Ralph Depping

@edsim The speed of writing code has practically never been the issue in many orgs. What to build, how to release, what the market wants, the priority and alignment of engineering teams...the increase in code generation is highlighting what's been the core issue, and it's not coding

A recurring theme from this week’s meetings: Founders have massively unlocked engineering speed. Now the org has to keep up. Product compounds weekly. Marketing updates nonstop. Sales is still absorbing last week’s release. This isn’t instability. It’s acceleration. Need to pick your battles and prioritize. Velocity is no longer a code problem. It’s an org design problem

@rynhayden Will check it out, thanks Ryan.

@RebeccMcLaugh "all your righteousness, would have no more influence to uphold you and keep you out of hell than a spider’s web would have to stop a falling rock" - Jonathan Edwards That's all it needs, a few words to enliven the senses and bring it home. That's all I read from your og tweet.

Turns out some folks thought I was advocating for stories at the expense of exposition. That's partly my fault for not taking the American context into account. For the record: I'm not remotely arguing for the story-heavy, scripture-light approach some pastors take.

@calebmorell @challies @ClareMorellEPPC It's purchased and on the "to read list", looking forward to it

Honored to be featured in @challies Top 10 for 2025 alongside my wife @ClareMorellEPPC! challies.com/articles/my-to…

@RichardJLucasJr He has been immensely generous as well to the churches in Ireland, regularly coming to Cork to teach systematic theology at @MunsterBible A great servant, with a heart for the Lord and his church.

Steve Wellum is a gift to the church and a gift to me personally. I'm thankful for the many many hours he graciously spent with me as a student at Southern, and his continued ministry through writing. Back in the early 2000s, we used to refer to Dr. Wellum as the best kept secret at SBTS. Well, he's not a secret anymore! May God give him many more birthdays to continue to bless the church with his teaching and writing ministry.

@SteveMeisterVDM Totally agree that unqualified obey strongly multiple wills and a form of subordanationism. How comfortable should we be with speaking of God the Father as source or fountainhead or first within the trinity? Is that relatively safe language?

Sadly, this chart poorly represents the Trinity. It teaches a form of subordinationism (“God the Son *obeys* the Father”) and implies multiple wills in God. What it illustrates is why we must recover the Christian and biblical doctrine of God reflected in our creeds.

@jk_rowling @DessieVendee The evidence for God? Take a month - consider the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. Dr. Gary Habermas @LibertyU and @LeeStrobel are great places to start.

I used to believe nurture was everything and that nature wasn't important. My belief changed because of my own life experience and from reading studies about genetic inheritance. In my early twenties I believed the difference between the sexes was entirely due to socialisation. I no longer believe that (for the same reasons as above.) I used to believe in unilateral nuclear disarmament. I no longer do. I used to believe cannabis was essentially harmless. I no longer do because I've witnessed it wreaking havoc on someone I care about's mental health. I used to believe in assisted dying. I no longer do, largely because I'm married to a doctor who opened my eyes to the possibilities of coercion of sick or vulnerable people. I've struggled with religious faith since my mid-teens. I appear to have a God-shaped vacuum inside me but I never seem quite able to make up my mind what to do about it. I could probably list at least twenty more things I've changed my mind about. I don't currently have a single belief that couldn't be altered by clear, concrete evidence and in all but one case, I know what that evidence would have to be. The exception is the God conundrum, because I don't know what I'd have to see to make me come down firmly on either side. I suppose that's the meaning of faith, believing without seeing proof, and that's why I'll probably go to my grave with that particular personal matter unresolved.

In his excellent book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, historian Carl Trueman argues that the dominant worldview of the contemporary secular West is what he calls “expressive individualism.” This is the idea that “each of us finds our meaning by giving expression to our own feelings and desires” (46). The Enlightenment philosopher Rene Descartes is famous for the dictum, “I think, therefore I am.” Expressive individualism is captured by the motto: “I feel, therefore I am.” Or perhaps, “I am what I feel I am.” “And,” the reasoning goes, “in order for me to be my authentic self, I must give unfettered expression to those feelings. And because I am my feelings, any contradiction of my psychological beliefs about myself—any failure to affirm and validate those feelings—is a hateful threat to my very self. It is violence against my personhood.” That is western culture over the last 15 years, especially as promoted by the political left. It’s why “speech” is called “violence.” It’s why words are spoken of as being “weaponized.” Everything is a weapon if I am under attack when my feelings aren’t affirmed. Any lack of wholehearted affirmation and even celebration of my feelings—and certainly the notion that my feelings ought to change in order to be brought in line with objective reality—is virtually the same as wanting me to die. It’s not difficult to see the implication: I have to kill you before you “kill” me. There is a straight line between the deification of one’s own feelings to the political assassinations (and attempts) that we are now seeing more of. But the answer is to this is: you are not your feelings. You are what God your Creator says you are: a creature, made in His image, male or female as He has designed you, created to glorify and honor Him. And yet you have fallen into sin and corruption through disobedience to God’s law, and that disobedience earns you the just penalty of eternal punishment for your sins in hell. But the Father has sent His Son into the world, (1) to live the perfect life of obedience you and I have failed to live, and (2) to die the substitutionary death that you and I were required to die (but couldn’t survive), bearing the penalty of divine wrath that sin deserves, and (3) to rise from the grave in victory over sin and death. And He promises that if you will turn from your sin and trust Christ alone for your righteousness before God, your sins will be forgiven. If you repudiate yourself and find your identity in Jesus, He will replace the sinking sands of your feelings with the solid rock of truth. And He will be to you all the satisfaction and fulfillment that you could ever wish. Expressive individualism is willing to take the lives of others in pursuit of self-actualization. The Gospel is: Jesus was willing to surrender His life in pursuit of others’ salvation. We live consistently with that Gospel when we lay down our lives to pursue others’ freedom. A nation can only survive on one of those worldviews. The answer to our country’s brokenness is the Gospel of Jesus Christ alone.

@glenscrivener incredible - I cannot comprehend the scale of death in the womb

I mean just consider that 5 million people die every month in the world (the ones who’ve made it through the birth canal). But we actively kill *6 million* people *in* the womb. You could phrase it like this: God kills 60 million a year. We kill 73 million. #marchforlifeuk

Nothing but love for the counter-protestors. Praying for this one especially 🙏 #marchforlifeuk

@MunsterBible Yes, the Delaune Lecture videos go up afterwards at @munsterbiblecollege4252?si=orwss8zY3KI4dOz2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@munsterbiblec…

Faith and Flaws: A Conversation on Ireland's First Missionaries An evening of lively discussion, open to all. Robert Strivens will also be teaching our Church History I module the 22nd-27th. Find out more at munsterbiblecollege.ie

@lukestamps A clip out of context - with a generous interpretation it's rhetorical flourish and a play on words...which is quite a common technique in the OT and something we miss in our english translations...such as the names of Hosea's children

Just from this clip, I'd rather hear this guy sincerely exhort me to faith and obedience than someone who would post it on the internet to shame him.

@wagraham As is seen in the Book of Revelation. The world and satan and false religion battle the church triumphant, which ultimately triumphs.

Including congrats to our son Christopher Depping who got his leaving cert results today - thank you @ccs_info

Our Open Day is just two weeks away today! Here is a bit of a sneak peak at what you can expect our Training Centre to look like for a day full of fun! Be sure to grab your tickets for just €5 here: shop.guidedogs.ie/collections/al… Don't miss out! #ChangingLives

@FFmpeg Look up recursion in the index - thank me later

Learn C from this book

@lukestamps Those differences in a Baptist confession should be of no surprise. The new covenant community grows by spiritual birth into God's kingdom, not physical birth into man's kingdom.

The Baptists were Baptists. They believed in regenerate church membership and the crucial but delimited role of the government to maintain justice and peace.

@dhh Bare "consent morality" with the proviso "As long as no one is harmed" misses that harm presupposes purpose. Consent and "do no harm" are simply too shallow to carry a human soul in society.

"You're never going to be 'ready' before you take the leap. If you keep waiting, you'll wait until the window has closed, and all you see is regret. Summon a bit of bravery, don't overthink it, and do your part for the future. It's 2.1 or bust, baby!" world.hey.com/dhh/the-parent…

@GribbenC Good timing. Amazon have a discounted sign up for audible for 3 months at the moment and I was wondering what to do with the credit burning a hole in my pocket!

An audiobook of "J.N. Darby and the roots of dispensationalism" is now available: audible.co.uk/pd/JN-Darby-an…

@rseroter @googlecloud @ThomasOrTK Does the intllij integration track or lag the vscode one in terms of updates?

I’ll be honest with you. Our @googlecloud Gemini Code Assist was useful, but with too many rough edges. My DevRel team, along with product, engineering, and even @ThomasOrTK had enough. So we’ve spent months removing friction from it. It’s not perfect, but it’s better! A 🧵: