed Protestant church condemned paedocommunion as well as administering the Lord's supper with both serious and extensive warnings and threats and serious and extensive encouragements and promises.


Today, postmillennial paedocommunionists only give serious and extensive encouragements and promises.


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So from the beginning, the Reformed Protestant church condemned paedocommunion as well as administering the Lord's supper with both serious and extensive warnings and threats and serious and extensive encouragements and promises.


Today, postmillennial paedocommunionists only give serious and extensive encouragements and promises.


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So from the beginning, the Reformed Protestant church condemned paedocommunion as well as administering the Lord's supper with both serious and extensive warnings and threats and serious and extensive encouragements and promises.


Today, postmillennial paedocommunionists only give serious and extensive encouragements and promises.


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[W]hy should we offer poison instead of life-giving food to our tender children?
- John Calvin condemning paedocommunion

Each of us has spent significant time the past couple of years warning brothers and sisters in Christ against Moscow’s promotion of their paedocommunion schism. We’ve decided it's time to revisit our warnings here at Warhorn. The schism should not be simply the subject of private warnings, but also public warnings and condemnations. This is for the restoration of the unity of the Church, but also for the protection of the souls of the sheep God has entrusted to us for feeding and protection.


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[W]hy should we offer poison instead of life-giving food to our tender children?
- John Calvin condemning paedocommunion

Each of us has spent significant time the past couple of years warning brothers and sisters in Christ against Moscow’s promotion of their paedocommunion schism. We’ve decided it's time to revisit our warnings here at Warhorn. The schism should not be simply the subject of private warnings, but also public warnings and condemnations. This is for the restoration of the unity of the Church, but also for the protection of the souls of the sheep God has entrusted to us for feeding and protection.


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[W]hy should we offer poison instead of life-giving food to our tender children?
- John Calvin condemning paedocommunion

Each of us has spent significant time the past couple of years warning brothers and sisters in Christ against Moscow’s promotion of their paedocommunion schism. We’ve decided it's time to revisit our warnings here at Warhorn. The schism should not be simply the subject of private warnings, but also public warnings and condemnations. This is for the restoration of the unity of the Church, but also for the protection of the souls of the sheep God has entrusted to us for feeding and protection.


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As I write, Ryken and his fellow administrators have been announcing several campus celebrations of their Report's spiritual accomplishments, congratulating themselves publicly and issuing invitations to join them in their joy. Recently they publicized their latest one, announcing they had issued an invitation to the Rev. Dr. Charlie Dates to come and bless them for their surrogate repentance:

Dear Wheaton College Community,On behalf of the Historical Review Implementation Task Force, you are invited to attend the Historical Review Symposium on Tuesday, March 12: "Repentance, Responsibility, and Renewal"

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As I write, Ryken and his fellow administrators have been announcing several campus celebrations of their Report's spiritual accomplishments, congratulating themselves publicly and issuing invitations to join them in their joy. Recently they publicized their latest one, announcing they had issued an invitation to the Rev. Dr. Charlie Dates to come and bless them for their surrogate repentance:

Dear Wheaton College Community,On behalf of the Historical Review Implementation Task Force, you are invited to attend the Historical Review Symposium on Tuesday, March 12: "Repentance, Responsibility, and Renewal"

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As I write, Ryken and his fellow administrators have been announcing several campus celebrations of their Report's spiritual accomplishments, congratulating themselves publicly and issuing invitations to join them in their joy. Recently they publicized their latest one, announcing they had issued an invitation to the Rev. Dr. Charlie Dates to come and bless them for their surrogate repentance:

Dear Wheaton College Community,On behalf of the Historical Review Implementation Task Force, you are invited to attend the Historical Review Symposium on Tuesday, March 12: "Repentance, Responsibility, and Renewal"

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But let us keep in mind the point of this article. President J. Oliver Buswell Jr. had founded the Department of Anthropology at Wheaton way back in 1937 when Anthropology was the "principal science concerned with race," and this Wheaton College Statement on Race Relations produced by Wheaton's Department of Sociology and Anthropology was the fruit of President Buswell's opposition to racism.


Who has the temerity to deny this?


President Buswell was no fundamentalist, hick, or country bumpkin. He knew precisely what he was doing when he hired Alexander Grigolia, the Sorbonist, to profess Anthropology part time. He knew precisely what he was doing when he brought Grigolia on full time. He knew precisely what he was doing when he tasked Grigolia with founding Wheaton's Department of Anthropology way back in 1937 when, as Wheaton College today brags, "Wheaton's Anthropology program was one of the first of its kind among national liberal arts colleges."


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But let us keep in mind the point of this article. President J. Oliver Buswell Jr. had founded the Department of Anthropology at Wheaton way back in 1937 when Anthropology was the "principal science concerned with race," and this Wheaton College Statement on Race Relations produced by Wheaton's Department of Sociology and Anthropology was the fruit of President Buswell's opposition to racism.


Who has the temerity to deny this?


President Buswell was no fundamentalist, hick, or country bumpkin. He knew precisely what he was doing when he hired Alexander Grigolia, the Sorbonist, to profess Anthropology part time. He knew precisely what he was doing when he brought Grigolia on full time. He knew precisely what he was doing when he tasked Grigolia with founding Wheaton's Department of Anthropology way back in 1937 when, as Wheaton College today brags, "Wheaton's Anthropology program was one of the first of its kind among national liberal arts colleges."


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But let us keep in mind the point of this article. President J. Oliver Buswell Jr. had founded the Department of Anthropology at Wheaton way back in 1937 when Anthropology was the "principal science concerned with race," and this Wheaton College Statement on Race Relations produced by Wheaton's Department of Sociology and Anthropology was the fruit of President Buswell's opposition to racism.


Who has the temerity to deny this?


President Buswell was no fundamentalist, hick, or country bumpkin. He knew precisely what he was doing when he hired Alexander Grigolia, the Sorbonist, to profess Anthropology part time. He knew precisely what he was doing when he brought Grigolia on full time. He knew precisely what he was doing when he tasked Grigolia with founding Wheaton's Department of Anthropology way back in 1937 when, as Wheaton College today brags, "Wheaton's Anthropology program was one of the first of its kind among national liberal arts colleges."


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President Phil Ryken along with his Trustees and employees have judged President Buswell uncharitably, and this is sin.

If any of us were to put ourselves in President Buswell's shoes, we would easily see ourselves doing as he did. If President Ryken and his Trustees were to put themselves in President Buswell's shoes, they would easily see themselves doing as he did. With them, we would do well to ask ourselves what we would have done differently?


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President Phil Ryken along with his Trustees and employees have judged President Buswell uncharitably, and this is sin.

If any of us were to put ourselves in President Buswell's shoes, we would easily see ourselves doing as he did. If President Ryken and his Trustees were to put themselves in President Buswell's shoes, they would easily see themselves doing as he did. With them, we would do well to ask ourselves what we would have done differently?


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President Phil Ryken along with his Trustees and employees have judged President Buswell uncharitably, and this is sin.

If any of us were to put ourselves in President Buswell's shoes, we would easily see ourselves doing as he did. If President Ryken and his Trustees were to put themselves in President Buswell's shoes, they would easily see themselves doing as he did. With them, we would do well to ask ourselves what we would have done differently?


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The final two decades of Joe Sobran's life, Fran Griffin did us kindly by serving as Joe's publisher. Before then, for many years Joe had been published by National Review, but Buckley began pressuring Joe to shut up about Israel.


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The final two decades of Joe Sobran's life, Fran Griffin did us kindly by serving as Joe's publisher. Before then, for many years Joe had been published by National Review, but Buckley began pressuring Joe to shut up about Israel.


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The final two decades of Joe Sobran's life, Fran Griffin did us kindly by serving as Joe's publisher. Before then, for many years Joe had been published by National Review, but Buckley began pressuring Joe to shut up about Israel.


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This picture is dispositive evidence that President Phil Ryken and his Trustees’ denunciation of President Buswell is a lie.


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This picture is dispositive evidence that President Phil Ryken and his Trustees’ denunciation of President Buswell is a lie.


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This picture is dispositive evidence that President Phil Ryken and his Trustees’ denunciation of President Buswell is a lie.


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If in vitro embryos are now protected under the rule of law, in utero embryos are also protected.


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If in vitro embryos are now protected under the rule of law, in utero embryos are also protected.


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If in vitro embryos are now protected under the rule of law, in utero embryos are also protected.


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Now is the time to be wise as serpents. Many of the men who, in your hour of need, will present themselves to you as so-called "conservatives" in the PCA, yet they have managed to continue within the post-Revoice PCA without making any fuss noticeable enough to get the powers-that-be angry at them. How does that work? Hasn't your congregation had enough of so-called "conservatives" who hide from danger?

Don't go with the old and established again. It's done you wrong.


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Now is the time to be wise as serpents. Many of the men who, in your hour of need, will present themselves to you as so-called "conservatives" in the PCA, yet they have managed to continue within the post-Revoice PCA without making any fuss noticeable enough to get the powers-that-be angry at them. How does that work? Hasn't your congregation had enough of so-called "conservatives" who hide from danger?

Don't go with the old and established again. It's done you wrong.


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Now is the time to be wise as serpents. Many of the men who, in your hour of need, will present themselves to you as so-called "conservatives" in the PCA, yet they have managed to continue within the post-Revoice PCA without making any fuss noticeable enough to get the powers-that-be angry at them. How does that work? Hasn't your congregation had enough of so-called "conservatives" who hide from danger?

Don't go with the old and established again. It's done you wrong.


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Mom, you especially have been an example to me. I know I kid you frequently about your frugality; but even more frequently, I see how you are able to help us all when we have needs, because of your own selflessness. Plus, there is no mistaking who Mary Lee’s mother is. When I interview candidates for our church and talk with other pastors...

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Mom, you especially have been an example to me. I know I kid you frequently about your frugality; but even more frequently, I see how you are able to help us all when we have needs, because of your own selflessness. Plus, there is no mistaking who Mary Lee’s mother is. When I interview candidates for our church and talk with other pastors...

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Mom, you especially have been an example to me. I know I kid you frequently about your frugality; but even more frequently, I see how you are able to help us all when we have needs, because of your own selflessness. Plus, there is no mistaking who Mary Lee’s mother is. When I interview candidates for our church and talk with other pastors...

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Finally (and maybe the very worst thing about the Report as a report), is that G.R.A.C.E. in their Report neither recommends not brings any accountability to Tenth's pastors and elders who sinned so flagrantly against their flock.


Really, it would have been better if the Report had not been written than to write it using nostrums like the need for better communication and "transparency." When such evil is recounted and the Report follows up by saying this and that evil need better "transparency," what the reader learns is that evil has no consequences. He learns to sin that the work of G.R.A.C.E. may abound.


No teeth at all. Not a single consequence required by the Report for those who betrayed their calling to protect Tenth's sheep.

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Finally (and maybe the very worst thing about the Report as a report), is that G.R.A.C.E. in their Report neither recommends not brings any accountability to Tenth's pastors and elders who sinned so flagrantly against their flock.


Really, it would have been better if the Report had not been written than to write it using nostrums like the need for better communication and "transparency." When such evil is recounted and the Report follows up by saying this and that evil need better "transparency," what the reader learns is that evil has no consequences. He learns to sin that the work of G.R.A.C.E. may abound.


No teeth at all. Not a single consequence required by the Report for those who betrayed their calling to protect Tenth's sheep.

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Finally (and maybe the very worst thing about the Report as a report), is that G.R.A.C.E. in their Report neither recommends not brings any accountability to Tenth's pastors and elders who sinned so flagrantly against their flock.


Really, it would have been better if the Report had not been written than to write it using nostrums like the need for better communication and "transparency." When such evil is recounted and the Report follows up by saying this and that evil need better "transparency," what the reader learns is that evil has no consequences. He learns to sin that the work of G.R.A.C.E. may abound.


No teeth at all. Not a single consequence required by the Report for those who betrayed their calling to protect Tenth's sheep.

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It's been seven weeks since G.R.A.C.E. released their Report documenting the betrayal of the souls of Tenth Presbyterian Church by their pastors and elders. This betrayal is most visible in the G.R.A.C.E. Report, starting with the facts they record concerning Sr. Minister Phil Ryken leading his elders to cover up the homoerotic assaults against young men committed by Tenth's choir director, Paul Jones.


Ryken and his elders were informed of Jones's crimes back in 2001.


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It's been seven weeks since G.R.A.C.E. released their Report documenting the betrayal of the souls of Tenth Presbyterian Church by their pastors and elders. This betrayal is most visible in the G.R.A.C.E. Report, starting with the facts they record concerning Sr. Minister Phil Ryken leading his elders to cover up the homoerotic assaults against young men committed by Tenth's choir director, Paul Jones.


Ryken and his elders were informed of Jones's crimes back in 2001.


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It's been seven weeks since G.R.A.C.E. released their Report documenting the betrayal of the souls of Tenth Presbyterian Church by their pastors and elders. This betrayal is most visible in the G.R.A.C.E. Report, starting with the facts they record concerning Sr. Minister Phil Ryken leading his elders to cover up the homoerotic assaults against young men committed by Tenth's choir director, Paul Jones.


Ryken and his elders were informed of Jones's crimes back in 2001.


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]]> No Tenth Presbyterian Church Session statement revealing Tenth Presbyterian Church Session statement revealing full efa081b5-ac2f-438d-a459-2b3eb54aedfa https://share.transistor.fm/s/4ddfbda5 Excerpt:
Below is the transcript of the statement the Session of Tenth Presbyterian Church wrote and posted on Vimeo, explaining why they cancelled the congregational meeting they'd called for this past Sunday, January 7, 2024. In this article, I make some comments hoping they will be helpful to those involved in the mess, helping them to see why the session must resign and presbytery must send in a commission to take over the sessional responsibilities for a time.


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Below is the transcript of the statement the Session of Tenth Presbyterian Church wrote and posted on Vimeo, explaining why they cancelled the congregational meeting they'd called for this past Sunday, January 7, 2024. In this article, I make some comments hoping they will be helpful to those involved in the mess, helping them to see why the session must resign and presbytery must send in a commission to take over the sessional responsibilities for a time.


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Below is the transcript of the statement the Session of Tenth Presbyterian Church wrote and posted on Vimeo, explaining why they cancelled the congregational meeting they'd called for this past Sunday, January 7, 2024. In this article, I make some comments hoping they will be helpful to those involved in the mess, helping them to see why the session must resign and presbytery must send in a commission to take over the sessional responsibilities for a time.


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]]> No Tenth Presbyterian Church cancels congregational meeting: Tenth's session must resign Tenth Presbyterian Church cancels congregational meeting: Tenth's session must resign full 821d6bae-1c6a-44e8-9430-2a91fe0a9cfb https://share.transistor.fm/s/24958991 Excerpt:
The Session of Tenth Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in America) has betrayed their trust to guard their sheep. For them to present themselves now as "lovers" of their sheep and the adults in the room who can be trusted—making this claim in the wake of (only) their most recent scandal of Goligher's abandonment of his call—is ludicrous and should immediately be shut down by both the congregation and Philadelphia Presbytery (BCO 11-4)...


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The Session of Tenth Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in America) has betrayed their trust to guard their sheep. For them to present themselves now as "lovers" of their sheep and the adults in the room who can be trusted—making this claim in the wake of (only) their most recent scandal of Goligher's abandonment of his call—is ludicrous and should immediately be shut down by both the congregation and Philadelphia Presbytery (BCO 11-4)...


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]]> Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:44:07 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 313 Excerpt:
The Session of Tenth Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in America) has betrayed their trust to guard their sheep. For them to present themselves now as "lovers" of their sheep and the adults in the room who can be trusted—making this claim in the wake of (only) their most recent scandal of Goligher's abandonment of his call—is ludicrous and should immediately be shut down by both the congregation and Philadelphia Presbytery (BCO 11-4)...


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]]> No Tenth Presbyterian Church Session issues statement on their cancellation of congregational meeting Tenth Presbyterian Church Session issues statement on their cancellation of congregational meeting full 29d2e8ff-7532-4512-8240-6541f4f4c781 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e109a76f Excerpt:
Christian organizations and church officers often take down statements they have, at first, made publicly. Thus during conflict, they control information.


For the permanent record then, this is the transcript of the statement the Session of Tenth Presbyterian Church just posted on Vimeo. Here their spokesman explains why he and his fellow elders cancelled the congregational meeting they had called for yesterday, Sunday, January 7, 2024.


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Christian organizations and church officers often take down statements they have, at first, made publicly. Thus during conflict, they control information.


For the permanent record then, this is the transcript of the statement the Session of Tenth Presbyterian Church just posted on Vimeo. Here their spokesman explains why he and his fellow elders cancelled the congregational meeting they had called for yesterday, Sunday, January 7, 2024.


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Christian organizations and church officers often take down statements they have, at first, made publicly. Thus during conflict, they control information.


For the permanent record then, this is the transcript of the statement the Session of Tenth Presbyterian Church just posted on Vimeo. Here their spokesman explains why he and his fellow elders cancelled the congregational meeting they had called for yesterday, Sunday, January 7, 2024.


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]]> No New Year's resolutions for the sheep New Year's resolutions for the sheep full 150a792b-53f5-46de-8236-2ec6f5208626 https://share.transistor.fm/s/50219436 Excerpt:
Since my shepherd keeps watch over my soul as a man who will give account to the Chief Shepherd, I recommit myself to submit to him, seeking his growth and wellbeing, and thereby our flock's growth and wellbeing. To that end, I make the following resolutions:


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Since my shepherd keeps watch over my soul as a man who will give account to the Chief Shepherd, I recommit myself to submit to him, seeking his growth and wellbeing, and thereby our flock's growth and wellbeing. To that end, I make the following resolutions:


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Since my shepherd keeps watch over my soul as a man who will give account to the Chief Shepherd, I recommit myself to submit to him, seeking his growth and wellbeing, and thereby our flock's growth and wellbeing. To that end, I make the following resolutions:


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Since I am called by God to feed and protect His sheep, knowing well my weaknesses, fears, and temptations, I recommit myself to zeal in my pastoral duties. To that end, I make the following resolutions:


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Since I am called by God to feed and protect His sheep, knowing well my weaknesses, fears, and temptations, I recommit myself to zeal in my pastoral duties. To that end, I make the following resolutions:


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]]> Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:19:26 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 415 Excerpt:
Since I am called by God to feed and protect His sheep, knowing well my weaknesses, fears, and temptations, I recommit myself to zeal in my pastoral duties. To that end, I make the following resolutions:


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]]> No To all godly sinners, Merry Christmas! To all godly sinners, Merry Christmas! full 18eed543-0e5c-46ad-90f2-b8994d4b3c72 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2c50e743 Merry Christmas!

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]]> No Christmas 2023: audio of Joe Bayly's "How silently, how silently..." Christmas 2023: audio of Joe Bayly's "How silently, how silently..." full 7a7fb552-d4b7-4e5d-87f0-10ee71d606d4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/df1718fd (A modern Christmas story by Joe Bayly, printed in The Gospel Blimp (and other parables.)

]]> (A modern Christmas story by Joe Bayly, printed in The Gospel Blimp (and other parables.)

]]> Sun, 24 Dec 2023 14:08:19 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1594 (A modern Christmas story by Joe Bayly, printed in The Gospel Blimp (and other parables.)

]]> No Wheaton College & President Buswell: racist division still Wheaton College & President Buswell: racist division still full ade2ff65-d264-41e5-abd3-3df09c6fb217 https://share.transistor.fm/s/85f305a4 Excerpt:
What started it all was a group of students who called themselves "the collective of BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, and People of Color] students and alumni of Wheaton College" demanding the "immediate removal of President James Oliver Buswell’s name from the college’s library." 


As it turned out, full submission to their demand of "immediate removal" took Wheaton's trustees and administration two years and eleven months.


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What started it all was a group of students who called themselves "the collective of BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, and People of Color] students and alumni of Wheaton College" demanding the "immediate removal of President James Oliver Buswell’s name from the college’s library." 


As it turned out, full submission to their demand of "immediate removal" took Wheaton's trustees and administration two years and eleven months.


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]]> Thu, 21 Dec 2023 10:49:27 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 991 Excerpt:
What started it all was a group of students who called themselves "the collective of BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, and People of Color] students and alumni of Wheaton College" demanding the "immediate removal of President James Oliver Buswell’s name from the college’s library." 


As it turned out, full submission to their demand of "immediate removal" took Wheaton's trustees and administration two years and eleven months.


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]]> No Tenth Presbyterian Church & GRACE "independence" Tenth Presbyterian Church & GRACE "independence" full 37ff4e21-3dfb-4c06-96a3-1113d59923bb https://share.transistor.fm/s/b99c3411 Excerpt:
GRACE is a crisis management company frequently hired by Christian churches who have attained public notoriety for various forms of abuse of women and men, girls and boys. GRACE is brought in to manage the crisis by investigating the bad actors, then make recommendations for cleaning up the church's public image.


GRACE sells itself as an impartial business that can be trusted to root out abusers of authority. At the center of  their marketing is their claim of objectivity in their research and the reports they write up for their clients.


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GRACE is a crisis management company frequently hired by Christian churches who have attained public notoriety for various forms of abuse of women and men, girls and boys. GRACE is brought in to manage the crisis by investigating the bad actors, then make recommendations for cleaning up the church's public image.


GRACE sells itself as an impartial business that can be trusted to root out abusers of authority. At the center of  their marketing is their claim of objectivity in their research and the reports they write up for their clients.


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GRACE is a crisis management company frequently hired by Christian churches who have attained public notoriety for various forms of abuse of women and men, girls and boys. GRACE is brought in to manage the crisis by investigating the bad actors, then make recommendations for cleaning up the church's public image.


GRACE sells itself as an impartial business that can be trusted to root out abusers of authority. At the center of  their marketing is their claim of objectivity in their research and the reports they write up for their clients.


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]]> No Tenth Presbyterian Church, G.R.A.C.E., & abuse of authority Tenth Presbyterian Church, G.R.A.C.E., & abuse of authority full 23bd87c4-2f51-4d27-800d-0b5bf66237c3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/590b89e3 Excerpt:
What is critically important to recognize at this late date is this: the abuse of authority committed by shepherds who refuse to defend such victims from their predators is more evil than the terrible abuse of the predators themselves.


Why?


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What is critically important to recognize at this late date is this: the abuse of authority committed by shepherds who refuse to defend such victims from their predators is more evil than the terrible abuse of the predators themselves.


Why?


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What is critically important to recognize at this late date is this: the abuse of authority committed by shepherds who refuse to defend such victims from their predators is more evil than the terrible abuse of the predators themselves.


Why?


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]]> No Wheaton College & President Buswell: Buswell inherits racist legacy Wheaton College & President Buswell: Buswell inherits racist legacy full 23f6a1d2-c644-4ae9-8944-c4f73a744fc8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/24da4f7e Excerpt:
Seventeen years before President Buswell was hired, Wheaton College had suffered a scandal that reached national proportions. This scandal started with President Charles Blanchard accepting a Black female applicant for mid-year matriculation, Winter/Spring Semester of 1909.


This young woman's name was Nellie Bryant, and her application to Wheaton was the result of her being expelled from Berea College in southeast Kentucky.


Berea College had expelled Bryant because she was Black...


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Seventeen years before President Buswell was hired, Wheaton College had suffered a scandal that reached national proportions. This scandal started with President Charles Blanchard accepting a Black female applicant for mid-year matriculation, Winter/Spring Semester of 1909.


This young woman's name was Nellie Bryant, and her application to Wheaton was the result of her being expelled from Berea College in southeast Kentucky.


Berea College had expelled Bryant because she was Black...


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]]> Thu, 21 Dec 2023 10:37:15 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 2033 Excerpt:
Seventeen years before President Buswell was hired, Wheaton College had suffered a scandal that reached national proportions. This scandal started with President Charles Blanchard accepting a Black female applicant for mid-year matriculation, Winter/Spring Semester of 1909.


This young woman's name was Nellie Bryant, and her application to Wheaton was the result of her being expelled from Berea College in southeast Kentucky.


Berea College had expelled Bryant because she was Black...


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]]> No What Kevin doesn't understand What Kevin doesn't understand full dbd70e6f-744b-40eb-aed4-6e5bddeb71cc https://share.transistor.fm/s/43a2b94d Excerpt:
Kevin DeYoung recently wrote a piece critical of Doug Wilson and the “mood” in Moscow, Idaho, center of Doug’s burgeoning movement. Kevin’s piece has fallen flat, leading (if Twitter responses constitute a representative sample) to more criticism of Kevin than Doug.

I suspect Kevin, essentially an irenicist and a generally reasonable guy, can’t comprehend why his criticisms of Doug and the Moscow movement have been so poorly received.


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Kevin DeYoung recently wrote a piece critical of Doug Wilson and the “mood” in Moscow, Idaho, center of Doug’s burgeoning movement. Kevin’s piece has fallen flat, leading (if Twitter responses constitute a representative sample) to more criticism of Kevin than Doug.

I suspect Kevin, essentially an irenicist and a generally reasonable guy, can’t comprehend why his criticisms of Doug and the Moscow movement have been so poorly received.


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Kevin DeYoung recently wrote a piece critical of Doug Wilson and the “mood” in Moscow, Idaho, center of Doug’s burgeoning movement. Kevin’s piece has fallen flat, leading (if Twitter responses constitute a representative sample) to more criticism of Kevin than Doug.

I suspect Kevin, essentially an irenicist and a generally reasonable guy, can’t comprehend why his criticisms of Doug and the Moscow movement have been so poorly received.


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]]> No Presbyterian government and Tenth Presbyterian Church Presbyterian government and Tenth Presbyterian Church full 66e5c902-6768-4b59-8c30-8cc4cb4a8360 https://share.transistor.fm/s/77f4d748 Excerpt:
There are a host of circumstances that may complicate the presbytery's debate and vote on the termination of a pastor's call:

  • Does the congregation want the pastor's call terminated or not?
  • Does the session want the pastor's call terminated or not?
  • Does the pastor want his call terminated or not?
  • Is there sin or violation of proper process on the part of any or all three of the parties—the congregation, session, and pastor?

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There are a host of circumstances that may complicate the presbytery's debate and vote on the termination of a pastor's call:

  • Does the congregation want the pastor's call terminated or not?
  • Does the session want the pastor's call terminated or not?
  • Does the pastor want his call terminated or not?
  • Is there sin or violation of proper process on the part of any or all three of the parties—the congregation, session, and pastor?

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There are a host of circumstances that may complicate the presbytery's debate and vote on the termination of a pastor's call:

  • Does the congregation want the pastor's call terminated or not?
  • Does the session want the pastor's call terminated or not?
  • Does the pastor want his call terminated or not?
  • Is there sin or violation of proper process on the part of any or all three of the parties—the congregation, session, and pastor?

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]]> No Flourishing, robust, ironic, and authentic... Flourishing, robust, ironic, and authentic... full ecd1819d-279f-41d3-b375-97f11e81b3b3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a19d7cad Excerpt:
Irony is mentioned here in connection with the explosion of our usage of "authentic" because an ironic age is an age lacking in directness, truthfulness, and courage. It winks rather than smiling. It crosses its fingers behind its back. If you catch a man lying and point it out, he responds that he was being ironic.


The ironic man extends by just a few seconds the moment when he has to commit himself.


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Irony is mentioned here in connection with the explosion of our usage of "authentic" because an ironic age is an age lacking in directness, truthfulness, and courage. It winks rather than smiling. It crosses its fingers behind its back. If you catch a man lying and point it out, he responds that he was being ironic.


The ironic man extends by just a few seconds the moment when he has to commit himself.


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Irony is mentioned here in connection with the explosion of our usage of "authentic" because an ironic age is an age lacking in directness, truthfulness, and courage. It winks rather than smiling. It crosses its fingers behind its back. If you catch a man lying and point it out, he responds that he was being ironic.


The ironic man extends by just a few seconds the moment when he has to commit himself.


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]]> No Wheaton College & President Buswell: Open letter to Pres. Ryken & Trustees Wheaton College & President Buswell: Open letter to Pres. Ryken & Trustees full ba658b76-0417-488a-acdf-1070211fa865 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e722ace5 Excerpt:
The Task Force did not review any Wheaton-related activity after the year 2,000. President Ryken and the Board directed the Task Force to review the years 1860 through 2000, but I consider the year 2000 an arbitrary cutoff date. There is no legitimate reason to exempt President Ryken or the Trustees from examination and criticism.


President Ryken's actions in 2015-2016 in the Dr. Hawkins matter provide an interesting contrast to Wheaton's 2023 decision to denounce President Buswell.


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The Task Force did not review any Wheaton-related activity after the year 2,000. President Ryken and the Board directed the Task Force to review the years 1860 through 2000, but I consider the year 2000 an arbitrary cutoff date. There is no legitimate reason to exempt President Ryken or the Trustees from examination and criticism.


President Ryken's actions in 2015-2016 in the Dr. Hawkins matter provide an interesting contrast to Wheaton's 2023 decision to denounce President Buswell.


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The Task Force did not review any Wheaton-related activity after the year 2,000. President Ryken and the Board directed the Task Force to review the years 1860 through 2000, but I consider the year 2000 an arbitrary cutoff date. There is no legitimate reason to exempt President Ryken or the Trustees from examination and criticism.


President Ryken's actions in 2015-2016 in the Dr. Hawkins matter provide an interesting contrast to Wheaton's 2023 decision to denounce President Buswell.


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]]> No Wheaton College & President Buswell: James Buswell III, Rachel Boone Wheaton College & President Buswell: James Buswell III, Rachel Boone full 096d7175-bd40-482d-96f5-c3642fe14c3b https://share.transistor.fm/s/b85f91ba Excerpt:
The good scholar anticipates lines of argument contrary to his thesis, raising them himself, then responding to them in a way that defends his own conclusions. The good scholar improves his opponent’s arguments for him, demonstrating his commitment to the pursuit of truth. This is “steel-manning,” the opposite of “straw-manning.”

No one familiar with the Report is surprised that the anti-segregation and anti-racism convictions and publications of Buswell the Son aren’t mentioned by the Task Force in defense of his father.


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The good scholar anticipates lines of argument contrary to his thesis, raising them himself, then responding to them in a way that defends his own conclusions. The good scholar improves his opponent’s arguments for him, demonstrating his commitment to the pursuit of truth. This is “steel-manning,” the opposite of “straw-manning.”

No one familiar with the Report is surprised that the anti-segregation and anti-racism convictions and publications of Buswell the Son aren’t mentioned by the Task Force in defense of his father.


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The good scholar anticipates lines of argument contrary to his thesis, raising them himself, then responding to them in a way that defends his own conclusions. The good scholar improves his opponent’s arguments for him, demonstrating his commitment to the pursuit of truth. This is “steel-manning,” the opposite of “straw-manning.”

No one familiar with the Report is surprised that the anti-segregation and anti-racism convictions and publications of Buswell the Son aren’t mentioned by the Task Force in defense of his father.


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]]> No The kindness of the Lord (23): anonymous letters and criticism The kindness of the Lord (23): anonymous letters and criticism full 690238ef-6795-49a5-b666-87702d8b20f0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/761b9a11 Excerpt:
It’s good never to respond to criticism by email or letter if you can do so in person (or, if they live at a distance from you, by a phone call). It’s also important never to respond without waiting at least a couple days to cool off and get your wife or your trusted elder’s advice. Let me reiterate this: never but never send a text, email, or letter responding to criticism or dealing with conflict without waiting at least two days, during which you run by your wife or trusted elder or outside wise friend what you have written or intend to say, asking them to give you their counsel and editing advice.

Let me add: after you have finished spending hours writing out the perfect response, always keep as a live option filing that response in a file folder on your computer or drawer labelled, “God’s file.”


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It’s good never to respond to criticism by email or letter if you can do so in person (or, if they live at a distance from you, by a phone call). It’s also important never to respond without waiting at least a couple days to cool off and get your wife or your trusted elder’s advice. Let me reiterate this: never but never send a text, email, or letter responding to criticism or dealing with conflict without waiting at least two days, during which you run by your wife or trusted elder or outside wise friend what you have written or intend to say, asking them to give you their counsel and editing advice.

Let me add: after you have finished spending hours writing out the perfect response, always keep as a live option filing that response in a file folder on your computer or drawer labelled, “God’s file.”


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It’s good never to respond to criticism by email or letter if you can do so in person (or, if they live at a distance from you, by a phone call). It’s also important never to respond without waiting at least a couple days to cool off and get your wife or your trusted elder’s advice. Let me reiterate this: never but never send a text, email, or letter responding to criticism or dealing with conflict without waiting at least two days, during which you run by your wife or trusted elder or outside wise friend what you have written or intend to say, asking them to give you their counsel and editing advice.

Let me add: after you have finished spending hours writing out the perfect response, always keep as a live option filing that response in a file folder on your computer or drawer labelled, “God’s file.”


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]]> No Who trembles at My Word (3) Who trembles at My Word (3) full 0fe34cbc-8497-461a-b9b2-c90678328d8d https://share.transistor.fm/s/8d798928 Excerpt:
Five centuries ago, the Protestant reformers surveyed what we today call "Christendom," and they mourned over the harassed and helpless sheep being milked by the Pope and his minions. Rome sold her spiritual wares so the Pope would have the money to continue paying those constructing St. Peter's Basilica (as well as Michelangelo painting the Pope's Sistine Chapel).


Surveying this idolatry, the Reformers loved God and grieved that the sheep their Lord had purchased with His Own precious blood were being fattened up and eaten by their shepherds. No one preached to them the good news of the love of God recorded in Scripture.


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Five centuries ago, the Protestant reformers surveyed what we today call "Christendom," and they mourned over the harassed and helpless sheep being milked by the Pope and his minions. Rome sold her spiritual wares so the Pope would have the money to continue paying those constructing St. Peter's Basilica (as well as Michelangelo painting the Pope's Sistine Chapel).


Surveying this idolatry, the Reformers loved God and grieved that the sheep their Lord had purchased with His Own precious blood were being fattened up and eaten by their shepherds. No one preached to them the good news of the love of God recorded in Scripture.


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Five centuries ago, the Protestant reformers surveyed what we today call "Christendom," and they mourned over the harassed and helpless sheep being milked by the Pope and his minions. Rome sold her spiritual wares so the Pope would have the money to continue paying those constructing St. Peter's Basilica (as well as Michelangelo painting the Pope's Sistine Chapel).


Surveying this idolatry, the Reformers loved God and grieved that the sheep their Lord had purchased with His Own precious blood were being fattened up and eaten by their shepherds. No one preached to them the good news of the love of God recorded in Scripture.


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]]> No Wheaton College and President Buswell: the race that doesn't matter Wheaton College and President Buswell: the race that doesn't matter full eefdf3e2-16ff-4d84-ba5d-039f27e173d3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bb836972 Excerpt:
Wheaton's Trustees also limited their Task Force's "historical review" to Wheaton's history "with respect to race relations."


Not injustice, oppression, or bloodshed.


Just "race relations."


This assumes a common understanding of "race," but what is the definition of this politically charged word?

Cambridge Dictionary defines "race" as "the idea that people can be divided into different groups based on physical characteristics that they are perceived to share such as skin color, eye shape, etc., or the dividing of people in this way."


Given their shared physical characteristics, preborn babies are a "race." Concerning "relations," their mothers are often hostile against them—to the point of bloodshed. It is incontrovertible the slaughter of this race of persons properly lies within the purview of the Trustee's Historical Review Task Force.


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Wheaton's Trustees also limited their Task Force's "historical review" to Wheaton's history "with respect to race relations."


Not injustice, oppression, or bloodshed.


Just "race relations."


This assumes a common understanding of "race," but what is the definition of this politically charged word?

Cambridge Dictionary defines "race" as "the idea that people can be divided into different groups based on physical characteristics that they are perceived to share such as skin color, eye shape, etc., or the dividing of people in this way."


Given their shared physical characteristics, preborn babies are a "race." Concerning "relations," their mothers are often hostile against them—to the point of bloodshed. It is incontrovertible the slaughter of this race of persons properly lies within the purview of the Trustee's Historical Review Task Force.


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Wheaton's Trustees also limited their Task Force's "historical review" to Wheaton's history "with respect to race relations."


Not injustice, oppression, or bloodshed.


Just "race relations."


This assumes a common understanding of "race," but what is the definition of this politically charged word?

Cambridge Dictionary defines "race" as "the idea that people can be divided into different groups based on physical characteristics that they are perceived to share such as skin color, eye shape, etc., or the dividing of people in this way."


Given their shared physical characteristics, preborn babies are a "race." Concerning "relations," their mothers are often hostile against them—to the point of bloodshed. It is incontrovertible the slaughter of this race of persons properly lies within the purview of the Trustee's Historical Review Task Force.


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]]> No Wheaton College and President Buswell: hedge words for kangaroo court Wheaton College and President Buswell: hedge words for kangaroo court full 161ce80d-7966-4711-b230-164132c872d7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c65baa98 Excerpt:
Here's a list and frequency of some of their hedge or weasel words/roots and phrases:

  • may; "may suggest," "such documentation may have existed," "subsequent research may nuance some of the following findings," etc.
  • would; "would be hard-pressed to prove," would be expected," would be an oversimplification," "would be natural to assume," etc.
  • might; "Buswell might well have made good on this recommendation," "might suggest," "might give the impression," etc.
  • seems; "seems likely"
  • assume; "it would be natural to assume"
  • perhaps; "interracial relationships were... perhaps discouraged," "perhaps prompted by"
  • indicate; "the Record indicates that," "our records... indicate that," "one response indicated that," etc.
  • unlikely; "it unlikely [sic] that undergraduates of non-European descent ever comprised as much as 2 percent of undergraduates," "it is highly unlikely that"
  • possible; "it would be impossible to determine," "as meticulously as possible," "exactly when he did so is impossible to determine," "makes it impossible... to effectively evaluate race relations," "it is impossible to confirm," etc.
  • suggest (23); "a single source with no corroborating or clarifying details... suggests an incident of race-based discrimination supported by the College's President," "may suggest," "evidence suggests that," "HRTF research suggests that," "In sum, the evidence suggests that no black students were enrolled at Wheaton College between the departure of Clarence Morris in 1929 and the matriculation of Lewis McGee in 1940," etc.

Such equivocations are spread across the Report.


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Here's a list and frequency of some of their hedge or weasel words/roots and phrases:

  • may; "may suggest," "such documentation may have existed," "subsequent research may nuance some of the following findings," etc.
  • would; "would be hard-pressed to prove," would be expected," would be an oversimplification," "would be natural to assume," etc.
  • might; "Buswell might well have made good on this recommendation," "might suggest," "might give the impression," etc.
  • seems; "seems likely"
  • assume; "it would be natural to assume"
  • perhaps; "interracial relationships were... perhaps discouraged," "perhaps prompted by"
  • indicate; "the Record indicates that," "our records... indicate that," "one response indicated that," etc.
  • unlikely; "it unlikely [sic] that undergraduates of non-European descent ever comprised as much as 2 percent of undergraduates," "it is highly unlikely that"
  • possible; "it would be impossible to determine," "as meticulously as possible," "exactly when he did so is impossible to determine," "makes it impossible... to effectively evaluate race relations," "it is impossible to confirm," etc.
  • suggest (23); "a single source with no corroborating or clarifying details... suggests an incident of race-based discrimination supported by the College's President," "may suggest," "evidence suggests that," "HRTF research suggests that," "In sum, the evidence suggests that no black students were enrolled at Wheaton College between the departure of Clarence Morris in 1929 and the matriculation of Lewis McGee in 1940," etc.

Such equivocations are spread across the Report.


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Here's a list and frequency of some of their hedge or weasel words/roots and phrases:

  • may; "may suggest," "such documentation may have existed," "subsequent research may nuance some of the following findings," etc.
  • would; "would be hard-pressed to prove," would be expected," would be an oversimplification," "would be natural to assume," etc.
  • might; "Buswell might well have made good on this recommendation," "might suggest," "might give the impression," etc.
  • seems; "seems likely"
  • assume; "it would be natural to assume"
  • perhaps; "interracial relationships were... perhaps discouraged," "perhaps prompted by"
  • indicate; "the Record indicates that," "our records... indicate that," "one response indicated that," etc.
  • unlikely; "it unlikely [sic] that undergraduates of non-European descent ever comprised as much as 2 percent of undergraduates," "it is highly unlikely that"
  • possible; "it would be impossible to determine," "as meticulously as possible," "exactly when he did so is impossible to determine," "makes it impossible... to effectively evaluate race relations," "it is impossible to confirm," etc.
  • suggest (23); "a single source with no corroborating or clarifying details... suggests an incident of race-based discrimination supported by the College's President," "may suggest," "evidence suggests that," "HRTF research suggests that," "In sum, the evidence suggests that no black students were enrolled at Wheaton College between the departure of Clarence Morris in 1929 and the matriculation of Lewis McGee in 1940," etc.

Such equivocations are spread across the Report.


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]]> No Wheaton College and President Buswell: tendentious history Wheaton College and President Buswell: tendentious history full 5ff6e43f-3c0c-4dcb-8007-446fa0cf55bc https://share.transistor.fm/s/a628f3be Excerpt:
Back to Anthony Bradley. One year before Wheaton's trustees and president tried to appease their students by appointing their task force to denounce President Buswell, Bradley posted a series of tweets containing a number of exclamation marks. What excited him so much?

Here's the first in the series, dated July 15, 2020 (over three years ago):

Bradley was terribly excited to have discovered a book published by Eerdmans. He reports the book is endorsed by "anti-racist" professors and is "the book college and seminary students need to read."


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Back to Anthony Bradley. One year before Wheaton's trustees and president tried to appease their students by appointing their task force to denounce President Buswell, Bradley posted a series of tweets containing a number of exclamation marks. What excited him so much?

Here's the first in the series, dated July 15, 2020 (over three years ago):

Bradley was terribly excited to have discovered a book published by Eerdmans. He reports the book is endorsed by "anti-racist" professors and is "the book college and seminary students need to read."


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Back to Anthony Bradley. One year before Wheaton's trustees and president tried to appease their students by appointing their task force to denounce President Buswell, Bradley posted a series of tweets containing a number of exclamation marks. What excited him so much?

Here's the first in the series, dated July 15, 2020 (over three years ago):

Bradley was terribly excited to have discovered a book published by Eerdmans. He reports the book is endorsed by "anti-racist" professors and is "the book college and seminary students need to read."


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The question I had to face is what part of my pride I was willing to relinquish for the sake of helping my men to humble themselves under my preaching? Helping them lower themselves to receive God's Word from this weakling's mouth?


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The question I had to face is what part of my pride I was willing to relinquish for the sake of helping my men to humble themselves under my preaching? Helping them lower themselves to receive God's Word from this weakling's mouth?


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The question I had to face is what part of my pride I was willing to relinquish for the sake of helping my men to humble themselves under my preaching? Helping them lower themselves to receive God's Word from this weakling's mouth?


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]]> No Wheaton College and J. Oliver Buswell: Buswell's sons (2) Wheaton College and J. Oliver Buswell: Buswell's sons (2) full 40104dbd-1baa-44ea-a81b-a6ec8d9e0a59 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e2d3e42a Excerpt:
Soon after their move, believing in Christian education, Dad and Mother joined a few couples to start Delaware County Christian School in 1949. Writing the founding documents, Dad pushed through the adoption of a policy that Blacks would be free to enroll their children. Note this was back in 1949, a mere nine years after President Buswell was fired by Wheaton's trustees on January 20, 1940.

For myself, I have no doubts Dr. Buswell's own commitments and teaching against segregation in educational institutions was a critical part of my father's ethical formation concerning racial matters. For this reason, with clear determination, Dad led the other founders of Delaware County Christian School to write into the school's bylaws that Black applicants would be accepted.


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Soon after their move, believing in Christian education, Dad and Mother joined a few couples to start Delaware County Christian School in 1949. Writing the founding documents, Dad pushed through the adoption of a policy that Blacks would be free to enroll their children. Note this was back in 1949, a mere nine years after President Buswell was fired by Wheaton's trustees on January 20, 1940.

For myself, I have no doubts Dr. Buswell's own commitments and teaching against segregation in educational institutions was a critical part of my father's ethical formation concerning racial matters. For this reason, with clear determination, Dad led the other founders of Delaware County Christian School to write into the school's bylaws that Black applicants would be accepted.


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Soon after their move, believing in Christian education, Dad and Mother joined a few couples to start Delaware County Christian School in 1949. Writing the founding documents, Dad pushed through the adoption of a policy that Blacks would be free to enroll their children. Note this was back in 1949, a mere nine years after President Buswell was fired by Wheaton's trustees on January 20, 1940.

For myself, I have no doubts Dr. Buswell's own commitments and teaching against segregation in educational institutions was a critical part of my father's ethical formation concerning racial matters. For this reason, with clear determination, Dad led the other founders of Delaware County Christian School to write into the school's bylaws that Black applicants would be accepted.


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]]> No Wheaton College and J. Oliver Buswell: Buswell's sons (1) Wheaton College and J. Oliver Buswell: Buswell's sons (1) full 9b03af0a-6298-440f-a6ba-052947ad35ec https://share.transistor.fm/s/f5bf89db Excerpt:
For the testimony of J. Oliver Buswell's biological son, James Oliver Buswell III,  we turn to an article he contributed to Eternity published in 1962, two years after Barnhouse's death.


Why did Ryken and his trustees not present Buswell the Son's published commitments as evidence of President Buswell's theological and moral opposition to racism? When they hired Phil as Wheaton's president, did the trustees not have it in mind that Ryken the son would follow in the footsteps of his respected father, Leland? What was their justification for concluding the opposite concerning President Buswell and his son?

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For the testimony of J. Oliver Buswell's biological son, James Oliver Buswell III,  we turn to an article he contributed to Eternity published in 1962, two years after Barnhouse's death.


Why did Ryken and his trustees not present Buswell the Son's published commitments as evidence of President Buswell's theological and moral opposition to racism? When they hired Phil as Wheaton's president, did the trustees not have it in mind that Ryken the son would follow in the footsteps of his respected father, Leland? What was their justification for concluding the opposite concerning President Buswell and his son?

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For the testimony of J. Oliver Buswell's biological son, James Oliver Buswell III,  we turn to an article he contributed to Eternity published in 1962, two years after Barnhouse's death.


Why did Ryken and his trustees not present Buswell the Son's published commitments as evidence of President Buswell's theological and moral opposition to racism? When they hired Phil as Wheaton's president, did the trustees not have it in mind that Ryken the son would follow in the footsteps of his respected father, Leland? What was their justification for concluding the opposite concerning President Buswell and his son?

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]]> No The betrayal of J. Oliver Buswell by Wheaton College The betrayal of J. Oliver Buswell by Wheaton College full f0056356-8735-4528-863f-efb9dfc55127 https://share.transistor.fm/s/04577594 Excerpt:
This Report has no credibility and should have been repudiated by the Trustees. The fact that it was embraced and spread far and wide reflects very poorly on these women and men.


As the Task Force admits in their Report, the evidence they have based their denunciation on is scarce and their generalizations and conclusions unsupported. They had a fourteen-year span of time to base their research on, but the Task Force produced suggestions, innuendo, and scraps of dialog reported secondhand. From this they declare there were racist policies they themselves claim were nothing more than "de facto."


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This Report has no credibility and should have been repudiated by the Trustees. The fact that it was embraced and spread far and wide reflects very poorly on these women and men.


As the Task Force admits in their Report, the evidence they have based their denunciation on is scarce and their generalizations and conclusions unsupported. They had a fourteen-year span of time to base their research on, but the Task Force produced suggestions, innuendo, and scraps of dialog reported secondhand. From this they declare there were racist policies they themselves claim were nothing more than "de facto."


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This Report has no credibility and should have been repudiated by the Trustees. The fact that it was embraced and spread far and wide reflects very poorly on these women and men.


As the Task Force admits in their Report, the evidence they have based their denunciation on is scarce and their generalizations and conclusions unsupported. They had a fourteen-year span of time to base their research on, but the Task Force produced suggestions, innuendo, and scraps of dialog reported secondhand. From this they declare there were racist policies they themselves claim were nothing more than "de facto."


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In certain theological circles, we place great emphasis on the importance of “artistic excellence” for God. But artistic excellence in our worship without faithful devotion to God means very little. There are many trained singers who get paid to stand in gorgeous cathedrals and sing beautiful songs written about the one true God. But when such a performance is just that—a mere performance—God is not impressed. The Lord takes much more delight in the faith-filled shouts of the tone-deaf little boy singing at the top of his lungs on Sunday morning. And we should too.


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In certain theological circles, we place great emphasis on the importance of “artistic excellence” for God. But artistic excellence in our worship without faithful devotion to God means very little. There are many trained singers who get paid to stand in gorgeous cathedrals and sing beautiful songs written about the one true God. But when such a performance is just that—a mere performance—God is not impressed. The Lord takes much more delight in the faith-filled shouts of the tone-deaf little boy singing at the top of his lungs on Sunday morning. And we should too.


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In certain theological circles, we place great emphasis on the importance of “artistic excellence” for God. But artistic excellence in our worship without faithful devotion to God means very little. There are many trained singers who get paid to stand in gorgeous cathedrals and sing beautiful songs written about the one true God. But when such a performance is just that—a mere performance—God is not impressed. The Lord takes much more delight in the faith-filled shouts of the tone-deaf little boy singing at the top of his lungs on Sunday morning. And we should too.


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]]> No Wheaton College and President Buswell: what the Task Force left out (1) Wheaton College and President Buswell: what the Task Force left out (1) full b2367ffc-c581-4430-9777-55a7db2df63b https://share.transistor.fm/s/34d82096 Excerpt: 
President Ryken and the Wheaton Trustees delegated the prosecutorial task to their Task Force of fifteen members and three research assistants, for a total of eighteen. Of those eighteen, ten are paid employees working at Wheaton and directly under Phil Ryken’s authority. Of the remaining eight, three are students at Wheaton and directly under Phil Ryken’s authority. These three are also under the authority of the five faculty members serving next to them on the Task Force.

President Ryken and the Wheaton Trustees are the jury. They have received 122 pages of evidence they paid employees to assemble. Based on that evidence, the president and trustees of Wheaton College have publicly pronounced their verdict. They have declared former Wheaton College President J. Oliver Buswell, Jr., guilty of segregationist racism.

With this pronouncement of their verdict, they have also pronounced their sentence: Posthumously, President Buswell is sentenced to public shaming as well as the removal of his name from the campus library and signage.


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President Ryken and the Wheaton Trustees delegated the prosecutorial task to their Task Force of fifteen members and three research assistants, for a total of eighteen. Of those eighteen, ten are paid employees working at Wheaton and directly under Phil Ryken’s authority. Of the remaining eight, three are students at Wheaton and directly under Phil Ryken’s authority. These three are also under the authority of the five faculty members serving next to them on the Task Force.

President Ryken and the Wheaton Trustees are the jury. They have received 122 pages of evidence they paid employees to assemble. Based on that evidence, the president and trustees of Wheaton College have publicly pronounced their verdict. They have declared former Wheaton College President J. Oliver Buswell, Jr., guilty of segregationist racism.

With this pronouncement of their verdict, they have also pronounced their sentence: Posthumously, President Buswell is sentenced to public shaming as well as the removal of his name from the campus library and signage.


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President Ryken and the Wheaton Trustees delegated the prosecutorial task to their Task Force of fifteen members and three research assistants, for a total of eighteen. Of those eighteen, ten are paid employees working at Wheaton and directly under Phil Ryken’s authority. Of the remaining eight, three are students at Wheaton and directly under Phil Ryken’s authority. These three are also under the authority of the five faculty members serving next to them on the Task Force.

President Ryken and the Wheaton Trustees are the jury. They have received 122 pages of evidence they paid employees to assemble. Based on that evidence, the president and trustees of Wheaton College have publicly pronounced their verdict. They have declared former Wheaton College President J. Oliver Buswell, Jr., guilty of segregationist racism.

With this pronouncement of their verdict, they have also pronounced their sentence: Posthumously, President Buswell is sentenced to public shaming as well as the removal of his name from the campus library and signage.


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]]> No Wheaton College's public denunciation of former President J. Oliver Buswell, Jr. Wheaton College's public denunciation of former President J. Oliver Buswell, Jr. full 7540c07c-f98f-401d-8e95-7f9f843c7c41 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4d6da74a Excerpt: 
Who, specifically, was “perpetuating racism” at Wheaton?

J. Oliver Buswell, Jr.

Wheaton’s library is named “Buswell Library,” and thus the headline, “Historical Race Review announces library name change.” From the task force document:

The Trustees will instruct the administration to remove President James Oliver Buswell, Jr’s name from the Wheaton College Library.

And:

As a public acknowledgment of our collective grief and institutional repentance over the rejection of Black applicants, we will remove “Buswell” from signs and other public descriptions where it is used as the present name of Wheaton’s Library.


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Who, specifically, was “perpetuating racism” at Wheaton?

J. Oliver Buswell, Jr.

Wheaton’s library is named “Buswell Library,” and thus the headline, “Historical Race Review announces library name change.” From the task force document:

The Trustees will instruct the administration to remove President James Oliver Buswell, Jr’s name from the Wheaton College Library.

And:

As a public acknowledgment of our collective grief and institutional repentance over the rejection of Black applicants, we will remove “Buswell” from signs and other public descriptions where it is used as the present name of Wheaton’s Library.


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Who, specifically, was “perpetuating racism” at Wheaton?

J. Oliver Buswell, Jr.

Wheaton’s library is named “Buswell Library,” and thus the headline, “Historical Race Review announces library name change.” From the task force document:

The Trustees will instruct the administration to remove President James Oliver Buswell, Jr’s name from the Wheaton College Library.

And:

As a public acknowledgment of our collective grief and institutional repentance over the rejection of Black applicants, we will remove “Buswell” from signs and other public descriptions where it is used as the present name of Wheaton’s Library.


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Driving out to the address, I noted the stark white farmhouse surrounded by stark white outbuildings. What struck me was the yard displayed no concessions to any human weakness for beauty. Unlike most farmhouses of the area, this one was not prettied up with shrubs or flowers. Instead, it sat alone in all its stateliness.

Parking outside the back door, I walked across the grass and knocked on the screen door. Then I knocked again, even louder.

After some time, I heard a little commotion and saw the woman of the house coming out on the porch to see who was knocking?


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Driving out to the address, I noted the stark white farmhouse surrounded by stark white outbuildings. What struck me was the yard displayed no concessions to any human weakness for beauty. Unlike most farmhouses of the area, this one was not prettied up with shrubs or flowers. Instead, it sat alone in all its stateliness.

Parking outside the back door, I walked across the grass and knocked on the screen door. Then I knocked again, even louder.

After some time, I heard a little commotion and saw the woman of the house coming out on the porch to see who was knocking?


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Driving out to the address, I noted the stark white farmhouse surrounded by stark white outbuildings. What struck me was the yard displayed no concessions to any human weakness for beauty. Unlike most farmhouses of the area, this one was not prettied up with shrubs or flowers. Instead, it sat alone in all its stateliness.

Parking outside the back door, I walked across the grass and knocked on the screen door. Then I knocked again, even louder.

After some time, I heard a little commotion and saw the woman of the house coming out on the porch to see who was knocking?


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It’s always volatile to discuss sinful motives in condemning sinful actions, but how could a pastor place himself in any greater danger of causing resentment and conflict than speaking of the reasons a mother pays another woman to nurse her child? The pastor of any modern reformed congregation will do well to avoid even the slightest statement concerning mothers’ duties to their infants and young children. And even more so, their duties to nurse and care for their children at home rather than, say, pumping at the office.


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It’s always volatile to discuss sinful motives in condemning sinful actions, but how could a pastor place himself in any greater danger of causing resentment and conflict than speaking of the reasons a mother pays another woman to nurse her child? The pastor of any modern reformed congregation will do well to avoid even the slightest statement concerning mothers’ duties to their infants and young children. And even more so, their duties to nurse and care for their children at home rather than, say, pumping at the office.


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It’s always volatile to discuss sinful motives in condemning sinful actions, but how could a pastor place himself in any greater danger of causing resentment and conflict than speaking of the reasons a mother pays another woman to nurse her child? The pastor of any modern reformed congregation will do well to avoid even the slightest statement concerning mothers’ duties to their infants and young children. And even more so, their duties to nurse and care for their children at home rather than, say, pumping at the office.


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]]> No Thoughts on public schools, home schools, and Christian schools Thoughts on public schools, home schools, and Christian schools full 7f9fc817-b4bc-4f82-8b53-b6d504993479 https://share.transistor.fm/s/997f4877 Excerpt:
So the point is, start a Christian school; and then, don’t get wrapped around the axle if it goes bust. The doctrine of Original Sin needs to make a comeback in the Reformed church today—especially in our aspirations concerning the education of our children.


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So the point is, start a Christian school; and then, don’t get wrapped around the axle if it goes bust. The doctrine of Original Sin needs to make a comeback in the Reformed church today—especially in our aspirations concerning the education of our children.


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So the point is, start a Christian school; and then, don’t get wrapped around the axle if it goes bust. The doctrine of Original Sin needs to make a comeback in the Reformed church today—especially in our aspirations concerning the education of our children.


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]]> No Who trembles at My word (2) Who trembles at My word (2) full c45be4ce-ea54-47c6-801f-575504c0ad52 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f6d2f92d Excerpt:
This is what I mean by pastors apologizing for God’s Word and truth. To proclaim “God hath said” followed by “I wish God hadn’t said” undercuts God’s authority and Words.

Yet this is the habit of even the most conservative pastors today. They do it unconsciously, I think, but they do it relentlessly. Usually it is not as direct as what my friend said above. More typically the pastor will pepper the times he says God’s “no” in his sermon with hedge phrases like, “that’s what it says” and “we all see it” and “this might make you uncomfortable.” There are endless ways of distancing ourselves from God, leaving Him to be the ogre and us simply the bearer of His nasties.


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This is what I mean by pastors apologizing for God’s Word and truth. To proclaim “God hath said” followed by “I wish God hadn’t said” undercuts God’s authority and Words.

Yet this is the habit of even the most conservative pastors today. They do it unconsciously, I think, but they do it relentlessly. Usually it is not as direct as what my friend said above. More typically the pastor will pepper the times he says God’s “no” in his sermon with hedge phrases like, “that’s what it says” and “we all see it” and “this might make you uncomfortable.” There are endless ways of distancing ourselves from God, leaving Him to be the ogre and us simply the bearer of His nasties.


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This is what I mean by pastors apologizing for God’s Word and truth. To proclaim “God hath said” followed by “I wish God hadn’t said” undercuts God’s authority and Words.

Yet this is the habit of even the most conservative pastors today. They do it unconsciously, I think, but they do it relentlessly. Usually it is not as direct as what my friend said above. More typically the pastor will pepper the times he says God’s “no” in his sermon with hedge phrases like, “that’s what it says” and “we all see it” and “this might make you uncomfortable.” There are endless ways of distancing ourselves from God, leaving Him to be the ogre and us simply the bearer of His nasties.


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In the gatherings of our Lord’s flock, God’s truth must always possess the seat of honor. Without it the church dies. But the church has often betrayed the preeminence in worship of the proclamation of God’s truth, and has often trimmed it. Concerning the preeminence of the preaching of God’s Word in the gathering of the church corporately for worship, this has been done most frequently by displacing the preaching of Scripture, subordinating it to the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.

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In the gatherings of our Lord’s flock, God’s truth must always possess the seat of honor. Without it the church dies. But the church has often betrayed the preeminence in worship of the proclamation of God’s truth, and has often trimmed it. Concerning the preeminence of the preaching of God’s Word in the gathering of the church corporately for worship, this has been done most frequently by displacing the preaching of Scripture, subordinating it to the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.

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In the gatherings of our Lord’s flock, God’s truth must always possess the seat of honor. Without it the church dies. But the church has often betrayed the preeminence in worship of the proclamation of God’s truth, and has often trimmed it. Concerning the preeminence of the preaching of God’s Word in the gathering of the church corporately for worship, this has been done most frequently by displacing the preaching of Scripture, subordinating it to the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.

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]]> No Three deaths: Sharon Dykstra, Bill Mouser, and Tim Keller (3) Three deaths: Sharon Dykstra, Bill Mouser, and Tim Keller (3) full e562094c-9ea4-4741-95fc-54ed6bcc73a9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/15fcadcb Excerpt:
Pastor Keller claims “nothing is more subversive and prophetic” than proclaiming Jesus as “the truth.” How subversive and prophetic would it be to proclaim God’s hatred for the bloodshed of innocents? Keep in mind Manhattan leads the nation in this slaughter of our Lord’s little ones:

41% of all New York City pregnancies end in abortion…. New York City’s 2019 abortion rate was 27.2 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44, approximately double the national rate…. The largest portion of New York City abortions were performed in Manhattan (44 percent).


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Pastor Keller claims “nothing is more subversive and prophetic” than proclaiming Jesus as “the truth.” How subversive and prophetic would it be to proclaim God’s hatred for the bloodshed of innocents? Keep in mind Manhattan leads the nation in this slaughter of our Lord’s little ones:

41% of all New York City pregnancies end in abortion…. New York City’s 2019 abortion rate was 27.2 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44, approximately double the national rate…. The largest portion of New York City abortions were performed in Manhattan (44 percent).


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Pastor Keller claims “nothing is more subversive and prophetic” than proclaiming Jesus as “the truth.” How subversive and prophetic would it be to proclaim God’s hatred for the bloodshed of innocents? Keep in mind Manhattan leads the nation in this slaughter of our Lord’s little ones:

41% of all New York City pregnancies end in abortion…. New York City’s 2019 abortion rate was 27.2 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44, approximately double the national rate…. The largest portion of New York City abortions were performed in Manhattan (44 percent).


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Fr. Bill again:

Starting with egalitarianism, the founders of CBMW sought to distance themselves from egalitarianism only by the absolute minimal amount, a minimal distance which they could (supposedly) defend by reference to a handful of verses in the New Testament.

And:

What will “follow” complementarianism?

The only valid possibility is a full-throated, unapologetic, comprehensively Biblical patriarchy—both in terms of a full-orbed theology of the sexes and also in terms of viable communities where Biblical patriarchy governs cradle to grave life in those communities.


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Fr. Bill again:

Starting with egalitarianism, the founders of CBMW sought to distance themselves from egalitarianism only by the absolute minimal amount, a minimal distance which they could (supposedly) defend by reference to a handful of verses in the New Testament.

And:

What will “follow” complementarianism?

The only valid possibility is a full-throated, unapologetic, comprehensively Biblical patriarchy—both in terms of a full-orbed theology of the sexes and also in terms of viable communities where Biblical patriarchy governs cradle to grave life in those communities.


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Fr. Bill again:

Starting with egalitarianism, the founders of CBMW sought to distance themselves from egalitarianism only by the absolute minimal amount, a minimal distance which they could (supposedly) defend by reference to a handful of verses in the New Testament.

And:

What will “follow” complementarianism?

The only valid possibility is a full-throated, unapologetic, comprehensively Biblical patriarchy—both in terms of a full-orbed theology of the sexes and also in terms of viable communities where Biblical patriarchy governs cradle to grave life in those communities.


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How do we evaluate the sincerity of our prayers? Is sincerity just a feeling we have while we pray? And does God simply assess that feeling by gazing into our hearts and judging our prayers accordingly? What criteria does He use for gauging whether or not our hearts are in our prayers?

Scripture has a prominent answer to this question, and it’s not just that God looks into our hearts and knows what’s there. One of the most consistent ways the Lord judges the sincerity of our prayers is by seeing whether or not we obey His commandments.


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How do we evaluate the sincerity of our prayers? Is sincerity just a feeling we have while we pray? And does God simply assess that feeling by gazing into our hearts and judging our prayers accordingly? What criteria does He use for gauging whether or not our hearts are in our prayers?

Scripture has a prominent answer to this question, and it’s not just that God looks into our hearts and knows what’s there. One of the most consistent ways the Lord judges the sincerity of our prayers is by seeing whether or not we obey His commandments.


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How do we evaluate the sincerity of our prayers? Is sincerity just a feeling we have while we pray? And does God simply assess that feeling by gazing into our hearts and judging our prayers accordingly? What criteria does He use for gauging whether or not our hearts are in our prayers?

Scripture has a prominent answer to this question, and it’s not just that God looks into our hearts and knows what’s there. One of the most consistent ways the Lord judges the sincerity of our prayers is by seeing whether or not we obey His commandments.


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]]> No Three deaths: Sharon Dykstra, Bill Mouser, and Tim Keller (1) Three deaths: Sharon Dykstra, Bill Mouser, and Tim Keller (1) full 75c1c58f-17fd-4401-ba46-b7249071a404 https://share.transistor.fm/s/03069e02 Excerpt:
This is my account of one mother in Israel, and no one reading this will wonder at my public confession that I was strengthened in my work and ministry by Sharon Dykstra.

Is it too much to ask that pastors in other conservative reformed and presbyterian denominations will be as faithful as this dear woman? Must she suffer male intimidation and its attendant discouragement while celebrity preachers receive their accolades in response to their sophisticated trimming of God’s truth? Is there any legitimate reason why male church officers should depend upon women from rural communities married to the town barber to call other godless church officers to repentance?


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This is my account of one mother in Israel, and no one reading this will wonder at my public confession that I was strengthened in my work and ministry by Sharon Dykstra.

Is it too much to ask that pastors in other conservative reformed and presbyterian denominations will be as faithful as this dear woman? Must she suffer male intimidation and its attendant discouragement while celebrity preachers receive their accolades in response to their sophisticated trimming of God’s truth? Is there any legitimate reason why male church officers should depend upon women from rural communities married to the town barber to call other godless church officers to repentance?


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This is my account of one mother in Israel, and no one reading this will wonder at my public confession that I was strengthened in my work and ministry by Sharon Dykstra.

Is it too much to ask that pastors in other conservative reformed and presbyterian denominations will be as faithful as this dear woman? Must she suffer male intimidation and its attendant discouragement while celebrity preachers receive their accolades in response to their sophisticated trimming of God’s truth? Is there any legitimate reason why male church officers should depend upon women from rural communities married to the town barber to call other godless church officers to repentance?


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Here’s an excerpt from the fifth volume of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s magnum opus, a lengthy history of the Russian Revolution titled The Red Wheel. Note the revolutionaries’ utter disdain for the peasants, and thus the soldiers they were depending upon to keep fighting in their defense during World War I. Then too, remember Stalin’s slaughter of the kulaks, years later.

Those who love and work the land are always a grave threat to intellectuals and revolutionaries...


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Here’s an excerpt from the fifth volume of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s magnum opus, a lengthy history of the Russian Revolution titled The Red Wheel. Note the revolutionaries’ utter disdain for the peasants, and thus the soldiers they were depending upon to keep fighting in their defense during World War I. Then too, remember Stalin’s slaughter of the kulaks, years later.

Those who love and work the land are always a grave threat to intellectuals and revolutionaries...


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Here’s an excerpt from the fifth volume of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s magnum opus, a lengthy history of the Russian Revolution titled The Red Wheel. Note the revolutionaries’ utter disdain for the peasants, and thus the soldiers they were depending upon to keep fighting in their defense during World War I. Then too, remember Stalin’s slaughter of the kulaks, years later.

Those who love and work the land are always a grave threat to intellectuals and revolutionaries...


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]]> No "The Gospel Blimp," from 1960 book to 2023 HD streaming movie "The Gospel Blimp," from 1960 book to 2023 HD streaming movie full 49bb003f-32b0-4f1e-8c3d-7cde8d1ee094 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ff63141d Excerpt:
The Gospel Blimp continued to resonate, though. It sold and sold and sold. Eventually another publisher even deigned to republish it. Soon it was even being made into a movie, with Shorty Yeaworth, best known today for his cult classic The Blob, directing...


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The Gospel Blimp continued to resonate, though. It sold and sold and sold. Eventually another publisher even deigned to republish it. Soon it was even being made into a movie, with Shorty Yeaworth, best known today for his cult classic The Blob, directing...


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The Gospel Blimp continued to resonate, though. It sold and sold and sold. Eventually another publisher even deigned to republish it. Soon it was even being made into a movie, with Shorty Yeaworth, best known today for his cult classic The Blob, directing...


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]]> No What is beautiful worship? What is beautiful worship? full 239ee190-a1fc-47ae-b134-d76bc27ba5e5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/75338534 Excerpt:
I must confess that my heart was filled with reverence and awe as I walked into that stunning cathedral. It made me want to be a part of whatever goes on there. I wanted to stay for hours and gape at the galaxy of artistic detail that enveloped me as I sat in the beautiful oak pews.

But there was one catch: the entire sanctuary was filled with idols. 


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I must confess that my heart was filled with reverence and awe as I walked into that stunning cathedral. It made me want to be a part of whatever goes on there. I wanted to stay for hours and gape at the galaxy of artistic detail that enveloped me as I sat in the beautiful oak pews.

But there was one catch: the entire sanctuary was filled with idols. 


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I must confess that my heart was filled with reverence and awe as I walked into that stunning cathedral. It made me want to be a part of whatever goes on there. I wanted to stay for hours and gape at the galaxy of artistic detail that enveloped me as I sat in the beautiful oak pews.

But there was one catch: the entire sanctuary was filled with idols. 


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]]> No What faithful preachers need from their sheep What faithful preachers need from their sheep full 0fa5dc04-ed6d-492c-9472-65c00bf2385c https://share.transistor.fm/s/dfc4e380 Excerpt:
Understand why I’ve always had a love for men who are hated for righteousness’ sake—particularly pastors. Dear reader, do you know how many of them are punished for their faithful pastoral care and preaching each and every week? Do you know and grieve how many of them are fired every month by evil men who hate God and His Word. Do you know how many of their wives are intensely frustrated and hurt; how many of their godly wives have had to fight off bitterness at their husband’s persecution, usually by the rich members and officers of the church?


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Understand why I’ve always had a love for men who are hated for righteousness’ sake—particularly pastors. Dear reader, do you know how many of them are punished for their faithful pastoral care and preaching each and every week? Do you know and grieve how many of them are fired every month by evil men who hate God and His Word. Do you know how many of their wives are intensely frustrated and hurt; how many of their godly wives have had to fight off bitterness at their husband’s persecution, usually by the rich members and officers of the church?


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Understand why I’ve always had a love for men who are hated for righteousness’ sake—particularly pastors. Dear reader, do you know how many of them are punished for their faithful pastoral care and preaching each and every week? Do you know and grieve how many of them are fired every month by evil men who hate God and His Word. Do you know how many of their wives are intensely frustrated and hurt; how many of their godly wives have had to fight off bitterness at their husband’s persecution, usually by the rich members and officers of the church?


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If you aspire to shepherd God's flock, forget the legacy seminaries. Trust me. I have personal knowledge of most of their administrators and profs. They are not your friends. Come to New Geneva Academy. We feel the weight of responsibility for Christ's sheep. We'll train you to bear that responsibility. By faith. Your training will not be a head trip, but rather personal and spiritual and weighty. You don't need to move. Contact us.

]]> No The kindness of the Lord: our county supervisor (19) The kindness of the Lord: our county supervisor (19) full ab9b304e-2557-4aa2-9483-1206e8442e84 https://share.transistor.fm/s/86514bef Excerpt:
Ask any pastor who has loved a flock or two how many of his ewes, lambs, and rams have shocked him as the years passed, both positively and negatively, and he’ll tell you it’s one of the most sobering things about pastoral ministry. You can think one person is hopeless, and then God’s Holy Spirit acts and it is astounding! You can think one person is a spiritual giant, and then he withers and fades, after a while becoming Chesterton’s half-Christian who has gone mad and become the anti-Christian.


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Ask any pastor who has loved a flock or two how many of his ewes, lambs, and rams have shocked him as the years passed, both positively and negatively, and he’ll tell you it’s one of the most sobering things about pastoral ministry. You can think one person is hopeless, and then God’s Holy Spirit acts and it is astounding! You can think one person is a spiritual giant, and then he withers and fades, after a while becoming Chesterton’s half-Christian who has gone mad and become the anti-Christian.


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Ask any pastor who has loved a flock or two how many of his ewes, lambs, and rams have shocked him as the years passed, both positively and negatively, and he’ll tell you it’s one of the most sobering things about pastoral ministry. You can think one person is hopeless, and then God’s Holy Spirit acts and it is astounding! You can think one person is a spiritual giant, and then he withers and fades, after a while becoming Chesterton’s half-Christian who has gone mad and become the anti-Christian.


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]]> No The kindness of the Lord: Mormons and secondhand witness (18) The kindness of the Lord: Mormons and secondhand witness (18) full 5c5b78a7-8741-4e90-99c5-4b28d841f3ff https://share.transistor.fm/s/a9cd71e2 Excerpt:
My elder said to me, “Tell the congregation you found the beer cans on the stoop, and that you were the one who picked them up and put them in the trash.” He was sure this would put everyone’s mind at rest.

“No,” I answered him. “I’m not going to begin my first worship service by assuring the congregation that I wasn’t drinking beer on the back stoop of the church


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My elder said to me, “Tell the congregation you found the beer cans on the stoop, and that you were the one who picked them up and put them in the trash.” He was sure this would put everyone’s mind at rest.

“No,” I answered him. “I’m not going to begin my first worship service by assuring the congregation that I wasn’t drinking beer on the back stoop of the church


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My elder said to me, “Tell the congregation you found the beer cans on the stoop, and that you were the one who picked them up and put them in the trash.” He was sure this would put everyone’s mind at rest.

“No,” I answered him. “I’m not going to begin my first worship service by assuring the congregation that I wasn’t drinking beer on the back stoop of the church


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]]> No Do women commune with God? Do women commune with God? full f0425c05-7586-4b3e-a5b4-810e5102f77c https://share.transistor.fm/s/1928d7d9 Excerpt:
May God bless us and our children with godly women who love their life-giving nature in all its torments and blessings, who will give themselves to this femininity as their husbands give themselves to the masculinity of their leadership and authority in all its torments and blessings, also. By faith.


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May God bless us and our children with godly women who love their life-giving nature in all its torments and blessings, who will give themselves to this femininity as their husbands give themselves to the masculinity of their leadership and authority in all its torments and blessings, also. By faith.


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May God bless us and our children with godly women who love their life-giving nature in all its torments and blessings, who will give themselves to this femininity as their husbands give themselves to the masculinity of their leadership and authority in all its torments and blessings, also. By faith.


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]]> No Keller, worship, and truth, beauty, and goodness Keller, worship, and truth, beauty, and goodness full 7e79c949-1099-4f75-9559-a3b0997c26d7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/30ada9b7 Excerpt:
We reject the gayness, the effeminacy, of Moore’s Petit and Keller’s ballet dancers, but the immodest effeminacy is not the worst of it. What we must note is the ease with which beauty insinuates itself into our religious experience, displacing the One Who made beauty and placed it on display across all His creation.


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We reject the gayness, the effeminacy, of Moore’s Petit and Keller’s ballet dancers, but the immodest effeminacy is not the worst of it. What we must note is the ease with which beauty insinuates itself into our religious experience, displacing the One Who made beauty and placed it on display across all His creation.


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]]> Wed, 12 Apr 2023 04:32:18 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 757 Excerpt:
We reject the gayness, the effeminacy, of Moore’s Petit and Keller’s ballet dancers, but the immodest effeminacy is not the worst of it. What we must note is the ease with which beauty insinuates itself into our religious experience, displacing the One Who made beauty and placed it on display across all His creation.


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]]> No The kindness of the Lord: vacuum cleaners save the day (17) The kindness of the Lord: vacuum cleaners save the day (17) full c8416126-27f6-4c25-baf8-d2c7d698ff86 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7ed0973a Excerpt:
The day for the meeting arrived and we sat down for our talk in the pastor’s office. He was an imposing figure, both in stature and self-confidence. He quickly got to the point. He told me he (but by implication, also his wife and other church members) did not approve of my preaching. If you ask why, I would say because I preached Scripture and applied it to our consciences.

Having enumerated his objections to my preaching, he looked me dead on and asked, “How long do you think we’ll keep paying you if you keep preaching the way you are?” Keep in mind that he never attended worship.

He’d thrown down the gauntlet and I responded, “I don’t know, but you know what?”


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The day for the meeting arrived and we sat down for our talk in the pastor’s office. He was an imposing figure, both in stature and self-confidence. He quickly got to the point. He told me he (but by implication, also his wife and other church members) did not approve of my preaching. If you ask why, I would say because I preached Scripture and applied it to our consciences.

Having enumerated his objections to my preaching, he looked me dead on and asked, “How long do you think we’ll keep paying you if you keep preaching the way you are?” Keep in mind that he never attended worship.

He’d thrown down the gauntlet and I responded, “I don’t know, but you know what?”


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The day for the meeting arrived and we sat down for our talk in the pastor’s office. He was an imposing figure, both in stature and self-confidence. He quickly got to the point. He told me he (but by implication, also his wife and other church members) did not approve of my preaching. If you ask why, I would say because I preached Scripture and applied it to our consciences.

Having enumerated his objections to my preaching, he looked me dead on and asked, “How long do you think we’ll keep paying you if you keep preaching the way you are?” Keep in mind that he never attended worship.

He’d thrown down the gauntlet and I responded, “I don’t know, but you know what?”


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]]> No Sheep may safely graze (7): when there is no danger Sheep may safely graze (7): when there is no danger full 35d074c4-a928-4618-9085-3b340710832f https://share.transistor.fm/s/57658b2e Excerpt: Honestly, the dividing line piercing the Christian church today separates those who still have some small and slight residual fear of God and those who have none.

The dividing line flows between those who feel the weight of defending their sheep from thieves and wolves, and those who laugh at such histrionics. 

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]]> Excerpt: Honestly, the dividing line piercing the Christian church today separates those who still have some small and slight residual fear of God and those who have none.

The dividing line flows between those who feel the weight of defending their sheep from thieves and wolves, and those who laugh at such histrionics. 

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]]> Tue, 21 Mar 2023 08:10:31 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 600 Excerpt: Honestly, the dividing line piercing the Christian church today separates those who still have some small and slight residual fear of God and those who have none.

The dividing line flows between those who feel the weight of defending their sheep from thieves and wolves, and those who laugh at such histrionics. 

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]]> No The kindness of the Lord: when elders fail (16) The kindness of the Lord: when elders fail (16) full b340daa4-c277-493f-8754-e04828f9ed2d https://share.transistor.fm/s/bd69fe90 Excerpt:
In one of our session meetings in the town church during the first year or so, someone brought up the fact that one of the elders off at college was living with her boyfriend. Thus I found out the church had followed general assembly’s constant haranguing of churches to be sure to elect “representative leadership.” In this case, that meant electing a high school girl whom they ordained and installed as one of their elders.

She was now off at college, her father was also an elder, and the session was informed she was living with her boyfriend, without benefit of marriage. We sent a letter...


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In one of our session meetings in the town church during the first year or so, someone brought up the fact that one of the elders off at college was living with her boyfriend. Thus I found out the church had followed general assembly’s constant haranguing of churches to be sure to elect “representative leadership.” In this case, that meant electing a high school girl whom they ordained and installed as one of their elders.

She was now off at college, her father was also an elder, and the session was informed she was living with her boyfriend, without benefit of marriage. We sent a letter...


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In one of our session meetings in the town church during the first year or so, someone brought up the fact that one of the elders off at college was living with her boyfriend. Thus I found out the church had followed general assembly’s constant haranguing of churches to be sure to elect “representative leadership.” In this case, that meant electing a high school girl whom they ordained and installed as one of their elders.

She was now off at college, her father was also an elder, and the session was informed she was living with her boyfriend, without benefit of marriage. We sent a letter...


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]]> No Are there other gods? Are there other gods? full 6eaca9e4-2778-4784-a637-c41e8d2d8d86 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fff8d1b8 Excerpt:
As we’ve been reading through the whole Bible as a congregation, I have fielded a few questions about Scripture’s apparent references to divine beings other than God. The answer to the following question on that topic has a lot to do with worship, so I’m sharing it with you here.

QUESTION

In Psalm 138, what does it mean by “I will sing praises to You before the gods” in verse 1?

ANSWER

That’s a great question. The Hebrew word is elohim, which really can (in this context) be translated as gods.

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As we’ve been reading through the whole Bible as a congregation, I have fielded a few questions about Scripture’s apparent references to divine beings other than God. The answer to the following question on that topic has a lot to do with worship, so I’m sharing it with you here.

QUESTION

In Psalm 138, what does it mean by “I will sing praises to You before the gods” in verse 1?

ANSWER

That’s a great question. The Hebrew word is elohim, which really can (in this context) be translated as gods.

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]]> Fri, 10 Mar 2023 23:29:52 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 413 Excerpt:
As we’ve been reading through the whole Bible as a congregation, I have fielded a few questions about Scripture’s apparent references to divine beings other than God. The answer to the following question on that topic has a lot to do with worship, so I’m sharing it with you here.

QUESTION

In Psalm 138, what does it mean by “I will sing praises to You before the gods” in verse 1?

ANSWER

That’s a great question. The Hebrew word is elohim, which really can (in this context) be translated as gods.

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]]> No Sheep may safely graze (6): a conference isn't Christ's Church Sheep may safely graze (6): a conference isn't Christ's Church full 2ddf965a-622c-4474-ab31-70e8421499c7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1f103c8e Excerpt:

Honestly, the dividing line piercing the Christian church today separates those who still have some small and slight residual fear of God and those who have none.

The dividing line flows between those who feel the weight of defending their sheep from thieves and wolves, and those who laugh at such histrionics. And trust me: those who signed the protest against Pastor Steven Warhurst are ground zero of those who laugh at such histrionics.


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Honestly, the dividing line piercing the Christian church today separates those who still have some small and slight residual fear of God and those who have none.

The dividing line flows between those who feel the weight of defending their sheep from thieves and wolves, and those who laugh at such histrionics. And trust me: those who signed the protest against Pastor Steven Warhurst are ground zero of those who laugh at such histrionics.


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Honestly, the dividing line piercing the Christian church today separates those who still have some small and slight residual fear of God and those who have none.

The dividing line flows between those who feel the weight of defending their sheep from thieves and wolves, and those who laugh at such histrionics. And trust me: those who signed the protest against Pastor Steven Warhurst are ground zero of those who laugh at such histrionics.


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]]> No The kindness of the Lord: a visit from Barney Fife (15) The kindness of the Lord: a visit from Barney Fife (15) full 567f0b82-1501-48d5-92e5-98e5982d3a97 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ef586a4e Excerpt:
It had turned into the wee hours of Saturday morning when, returning to the house for the next box, I came around the back corner of the manse and found two policemen standing on the top of the stairway shining their flashlights into the house through our kitchen windows. Their squad car sat in the driveway with the engine running.

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It had turned into the wee hours of Saturday morning when, returning to the house for the next box, I came around the back corner of the manse and found two policemen standing on the top of the stairway shining their flashlights into the house through our kitchen windows. Their squad car sat in the driveway with the engine running.

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It had turned into the wee hours of Saturday morning when, returning to the house for the next box, I came around the back corner of the manse and found two policemen standing on the top of the stairway shining their flashlights into the house through our kitchen windows. Their squad car sat in the driveway with the engine running.

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]]> No Sheep may safely graze (5): the consumerist church Sheep may safely graze (5): the consumerist church full 04335665-88c1-4cb2-ad3f-4fe5b4ac9384 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7d8d27ce Excerpt:
Christians today need to be woke to the fact that Western consumerism is one of the reasons we're so vulnerable to false shepherds and hirelings. Conferences, authors, podcasters, Bible versions, books, and churches aren't so much the means of discipleship today as trademarks and brand names we conspicuously consume.

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Christians today need to be woke to the fact that Western consumerism is one of the reasons we're so vulnerable to false shepherds and hirelings. Conferences, authors, podcasters, Bible versions, books, and churches aren't so much the means of discipleship today as trademarks and brand names we conspicuously consume.

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]]> Mon, 06 Mar 2023 01:24:17 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 529 Excerpt:
Christians today need to be woke to the fact that Western consumerism is one of the reasons we're so vulnerable to false shepherds and hirelings. Conferences, authors, podcasters, Bible versions, books, and churches aren't so much the means of discipleship today as trademarks and brand names we conspicuously consume.

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]]> No Christianity Today and Pastor John MacArthur Christianity Today and Pastor John MacArthur full a5b2dbae-23b6-4347-9f75-313ac728ea35 https://share.transistor.fm/s/149cb144 Excerpt:
Skip forward a quarter century. Now the year is 2023, and Christianity Today is doing an expose of John MacArthur's pastoral failures in cases of domestic abuse from many years ago. Look, I'm sixty-nine and grew up in Wheaton. I know many of these guys. So let me share my humble opinion that, although it's well-known I'm not a part of his fan club, Pastor John MacArthur is not Evangelicals' bad guy.

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Skip forward a quarter century. Now the year is 2023, and Christianity Today is doing an expose of John MacArthur's pastoral failures in cases of domestic abuse from many years ago. Look, I'm sixty-nine and grew up in Wheaton. I know many of these guys. So let me share my humble opinion that, although it's well-known I'm not a part of his fan club, Pastor John MacArthur is not Evangelicals' bad guy.

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]]> Mon, 06 Mar 2023 01:15:21 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 670 Excerpt:
Skip forward a quarter century. Now the year is 2023, and Christianity Today is doing an expose of John MacArthur's pastoral failures in cases of domestic abuse from many years ago. Look, I'm sixty-nine and grew up in Wheaton. I know many of these guys. So let me share my humble opinion that, although it's well-known I'm not a part of his fan club, Pastor John MacArthur is not Evangelicals' bad guy.

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]]> No Testimony by Mr. Li at KB Riverside Church (Taiwan) Testimony by Mr. Li at KB Riverside Church (Taiwan) full 68fc0c08-e631-4390-bcc6-5814679bb870 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a7132f79 Excerpt:
I am so honored to be here. All glory to God!

I’m from a traditional Buddhist family—all my relatives are devout buddhists. We worshipped our ancestors. We worshipped at all the temples.

At work, all my colleagues worshipped idols. I worked for a very advanced pharmaceutical company and as a company we worshipped idols and asked for peace.

My company sent me to Yilan County to set up a new factory. In order to establish a new factory, one of the very first things I did was to go pick out a nice piece of wood and I found a famous sculptor. Just as we read in Isaiah 44 this morning, I crafted an idol. It took half a year to sculpt that piece of wood into a Land god and we put it into a specially crafted temple. This was MY JOB.

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I am so honored to be here. All glory to God!

I’m from a traditional Buddhist family—all my relatives are devout buddhists. We worshipped our ancestors. We worshipped at all the temples.

At work, all my colleagues worshipped idols. I worked for a very advanced pharmaceutical company and as a company we worshipped idols and asked for peace.

My company sent me to Yilan County to set up a new factory. In order to establish a new factory, one of the very first things I did was to go pick out a nice piece of wood and I found a famous sculptor. Just as we read in Isaiah 44 this morning, I crafted an idol. It took half a year to sculpt that piece of wood into a Land god and we put it into a specially crafted temple. This was MY JOB.

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I am so honored to be here. All glory to God!

I’m from a traditional Buddhist family—all my relatives are devout buddhists. We worshipped our ancestors. We worshipped at all the temples.

At work, all my colleagues worshipped idols. I worked for a very advanced pharmaceutical company and as a company we worshipped idols and asked for peace.

My company sent me to Yilan County to set up a new factory. In order to establish a new factory, one of the very first things I did was to go pick out a nice piece of wood and I found a famous sculptor. Just as we read in Isaiah 44 this morning, I crafted an idol. It took half a year to sculpt that piece of wood into a Land god and we put it into a specially crafted temple. This was MY JOB.

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]]> No Indiana House defunds IU's Kinsey Institute and Indy Star lies Indiana House defunds IU's Kinsey Institute and Indy Star lies full 2403472a-5b4b-4a56-b542-fa243cad539b https://share.transistor.fm/s/49cbaf8f Excerpt:
This past Wednesday (February 22, 2023), the Indiana House voted to remove taxpayer funding from Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute. The headline was “Indiana House Strips State Dollars from IU’s Sex-Studying Kinsey Institute.” On social media, I linked to the article and commented:

Good work. Should have been done decades ago...

Twenty years ago, the movie “Kinsey” was released, and I took the occasion to publish this short oped in our local paper here in Bloomington, the Herald Times...


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This past Wednesday (February 22, 2023), the Indiana House voted to remove taxpayer funding from Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute. The headline was “Indiana House Strips State Dollars from IU’s Sex-Studying Kinsey Institute.” On social media, I linked to the article and commented:

Good work. Should have been done decades ago...

Twenty years ago, the movie “Kinsey” was released, and I took the occasion to publish this short oped in our local paper here in Bloomington, the Herald Times...


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This past Wednesday (February 22, 2023), the Indiana House voted to remove taxpayer funding from Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute. The headline was “Indiana House Strips State Dollars from IU’s Sex-Studying Kinsey Institute.” On social media, I linked to the article and commented:

Good work. Should have been done decades ago...

Twenty years ago, the movie “Kinsey” was released, and I took the occasion to publish this short oped in our local paper here in Bloomington, the Herald Times...


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]]> No Sheep may safely graze (4) Sheep may safely graze (4) full e6bcfc7b-3047-464e-b49e-ff142b4b268c https://share.transistor.fm/s/584e4c59 Excerpt:
Can any of us today find the faith to admit this is not the nature of self-announced super-apostles drawing the big crowds and numbers today? We may sell our conference lineup as a “gospel coalition,” but when have these famous preachers and their famous conferences resulted in registrants being “pierced to the heart” and crying out “What shall we do?”

We must guard our sheep from these men demanding their attention. They do not ever serve the needs of our sheep which their true shepherd sees and works to expose and heal. They do not call our sheep to repentance. Like Dane Ortlund of Gentle and Lowly fame, they heal the sheep lightly—meaning falsely.

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Can any of us today find the faith to admit this is not the nature of self-announced super-apostles drawing the big crowds and numbers today? We may sell our conference lineup as a “gospel coalition,” but when have these famous preachers and their famous conferences resulted in registrants being “pierced to the heart” and crying out “What shall we do?”

We must guard our sheep from these men demanding their attention. They do not ever serve the needs of our sheep which their true shepherd sees and works to expose and heal. They do not call our sheep to repentance. Like Dane Ortlund of Gentle and Lowly fame, they heal the sheep lightly—meaning falsely.

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Can any of us today find the faith to admit this is not the nature of self-announced super-apostles drawing the big crowds and numbers today? We may sell our conference lineup as a “gospel coalition,” but when have these famous preachers and their famous conferences resulted in registrants being “pierced to the heart” and crying out “What shall we do?”

We must guard our sheep from these men demanding their attention. They do not ever serve the needs of our sheep which their true shepherd sees and works to expose and heal. They do not call our sheep to repentance. Like Dane Ortlund of Gentle and Lowly fame, they heal the sheep lightly—meaning falsely.

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]]> No The kindness of the Lord: visiting inactive members (14) The kindness of the Lord: visiting inactive members (14) full a2e12372-be97-4cd2-9708-1140eabca834 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9a89cc7e Excerpt: "Remember our purpose wasn’t to harass people or stick our noses into their private business. The elders were going out to ask the souls under our care if they had been hurt or offended in some way we didn’t know—was that why they never were in worship? Was there something we could do to help them return to church? The elders weren’t out to show their neighbors how much more religious they were. They were out visiting because faithful participation in worship is the main tool God uses to awaken our consciences and lead us to repentance and faith in His Son."

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]]> Excerpt: "Remember our purpose wasn’t to harass people or stick our noses into their private business. The elders were going out to ask the souls under our care if they had been hurt or offended in some way we didn’t know—was that why they never were in worship? Was there something we could do to help them return to church? The elders weren’t out to show their neighbors how much more religious they were. They were out visiting because faithful participation in worship is the main tool God uses to awaken our consciences and lead us to repentance and faith in His Son."

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]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2023 07:17:53 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 567 Excerpt: "Remember our purpose wasn’t to harass people or stick our noses into their private business. The elders were going out to ask the souls under our care if they had been hurt or offended in some way we didn’t know—was that why they never were in worship? Was there something we could do to help them return to church? The elders weren’t out to show their neighbors how much more religious they were. They were out visiting because faithful participation in worship is the main tool God uses to awaken our consciences and lead us to repentance and faith in His Son."

Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

]]> No The kindness of the Lord: church membership dues (13) The kindness of the Lord: church membership dues (13) full 7158e98d-9dc9-4320-b188-66c67d122ecb https://share.transistor.fm/s/12e766a8 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2023 11:23:54 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 552 As time went on, my conscience began to bother me about these souls. The first year, I was opening the mail at the beginning of January and found an envelope from a woman I’d never heard of who had carefully written on the outside of the envelope, “Membership Dues.” The check inside the envelope was the price of her continuing to be a member in good standing of First Presbyterian Church. As time went on, my conscience began to bother me about these souls. The first year, I was opening the mail at the beginning of January and found an envelope from a woman I’d never heard of who had carefully written on the outside of the envelope, “Member No Sheep may safely graze (3) Sheep may safely graze (3) full facff923-ff05-405c-9f01-14daa9e34a27 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e7b1285d Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 642 we do not fight against the evil by preaching the millenarianism that is a steady stream through the twenty centuries since our Lord denied His Kingdom was of this world; our Lord Who, instead, planted His Church, promising that the gates of Hell would not prevail against Her. we do not fight against the evil by preaching the millenarianism that is a steady stream through the twenty centuries since our Lord denied His Kingdom was of this world; our Lord Who, instead, planted His Church, promising that the gates of Hell would no No All Scripture is God-breathed (5) All Scripture is God-breathed (5) full 77568705-01b2-4366-ae51-3a9a51c5a6a2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/72d1ae8e Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Sun, 05 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1646 Si elles sont belles, elles sont infidèles, mais si elles sont fidèles, elles ne sont pas belles. Si elles sont belles, elles sont infidèles, mais si elles sont fidèles, elles ne sont pas belles. No Melchizedek and Jesus Melchizedek and Jesus full 0dbe5c5f-2bb6-4349-9709-ee10695a591f https://share.transistor.fm/s/810c1289 This post is part of the ministry of Pastor Alex McNeilly at Christ Church in Cincinnati, a member church of Evangel Presbytery.

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]]> Sat, 04 Feb 2023 12:57:07 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 968 First, I am ignorant of who exactly Melchizedek is in the Old Testament. Also, I would like to know more about the significance of the comparison between Melchizedek and Jesus. It seems like there is so much significance in this passage and my brain is only kind of scratching the surface. First, I am ignorant of who exactly Melchizedek is in the Old Testament. Also, I would like to know more about the significance of the comparison between Melchizedek and Jesus. It seems like there is so much significance in this passage and my brain is on No The peaceable discipline of presbyterian polity The peaceable discipline of presbyterian polity full 80ccbab8-1fd5-44f9-96b5-55249cc3ea60 https://share.transistor.fm/s/23fc4e85 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2023 13:36:59 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 588 I hope someday, someone might say of me something along these lines: “He so understood Presbyterianism that he found his greatest challenges and rewards, maturing and satisfaction, among the ruling and teaching elders who knew him well.” God has used the Presbyterian form of church government as it is believed and followed in our churches, presbyteries, and general assembly to work in me meekness. I hope someday, someone might say of me something along these lines: “He so understood Presbyterianism that he found his greatest challenges and rewards, maturing and satisfaction, among the ruling and teaching elders who knew him well.” God has used t No Sheep may safely graze (2) Sheep may safely graze (2) full 67f93550-3b64-4e35-b6e6-d0aa5c41fefb https://share.transistor.fm/s/c8845071 The online version of this post can be read here.

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The intro and outro of this recording are Psalm 10, "Rise Up O Lord." This is one Psalm from My Soul Among Lions' project setting out to record all the Psalms. Here's the full recording.

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:40:18 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 759 Pornography may not be the worst of the evils the internet has rained down on us. In the economy of truth, it's at least arguable that the most toxic fruit found online is not images, but words. Lies are the internet's stock-in-trade and our sheep feed on them constantly. We get their ears an hour and a half every Lord's Day and it feels hopeless when we stop to consider all the poisonous weeds and polluted waters our sheep have been feeding on day and night the other 166 hours a week. Pornography may not be the worst of the evils the internet has rained down on us. In the economy of truth, it's at least arguable that the most toxic fruit found online is not images, but words. Lies are the internet's stock-in-trade and our sheep feed on No Sheep may safely graze (1) Sheep may safely graze (1) full e50751ba-e5af-4203-b880-15dc9d0f293a https://share.transistor.fm/s/ebb256ca Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 16:54:11 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 744 Safe pastures, though, are more a matter of providing green grass and still waters than killing wolves. Poisonous feed is a daily and hourly threat to the flock whereas the wolf only shows up now and then. So again, the meaning of "pastor" is "pasture." The church's pastors and elders, along with the "older women" of the church, must provide good feed to their flock, and this is a daily and hourly work. The church's shepherds must never stop watching their flock. We must not neglect our sheep's constant need for us to provide them good feed and protection from bad feed. Safe pastures, though, are more a matter of providing green grass and still waters than killing wolves. Poisonous feed is a daily and hourly threat to the flock whereas the wolf only shows up now and then. So again, the meaning of "pastor" is "pasture." No The kindness of the Lord: complimenting the pianist (12) The kindness of the Lord: complimenting the pianist (12) full 3daa094e-d73e-4a6c-8766-31186211cf94 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a0573ae5 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 519 "Thank you, Ruth, but for what are you forgiving me," I responded. I was only half awake and trying to figure out what I'd done now. Because, you know, young pastors make a lot of mistakes and hurt their sheep when they don't intend it. Ruth answered, "It doesn't matter. I just wanted to say I forgive you." "Thank you for forgiving me, Ruth. But would you please tell me what I did?" "You know what you did." "Thank you, Ruth, but for what are you forgiving me," I responded. I was only half awake and trying to figure out what I'd done now. Because, you know, young pastors make a lot of mistakes and hurt their sheep when they don't intend it. Ruth answered, No The kindness of the Lord: the pastor's bad conscience (11) The kindness of the Lord: the pastor's bad conscience (11) full 149ab15c-2f86-4274-a031-c22d67521fcb https://share.transistor.fm/s/87c466f2 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 538 Fact is I woke up burdened with guilt. My memory is distinct of getting into the shower each morning and being overwhelmed with this sin of mine. There was no question I had gone into the PC(USA) against my knowledge of God's Law, and no question my convictions were Biblical. It was overwhelming and it grew day by day, month by month. In time, I could no longer bear it Fact is I woke up burdened with guilt. My memory is distinct of getting into the shower each morning and being overwhelmed with this sin of mine. There was no question I had gone into the PC(USA) against my knowledge of God's Law, and no question my convi No All Scripture is God-breathed (4) All Scripture is God-breathed (4) full b49c3e7c-2097-4447-80a6-11e85b22fd81 https://share.transistor.fm/s/15e1352b Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 730 As it turned out, several of the men used the RSV. But what I distinctly remember was John Piper saying he wouldn't use the NIV because, as he put it, "I'd have to be explaining to my congregation all the time that this is not what the original Greek says [and] this would harm my congregation's trust in Scripture." As it turned out, several of the men used the RSV. But what I distinctly remember was John Piper saying he wouldn't use the NIV because, as he put it, "I'd have to be explaining to my congregation all the time that this is not what the original Greek says No All Scripture is God-breathed (3) All Scripture is God-breathed (3) full a0034c9c-97cd-4a19-9c11-10442ca5f154 https://share.transistor.fm/s/868da5a4 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Sat, 21 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1098 God named our race, both male and female, "adam" or "man," and this same name is used over 500 times across the Old Testament. This male inclusive is used hundreds of times in the New Testament, also. "Brother" and "brothers" ("adelphos" and "adelphoi") as well as the Greek words "aner" and "anthropos." Together these words and their cognates have a crystal-clear male meaning component inspired by God and used over 1,000 times in the New Testament, and this male meaning component had been translated faithfully into English Bibles for many centuries now. But our Bible scholars and publishers are ashamed and have relegated or deleted it from their latest Bible versions. God named our race, both male and female, "adam" or "man," and this same name is used over 500 times across the Old Testament. This male inclusive is used hundreds of times in the New Testament, also. "Brother" and "brothers" ("adelphos" and "adelphoi") a No All Scripture is God-breathed (2) All Scripture is God-breathed (2) full 7101178a-7b77-4cce-a2bd-8483deb4c14c https://share.transistor.fm/s/fed041a1 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 946 Every time Hebrew and Greek male inclusives are removed from the English text of Scripture, the translators have made the decision to leave God's inspired words behind, substituting what they themselves judge to be His “real,” “true,” or “accurate” meanings behind His words. The typical statement these men would make justifying what they have done is to say, “The meaning is all people, not just men.” Point out to them that the actual Greek word has a clear male meaning component and they become irritable and dismissive. “That’s not significant.” Or “Gender isn’t meaning.” Or “That’s just how they spoke in ancient patriarchal cultures.” Or that old standby, “All translation is interpretation. You can't escape it. I would have thought you would know that.” Every time Hebrew and Greek male inclusives are removed from the English text of Scripture, the translators have made the decision to leave God's inspired words behind, substituting what they themselves judge to be His “real,” “true,” or “accurate” meanin No All Scripture is God-breathed (1) All Scripture is God-breathed (1) full 383decde-ff30-48c4-9bd2-4664fd36f402 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9c78189a Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2023 14:25:55 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1176 So Scripture is in the hands now of insecure men scurrying about trying to clean up after God and His Apostles. And yes, most certainly, this work requires that we separate God’s words from God’s meanings So Scripture is in the hands now of insecure men scurrying about trying to clean up after God and His Apostles. And yes, most certainly, this work requires that we separate God’s words from God’s meanings No Why Christians should leave proclaiming the Gospel to their heroes Why Christians should leave proclaiming the Gospel to their heroes full 201cbdce-0c5f-44fe-8694-de1927147faf https://share.transistor.fm/s/8920b4d5 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2023 12:07:18 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 884 The church is in danger of losing our children. They're leaving in "droves!" Listen up! We must not alienate our kids by being judgmental. Rather, we must be holistic. We must do our ontological explications of Biblical sexuality. The humble man thinks to himself, "Ontological? That's deep. That's above my pay grade. I'll leave it to this man who declares this need. He's educated. He's articulate. He knows what 'ontological' means. Actually, I'm so relieved for him to do the work because he's articulate and I know he's on our side. I'll just sit by and await his deep ontological explication of what the Bible says about sexuality." The church is in danger of losing our children. They're leaving in "droves!" Listen up! We must not alienate our kids by being judgmental. Rather, we must be holistic. We must do our ontological explications of Biblical sexuality. The humble man thi No How silently, how silently How silently, how silently full 8ae64666-7399-4013-9848-3eaebcce1ae9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9adf5c65 Fri, 06 Jan 2023 13:36:01 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1594 by Joe Bayly He arrived at Chicago’s O’Hare airport onTWA flight 801 from Israel. The plane was two hours late, but the delay made little difference, since there was no one to meet him. It was December 23, a Friday afternoon. The terminal building pulsed with people coming home for Christmas, relatives meeting people coming home, businessmen and students trying to get on flights for Cleveland and New York, Seattle and Atlanta, so they could be home for the holidays. The Israeli had gone through immigration and customs in New York. He had no baggage, only a small airline bag with a broken zipper. Christmas carols issued from concealed speakers the length of a long corridor into the main building... by Joe Bayly He arrived at Chicago’s O’Hare airport onTWA flight 801 from Israel. The plane was two hours late, but the delay made little difference, since there was no one to meet him. It was December 23, a Friday afternoon. The terminal building puls No John Calvin: lifting hands in worship helps "jolt us out of our laziness" John Calvin: lifting hands in worship helps "jolt us out of our laziness" full c333cd08-cc80-42f2-b4ae-0cdb8f956eee https://share.transistor.fm/s/6bc14777 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2023 12:14:34 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 693 It's time to reverse this equation. Maybe we can neglect our bodies at home, where we don't have worship leaders. But we ought not be allowed to do so at church where the elders lead us and know our weaknesses. Hasten the day when the man who doesn't kneel and lift his hands and stand during worship will call attention to his own rebellion and pride in the presence of the assembly of the people of God. Pride is the besetting sin of our reformed hearts. What excellent discipline of our laziness and pride for us to stand, kneel, and lift hands in a childlike gesture to our Heavenly Father. It's time to reverse this equation. Maybe we can neglect our bodies at home, where we don't have worship leaders. But we ought not be allowed to do so at church where the elders lead us and know our weaknesses. Hasten the day when the man who doesn't knee No The kindness of the Lord: a good spanking (10) The kindness of the Lord: a good spanking (10) full f65bfbf9-d80b-4ed3-8505-0f668691a286 https://share.transistor.fm/s/15406012 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2022 12:23:53 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 582 Not long after he took office, Don and I were walking up the aisle of the church following worship, and halfway out to the foyer, Don asked, "So, pastor, I was wondering how old you think a child should be before you stop spanking him?" Assuming the question was hypothetical, I responded, "Well, I'm not sure. We rarely spank Heather, anymore. She's eight or nine, now." (Heather was our eldest.) Don said, "What about sixteen?" I was about to say something like "seems a bit old to me" when I stopped dead. Turning to face him, I gurgled, "Don! You didn't!" Danny was Don and Evelyn's middle son. We called him "Rambo." Not long after he took office, Don and I were walking up the aisle of the church following worship, and halfway out to the foyer, Don asked, "So, pastor, I was wondering how old you think a child should be before you stop spanking him?" Assuming the qu No Improved Warhorn Bookstore Improved Warhorn Bookstore full 68e78bee-42fa-402e-81e0-25513c26115d https://share.transistor.fm/s/23410935 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:56:04 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 340 When you buy directly from Warhorn, we get more of the sale than if we sell through Amazon. For example, if you buy Who Is Jesus? on Amazon for $10, Warhorn sees less than 50¢ of that sale. Seriously. Compare that to buying from our Warhorn bookstore, where your $10 purchase of Who Is Jesus? gives Warhorn roughly $3–$5. Which would you rather support? Amazon or Warhorn? When you buy directly from Warhorn, we get more of the sale than if we sell through Amazon. For example, if you buy Who Is Jesus? on Amazon for $10, Warhorn sees less than 50¢ of that sale. Seriously. Compare that to buying from our Warhorn bookstore, whe No Warhorn Media reaches milestone: so what have we done? Warhorn Media reaches milestone: so what have we done? full b9dbf453-940c-4b9d-8fda-22a3658146df https://share.transistor.fm/s/e561758f Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Thu, 29 Dec 2022 13:50:03 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 801 A couple weeks ago Warhorn went over 2,000,000 page views. Six and a half years old, Warhornmedia.com has, I hope, been steady and true to the goal of warning the people of God, doing so with great patience. We have emphasized being faithful to God's "no" as well as His "yes." This is no indication of sour stomach or cynicism on the part of those of us who produce the books, posts, and podcasts. Rather, it is the fruit of our great hopefulness and faith in the power of God to continue to reform His Church. A couple weeks ago Warhorn went over 2,000,000 page views. Six and a half years old, Warhornmedia.com has, I hope, been steady and true to the goal of warning the people of God, doing so with great patience. We have emphasized being faithful to God's "no" No Revoice won Revoice won full 0fe02da3-848b-448a-a1cd-543cc97c2b52 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e1f0428d Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2022 18:39:27 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1329 Having long since realized how impossible it is to get members and officers of the PCA to read and apply their confessional standards to Johnson or Revoice, I'm game for another go at it. So then, here is what the Larger Catechism of the Westminster Standards declares concerning the Seventh Commandment: Having long since realized how impossible it is to get members and officers of the PCA to read and apply their confessional standards to Johnson or Revoice, I'm game for another go at it. So then, here is what the Larger Catechism of the Westminster Stand No The importance of giving thanks The importance of giving thanks full 1525aa71-2e26-4105-a1bd-7e0f6df459d5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9fb62945 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2022 17:01:38 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 347 Thanksgiving should not be something we do only on the fourth Thursday of November. We are to be thankful for what we have all year long. Thanksgiving should not be something we do only on the fourth Thursday of November. We are to be thankful for what we have all year long. No The kindness of the Lord: a hospital bed in the living room (9) The kindness of the Lord: a hospital bed in the living room (9) full bc105a78-99a4-462d-aa60-a5fdebedeb35 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9b9eb261 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:00:22 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 806 Time went on, and Evelyn's absence continued to serve and lead all of us. Then the icing on the cake. Wishing she could be over at the women's Bible study one week, Evelyn realized that even if she could not be there, she could serve the women by offering to babysit the children of the young mothers each week. The Jerred farm was only a couple miles from the church-house, so it would be convenient for the mothers to drop their children off on the way to the study. Time went on, and Evelyn's absence continued to serve and lead all of us. Then the icing on the cake. Wishing she could be over at the women's Bible study one week, Evelyn realized that even if she could not be there, she could serve the women by offer No Share all good things with the one who teaches Share all good things with the one who teaches full 819c7de1-332b-48b7-a095-b628512f14ce https://share.transistor.fm/s/6f7a6ffb Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2022 13:47:58 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 419 Gifts, Patreon support, and royalties under my control all go for the financial needs of Warhorn— the men who do the editing, typesetting, recording, planning, shipping, marketing, and bookkeeping which sustains our frontline work that is more visible. So please give. Give now so we can end the year in the black. This is a teaching ministry, and if you and yours have benefitted from it, remember the Biblical principle: The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him. -Galatians 6:6 Gifts, Patreon support, and royalties under my control all go for the financial needs of Warhorn— the men who do the editing, typesetting, recording, planning, shipping, marketing, and bookkeeping which sustains our frontline work that is more visible. No The kindness of the Lord: Chuck the barber (8) The kindness of the Lord: Chuck the barber (8) full f07d1b49-d86c-43d3-99ea-5a7ba8ca4828 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a799bb06 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:07:15 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 728 At the end, she looked up at me and said, “Timothy, how long do you think we can keep paying you if you keep preaching the way you are?” There was nothing I could say. I was all of thirty years old, fresh out of seminary and wet behind the ears. One thing was certain: I could not defend myself. I could not say anything, so I sat there, silent. The silence hung heavy over the kitchen. It was unrelieved. At the end, she looked up at me and said, “Timothy, how long do you think we can keep paying you if you keep preaching the way you are?” There was nothing I could say. I was all of thirty years old, fresh out of seminary and wet behind the ears. One th No When submission is perfectly right and good and true When submission is perfectly right and good and true full 0f76581b-9577-4e5a-afdd-8d9099765418 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f713de5a Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:36:30 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 694 When men disrespect civil authority, you can bet a couple things. First, they are often bad husbands and fathers, whether that failure is passivity or being overbearing. Second, they are often bad at honoring and submitting to their elders, also. Third (and almost always), they aren’t nearly as speckless in their relationship to their boss at work as they are to the civil authority or their elders, and this because they love security and money, and they’re fully aware of the ever-present possibility that their boss will fire them. When men disrespect civil authority, you can bet a couple things. First, they are often bad husbands and fathers, whether that failure is passivity or being overbearing. Second, they are often bad at honoring and submitting to their elders, also. Third (a No What we do not believe What we do not believe full d1d70b92-858c-4571-b556-37bc84452980 https://share.transistor.fm/s/221745a5 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:00:27 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 814 Here’s Trinity Reformed Church’s (then Church of the Good Shepherd) historical statement of what, at the time, the elders wanted people to know we did not believe. Here’s Trinity Reformed Church’s (then Church of the Good Shepherd) historical statement of what, at the time, the elders wanted people to know we did not believe. No The kindness of the Lord: when the pastor lies (7) The kindness of the Lord: when the pastor lies (7) full 18d6d6af-a24b-4fc5-980e-bfec6dfaed00 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b681adcd Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2022 14:36:28 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 876 We need to be firm on husbands being the head of their wives and the head of their household, but there’s room for disagreement on the matter of women elders and pastors.” There it is. The lie. The first part of the sentence was how I quelled my conscience over the second half of the sentence. “At least I’m standing on male headship in the home,” I said to myself. “That’s something.” We need to be firm on husbands being the head of their wives and the head of their household, but there’s room for disagreement on the matter of women elders and pastors.” There it is. The lie. The first part of the sentence was how I quelled my con No The kindness of the Lord: choosing a denomination (6) The kindness of the Lord: choosing a denomination (6) full 254df25b-1b2b-47bb-a50d-99df00d73c72 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6ef0d667 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Sat, 05 Nov 2022 11:08:59 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 688 In time I was called by that yoked parish of two churches in Cambria (R0sedale Presbyterian Church) and Pardeeville, Wisconsin (First Presbyterian Church), where I had sent my PIF. After an ordination examination by John Knox Presbytery, I was ordained and installed to serve as their parish pastor on October 23, 1983. We were happy to be there and loved the congregations and ministry. Still, let the reader understand that, as we arrived, the majority of the elders comprising the sessions of these two congregations were women. In time I was called by that yoked parish of two churches in Cambria (R0sedale Presbyterian Church) and Pardeeville, Wisconsin (First Presbyterian Church), where I had sent my PIF. After an ordination examination by John Knox Presbytery, I was ordained an No Tim Keller on not preaching against abortion Tim Keller on not preaching against abortion full 599dbd00-2ff2-4eac-962d-7cf686b16cdd https://share.transistor.fm/s/39149ed8 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Sat, 05 Nov 2022 10:10:19 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1160 For quite a while now, conservative reformed pulpits have been quiet about subjects that are controversial in our political context—particularly abortion. Here is a short article written by Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian (PCA) in New York City, giving his explanation of this silence. The subject goes much deeper than the politics of abortion. It goes to the very heart of our understanding of the Gospel and the place of the Law in Gospel proclamation and Lord’s Day worship. For quite a while now, conservative reformed pulpits have been quiet about subjects that are controversial in our political context—particularly abortion. Here is a short article written by Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian (PCA) in New York Cit No Reformation Sunday, 2022: an appeal to shepherds Reformation Sunday, 2022: an appeal to shepherds full e397ac4e-3df5-4fe3-939b-7cea14d05945 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d97cba52 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Sat, 29 Oct 2022 08:03:25 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 804 Remember, the first of Luther’s 95 Theses was aimed at restoring repentance to the church. To believers. To ourselves. He warned that if we don’t preach repentance, our people will lose any compunction (tenderness) of conscience, and thus in worse condition than the souls under the wickedness of the Roman Catholic mercantile sacramentalism of the high Middle Ages. Remember, the first of Luther’s 95 Theses was aimed at restoring repentance to the church. To believers. To ourselves. He warned that if we don’t preach repentance, our people will lose any compunction (tenderness) of conscience, and thus in worse cond No The kindness of the Lord: feminist pressures (5) The kindness of the Lord: feminist pressures (5) full e25b0464-da7c-4bc8-ad06-6d57b11d2be3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9f514b87 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Sat, 29 Oct 2022 07:34:02 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 681 Would I continue pursuing ordination and a call in First Pres’s presbytery and denomination, or leave and seek ordination and a call in the newly founded Presbyterian Church in America which was a work of reform, refusing to ordain women pastors and elders? Would I continue pursuing ordination and a call in First Pres’s presbytery and denomination, or leave and seek ordination and a call in the newly founded Presbyterian Church in America which was a work of reform, refusing to ordain women pastors and elder No The kindness of the Lord: Gordon-Conwell trashes fundamentalists (4) The kindness of the Lord: Gordon-Conwell trashes fundamentalists (4) full b36ec8cf-5928-496d-b843-caf13499b734 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4913d6cc Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2022 05:08:50 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 853 This younger generation of sophisticated, terminally degreed Evangelicals running Gordon-Conwell and professing there (as well as running most Evangelical seminaries, reformed or otherwise) had never had the privilege of suffering shame as they pursued their degrees and hood. It was my dad and father-in-law; it was their earlier generation who had suffered in the battle for the authority and inspiration of Scripture, the virgin birth, the penal substitutionary Atonement, regeneration, and a host of other truths sheep cling to and know are inseparable from faith in the Lord Jesus and His Word. Then there arrived a generation of princes who knew not fundamentalists; a generation who shamed them for being needlessly confrontational, and ignorant to boot. This younger generation of sophisticated, terminally degreed Evangelicals running Gordon-Conwell and professing there (as well as running most Evangelical seminaries, reformed or otherwise) had never had the privilege of suffering shame as they pursued th No The kindness of the Lord: blasphemy (3) The kindness of the Lord: blasphemy (3) full 700278ff-335c-485c-a5c2-e68011db1901 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a1fe15fc Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:05:48 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1349 The temptation of a newly ordained and installed pastor is to think he himself is God’s message, so he burnishes his appearance, taste, conversation, clothing, educational credentials, and most especially his sermons, to the end that his present and prospective customers will see his desire to please them, which he thinks of as his desire to love them. But true love is discriminating in the objects it chooses as well as the work it does, and true love never forsakes God’s “no” in service to God’s “yes.” The temptation of a newly ordained and installed pastor is to think he himself is God’s message, so he burnishes his appearance, taste, conversation, clothing, educational credentials, and most especially his sermons, to the end that his present and prosp No The kindness of the Lord: resisting the political temptation (2) The kindness of the Lord: resisting the political temptation (2) full 1cfd512e-0923-41ea-a26c-70049456e7b7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6d61831f Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:11:36 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 954 The list of Evangelical religious leaders who have worked hard to build their constituency through political sectarianism has been a constant within the American church, but not until the past couple years of conservative religious leaders crying “tyranny” over masks, vaccines, and the theft of the 2020 election have I felt duty bound to condemn this abuse of the Gospel ministry, as well as the Name and Bride of Christ. Certainly there are those who would want to say some of these causes, movements pushed by Evangelical pastor-politicians and religious leaders are unlike the others. The list of Evangelical religious leaders who have worked hard to build their constituency through political sectarianism has been a constant within the American church, but not until the past couple years of conservative religious leaders crying “tyranny No The kindness of the Lord: the Bill Hybels seduction (1) The kindness of the Lord: the Bill Hybels seduction (1) full e7e20c7d-b07e-44fb-ae99-5586971e9ba1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4d5dc966 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Sat, 08 Oct 2022 09:37:17 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 888 Three books I read just after seminary had a critical impact on my thinking and kept me from succumbing to the Evangelical deus ex machina.1 But first, some explanation of the world I lived in. Bill Hybels was all the rage back at home, where I grew up just down the road from Hybels’s Barrington. Lots of people with itching ears found he was saying what they wanted a preacher to say and doing at Willow Creek what they wanted a church to do. In fact, he told everyone that was his key to success—finding out what people wanted and doing it. So the sheep were tuned to his siren song and leaving their smaller, less sophisticated churches. The Hybels machine grew and grew. Three books I read just after seminary had a critical impact on my thinking and kept me from succumbing to the Evangelical deus ex machina.1 But first, some explanation of the world I lived in. Bill Hybels was all the rage back at home, where I grew No Tim Keller and Side B Revoicers Tim Keller and Side B Revoicers full 1e923d06-b072-4820-8f59-fccecc2465d9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0e77aac0 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Sat, 02 Apr 2022 14:26:25 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 2478 We know there are elders across the PCA who endorse Side B and Revoice. From the moment Revoice reared its head, it was obvious this mainstreaming of Side B homosexuality had grown under the encouragement, and enjoyed the protection, of leaders across the denomination. We knew this from the fact that Revoice's Side B promotion wasn't immediately squelched. We knew it from the fact that there were defenders of Revoice who immediately painted any opposition as slanderous, mean-spirited, homophobic, and legalistic. We know there are elders across the PCA who endorse Side B and Revoice. From the moment Revoice reared its head, it was obvious this mainstreaming of Side B homosexuality had grown under the encouragement, and enjoyed the protection, of leaders across the No Podcasts, punditry, and books Podcasts, punditry, and books full e849b734-c429-4765-9e55-b0545a90ce63 https://share.transistor.fm/s/24ce29d0 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Sat, 02 Apr 2022 12:34:39 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 472 If you can’t bring yourself to read, by all means listen to books. Don’t waste all your time on podcasts. They’re cheap like cotton candy, especially the punditry ones making observations and complaining about people out there who do it and think it and tell it wrong without addressing you and calling you to repent and believe God’s Word and truth. The one thing I hope Warhorn is faithful in with all our writing and podcasting and books is helping those who entrust us with their valuable time and attention to grow, becoming more sanctified themselves. We never want those reading or listening to leave us merely thinking about how screwed up everyone else is. If you can’t bring yourself to read, by all means listen to books. Don’t waste all your time on podcasts. They’re cheap like cotton candy, especially the punditry ones making observations and complaining about people out there who do it and think it and t No Brian Houston and the church's heroes Brian Houston and the church's heroes full 4eb45c28-5110-45bb-bd2d-e887bd5d83e8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/67304d67 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2022 14:33:40 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 585 Moses wasn't anyone's hero until after he died. Same with the Apostle Paul. You should doubt yourself and all the others who share with you your certain preference for heroes. Democracy might be the best method of government, but if so, it's certainly not because the people are always right. It's the masses who make heroes, and right now the masses of Christians are vomiting our great men, doing so on the pages of the New York Times. Take a lesson. The church has never needed heroes. She just needs humble, smelly shepherds who take it personally when wolves come after their sheep. Not because it's their flock, but because those sheep were bought with the precious blood of God's Own Lamb. Moses wasn't anyone's hero until after he died. Same with the Apostle Paul. You should doubt yourself and all the others who share with you your certain preference for heroes. Democracy might be the best method of government, but if so, it's certainly not No Women and sports: response from women's basketball coach Women and sports: response from women's basketball coach full 58003616-2ab5-420c-b68c-cad579b72d83 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5c82d870 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Fri, 01 Apr 2022 13:55:19 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1047 I was at a college practice, once, and suddenly it struck me how much spandex was in the room. Every girl had layers of spandex on under her clothes, trying to artificially squish her body. To put it delicately, they were trying to restrain their bodies in places that their bodies were clearly trying to announce their sex. Many of them had spandex from their knees to their shoulders. That was when it struck me that these weren’t girls anymore; that every woman there was trying hard to make her body do the unnatural. And they all looked a little bit silly. I was at a college practice, once, and suddenly it struck me how much spandex was in the room. Every girl had layers of spandex on under her clothes, trying to artificially squish her body. To put it delicately, they were trying to restrain their bodies i No A story about fatherhood at home and church A story about fatherhood at home and church full c8c72861-8e6d-49ce-9170-c74979d6a64a https://share.transistor.fm/s/9aabb2fe Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2022 16:24:19 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 420 One Sunday, his pastor was walking up the center aisle following the service and the elder sidled up and cleared his throat before saying, “Pastor, I was wondering how old you thought was too old to spank a child?” One Sunday, his pastor was walking up the center aisle following the service and the elder sidled up and cleared his throat before saying, “Pastor, I was wondering how old you thought was too old to spank a child?” No Pastor Tim Keller on future of the PCA Pastor Tim Keller on future of the PCA full 06787ea8-afff-4455-920b-03b5607a7388 https://share.transistor.fm/s/756aae0c Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2022 15:26:23 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 4613 This is a long piece on the future of the Presbyterian Church in America in light of the PCA’s institutional endorsement of Side B self-affirming gays as church officers. What has brought this matter to a head is Covenant Theological Seminary’s alumni holding Side B Revoice conferences each year. We have now seen the denomination’s final refusals to say “no” or discipline any of Revoice’s principals, including Covenant Theological Seminary, Missouri Presbytery, Memorial Presbyterian Church, Greg Johnson, or the other PCA institutions and men who have created and promoted this evil. This is a long piece on the future of the Presbyterian Church in America in light of the PCA’s institutional endorsement of Side B self-affirming gays as church officers. What has brought this matter to a head is Covenant Theological Seminary’s alumni hol No Q&A in response to "The shame of Christ's Church here in Indiana" Q&A in response to "The shame of Christ's Church here in Indiana" full 9ad44bec-8e36-45ca-aa4c-10c455a0c87d https://share.transistor.fm/s/f7625b6a Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2022 12:28:37 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 962 A brother in Trinity Reformed Church, Bloomington, sent an email yesterday, asking: I recently shared, on Facebook, your article about the bad state of Presbyterianism in Indiana. A friend of mine, whom I believe is a member of (one of the churches that were the subject of your article), objected to several statements in the article about (her church). …I’m interested to hear any responses you may have… After responding to the questions, I asked the brother for permission to post the exchange, and kindly received it. Here then are the questions about my earlier article, with my responses: A brother in Trinity Reformed Church, Bloomington, sent an email yesterday, asking: I recently shared, on Facebook, your article about the bad state of Presbyterianism in Indiana. A friend of mine, whom I believe is a member of (one of the churches tha No NCAA womyn's basketball has me thinking NCAA womyn's basketball has me thinking full 0ed7148c-3550-49c4-bf77-d47d29da8510 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a7f76ef8 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Sat, 26 Mar 2022 11:25:44 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1006 May I put it this way: women should not be fighting other women to provide men and women entertainment. A woman should not be kicking another woman to provide men and women entertainment. A woman should not be punching another woman to provide men and women entertainment. A woman should not appear publicly in a bra and short shorts and proceed to kick and punch another woman dressed in a bra and short shorts to provide men and women entertainment. Even if she gets paid a lot of money to do so. What she is being and doing is a provocation to breaking the Seventh Commandment and thus is immoral. Those who watch her are, by that act, provoked toward violating the Seventh Commandment, and thus committing sin by watching her. May I put it this way: women should not be fighting other women to provide men and women entertainment. A woman should not be kicking another woman to provide men and women entertainment. A woman should not be punching another woman to provide men and wom No The shame of Christ's Church here in Indiana The shame of Christ's Church here in Indiana full 2e11734d-e095-4f9d-ad93-d0db11bfef36 https://share.transistor.fm/s/824ec281 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:41:22 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1016 Whatever difficulties historic Biblical Christianity of reformed and presbyterian commitments has had historically in Indiana, we took body blows these past two years in the form of two separate sex scandals which got statewide publicity. The scandals were written up repeatedly in the Indianapolis Star and Bloomington’s Indiana Daily Student. The Star and the IDS both ran multiple investigative pieces demanding action by the presbyteries of jurisdiction, providing and linking to lots of supporting evidence. The Star focussed on an RP church and its Great Lakes Gulf Presbytery while the IDS focussed on a PCA church and its Central Indiana Presbytery. Tragically, both papers are now widely recognized to have wrestled with the presbyteries and their higher judicatories’ judicial commissions long and hard enough out there in public that both the RP and PCA ended up having to take corrective action, although quite belatedly. Whatever difficulties historic Biblical Christianity of reformed and presbyterian commitments has had historically in Indiana, we took body blows these past two years in the form of two separate sex scandals which got statewide publicity. The scandals wer No Precisely what is paedocommunion, and why does Calvin condemn it Precisely what is paedocommunion, and why does Calvin condemn it full faee3a35-1a02-49cb-b222-9c72a9568467 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3d27b37b Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:24:05 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 983 Calvin was not ignorant of the arguments made for paedocommunion by the anabaptists of his time. What’s interesting is how many of those arguments are still used by the paedocommunion party today. Calvin was not ignorant of the arguments made for paedocommunion by the anabaptists of his time. What’s interesting is how many of those arguments are still used by the paedocommunion party today. No Isaiah's call, and yours Isaiah's call, and yours full 6d43fccd-4703-4b94-8e53-13e9306ca307 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d1bb49f6 Intro and outro music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions. The rest of MSAL's recorded Psalms can be listened to, here.

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]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2022 11:39:57 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1029 What we must understand about Isaiah and Jesus is that God has called men to a difficult work. Why difficult? Because their work will yield no fruit. When they preach and give pastoral care, those they preach to and care for will not see, will not hear, will not understand because their hearts have become dull. Because they have closed their eyes. Thus they will not return to the God Who made them, and He will not heal them. What we must understand about Isaiah and Jesus is that God has called men to a difficult work. Why difficult? Because their work will yield no fruit. When they preach and give pastoral care, those they preach to and care for will not see, will not hear No Revoice: the PCA defeats Overtures 23 & 37 Revoice: the PCA defeats Overtures 23 & 37 full 088599ed-6d0d-446b-8e29-ac5ca8255706 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c340b451 Fri, 11 Mar 2022 19:05:27 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1631 It may surprise some, but I would not have voted for these overtures at General Assembly. Nevertheless, it’s also true their defeat at the presbytery level is bad news for the restoration of Biblical commitments to the denomination. Why do I say I would not have voted for Overtures 23 and 37 at General Assembly? But before answering… It may surprise some, but I would not have voted for these overtures at General Assembly. Nevertheless, it’s also true their defeat at the presbytery level is bad news for the restoration of Biblical commitments to the denomination. Why do I say I woul No Revoice: Greg Johnson and Richard Lovelace Revoice: Greg Johnson and Richard Lovelace full 0b609c96-27d5-421d-8d0d-ec5d107adbeb https://share.transistor.fm/s/7dd8a664 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 14:01:52 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 2102 What Greg Johnson Won’t Tell You About “Double Repentance” In his new book Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn from the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexuality (Zondervan, 2021), PCA pastor Greg Johnson gives a history of the “ex-gay movement.” He believes it utterly failed and bemoans the fact that many evangelicals today still think homosexuality can be cured. In the conclusion of the book, Johnson gives what he sees as a new path by way of an old path: double repentance. Quoting from an obscure 1978 book by Richard Lovelace, the idea of “double repentance” is essentially this: homosexuals in the church must repent of homosexual behavior and the rest of the church must repent of homophobia. It is a path that Greg Johnson claims evangelicals were on before their views were hijacked by the false hopes of the “ex-gay movement” and the fearmongering of the culture war that fought against the normalizing of homosexuality in America. In short, “double repentance” is what the church should be about in the 21st century... What Greg Johnson Won’t Tell You About “Double Repentance” In his new book Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn from the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexuality (Zondervan, 2021), PCA pastor Greg Johnson gives a history of the “ex-gay movement.” No Abortions: what Christians refuse to see Abortions: what Christians refuse to see full 179edef1-46c6-42f2-b61d-2cef21500e59 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e22196a2 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 10:09:17 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 951 Abortuaries are shutting down. Planned Parenthood’s abortuaries kill about forty percent of the babies while independent abortuaries kill sixty percent. Since 2016, 113 of the independent abortuaries have closed their doors. There were 510 independents in 2012, but only 358 remain. One might think this is cause to rejoice, but no, it’s not good news. Closed abortuaries do not mean fewer abortions. They only mean fewer surgical abortions. Abortuaries are shutting down because pharmaceuticals are taking over... Abortuaries are shutting down. Planned Parenthood’s abortuaries kill about forty percent of the babies while independent abortuaries kill sixty percent. Since 2016, 113 of the independent abortuaries have closed their doors. There were 510 independents in No Crossway's "Gentle and Lowly": everybody loves to be tickled Crossway's "Gentle and Lowly": everybody loves to be tickled full 1d73270a-91c9-4388-bd8a-106bd7fc0625 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5403ec1a Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:02:44 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 336 In the middle of this Psalm 78 account of the rebellion of the sons of Israel in the wilderness, a particular rebellion is condemned: And in their heart they put God to the test By asking food according to their desire. (v. 18) Dane’s bestseller popped back into my mind: “food according to their desires.” This is the perpetual sin of the people of God. We are not willing to eat the table God sets for us, but demand to set the table ourselves. We are unwilling to be content with the food God sets before us but demand to choose and be served the food we prefer. In the middle of this Psalm 78 account of the rebellion of the sons of Israel in the wilderness, a particular rebellion is condemned: And in their heart they put God to the test By asking food according to their desire. (v. 18) Dane’s bestseller po No "Gentle and Lowly" in context "Gentle and Lowly" in context full 9aed65cc-04a0-40df-b072-3a38cdc06af9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/91a7852b Mon, 31 Jan 2022 11:39:07 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1105 In his book Gentle and Lowly, Dane Ortlund mentions a sermon by Charles Spurgeon opening up Jesus’ promise recorded in Matthew 11:29, “I am meek.” From Spurgeon’s sermon, we read: Our Saviour, who never sought the praise of man, says of himself, “I am meek,” because he desired to remove the fears of those who trembled to approach him… But why would anyone listening to Him be trembling to approach Him? This question is clarified by looking at this “gentle and lowly” text’s context, so let’s examine what Jesus did and said earlier in Matthew 11, just before His tender entreaty to sinners. In his book Gentle and Lowly, Dane Ortlund mentions a sermon by Charles Spurgeon opening up Jesus’ promise recorded in Matthew 11:29, “I am meek.” From Spurgeon’s sermon, we read: Our Saviour, who never sought the praise of man, says of himself, “I am No The false teaching of Crossway's "Gentle and Lowly" The false teaching of Crossway's "Gentle and Lowly" full 3689171d-216c-4a84-87c5-81cbc9b49830 https://share.transistor.fm/s/21df3dea Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:12:55 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1252 Here then is the problem with this book and it’s not complicated. Gentle and Lowly teaches the false doctrine that some of God’s attributes are more essentially His nature than others, and those attributes which are most essential are gentleness and lowliness. To teach this is to lie about God. Here then is the problem with this book and it’s not complicated. Gentle and Lowly teaches the false doctrine that some of God’s attributes are more essentially His nature than others, and those attributes which are most essential are gentleness and lowli No How to make enemies and be influenced by people How to make enemies and be influenced by people full 39deb868-e670-4826-9944-54a672ee05c7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d51e847f Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:09:06 -0500 Joseph Bayly Joseph Bayly 1402 Pastor Steve Viars is in an unenviable position. He needs to oppose this law, but he also needs to tow the Biblical Counseling party line as laid out by his own Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) and Al Mohler several years ago, when they said that reparative therapy was bad. Pastor Steve Viars is in an unenviable position. He needs to oppose this law, but he also needs to tow the Biblical Counseling party line as laid out by his own Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) and Al Mohler several years ago, when they No Complementarians: ESV’S Bill Mounce doesn't want his wife calling him "lord" Complementarians: ESV’S Bill Mounce doesn't want his wife calling him "lord" full 4a79895c-e233-4222-b044-6c3839920428 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fca18abb Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:07:12 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1859 No wonder “complementarians” of the ilk of Dr. Mounce “can’t think of a specific word that means ‘lord’ that would still “convey respect without violating …love.” Dr. Mounce and his fellow complementarians have thrown in the towel on the Fatherhood of God and man. They’re little men with little male perquisites they sometimes defend—bud oh so very timorously. Nothing any complementarian has ever written bears the slightest resemblance to the Apostolic witness of the New Testament. No wonder “complementarians” of the ilk of Dr. Mounce “can’t think of a specific word that means ‘lord’ that would still “convey respect without violating …love.” Dr. Mounce and his fellow complementarians have thrown in the towel on the Fatherhood of No Tim Keller on Gospel preaching, abortion, and woman's moral agency Tim Keller on Gospel preaching, abortion, and woman's moral agency full 6228f6ff-ba66-4e8a-9e80-03ce23628068 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3a4d314e Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:32:12 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 1113 Must we wait quietly in our offices hoping and praying for visits from new converts before we unburden our consciences and finally ‘fess up to our true convictions about each of these stumbling blocks that lead our sheep to Hell? When did we decide that, in our preaching of the Gospel, we would no longer trust in the power of the Holy Spirit? Every one of us should be scandalized by Pastor Keller’s betrayal of the grace of the law in Gospel preaching. This is a large part of the true impact of Tim Keller on the Church of Jesus Christ in our time. Must we wait quietly in our offices hoping and praying for visits from new converts before we unburden our consciences and finally ‘fess up to our true convictions about each of these stumbling blocks that lead our sheep to Hell? When did we decide tha No Dane Ortlund: The Great Asleepening Dane Ortlund: The Great Asleepening full 70ade483-9d33-470d-b615-00861848f468 https://share.transistor.fm/s/dc91e8ca Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:58:30 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 600 This schlock consuming Evangelicalism and the Reformed church today reminds me of a New Yorker cartoon decades ago picturing a middle-aged pudgy bald man sitting at the bar with a drink, saying to the bartender patiently listening: I had a happy childhood. My teenage years were happy. I have a happy marriage, happy children, and a happy job. I’m having a happy middle age and my old age will be happy, too. Then I’ll have a happy death and I’ll go to happy heaven. It’s funny to the pagans subscribing to the New Yorker, but to the Christian it’s terribly tragic—especially the Christian shepherd of God’s sheep. This schlock consuming Evangelicalism and the Reformed church today reminds me of a New Yorker cartoon decades ago picturing a middle-aged pudgy bald man sitting at the bar with a drink, saying to the bartender patiently listening: I had a happy childh No Some rules for Christian readers Some rules for Christian readers full 7aee87a6-163b-467f-bf0c-5e12e8f99091 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9d65ce81 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 12:38:00 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 961 This gets me thinking about reading so let me put out there four rules for Christian readers. Rule 1: Don’t waste your time reading living men telling you what dead men said. Read the primary sources. What are primary sources? Back in 1977... This gets me thinking about reading so let me put out there four rules for Christian readers. Rule 1: Don’t waste your time reading living men telling you what dead men said. Read the primary sources. What are primary sources? Back in 1977... No On the death of Sarah Weddington, litigator of Roe v. Wade On the death of Sarah Weddington, litigator of Roe v. Wade full 8ffb8941-3ffc-4260-9e54-7ba3cc9d91da https://share.transistor.fm/s/e1752dff Mon, 27 Dec 2021 12:12:03 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 355 Three Bayly brothers sat under Prof. Roger Nicole at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. We’d agree he was the high point of our seminary education. Justice Harry Blackmun was the author of the Supreme Court’s 1973 ruling Roe v. Wade legalizing the slaughter of the unborn. In 1994, Justice Blackmun retired and Dr. Nicole took that occasion to write Blackmun a letter. Nicole blind-copied me on his letter and I post his letter here as my commentary on the death of Sarah Weddington, the lawyer who argued Roe v. Wade who is currently being lauded by all the filthy, bloodthirsty media of the Western world. Three Bayly brothers sat under Prof. Roger Nicole at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. We’d agree he was the high point of our seminary education. Justice Harry Blackmun was the author of the Supreme Court’s 1973 ruling Roe v. Wade legalizing the sl No Daily Bible Reading: a confession Daily Bible Reading: a confession full b705048c-5a0b-4672-821a-82087db98f57 https://share.transistor.fm/s/dffd1124 Mon, 27 Dec 2021 11:52:57 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 655 A quarter-century ago, my father-in-law sent me a One Year Bible. Inside, he’d inscribed it, “RX: once a day.” Dad was godly and I wanted to obey him, but most of my life I found my flesh opposing my spirit in this matter of daily Bible reading. I believed in it, but didn’t do it—to my constant regret and shame. A quarter-century ago, my father-in-law sent me a One Year Bible. Inside, he’d inscribed it, “RX: once a day.” Dad was godly and I wanted to obey him, but most of my life I found my flesh opposing my spirit in this matter of daily Bible reading. I beli No The Virgin Mary: Blessed is the fruit of thy womb The Virgin Mary: Blessed is the fruit of thy womb full 76691463-fde8-4b81-bc5d-0146fc762e35 https://share.transistor.fm/s/70642462 Sat, 25 Dec 2021 12:18:33 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 372 Is there any part of Holy Scripture that presents infancy, womanhood, femininity, and motherhood more beautifully? Such tenderness toward mothers and children is characteristic of the history written by Luke, who was a physician. Is there any part of Holy Scripture that presents infancy, womanhood, femininity, and motherhood more beautifully? Such tenderness toward mothers and children is characteristic of the history written by Luke, who was a physician. Virgin birth, Virgin Mary, Motherhood, Womanhood No Academic freedom: a Christian view Academic freedom: a Christian view full 8abf42dc-0ca4-4dc0-8808-c55c9899fa43 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7e9323ab Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:31:41 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 881 Academic freedom has long been hypocrisy, and going forward, it remains untenable. Academic freedom has long been hypocrisy, and going forward, it remains untenable. academic freedom, higher education, George Marsden, Richard John Neuhaus No Answers to questions about capital punishment | by Brian Bailey Answers to questions about capital punishment | by Brian Bailey full bfd9144a-ea03-4fc3-91c5-cac69c0af6d6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/01038646 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:28:36 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 867 What does Scripture say about capital punishment? We find that after the Flood, God commands that capital punishment be used against a murderer. He issues the following command to Noah and, though He didn’t need to, God gave us a very important reason for it: “Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.” (Genesis 9:6 NASB 1995) This was not a special command given only to Noah or only to God’s people. And it was not repealed by the New Testament. It is a universal command to all men, in all places, for all time. No society, this side of Heaven, will ever grow or “evolve” beyond the need for this command. What does Scripture say about capital punishment? We find that after the Flood, God commands that capital punishment be used against a murderer. He issues the following command to Noah and, though He didn’t need to, God gave us a very important reason for Capital punishment, Justice No Christmas, vaccines, dating, and unity... Christmas, vaccines, dating, and unity... full 23e320c7-ff62-4c56-971d-ad5f90fc6f21 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b6becce6 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 16:33:48 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 414 Here we meet a basic principle of Christian sanctification: hearts matter more than appearances, actions, and words. Here we meet a basic principle of Christian sanctification: hearts matter more than appearances, actions, and words. Appearances, Legalism, Hearts No The death of pastoral care | Nov 30, 2021 The death of pastoral care | Nov 30, 2021 full 9d278d10-2c6e-48e2-856b-1fc5997290cd https://share.transistor.fm/s/eee99f63 When entering the ministry back in 1983, I had Dad’s wise counsel to help my beginnings. His counsel ran the path of short and pithy statements, one of which was “a home visiting pastor makes a churchgoing people.”

This came to mind when I was writing yesterday about our graveyard in Rosedale and mentioned visiting our church patriarch, Sam Westra. Taking Dad’s advice, I made it a habit to visit the flock there in rural Wisconsin, and those visits were indispensable to my care for their souls.

Back then pastoral visits were still possible in a way they aren’t as much now. Rosedale was a farm community, so if I stopped in to see the couple, the man of the house was often in the barn or milk parlor and could come in...

]]> When entering the ministry back in 1983, I had Dad’s wise counsel to help my beginnings. His counsel ran the path of short and pithy statements, one of which was “a home visiting pastor makes a churchgoing people.”

This came to mind when I was writing yesterday about our graveyard in Rosedale and mentioned visiting our church patriarch, Sam Westra. Taking Dad’s advice, I made it a habit to visit the flock there in rural Wisconsin, and those visits were indispensable to my care for their souls.

Back then pastoral visits were still possible in a way they aren’t as much now. Rosedale was a farm community, so if I stopped in to see the couple, the man of the house was often in the barn or milk parlor and could come in...

]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:47:06 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 631 If factory farms are bad, what about factory churches? If factory farms are bad, what about factory churches? Pastoral care, Shepherd, Dairyman, Goatherd No A simple church and a simple graveyard -by Tim Bayly | Nov 29, 2021 A simple church and a simple graveyard -by Tim Bayly | Nov 29, 2021 full 7e9d9a23-a2b9-4cf2-aa7d-78f5f92afe68 https://share.transistor.fm/s/33b49ebb What’s the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard?

The word “cemetery” is from the Greek κοιμητήριον (sleeping place) and is simply a place for burying our dead. A graveyard, though, is a kind of cemetery distinguished by being a part of the churchyard surrounding the church-house.

When I took our first call to pastor a yoked parish in Wisconsin, our country parish was Rosedale Presbyterian Church in Cambria, Wisconsin, and Rosedale had a graveyard. It butted up against the back and extended some distance to the east and west of the church-house.

The setting was instructive...

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The word “cemetery” is from the Greek κοιμητήριον (sleeping place) and is simply a place for burying our dead. A graveyard, though, is a kind of cemetery distinguished by being a part of the churchyard surrounding the church-house.

When I took our first call to pastor a yoked parish in Wisconsin, our country parish was Rosedale Presbyterian Church in Cambria, Wisconsin, and Rosedale had a graveyard. It butted up against the back and extended some distance to the east and west of the church-house.

The setting was instructive...

]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:10:21 -0500 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 643 What's the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard? What's the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard? Death, Burial, Cemetery, Graveyard No Conscience and COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: In Defense of Sphere Authority Conscience and COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: In Defense of Sphere Authority full 1696ef1c-c73b-4509-ada8-c6c89a3821e1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2413e1fa Wed, 22 Sep 2021 21:27:42 -0400 Tim Bayly Tim Bayly 2436 No