Ethan Rice

Pastoral Resident at Christ Church Chicago, Husband of KK, Father of Sadie Grace.

[Ethan Rice @Rice1Ethan]

@crossway @jake_stone89

[Crossway @crossway]

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[Ethan Rice @Rice1Ethan]

@jake_stone89 Congratulations! Looks great Jake!

[Ethan Rice @Rice1Ethan]

Helpful historical reflection on KH Miskotte (contemporary to Bonhoeffer) and sanctification as “Holy sabotage of our lives and the sociopolitical worlds that define them.”

[Jared Stacy, PhD @jaredstacy]

My debut in @CTmagazine dismantling the evangelical “Bonhoeffer Option” and its tacit support for violence for a better way forward in the witness of KH Miskotte

https://t.co/4qYtoZzWNw

[Ethan Rice @Rice1Ethan]

@RTMinistries pulling off an orientation of 46 new workers while simultaneously hosting a sending church symposium! So thankful for this ministry!

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Alistair Begg on knowing vs. feeling in worship.

This is magnificent.

[Albert Mohler @albertmohler]

I was honored to play the part of the town dentist in the @thirdavenuebaptist Vacation Bible School play this week. The kids are wonderful and the cast was great. The name of my dental practice was Mohler’s Molars. It would work. Praying the gospel takes life in these little hearts.

[Malcolm Yarnell @MusingsOnChrist]

Must watch

[Patrick Schreiner ☧ @pj_schreiner]

Matthew 2:23 is one of my favorite passages to explore with students to show them the depth and riches of the Scriptures. 🧵

They are surprised to hear that no prophet has the explicit words that Matthew cites about Jesus being a Nazarene.

[Tom Schreiner @DrTomSchreiner]

Do not remember the sins of my youth
or my acts of rebellion;
in keeping with your faithful love, remember me
because of your goodness, Lord.

Ps 25:7 csb

[Ethan Rice @Rice1Ethan]

@gospelgypsies @drewhodgemusic @LigonDuncan Actually, that’s my dad!

[Peter Gurry @pjgurry]

Some thoughts on Rom 2.15 and what it means that the “work of the law is written on the hearts” of gentiles.

🧵It’s fairly common to see this phrase as a reference to Jer 31.33. You can see this in the margin of my NA25. But it’s NOT referenced in the newer NA28.

[Reaching & Teaching @RTMinistries]

We had a great time last week at CROSS! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth to learn more about who we are at RTIM. Thank you to our staff, global workers, and volunteers who committed their time and energy to serve alongside us! We will see you in 2025!

#crosscon24

[Denny Burk @DennyBurk]

Watch Rosaria Butterfield defend parental rights against the transing of children before the Durham Board of Education.

Calm, persuasive, devastating facts & logic. Well done.

"Let your reasonableness be known to all." -Philippians 4:5

@Reformation21
https://t.co/t6NKD3pm5E

[Mitch Chase @mitchellchase]

The end of the book of Ruth is...a genealogy. What?

There are genealogies elsewhere in the Bible, but they occur either at the beginning of books (like in 1 Chronicles and Matthew) or they occur between narratives (like in Genesis or Luke). The book of Ruth is the only place in the whole Bible that ends with a genealogy.

A genealogical ending is the surprising climax of the book. Let’s track the line of descent. When we look at Ruth 4:18–22, we see these names:
🔹Perez fathered Hezron
🔹Hezron fathered Ram
🔹Ram fathered Amminadab
🔹Amminadab fathered Nahshon
🔹Nahshon fathered Salmon
🔹Salmon fathered Boaz
🔹Boaz fathered Obed
🔹Obed fathered Jesse
🔹Jesse fathered David

There are ten names mentioned, from Perez to David. Notice that the name Boaz doesn’t occur until almost the end of the list. Most of the names are the ancestors of Boaz. Names like Perez and Hezron remind us of Genesis 46, where we’re told that Jacob’s son Judah had a son named Perez who had Hezron. These ancestors of Boaz mean that he is a descendant of Judah.

Once the genealogy in Ruth 4 gets to Boaz’s name, we see just a few names left: Boaz fathers Obed, Obed fathers Jesse, and Jesse fathers David.

Ending with David matters for the reader because we know that David becomes the first Israelite king from Judah’s tribe (1 Sam. 16; 2 Sam. 5). During the period of the judges, there was no king in Israel, and everyone did what was right in their own eyes (Judg. 21:25). But during the period of the judges, God was providentially preparing a king.

While the book is primarily about the meeting and marriage of Boaz and Ruth, the reason why we need to know this story is revealed in the final verse (Ruth 4:22). The last word in the book of Ruth is David.

The name David reveals that the story in Ruth was not just God’s provision for a Bethlehem family. The story of Ruth was about God’s provision for a leaderless and spiritually wayward people, and they didn’t even know it yet. Behind the scenes God was working. And because the line of David takes us to the Messiah (Matt. 1:1–17), the last word in Ruth reminds us that God was keeping promises, in particular an ancient promise to raise up a king from Judah’s tribe who would deliver God’s people and crush the serpent.

[For the full article about the last word in the book of Ruth, see today's Biblical Theology post.]

[Albert Mohler @albertmohler]

We sin against Christ and we misrepresent the gospel when we suggest to sinners that what God demands of them is moral improvement in accordance with the Law. Moralism is not the gospel, and it will not save.

The only gospel that saves is the gospel of Christ.

[Fred Sanders @FredFredSanders]

Once (2002) I had a student who hadn't learned to write well. We struggled 3 semesters in a row over composition, revision, everything. Inexplicable diction, rambling sentences, formless paragraphs, theses that tripped over their own dull incoherence. But then one day...

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

This is the best short explanation of the Trinity I have ever seen.

[Ari Lamm @AriLamm]

Why Read The Bible In Hebrew?

Let's talk about one of the most influential stories *ever* for thinking about the nature of human progress—the Tower of Babel.

What exactly did Babel's builders do wrong?

A thread (for non-Hebrew readers too!) 🧵 1