Mike Kozlinski

@LowerLeavell @ProfCubas I recently listened to part of Sherlock Holmes a few months ago. That early story about the Mormons was wild

@ProfCubas My top 2 favorite on audible: Sherlock Holmes - Stephen Fry Lord of the Rings - Andy Serkis

Getting ready to drive from Colorado to Kentucky for my graduation. I need some suggestions for books (not fiction) on audible. Go!

@SlowToWrite In general, I don't think Trump or mainstream narratives are highly reliable. That said, conspiracies are even more unreliable. We live in an age of preferred narratives, rather than objective truth

In the Garden of Eden, Satan said: “Did God really say?” Sometimes on social media, he says: “Did what you saw with your own eyes really happen? How can you trust Trump or the mainstream narrative?”

@joehussung Marrying a podcast to a substack? I see someone learning to engage

We are so excited about this new venture. 2 Things 1)We just dropped the introductory episode where we share a little about ourselves and what we hope the podcast to be. 2)We will be also marrying the podcast to a substack channel where we welcome articles on BC ideas. Link 👇

Imagine what we could have had if the world had consistently listened to the warnings of C.S. Lewis. "Mercy, detached from Justice, grows unmerciful. That is the important paradox. As there are plants which will flourish only in mountain soil, so it appears that Mercy will flower only when it grows in the crannies of the rock of Justice: transplanted to the marshlands of mere Humanitarianism. it becomes a man-eating weed, all the more dangerous because it is still called by the same name as the mountain variety. But we ought long ago to have learned our lesson. We should be too old now to be deceived by those humane pretensions which have served to usher in every cruelty of the revolutionary period in which we live. ... One last word. You may ask why I send this to an Australian periodical. The reason is simple and perhaps worth recording: I can get no hearing for it in England." - C.S. Lewis, The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment

This is one of the reasons I long said that evangelicals sought to use Trump rather than care for his soul. We reversed the warning of Jesus and said, "What does it profit if Trump gains his soul and we lose the whole world?" He needs humility - we gave him power. He needs to see his need for Jesus - we gave him self-sufficiency. He needs genuine truth of a friend - we gave him the treacherous kissing of an enemy. He needs correction - we gave him applause. He needs accountability - we gave him excuses. He needs conviction - we gave him cover. He needs repentance - we offered justification. He needs the cross -we handed him a crown. God holds him responsible for himself, but we have done very little to care about his soul from the very beginning. Pray for President Trump!

“The primary cultural task of the theologian is to clothe the entire counsel of God in a conceptuality that is intelligible to the modern community…..

@MikeKozlinski He’s saying that once we know what scripture says we have to be able to speak words that actual people in our culture will understand to explain what scripture says to them.

@TheBabylonBee Can you believe they got so worked up over a positive Covid test @alt_w_v_g ?

Californians Move To Texas | Season 2 Episode 1: The Rodeo

It’s crazy to think the last time we went to the Moon, my dad had just graduated high school.

@ErikReed @LowerLeavell The solution to significant sin and error isn't a different version of significant sin and error. And while it has been repeatedly argued that the sin and error of the Left is worse, and in one sense it is, in another sense it isn't. We resist their sins. We have embraced ours.

@LowerLeavell Yep. Trump is who he is. He's his own biggest liability. And you do have to stress the antithesis because that is a real part of the calculus.

I certainly understand this take and respect it, but Trump strains this hypothesis and narrows the gap between the two regularly and unnecessarily. No one makes it harder for principled conservatives to continue to support Trump than Trump. You have to include reference to mutilating kids as the alternative to make it worth it these days.

@dandarling You misspelled Uconn

Let’s go Illinois!

@praximtheology I definitely affirm your use of the Golden Mean to put emotions in context. While it can be refined (put in context with other faculties), I think the core is solid (sanctified vs suppressed or superior; and I love the Baptist alliteration).

@MikeKozlinski Thought through this about 4 years ago and have been sitting on it since because I didn’t really know what to do with it or how to deploy it. Today was the first day. Definitely needs more refinement in thought. Let me know what you think.

Morning Sunday Studies lesson on emotions. Analogy of Aristotle’s golden mean + a chart I made on mapping emotions to develop healthy emotional expression. Mean of emotions is they are neither suppressed, nor superior, rather sanctified. Happy Lord’s Day Folks!

@praximtheology Thanks for sharing. While I get from where you are coming, I question if these speak to the nature of emotions. At present, while there are several versions of it, I prefer to Emotion Wheel as a generic categorization. Here is one example: etsy.com/listing/101287…

@praximtheology *chart

@praximtheology Care to share the char?

@jasonkovacs @heritagecs I can't make out the writing on the green circle nor the triangle all the way to the right. Do you mind sharing that info?

Just finished teaching Theological Foundations for Biblical Counseling @heritagecs walking through creation, fall, redemption, and renewal as the redemptive-historical framework that grounds how we understand people, problems, and change. Genesis 1-3, Romans 1-8, Revelation 21.