Paul Ryan

“I know, sir, how well it becomes a liberal man and a Christian to forget and forgive. As individuals professing a holy religion, it is our bounden duty to forgive injuries done to us as individuals. But when to the character of the Christian you add the character of a patriot, you are in a different situation. Our mild and holy system of religion inculcates an admirable maxim of forbearance. If you enemy smites one cheek, turn the other to him. But you must stop there. You cannot apply this to your country. As members of a social community, this maxim does not apply to you. When you consider injuries done to your country, your political duty tells you of vengeance. Forgive as a private man, but never forgive public injuries.” -Patrick Henry

"Thus a man who slept with twenty women before his conversion, but was enough of a jerk not to marry any of them, is thought to be qualified for eldership after his conversion, but a man who married one woman and was divorced from her before his conversion is thought to be automatically disqualified. This version of the 'one-woman man' may have had any number of mistresses in his past, but no wife. Ironically, this 'strict' approach can wind up approving men who have a glaring character deficiency with regard to women, and excluding a man who clearly does not. It is as though the elders insisted that a new pastor not be given to much wine, but oceans of beer are okay" (Mother Kirk, p. 189).

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The sun is the first "ruler" identified in Scripture (Gen 1:16; cf. Ps 136:8). One can learn a lot about the duties of a ruler by tracing what Scripture says about the sun, and Scripture directs us to do so (cf. 2 Sam 23:4).

An American President on the importance of courage and strength in defending civilization: “Christianity is not the creed of Asia and Africa at this moment solely because the seventh-century Christians of Asia and Africa had trained themselves not to fight, whereas the Moslems were trained to fight. Christianity was saved in Europe solely because the peoples of Europe fought. If the peoples of Europe had not possessed a military equality with, and gradually a growing superiority over, the Mohammedans who invaded Europe, Europe would at this moment be Mohammedan and the Christian religion would be exterminated. Wherever the Mohammedans have had complete sway, wherever the Christians have been unable to resist them by the sword, Christianity has ultimately disappeared. From the hammer of Charles Martel to the sword of Sobieski, Christianity owed its safety in Europe to the fact that it was able to show that it could and would fight as well as the Mohammedan aggressor. The civilization of Europe, America, and Australia exists today at all only because of the victories of civilized man over the enemies of civilization.” — Teddy Roosevelt

"According to CBS exit polling, 80 percent of white evangelicals voted for [Black] Republican Winsome Sears [and] 90 percent of black voters cast their ballot for [White] Democrat Abigail Spanberger. It’s clear that white evangelical voters are not motivated by race... 1/

This 1654 draft of a confession (Beeke & Jones, p. 311) reads like Piper wrote point 14 and a perfectionist wrote point 15. But apparently it's Goodwin, Owen, Manton, Cheynell? Has this been subjected to discoursification?

“Because the midwives feared God, He established households for them.” Exodus 1:21 The Bible time and time again teaches that God often gives temporal rewards to those who fear him and keep his commandments. This also tends to be the natural result of living a righteous life.

Miles has got a lot of flak for this, but it's a completely reasonable offer. The trouble, I suspect, is that these young men have mistaken sophistication for holiness, and need help before they commence a lifetime of skipping between traditions and being above them all.