Pastor of Providence Presbyterian Church (OPC), Madison, WI
Joined August 2023
- Tweets2K
- Following89
- Followers299
- Likes3K
Pinned Tweet
“Any form, or any degree of this error of the duty of the State to promote religion must inevitably work out the slavery of the church and the corruption of the faith. The magistrate's power is simply and purely a power of the sword, a government of compulsion. Whatever it is the duty of the magistrate to do, he is bound to compel to be done. IF he is bound to promote true religion, he is bound to compel men to believe the true and reject the false, for he has not argument but force to wield. Thus the church is filled with hypocrites, and the life of the believer even is not voluntary self-consecration, but a constrained obedience, and all spiritual religion is at an end. So on the other hand the power of the church is simply moral, not coercive, and cannot be used as an adjunct of the power of the sword.”
- Stuart Robinson
“Ford Motor Company spends more on employee health care each year than on steel. The whole world has become a hospital. I’m saying that death is pulling our strings.”
- Quote of William Willimon in Horton's "People & Place"
Nate Paschall retweeted
63. Do our good works merit nothing, even though it is God’s will to reward them in this life and in that which is to come?
The reward comes not of merit, but of grace.
64. But does not this doctrine make men careless and profane?
No, for it is impossible that those who are implanted into Christ by true faith, should not bring forth fruits of thankfulness.
—Heidelberg Catechism
Taco Bell's seasoned beef has cellulose, oats and cocoa in the seasoning.
The ingredient statement on Taco Bell's site reads beef, water, seasoning, salt and sodium phosphates. The seasoning is a bracket of 18 ingredients, and the first one is cellulose, then chili pepper, maltodextrin, salt and oats. Further down are torula yeast, cocoa, and disodium inosinate and guanylate.
Cellulose is plant fiber, used in seasonings to hold water and keep them from caking. Taco Bell's FAQ says the beef is 100% USDA premium beef, pre-seasoned and "packaged with added water to lock in the flavor and for added moisture." In 2014 the company explained the rest on its website. It said oats and sodium phosphates help get the texture right, and that the cocoa doesn't add flavor and helps the beef keep a rich color.
Growing up in Southern California, I was always excited when the ocean temps would touch 70º in summer. The Torrey Pines buoy just hit 77º.
On November 1st.
This is incredible.
Normal temps are mid-to-low 60s.
I've never seen anything even remotely like this.
Nate Paschall retweeted
It is deeply disordered that our social media algorithms feed us videos of people dying on the daily.
"[For 2K types] The point of the state is order, and the point of the church is the gospel, and there need not be too much overlap between the two." - @IVMiles
Have you read @james_d_baird? “Government must promote Christianity as the only true religion”
theopolisinstitute.com/a-new…
"It would be odd for the kingdom, which is to be received like a child, to exclude children."
"To Whom Is Baptism to Be Administered?"
forchristskingdom.com/2026/1…
In this blog post, I explain question 95 of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, which is about how baptism is to administered to those who profess their faith in Christ and obedience to him, and to their children.
I look forward to Lutherans calling themselves "Reformed Lutherans" and then the Reformed Baptists calling the Lutherans not "Truly Reformed"
By 1700, covenant theology was taught at every major Lutheran university in Germany. Professors at Jena, Tübingen, Halle, Rostock, Wittenberg, and Helmstedt produced works on the subject. This means that covenant theology was taught widely across divides on other issues, by both the orthodox and pietists.
“The apostle says that we are justified ‘freely’ or ‘by grace’ through redemption in Christ. And therefore we cling to this foundation, which is firm forever, giving all glory to God, humbling ourselves, and recognizing ourselves as we are…
"In condemning all speaking ill of our neighbour, the Scriptures condemn a suspicious temper, a disposition to impute bad motives, and an unwillingness to believe that men are sincere and honest in the avowal of their principles and aims"
- Hodge, Systematics, Vol. 3, p. 439
"Pride, or fastidiousness, or emulation, induces many to persuade themselves that they can profit sufficiently by reading and meditating in private, and thus to despise public meetings, and deem preaching superfluous"
- Calvin, Institutes IV.i.5
Glad to see that true baseball has returned
Small/mid market teams in the World Series
Game-ending ump judgement calls
We love to see it
“Private pardoning is not ratified in heaven, nor is anyone constrained to grant pardon in the case of an obvious wrong when the offending party does not repent (Luke 17:4) except that revenge is out of the question (Rom. 12:14)”
- Rutherford, Works, vol I p. 674
"For although everyone in whom God fulfills the promise of perseverance necessarily remains alert, prays, and fulfills his duty, yet staying awake, praying, and doing one's duty is not a condition that qualifies the person in whom the promise of perseverance is fulfilled...