Ethan Backer

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

The reason I don’t want a “Christian nation” isn’t because I’m against Christianity.

It’s because I’ve studied church history and learned about the horrors caused by the church fusing itself with the empire.

Separation of church and state helps keep Christianity Christian.

[Ethan Backer @EthanBacker1]

@Pastakeith Finally have a dishwasher machine and it is amazing

[Ethan Backer @EthanBacker1]

@Pastakeith My socioeconomic status

[Ethan Backer @EthanBacker1]

It's gone and I was right

[Ethan Backer @EthanBacker1]

@Wendys 4for4 is the only thing keeping our economy afloat

[Josiah Hawthorne @JosiahHawthorne]

@lukestamps Those tasked with the ministry of reconcilation should not also be bearing the sword to punish the wicked. That is a conflict of mission and jurisdiction.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

The Church has an unconditional obligation to the victims of any ordering of society, even if they do not belong to the Christian community.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

[Ethan Backer @EthanBacker1]

@SlaughterEli @hammeringhankk Y'all mind if I praise God?

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

In my role as a pastor, I’m not trying to get everyone to agree on everything so much as I’m attempting to create environments where our disagreements don’t automatically become cause for disunity.

[Søren Kierkegaard Club @Kierkegaarddd]

“The essential sermon is one’s own existence.”

[Ethan Backer @EthanBacker1]

@WesleyLHuff Bro has the power of God and Anime

[Ethan Backer @EthanBacker1]

@Josiah_B_Bates They always told us to invest in our futures

[Ethan Backer @EthanBacker1]

It was actually pretty chill, I learned about some 1600s events that had more impact than I knew

[Ethan Backer @EthanBacker1]

I would like to apologize in advance to everyone I will ever know for taking a Church history class soon

[James R. Wood @jamesrwoodtheo]

“But these teachers speak truth with regard to doctrine, even if they lack love.”

Paul and James:

[Criminalsimpsons @Criminalsimpson]

Good Lord what is happening in there!?

[Ethan Backer @EthanBacker1]

@Connor_Shack I think in truth, there may be loud minorities that even many Calvinists would take issue with, who could have informed some gross misunderstandings.
Nonetheless, "caricature" would be a bridge too far for them. Maybe "extremist" or "poorly educated," but still Calvinist.

[Ethan Backer @EthanBacker1]

@Connor_Shack I can definitely recognize that the system is often misrepresented,
but this quote (and I think a common sentiment among Cs) represents a "moving the goalpost" type argumentation,
as if the only true version of Calvinism is the one to which any objections do not apply.

[Ethan Backer @EthanBacker1]

Jesus being a lion isn't a problem, but a FEMALE lion!?

[Neil Shenvi @NeilShenvi]

“‘Deathwork' is a term used by sociologist Philip Rieff. It refers to the act of using the sacred symbols of a previous era in order to subvert, and then destroy, their original significance and purpose." - Carl Trueman

[Chris Rosebrough @piratechristian]

Overheard at a recent Christian Nationalist planning meeting.

[Ethan Backer @EthanBacker1]

Honored Sir,
Since you are pleased to inquire what are my thoughts about the mutual toleration of Christians in their different professions of religion, I must needs answer you that I esteem toleration to be the chief characteristic mark of the true Church.
-Locke, On Toleration