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Why biblical servitude is not American chattel slavery christianpost.com/voices/why…
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How did the Puritans prosper in inhospitable New England? "[The] emphasis Puritans placed on the family proved essential for their economic survival and their ultimate success in the New England colonies.," writes @CovenantReform2
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Reading infants into "households" is eisegesis.
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"Why Baptists Don’t Know They’re Puritans (Part 5)"
V. The Lack of a “Great Man” johncarpenter.substack.com/p…
“Baptists have no recognizable founder like Martin Luther or John Calvin or John Wesley.”
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If you study Puritanism, you’ll uncover the origins of the Baptists. If you study Baptist histories, you will not.
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"Executing Justice & the Southern Lost Cause"
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The South was the "bad guys" in the US Civil War and God unleashed the "fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword" against it because of its sins.
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I absolutely hate women's fighting (boxing, mma, etc). It's a testament to the degradation of our society that we watch women fighting for entertainment.
Christians should denounce it at every opportunity.
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Imagine what it's like belonging to a sect that boasts it is the continuation of the early church, bow to icons, and the early church says this:
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New Article:
"The Early Church’s Unanimous Testimony Against Icons"
The Outlook
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Surprising fact (to pedobaptists): Colossians 2:11 does not mention circumcision and so can't be interpreted to say anything about it.
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For us to designate anything as a sign or seal of the covenant, we need an explicit divine word (i.e. a clear teaching of the Bible). Something that major cannot be left up to the weaknesses of our reasoning abilities.
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"The God Who Holds the Hilt"
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"The true God is not a deistic god, detached from the world, letting it run its course. He’s making."
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In pagan worship, worship is an economic exchange. The worshipper provides a service for the deity, and the deity gives something in exchange.
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