Romesh "Rom" Prakashpalan

@ZacharyGarris In Seminary, I consistently found the ESV's translation an outlier, especially in the Old Testament. How Crossway bamboozled people into thinking a warmed-over RSV is a faithful translation speaks to the power of marketing to influence the Church.

What a lousy translation by the ESV (taken from the RSV): “So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But your *friends* be like the sun as he rises in his might.” (Judges 5:31) Every other English version follows the literal Hebrew, “those who love you”—not “your friends.”

Another thing you learn to say is: "Your priority is not necessarily my priority". God puts certain things before us. If we are not careful with social media, it can be distracting, taking us away from our local context. We can also become "busybodies" if we are not careful.

Martin Luther was no antinomian. In his treatise "Against the Antinomians" he wrote: "It is most surprising to me that anyone can claim that I reject the law or the Ten Commandments, since there is available, in more than one edition, my exposition of the Ten Commandments, which furthermore are daily preached and practiced in our churches. (I am not even mentioning the Confession and the Apology and our other books). Furthermore, the commandments are sung in two versions, as well as painted, printed, carved, and recited by the children morning, noon, and night. I know of no manner in which we do not use them, unless it be that we unfortunately do not practice and paint them with our deeds and our life as we should. I myself, as old and as learned as I am, recite the commandments daily word for word like a child. So if anyone perchance gained some other impression from my writings and yet saw and perceived that I stressed the catechism so greatly, he might in all fairness have addressed me and said, “Dear Dr. Luther, how is it that you emphasize the Ten Commandments so much, though your teaching is that they are to be discarded?” That is what they should have done, and not worked secretly behind my back and waited for my death, after which they could make of me what they would. Ah well, let them be forgiven who cease doing this." Martin Luther, Luther’s Works, Vol. 47: The Christian in Society IV, ed. Jaroslav Jan Pelikan, Hilton C. Oswald, and Helmut T. Lehmann (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1999), 109–110.

Glad to have received my copy today from @BerithPress.

@clvn_wcf That is an oversight. I will be submitting an update later tonight, and Lord willing, it will be in the App Store as soon as they review it. Thank you for catching that.

@romeshp What is going on with the second version of psalm 124? The Foundations Psalter is different to every other 1650 psalter I’ve ever seen. Now your app is different to the psalter in the pew.

Apple has approved the latest update to the 1650 Psalter, which includes improvements to the Word-only and Split-Leaf views. apps.apple.com/us/app/1650-sp… First: the psalter text has been updated to match (mostly) the Foundations Psalter. Text issues that have lingered for years have been resolved. We have also integrated the accent marks found in the Free Church of Scotland and Foundations Psalters so that you know (in words-only or split leaf mode) how to break up a word for the meter. Second: Dictionary definitions for some words are available by simply tapping on a word that indicates it has a definition by a dotted line underneath the word. See screenshots.

Consider visiting an assisted living facility on the Lord's Day. It is a work of mercy suitable for after we have worshiped God. After a few months of these visits, the need seems even greater.

'How natural, how just, how necessary, the reflection, "I am an ambassador for Christ; what kind of person ought I to be in all holy conversation and godliness; what should I be who represent, so far as my office is concerned, the majesty of heaven and earth!' John Angell James.

Ministers, please maintain the dignity of your office as befits an ambassador of Christ. Larger Catechism Q. 129 - "...by grave, wise, holy, and exemplary carriage, to procure glory to God, honour to themselves, and so to preserve that authority which God hath put upon them."

@KailonMartin @refsojourner Beta version for Android: play.google.com/apps/testing/c…

@refsojourner @romeshp Does it come in galaxy

The best psalter app. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you so much @romeshp apps.apple.com/fr/app/1650-sp…

Thank you. May the Lord be glorified as his Word is sung. There is a new update coming once Apple finishes reviewing it. Also available on Android.

Division wears out the life and power of religion. "The effects of division have always been most deplorable. It leads to the torturing of those who are involved in the division; to causing the weak to stumble; to the hardening of many profane and light persons; to spoiling the church in its purity, government, order, and in the beauty of her ordinances; and, what is more, to wearing out the life and power of religion. Indeed, above all, there is nothing that tends more to the reproach of the blessed name of our Lord Jesus, makes Christianity more hateful, renders the gospel more unfruitful, and more mars the progress and interest of the kingdom of our Lord Jesus than this woeful evil of division. In a word, division does more than anything else to shut out all good and let in by an open door everything that is evil into the church. According to James 3:16, “Where envy and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.”" Vogan, Durham. The Scandal of Church Divisions (pp. 71-72).

@BlissandBrahm @ShawnMathis1972 I am very sorry to hear that happened to your congregation. Sad to say, it does not seem uncommon.

@romeshp @ShawnMathis1972 This happened at our church; last pastor was to take three months (😳) off, then it turned into six & then he never returned. Now pastoring another church. It’s gross. My husband has been working in chemical plants for thirty years pulling 50-70hr weeks with very little PTO.

This. The push for sabbaticals likely reflects a too-high percentage of men who are not equipped for the ministry. I speak as one 20 years in by God's grace. And a few years as a RE and Deacon before that.

@WindowsCentral Windows laptops at this price tend to be creaky, nasty, & a terrible experience. Bad chassis, battery life, keyboards, mice, displays, & support. Add Win 11 into the mix ... and you see why Apple has a hit with Neo & how it will disrupt PCs, esp. for those already with an iPhone

ASUS' co-CEO has joined the MacBook Neo conversation, calling it a "shock to the entire industry", but still downplays it as a content consumption device. Still, it offers insights into discussions among Windows OEMs about how they could compete with its recent popularity. "Of course, the entire Windows PC ecosystem will push out products to compete against Apple." windowscentral.com/hardware/apple…

As a minister, my times of greatest refreshment are during communion seasons when another minister comes to minister to my congregation & me for almost a week. Being under the means of grace and fellowship w/another minister is refreshing to the soul. christcodeandkids.com/2025/02/19/pas…