Blake Cortright 🐏 🅿️

The so-called “Five Points of Calvinism” divorced from their proper place within the larger theological context of the Reformed Confessions become merely points of controversy. Since they were a response from the Synod of Dort to the 5 points of the Arminian remonstrants.

A new wallpaper for your phone with a vital reminder from John Owen.

Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us

Left wing firebrands call for assassinations. Right wing “firebrands” invite people to discuss issues peacefully and respectfully. Enough with the both-sideisms that don’t reflect an atom of reality.

Lord have mercy 😔. Lord come soon.

Jesus defeated death so you can live.

Q. 69. What is forbidden in the sixth commandment? A. The sixth commandment forbiddeth the taking away of our own life, or the life of our neighbor unjustly, or whatsoever tendeth thereunto. #prayforcharkiekirk

Westminster Shorter Catechism— Q. 67. Which is the sixth commandment? A. The sixth commandment is, Thou shalt not kill. Q. 68. What is required in the sixth commandment? A. The sixth commandment requireth all lawful endeavors to preserve our own life, and the life of others.

If you can celebrate a man getting potentially assassinated in front of his wife and young children because you don't like some of the things he says in public debates then you have a profound problem deep in your soul.

Can we not make 2025 about being weird about the Trinity?

I didn’t expect to see people out here advocating Tritheism, Nestorianism, and Modalism today. That’s enough internet for today… Anyway, back to reading @MattMBarrett’s excellent tome “On Classical Trinitarianism” for a healthy dose of truly ecumenical orthodoxy.

This is why I still have Twitter

@Particular_Drew F

T or F: “The works of God ad intra (the trinitarian processions) find their ground in the first of the works of God ad extra (election).”

@Particular_Drew Of all the arguments against covenant baptism… this is the worst. This error is a conflation of the sacraments.

Paedobaptism is a slippery slope to many errors

This is laughable. “They’re the exact same, except for all these ways they are different.”

This is cinema

@rossbyrd For real

Seems relevant.

@DanielRHyde @Particular_Drew What @DanielRHyde said!

@Particular_Drew What makes baptism valid is 1) water 2) administered in the name of the Triune God 3) by a minister [so no, dad’s baptizing in the jacuzzi doesn’t count] … all things true because it’s a sacrament: God’s working through means even despite the theology or lack of piety of the man

Reformed friends, help me understand (genuinely) the logic behind accepting papist baptisms. Your confession says the pope is the antichrist. Your authors say the Roman church is the Harlot, Babylon, the enemy of God’s people. (1/2)

So, I took a few photos of the 2024 total solar eclipse... you can check them out here: blakecortright.pixieset.com/2024adktotalso…

‘THE LORD OF THE RINGS’ trilogy is coming back to theaters this summer! The extended, 4K UHD remastered versions will play June 8-10! hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n…

@rossbyrd So back to your original post and our back/forth, I would say our whole justification rests entirely on the active/passive obedience of Christ - but our progressive sanctification improves in us when we are IN Christ by the Holy Spirit.

@rossbyrd Whereas a proper alignment of seeing that the person of Jesus Christ IS the Gospel well help to avoid such errors since we recognize those benefits are found IN Christ, and not as some abstract-able separate thing.

If my theory of atonement would work just as well if Jesus had died on the moon, I may want to rethink my theory of atonement.