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John Calvin, early #Calvinist, reflects on the Second Use of the Law. The destitute are under God’s protection. This fact causes restraint in those are tempted to commit wickedness against the poor, if there were no earthly resistance.

Today, would the burden of shame be placed in an entirely different place, that those who criticize wealth creators would need to fear the hand of God?

How can you respond favorably to God’s Law?

#christian #joy #virtues #education #eattherich

JOHN CALVIN (1509-1564) Harmony of the Law ... all those who are destitute and deprived of earthly succor, are under the guardianship and protection of God, and preserved by His hand; and thus the audacity of those is restrained, who trust that they may commit any wickedness with impunity, provided no earthly being resists them."

Robert MacCulloch, Scottish minister, reflects on Isaiah 58. For a fast, acceptable worship (v. 6) free those: oppressed by sin, by the tyrrany of other humans, and the spirits of darkness.

It is interesting that these words appear to be a blur bewteen social justice and evangelism. That one act cannot be clearly separated from the other.

How can you do what lies in your power to set at liberty the oppressed?

#christian #reading #calvinist #christians #wellofgrief

ROBERT MACCULLOCH (1740-1824) Lectures on the Prophecies of Isaiah "The amount of these particulars [Isaiah 58] seems to be shortly this, that, to the right so notification of a fast, it is requisite that those who observe it do what lies in their power to set at liberty those who have been oppressed by the dominion of sin, by the tyranny of unjust usurpation, and the spirit that worketh in the children of disobedience."

20 Nov 1595: John Whitgift Archbishop of #Canterbury issues the #Calvinist 9 '#Lambeth Articles' #otd Elizabeth I was not keen, and ordered them withheld on 5 Dec. They would be incorporated into the 101 Church of #Ireland Articles of 1615 (Lambeth Palace)

John Dod, Puritan minister, on preparing for communion. Don’t remain in unrepentant sin, like in Isaiah 1: religion + revenge, cruelty, and contention. Excess in clothing, and food.

Would these warnings be in modern communion instructions? Do these sins exist today?

How can you practice proper stewardship, to God’s glory, of time, food, and clothing?

#christian #thinkofothers #biblicalteaching #calvinist #TrustGodBro

" ... they were full of revenge, full of cruelty and contention, and therefore they must need perform those Religious Exercises hypocritically and carnally, in which respect they were worse than Sodomites, for they did but abuse their time to idleness, their apparel to pride, their Diet to excess, & but [they] abused the Word, and the Sacrifices, and the Sabbaths, and other ordinances of God..."

@sotolf @fbievan @RL_Dane @spaceraser @amin

Look it up on urban dictionary if you want to turn into a scorched-creation #Calvinist.

#LGBTQ English #Wikipedia deletion alert

Could you save this LGBTQ related #English Wikipedia article from deletion?

Reformed fundamentalism
* Fundamentalism in the Reformed tradition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformed_fundamentalism

#Christian #Calvinist

https://punnypeak.com/calvinist-puns/
"Why did the Calvinist refuse to play hide and seek?
Because they were predestined to always be found!

#Calvinist #Predestination #ReformedTheology #Protestant #FunnyPun #ChristianHumor #TheologyJokes #ReligiousHumor #Calvinism #FunnyChristian"

Another project of the #Calvinist #thebros is to "reconquer" the historical Mainline #Protestant denominations so that they can commandeer the real estate, assets, and endowments of these "Seven Sisters" denominations to promote #ChristianNationalism.

And they shamelessly call it the "Operation Reconquista."

https://noreferrer.cc/?https://www.operationreconquista.com/

If you wonder why #Calvinism seems to be closely linked to the current rise of theocratic #ChristianNationalism this pretty much explains why. They want #stateviolence to be at their service as they don't believe evangelism is the ultimate modality in "upholding Christ's mediatorial kingship." Like their founder John (Jean) Calvin they want a "godly" government to go after the "immoral reprobates." 🤮

https://web.archive.org/web/20240117195611/https://rpwitness.org/article/systematic-theology-and-politics

#theocracy #theobros #calvinist

20 Nov 1595: John Whitgift Archbishop of #Canterbury issues the #Calvinist 9 '#Lambeth Articles' #otd Elizabeth I was not keen, and ordered them withheld on 5 Dec. They would be incorporated into the 101 Church of #Ireland Articles of 1615 (Lambeth Palace)

6 Nov 1611: Robert Le Maçon/La Fointaine minister of the #French & #Walloon refugee church #London buried in St Anne Blackfriars #otd

He produced a catechism in #French & #English for his congregation and was a diplomat in #European #Calvinist circles (eebo)

Disclaimer: I am not actually a #Calvinist.

I use "calvinist" as shorthand for "humanity sucks, nuke the planet."

Tomayto, tomahto. ;)

Tim Keller, helped launch Crossbridge Church, dies at 72 :

Keller was passionate about evangelizing to people in cities, and his ministry would go on to help start 1,000 churches in 150 other cities around the world.

#bestseller #Brickell #Calvinist #Crossbridge #FelipeAssis #KeyBiscayne #Miami #NewYorkTimes #PCA #Pinecrest #PresbyterianChurchinAmerica #Protestant #theology #TimKeller #TimothyKeller

https://kbindependent.org/2023/05/19/tim-keller-helped-launch-crossbridge-church-dies-at-72/

Anyway...

What we're seeing here (Harlan Crow paying undisclosed private school tuition for a child in Clarence Thomas' care) is an a fascinating teaching example to me. On the one hand it's if not directly #Calvinist, very Calvinist-adjacent: Thomas presumes elect membership & related privileges.

Additionally, tho, it's a great example of a variant #MasterMorality in that engaging in #Elect-status behaviors becomes a class signifier.

https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/110309908147997052

I'm currently #reading An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States and it seems pretty much everything that is going on in the #US can be explained by what's in that #book

I'm learning about its #Calvinist heritage, the #ScotsIrish, how #colonialism relates to #WitchTrials, how #WhiteSupremacy has roots in #Christian theology.

And, of course, all of this is part of #British #History.

It's an insightful book.

Listening to the Leaving Eden podcast on Calvinism, and I *hate* that I was never technically a Calvinist, but I can still argue the fine points of several Calvinist doctrinal points that they’re explaining wrong. 🤦‍♀️ #exvangelical #Calvinism #calvinist #YoungRestlessReformedRejected