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The Sword Is Not a Suggestion
Romans 13 hands the magistrate a sword, not a pillow. Reading the Westminster divines on civil government as a father, not a scholar.
two-kingdoms ⬩ westminster ⬩ politics
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Out of the New Age, Into the Catechism
A cult childhood, an atheist decade, and the long slow work of being taught to pray with old words.
testimony ⬩ catechism
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dogmatics⬩
Bavinck, Volume One: A Layman's Notes
Six hundred pages, one highlighter, no seminary degree. What Reformed Dogmatics actually asks of a working man.
dogmatics ⬩ book-review
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Family Worship for the Tired Father
Ten minutes, three kids, one psalm. What survived after two years of failing at this most nights.
household ⬩ worship
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Owen on Mortification, for Software Engineers
Sin is not a bug to patch on Friday. What a 17th century Puritan knows about my backlog of private compromises.
puritans ⬩ sanctification
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