The Covenanters were often regarded as unyielding, extreme and even fanatical, but they were contending for a principle, and when men are contending for a principle, obstinacy is a virtue. - J.G. Voss

The lex talionis (eye for eye, tooth for tooth) limits retaliation. It's a counter-Lamech rule, which prohibits killing as retribution for a wound, stroke, or insult.

Matt 18:5: Whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me. Matt 25:40: What you did to one of these My brothers, even the least, you did to Me. Receiving children is equivalent to taking in strangers, visiting sick and prisoners, feeding hungry, clothing naked.

The situation in Reformed seminaries today is basically that we must cherish and adore the Reformed tradition and its contributors but also denounce as "dangerous" anyone who follows that tradition on gender, ethics, law, and politics.

Our calling is to preach a Gospel that lifts burdens, not adds to them. If our message does not set the captive free, it’s not the Gospel of Christ.

Stephen Wolfe Appreciate them behind the glass and velvet ropes at the museum, where they can't possibly challenge anyone or cause any trouble. Buy their books from Banner of (Carefully Curated and Redacted) Truth.

Sanctify thy coffee shops.

Culture follows cult.

The same people who introduced us to Reformed theology now despise us for going back to the Reformers.

Dr. Poythress - Why no manual on how to deal with demonic activity? Listen.

Matt 28:1 is more convoluted than our English translations: "After the Sabbath, at the dawning of the first of Sabbaths." There's a Sabbath after the Sabbath, the eighth day that is also the "first" of Sabbaths. Jesus' death brings new creation, with Easter as the new first day

Men, Get up early Read the Bible Commit to prayer Get accountability Cherish your wife & kids Begin an exercise routine Be the hardest worker around Have a genuine zeal for the gospel Don’t be mastered by sin but by Christ Keep a close watch on your life & doctrine

The reason the Woke ruin other people’s stuff is because they don’t make anything anybody wants. It’s either ruin your stuff, or nothing. They choose your stuff.

“For the Christian there is a unity between theology, doxology, and practice— doctrine, doxology and duty.” — R. Kent Hughes

Paul and his companions turn the empire upside down (anastatoo; Acts 17). The verb is from anistemi, "raise up," and related to anastasis, "resurrection." Is Paul "overturning" or "resurrecting" Rome? Or, perhaps, both? -from Patrick Schreiner ☧

Mankind isn’t a machine. Simply feeding theological facts into a person does not produce a right attitude or behavior.

What credo-baptists (both 1689ers / New Cov. Theology) that attempt to affirm the unifying covenantal structure of Scripture fail to understand is that covenants are generational bonds. It's inherent to covenants (even secular ancient near eastern covenants) to include children,