Matthew McDaniel

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Matthew McDaniel

Matthew McDaniel

@mattcmcdaniel

Graduate student @wscal. PCA.

Escondido, CA Katılım Nisan 2023
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Matthew McDaniel
Matthew McDaniel@mattcmcdaniel·
@JimLincoln1517 @WMcNeil1967 “Good works are the evidence that faith is real, and thus necessary for final salvation, though not the ground of it, as the death and righteousness of Christ are, or the means of it, as faith is.” Where do you disagree?
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Jim Lincoln
Jim Lincoln@JimLincoln1517·
You 𝘥𝘰 get into heaven by faith alone.
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Matthew McDaniel
Matthew McDaniel@mattcmcdaniel·
These drag kings love tea
Andrew Isker 🌳🪓@BonifaceOption

I am going to present a theory here, I could be way off, or could be dead on. This guy apparently went to/was raised in a URC church in Pasadena, CA. John Earnest is doing life plus 30 for an attack on a synagogue resulting in the death of an elderly woman and wounding three others, including a child. He attended an OPC church in Escondido, CA. Reportedly both their fathers were elders in their respective churches, too. Both churches are apparently very R2K, a particular Calvinist theology that eschews any involvement of the church in the political that has its base of operations in Westminster Seminary, Escondido, CA. It would be very unfair to blame this theology for their violent extremism. Even bad theology like this is not responsible for the crimes of individuals. Lest anyone say I am blaming David VanDrunen or R. Scott Clark for these things, I am not. What I am saying is that it is helpless to do anything about it. It would be more fair to say that these particular types of churches draw fairly high-IQ congregants, and both were bright young men without much going for them which leaves them wide open for radicalization. A church totally disinterested in discipling them in this area of life gave them no off-ramp for de-radicalization. Their fundamental theology being totally hands off meant these young men were left to their own devices. One kids' brain got fried by 4Chan and the other by Reddit and Bluesky. The families of both young men were completely shocked that they would do this. It was all totally out of the blue for them. Which leads one to think this is nothing either ever spoke with their respective son about. And if the temporal kingdom is radically separate from the spiritual kingdom, why would they? These are "things of this world." So each of them went down dark paths completely in secret until they did the unspeakable. This is my theory. Maybe I am wrong. But I don't think I am.

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Matthew McDaniel
Matthew McDaniel@mattcmcdaniel·
A long way to go on this project, but a big first step.
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Matthew McDaniel@mattcmcdaniel·
@reformedtexan He studied with Egli for a time. Egli declined the Bremen chair that Crocius ended up taking in 1610.
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Matthew McDaniel
Matthew McDaniel@mattcmcdaniel·
Jolly brawler can't read. Who knew?💀
The Jolly Brawler@TheJollyBrawler

David Van Drunen wrote: "Having sex with animals is strange, but basically harmless" David is: -The current Pastor of an OPC church -A Professor at Westminster Seminary California. -And maybe the most well respected proponent of R2K Theology The seminary David teaches at provides many of the Pastors for the URCNA, PCA, and OPC. And we wonder why we are fighting such a battle against our own clergy today. It is because the system itself is designed to help weak, emasculated, impotent perverts crank out disciples who are twice the sons of Hell that they are. Just remember, my Right Wing friends, David can be a member in good standing at basically any NAPARC church today. You can't because you think that WW2 probably didn't happen quite the way you were taught.

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Jeb Ralston
Jeb Ralston@Jeb_R·
The physical copy of the dissertation arrived today. Nice to actually hold this thing in my hands.
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Matthew McDaniel
Matthew McDaniel@mattcmcdaniel·
@Methodist_Prime I like B&H’s Going Deeper + Wallace’s Beyond the Basics. Get a good 1 John reader to go with it (Merkle, or Baugh). Wallace also recorded some good lecture videos that aren’t too expensive.
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P.R. Neider🐦‍🔥
P.R. Neider🐦‍🔥@Methodist_Prime·
Looking for some recommendations for some intermediate Greek resources for someone trying to learn on their own.
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Matthew McDaniel
Matthew McDaniel@mattcmcdaniel·
@jstephentrotter By good boy network I mean a group of credentialed folk who trust each other to produce good work. They write for each other with little oversight and thus occasionally publish things that wouldn’t pass the initial editorial decision prior to peer review w a reputable publisher
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Scott R. Swain
Scott R. Swain@scottrswain·
Backyards: "Do the weeding." Babies: "Do the feeding." Bakers: "Do the kneading." Baxterians: "Do the reading."
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Jonathan J. McKenzie
Jonathan J. McKenzie@JonMcK1647·
Panel brutally frame mogged by @RScottClark who exudes pure John Wayne-esque aura with the cowboy boots and jean combo along with his great physical stature. The sublime authority of immense physical presence... Glorious
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Scott R. Swain@scottrswain

It was a joy to participate in Project Geneva’s “Confessing the Faith” conference yesterday evening. Below is a link to the talks by Ryan McGraw, @RScottClark, and me.

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Patrick Abendroth
Patrick Abendroth@PatAbendroth·
Opponents of the active obedience of Christ are purposefully or inadvertently opponents of the gospel. No hope without it!
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Matthew McDaniel
Matthew McDaniel@mattcmcdaniel·
@ferrismattic @Cathedralulus @PatAbendroth Certainly portions of his books that cite Olevianus as a proponent of the IAOC need to be edited + the claim that Piscator converted to Arminianism (an error from outdated sources). But I’m sure he’d be happy to eventually correct these mistakes and release a second edition.
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Matthew McDaniel@mattcmcdaniel·
@ferrismattic @Cathedralulus @PatAbendroth I sent Pat a copy. I think he’s ok w/ saying Ursinus and Olevianus were “inadvertently opponents of the gospel.” This was more or less Beza’s later stance, that the denial of the IAOC is an error from hell. This view was taken up by the French Reformed, Basel... A loud minority.
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MarkMacd
MarkMacd@MarkMacdonald75·
@DrInquisitivus @ToCelestialCity @NatSchreffler You can consistently argue that Baxter was right, but the matter was worded such that even a genius like Rutherford could misunderstand him. Or you can consistently argue that he was the pinnacle of perspicuity, and Rutherford thinks he’s wrong having grasped his argument.
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Nate
Nate@NatSchreffler·
Baxterians: Richard Baxter was the clearest writer and made the best distinctions. Also Baxterians: This guy didn't understand Baxter, that guy didn't understand Baxter, those ppl didn't understand Baxter, these ppl didn't understand Baxter, everybody didn't understand Baxter.
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Matthew McDaniel@mattcmcdaniel·
@jonathanramont I do this every few hours until whatever I’m writing is due. Very efficient. Very healthy.
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Jonathan Ramont
Jonathan Ramont@jonathanramont·
I know I'm in a healthy place when I can delete an entire draft of a project and start over.
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Matthew McDaniel
Matthew McDaniel@mattcmcdaniel·
@reformedtexan This “Muller” character should spend more time in the sources and less time on Discord.
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Michael J. Lynch
Michael J. Lynch@reformedtexan·
Muller didn’t buy Trueman’s article. How do I know? He told me.
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Matt Ferris
Matt Ferris@ferrismattic·
I recommend having a look at this recently published article by @mattcmcdaniel. He shows how the IAOC was designated as adiaphora, and "a distinctly contra-IAOC position constituted a legitimate strand of early Reformed doctrine, insofar as there was a lack of ecclesiastical pressure on those who held either position to change their views." tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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Matthew McDaniel
Matthew McDaniel@mattcmcdaniel·
@JasonBrown96 @dgh5391 @jesserandolph_ No. Some of the earliest covenant theologians rejected the IAOC and had a robust conception of the CoW/Cov of Nature. What you said might seem anecdotally true in contemporary NAPARC controversies, but isn’t the case historically.
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Jason Brown
Jason Brown@JasonBrown96·
@dgh5391 @jesserandolph_ Is it fair to say that not all who reject the Covenant of Works deny the imputation of the active obedience of Christ, but that all who do deny the imputation of His active obedience deny the Covenant of Works?
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Duff
Duff@dgh5391·
For those who reject the imputation of the active obedience of Christ, what is the alternative doctrine proposed? What's the systematic category which replaces it? @jesserandolph_
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