“Therefore, just as it falls to parents to provide for their children not only food and clothing, but also to bring them up ἐν παιδείᾳ καὶ νουθεσίᾳ κυρίου [in the discipline and admonition of the Lord]; Ephesians 6:4; so it also falls to the magistrate to be solicitous not

An act can be morally permissible in its genus (as a generic kind of act) but illicit in species, when in concrete circumstances the act does not conduce to what is good.

“[B]oth Allie Beth Stuckey and I are identifying the ways that compassion and empathy are frequently used as tools of emotional manipulation… Clinton’s article offers a case study in weaponized empathy.” -Joe Rigney responds to Hillary Clinton americanreformer.org/2026/02/me-hil…

It is a misnomer to suggest the intramural debates among Reformed brothers as it pertains to how to understand and apply two-kingdoms theology is over limited vs. big government. One of the great ironies in modern two-kingdoms (R2K) political theology is this: while its

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Re: civil enforcement of first table and liberty of conscience. I may be off, but it seems to me that a test case that illustrates the differing principles on both sides is: Can a Christian parent, their child espousing heresy or practicing false worship, punish their child for

Yes, multiple Particular Baptists were fine with government promoting Christianity and in fact saw it more desirable for godly rulers to be in place which led to greater gospel propagation: "And however it be a thing very desirable to have such to bee governours, as feare the

political test case: may parents discipline kids for practicing false religion?

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the shower is the alternate dimension where I realize I'm low on shampoo but as soon as I step through the curtain I'm transported back to this dimension where all my memories are wiped like in severance and I won’t remember i’m out of shampoo until im back in the shower

50+ more Reformed scholastic (mostly) AI translations, including Hoornbeeck's very important systematic theology. Enjoy and give praise to our God! reformedbooksonline.com/ai-translation…

When we shall come home and enter to the possession of our Brother's fair kingdom, and when our heads shall find the weight of the eternal crown of glory, and when we shall look back to pains and sufferings; then shall we see life and sorrow to be less than one step or stride

There are many uses of the SLC’s doctrine of natural law. But suffice it to say, the older theory that the Reformed tradition stands in a relationship of antithesis and repudiation with the natural law must be put to bed. founders.org/articles/natur…

“He ate little meat, & slept but very little; & his whole time was filled up with useful action, he may be said to have lived long, tho’ he died at 55 years of age; since sleep & sloth can hardly be called living.” -Poor Richard on John Calvin

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The civil laws of the Mosaic Polity were essentially natural, not in origin but in ends, as they were given to govern the temporal affairs of the people. This is why, under the New Covenant, we are to be instructed by the civil laws, not as if they were given to us but by

Read Baxter in the quoted post, and then read Isaac Chauncy's response to Daniel Williams (Pg.6). This is why Chauncy believed Williams was sanitising his true position: 'I grant you deny merit; and I profess, Sir, I would not willingly wrong you by any false imputation.

Bernard of Clairvoux: I will love you, Lord my strength, my fortress, my refuge, my deliverer, you who are everything I can desire and love. My God, my Helper, I shall love you in proportion to your gift and my capacity, less indeed than is just, but to do that is beyond me.

Bernard of Clairvoux: These are beyond a doubt the pomegranate fruits which the Bride brought into her Beloved's garden (Sg 6:10). They were picked from the Tree of Life (Gn 2:22), and their taste had been transmuted to that of the heavenly bread, and their color to that of