Sam Parker

The term "theological liberalism" is thrown around a lot. When push comes to shove though, it still boils down to Richard Niebuhr's summation of what theological liberalism truly is: "A God without wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross" (Kingdom of God in America, 193). Liberal/progressive Christianity is more than that but it is no less than that, and it will always come down to it. Niebuhr's words 89 years ago are just as applicable in 1937 as they are today.

Thomas Watson (1657), on morning screen habits: “He that loses his heart in the morning in the world, will hardly find it again all the day after.”

@ForgeandA Please sir, you must have better things to do. May we be slow to make such assumptions on the basis of (or lack thereof) one's social media posts. "If you bite and devour one another..." (Gal 5:15)

One not to be so afraid of sounding “quasi-woke” that one cannot agree with Russell Moore on this.

Algorithms and the Affections John Piper (Nov. 2025): “If you had thought that your essence of humanness in the image of God was your reasoning capacity, over an ape or a porpoise, you’re in trouble. Because, guess what? ChatGPT is smarter than you are and more creative than you are in expressing things in language that is good. It can write prayers better than you can, and it can reason through hard problems better than you can. Therefore, there are people who are going to forsake the faith because they thought to be a human in the image of God was to be a reasoning person over against the animals, and they discovered a machine can do it better than they can. Crisis of faith. This to me is no crisis because of my Christian Hedonism. I do not think that my reasoning capacities are my essence. I think the soul’s capacity to delight in God is my essence. The soul’s capacity to enjoy God. No machine will ever enjoy, period. It will have the language of enjoyment. You can tell it to write a poem of enjoyment and it will use the language. That machine is not enjoying *her*. It’s not. It never will. Only human beings created in the image of God can enjoy God. Therefore, enjoyment matters. I mean, affections are who we are ultimately. The end of history, the end of creation, is not going to be merely rational creatures thinking rightly about God, little computers. It’s going to be people who are so perceptive spiritually of the glories of God that they are full of affections that are appropriate for those glories and can give expression to them. That’s what eternity will be.” Source: Sovereign Grace Churches, Pastors Conference PreCon (November 2025)

You don't have to choose between your joy and glorifying God. Q: What is the chief end of man? A: Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to ENJOY him for ever. -WSC Q1

What a game!

@Grahamprkr What is a chiasm? What tips do you have for finding the structure of a passage? How is this beneficial for people who simply read God's Word for spiritual formation.

Best questions can have their name dropped on the largest podcast from a Bible church in the Grand Valley. It's a big deal.

Happy Reformation Day. ridgeviewbiblechurch.com/blog/the-five-…

Preparing a new sermon series through the longest book the New Testament. Prayers appreciated.

@Eyek @JoshuaBarzon 😂

@JoshuaBarzon Good night! What a nightmare.

Thank you for boarding Air Theology. What seat will you be taking today?

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"All my hope is nowhere but in your exceeding, great mercy. Give what you command, and command what You will." Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, Book X

It's unfortunate to fixate on James 2:21-24 and miss the point of 2:14-26. "Abraham SHOWED his faith by his works!" Here's an attempt to explain that we should not conclude James is trying to say, "Abraham was justified by works!" ridgeviewbiblechurch.com/podcasts/media…

@TomBuck No.

9Marks ruined a lot of good pastors by leading them to become woke!

@DMCbroadcasting @D2Football What a game. Maybe the most resilient football win in over a decade.

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Lobo! What a game

If God’s glory is your goal, your life will not be wasted. ridgeviewbiblechurch.com/blog/untimely-…

My "Rembrandt" attempt to visually explain James 1:1-18. In all seriousness, God's Word is surgical in diagnosing the difference between a Trial/Test and Temptation. ridgeviewbiblechurch.com/podcasts/media…

Gotta love Apple's AI message summaries 😅 @Grahamprkr