Dallas Goebel⚡️

“Is it weird to not be sitting together? If someone asks, ‘Why aren’t you sitting with your wife?’, you could just say, ‘We just didn’t want to be cliquey, you know?’” Sitting with your wife is “cliquey.” 🤢

A hypocrite is always saying how good he is; a humble soul always says how bad he is. - Thomas Watson

On a person appearing humble to others, yet being full of pride, Watson writes: “Who is more humble than Absalom in his outward behavior? ‘When any man came near to do him obeisance, Absalom took him by the hand and kissed him’ (2 Sam 15:5). But though he had a humble carriage, he aspired after the crown. ‘As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron’ (2 Sam 15:10). Here was pride dressed in humility’s mantle.” Beware the kisses of Absalom.

Sweet powders perfume the linen, so God’s Spirit in a man perfumes him with holiness and makes his heart a map of heaven. - Thomas Watson

Yesterday’s order: Call to Worship - Psalm 38:15–22 Song - Great Is Thy Faithfulness Offering Song - Hear My Prayer and Answer Me (4A, Psalms of Grace) OT Reading - Jeremiah 32:36–44 Prayer of Confession Song - Not In Me NT Reading - 1 Corinthians 1:18–25 Prayer for Illumination Song - How Firm a Foundation Sermon - Isaiah 62:1–12, "They Shall Be Called The Holy People" Song - How Sweet and Aweful Is the Place Nicene Creed The Lord's Supper Doxology Benediction

Knowledge brings no profit to the intemperate. - Aristotle

“The dangers presented by the neglect of Western history are not trivial. When citizens of Western countries are utterly ignorant of history, as most now are, they are left unarmed against the general hostility to their own tradition that has become so destructive a force in contemporary culture. They lose all sense of proportion about events and lack the mental resources to resist black-and-white thinking, confirmation bias, and catastrophism. The latter habits of thought lead to fanaticism and have left whole generations unable to participate fruitfully in civil society or to interact with persons who do not share their prepossessions.”

If there is no study of laws and morals and none of the disciplines of education, we do not develop our minds in virtue. - Peter Martyr Vermigli

“When we are advocates for a bad cause, pleading for any impious, unjustifiable actions. When we baptize sin with the name of religion and with our oratory, we wash the devil’s face. This is to be the servants of men.” - Thomas Watson

Per William Perkins on vocations, podcasting does not fall under the category of proper, profitable, or necessary works of a minister's calling.

"The faults of many students who, setting themselves apart for the work of the ministry, [is that they] do first give themselves to study the fathers and ancient writers, whereas their first principal duty is to be soundly instructed in the Word of God, and to ground themselves in the main points of religion, that they may be able to know what is true, what is false, what is to be done, [and] what is not to be done, in all matters, whether they concern faith or manners. And when this good foundation is laid, then the foresaid helps may with good success be adjoined." - William Perkins

“Those who will add to one part of God’s worship will be as ready to take away from another. ‘Laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the traditions of men’ (Mark 7:8). They who will bring in a tradition will, in time, lay aside a command. This is what the Papists are highly guilty of—they bring in altars and crucifixes and lay aside the Second Commandment. They bring in oil and cream in baptism and leave out the cup in the Lord’s Supper. They bring in praying for the dead and lay aside reading the scriptures intelligibly to the living. They who will introduce that into God’s worship, which He has not commanded, will be as ready to blot out that which He has commanded.” - Thomas Watson

“It was a grave and serious speech by Mr. Greenham, who feared not papism but atheism would be England’s ruin.” - Thomas Watson Greenham was correct

The vast majority of what I read is from paedobaptists, and I remain a thoroughly convinced credo.

The podcaster you’re listening to—you probably shouldn’t. They don’t actually know what they’re talking about. Just a good rule of thumb.

See also the parallel in Isaiah 60:16, which is in the context of a vision about the eschatological new creation and new Jerusalem, as evidenced by the use of the chapter in Revelation 21-22.

Christians who “do not practice virtue but counterfeit it” are called “shiny Christians who only make a show of godliness” by Watson. Just an FYI. You don’t get to lay virtue aside on X, shiny Christian.