Michael Brock

Senior Pastor of Third Presbyterian Church, PCA, Birmingham, AL. Author of 8 Errors Parents Make (published by Canon Press). Husband to Lisa. Father of 5.

[Michael Brock @PastorBrock789]

I'm only 10 years too late, but I finally decided to get on X. Did it mostly to encourage folks to get my book https://t.co/hBF8n531Hs. I think it's good🙂. Will occasionally post something else, and I pray it's edifying.

[Michael Brock @PastorBrock789]

@JaredLongshore @crwiley1962 @grok Well played

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Good advice for you pastors out there doing premarital counseling. Well, not the part about the crucifix, but the rest of it.

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@ZacharyGarris Fine by me!

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@JohnStSomething @OrthodoxPC It was too Post-mil for them?

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@ZacharyGarris Yes! I'll get in trouble w my baptist bros for this, but too many folks discount infant baptism bc their home life was a less-than-vibrant Xtianity, but they don't realize the manifold blessings that covenant home vs. being raise an atheist or Muslim or Hindu

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@HeathTaws Not trying to be pedantic, but wasn't he already a member?

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@ThomasERickard @presbycast You're not wrong

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@fredgreco @deb_greco We want you serve a long time...don't fall off of the top of Stone Mountain!

[Michael Brock @PastorBrock789]

@EvenWokerPresby @thisisfoster You're not wrong. But the problem is that churches keep the letter of the law, while disobeying the spirit of the law. It's harder to prosecute churches who have functional female officers when they have not been ordained.

[Michael Brock @PastorBrock789]

"The first sacrifices...were symbolical in character. They were intended as an expression of human consecration and surrender to God." (HT: Herman Bavinck)

[Michael Reeves @mike_reeves]

Always respond to every impulse to pray.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones

[Michael Brock @PastorBrock789]

In some circles, it's in vogue to talk about our brokenness. But crookedness is a better word. Brokenness makes us a victim. Crookedness owns our responsibility.

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Modern, western Christians hear the Bible say that God will be faithful to his promises and we think, "no duh." But the context in which much of the Bible was written consisted of so-called gods who were fickle and capricious. You couldn’t trust them. You were always subject to their whims and changing moods. The faithfulness of God to his promises is vastly different from anything the world has ever known.

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@JoshuaTorrey Not quite as impressive as that, but...not bad...I'm the 4th pastor in our church's history...it began in 1884! Third, PCA, Birmingham, AL

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@ThePaleBison @Vicar1973 I think @Vicar1973 using the words "matters of judgment" and "not every disagreement has to end in an excommunication" means we can still see them as brothers, though we believe them to be wrong on non-essentials / non-salvific matters

[Michael Brock @PastorBrock789]

Sometimes a wife and mom will think her husband is lazy or aloof because he’s not intimately involved in the kids’ activities…because he’s not giving directions and barking out orders. It may be that dad is letting his kids mature and grow by having to figure it out themselves

[Ryan🇺🇬 (like Brian, but without the "B") Biese @RFBWCF]

Now is the time to repent and obey the #PCAGA Constitution.
https://t.co/DGwXgLFXG5

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@CDM15171031 @h_um_ble_ @RFBWCF Yes. That's a very unfortunate sentence in the report.

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Two extremes parents need to avoid: ignoring their children (because they have their own interests and distractions the kids get short shrift) and idolizing their children (parents center their lives around the children). Wisdom trains children (gives them attention) while refraining from making them their universe.