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The Politics of Self-Destruction

  17  Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters, 2  with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk.”  3  And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns.  4  The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.  5  And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.”  6  And I saw the woman, drunk with...
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Tackling Tradition 33 : Charlie Kirk

I recently watched a few of Charlie Kirk’s soundbite “debates.”  In one of them, he used Jeremiah 29 to justify his views on Christian nationalist fervor by way of pointing to what the Bible says about civic engagement.   Jeremiah 29:7 - But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.     He also referred to Daniel, Esther, & Mordecai then pivoted to Moses.   Every text Kirk quoted or to which he alluded, except for Moses, is about the covenant community **in exile** not the covenant community in power .  Deuteronomy (and the Pentateuch in general) does provide instructions on Moral Government, but how is what Moses said congruent with American Conservatism?   Kirk’s ideas about economics seem at variance with Proverbs 22.   Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,  or crush the afflicted at the gate,  23 for the Lord will plead thei...
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Marriage & “Natural Law”

I recently ran into a manifesto on marriage on social media, so I thought I would reply to it here.   It’s a remarkable example of how poorly taught people are these days & how poorly they think.  1. There is only male and female.  The Bible teaches that God created Adam & Eve & that Adam was male & Eve was female.      It doesn’t say anything about intersexed people, yet they exist. To say that there is only male & female denies basic Biology & conflates God’s decretal will with God’s moral will, thus committing a Category Mistake/Error.      2. Marriage and family are a function of natural law  Not according to the Bible.    The Bible teaches that marriage & family are a function of God’s *moral* law.       God placed Adam & Eve into a (suzerain) covenant relationship, & this covenant represents all our marriages.    3. Marriage can only be one way.  The B...
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Wood, Hay, & Straw

Nevertheless, they may, through the temptations of Satan and of the world, the prevalency of corruption remaining in them, and the neglect of the means of their preservation, fall into grievous sins;g and, for a time, continue therein:h whereby they incur God's displeasure,i and grieve his Holy Spirit,k come to be deprived of some measure of their graces and comforts,l have their hearts hardened,m and their consciences wounded;n hurt and scandalize others,o and bring temporal judgments upon themselves.p (g)   Exod 32:21 ;  Jonah 1:3,10 ;  Ps 51:14 ;  Matt 26:70,72,74 (h)   2 Sam 12:9,13 ;  Gal 2:11-14 (i)   Num 20:12 ;  2 Sam 11:27 ;  Isa 64:7,9 (k)   Eph 4:30 (l)   Ps 51:8,10,12 ;  Rev 2:4 ;  Matt 26:75 (m)   Isa 63:17 (n)   Ps 32:3-4 ;  Ps 51:8 (o)   Gen 12:10-20 ;  2 Sam 12:14 ;  Gal 2:13 (p)   Ps 89:31-32 ;  1 Cor 11:32 We live in evil times. Beware, defenders of the Scots Kirk… ...
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City Of God Study Module

I’ve been asked to post this for PAPC members & guests this semester.                   • DOCTOR WHO •                               The Road Home                                             15.                                                         03.                            14.            01.                           ADD                          02.  ...
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