Quint Shivers

Reformed Presbyterian, Husband, Father, Aggie, Pence/Reagan Conservative

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

From my pastor, yesterday during the evening service, preaching from Colossians 3:

“A lot of men today have a love of leading, rather than leading in love.”

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

I’m sure Dale hopes to receive his own balkanized mini country in thanks for his service as an ‘aspiring general in the culture war’, much in the same way Mormons expect to get their own planet after they die

[Right Wing Watch @RightWingWatch]

Right-wing pastor Dale Partridge seeks the "balkanization" of America so white Christian nationalists can create a Christian monarchy where women & non-white people will be second-class citizens: "They're not actually radical ideas, they're actually moderate ideas." https://t.co/5GdcxSZWN7

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump takes issue with the Lindsey Graham eulogy he's reading: "Virtually everyone liked Lindsey. Well, not everybody. But it sounds good. I have to be honest. I have to veer from this for a second."

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

It’s insane how different the CFB world is from even just 5 yrs ago

[Tyler Horka @tbhorka]

Notre Dame has succumbed to the branded jersey patch craze ($$$). @SoFi is the sponsor.

[memetic_sisyphus @memeticsisyphus]

>Muslim shoots Jews enjoying the beach.
>Jews hold memorial for those shot.
>Muslim come to support shooters. >Internet calls the Muslim courageous.

What a beautiful microcosm of the Palestine issue.

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

A lot of people in the comments have a distorted view of masculinity.

[Benjamin Lee @_BenLee]

Why are so many churches (PCA and otherwise) struggling to find pastors?

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

sheesh

[Gabe Bock @GabeBock]

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[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

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[Mark A. Garcia @Garcia_Mark_A]

Whatever faithful “retrieval” of the tradition means, it doesn’t mean retrieving the worst of what Christians have done before with their speech or behavior. Sadly, there are plenty of examples in the Church’s past of notable figures who sinned in any number of ways, including their speech, and they aren’t examples for us to follow in this respect. We should no more follow them here than we would their other undeniable sins in teaching or practice. Thankfully, Presbyterians in particular do not subscribe to any man and do not regard any Christian of the past as an unqualified saint, including even the Westminster divines themselves. Instead, we subscribe the teaching of the Standards themselves as confessed by the Church, insofar as they are consistent with the Word of God. Importantly, the measure here is not modern sensibilities regarding acceptable behavior but the Word of God, which relentlessly insists on wholesome and careful speech, especially among those who would be ministers, as many men in the Church’s history have recognized. Here’s just a sampling:

"A minister’s tongue should be a treasury of grace, not a fountain of poison. Yet, how often do we see leaders, when they gather, indulge in a witty sort of detraction—using sharp jests and biting words to diminish their brethren. This unwholesome talk is the more dangerous because it is clothed in cleverness, but it leaves a slime upon the conscience of all who partake in it." Thomas Manton, Commentary/Sermons on James

“The speech of a pastor should be seasoned with the salt of wisdom, lest by unwholesome talk he corrupt the hearts of his hearers. For often, while leaders desire to appear full of kindness, they lower themselves to foolish and worldly conversation. When the shepherd falls into careless and vain speech, the flock is quickly led astray into open sin." Gregory the Great, The Pastoral Rule

"Vain and unwholesome talk is a spiritual consumption that wastes the soul. When shepherds feed themselves on idle stories, carnal jests, and the whispering of rumors against other laborers, they lose that heavenly heat and life that should season their doctrine. Satan knows that if he can corrupt a minister’s mouth in the parlor, he has already weakened him for the pulpit." Thomas Brooks, Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices

“For a single word spoken in anger, or a casual laugh, or an unseemly joke, can bring a great stain upon his reputation." Chrysostom, On the Priesthood

"It is a palpable sign of hypocrisy when a minister's tongue is holy in the pulpit, but unwholesome, vain, and idle at home or among his peers. Take heed that your speech be always seasoned with grace, so that your daily conversation does not tear down what your public sermons have built up." Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor

"Shun all frothy, unwholesome, and unprofitable conversation. Let your speech when you associate with other ministers be such as may leave a savor of heaven upon them, and upon yourself. A minister who is a jester, a chatterer, or a carrier of idle tales, is an object of pity and contempt, and he pulls down the kingdom of God with his tongue while trying to build it with his hands." Cotton Mather, Manuductio ad Ministerium (Directions for a Candidate of the Ministry)

The Westminster Divines had to apply such rules to themselves. The Assembly’s debates were often incredibly tense and grueling. To prevent their own discussions from degenerating into the very unwholesome, bitter, sarcastic, or reviling talk that their own Larger Catechism would prohibit (WLC 145), the Divines worked with strict internal rules. These included (1) The Assembly Protestation: Every member had to take a solemn vow upon entering the Jerusalem Chamber (where they met): "I do seriously promise and vow... that I will not maintain any faction, but if I shall find myself to differ in opinion... I will propound it with all fairness and moderation; and (2) times speakers were called to order: The official scribe records multiple instances of "Speakers called to order" when debates became too sharp, sarcastic, or personal. If a Divine’s speech crossed from robust theological debate into unwholesome personal detraction, the Assembly halted the debate to enforce mutual accountability.

[D G Hart @ReallyOldLife]

#Machen played with half a brain and did okay

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

A lot of people reacting negatively to this (understandably), but this is infinitely more preferable than a new planned parenthood going in instead

[Dallas Texas TV @DallasTexasTV]

Rowlett installs the first Safe Haven Baby Box in Dallas County

[STOP Christ-less Nationalism @AntiCNtheonomy]

Several in the CN crowd have discussed the "Curse of Ham" recently. @dalepartridge claims, "We're going to discover why the giants of the faith Augustine, Chysostom, Acquinas, Luther, Calvin, Gill... Henry, and many of the puritans held this position." Is that true? 1/

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

How I imagine him when reading this

[Andrew Tate @Cobratate]

I am in Special Housing Unit (SHU).

My water faucet is broken.

I am not allowed bottles of water in SHU.

I have nothing clean to drink.

My only water comes from the shower, warm and from a brown and filthy faucet.

It has given me persistent stomach problems.

The water I am drinking is not clean, I am an American.

Innocent until proven guilty.

But I am forced to drink poisoned water.

Where are my rights?

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

ball knower

[John Patterson @johnpaulp]

Just drink Dr. Pepper zero or Coke Zero. The difference in taste is negligible and you’d have to drink a swimming pool worth a day to get negative health sides.

[Benjamin Glaser @WVPitt]

"Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." -- 2 Cor. 7:1

​"For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness."
-- 1 Thess 4:7

There is no Twitter exception.

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

Happy Monday from Hempstead, TX

[Stephen Spinnenweber @stephenspin]

You know what Jesus wouldn’t do?
Ridicule a man’s wife and children to score cheap points online.
If you insist that you’re in Christ, act like it.

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

Tim Pool and Laura Loomer when the checks from @RT_com start bouncing:

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

@LordTemplar1 I figured it was obvious when I spoke of how he treats women, I meant how he treats them in his sermons and on social media. I'm ending with this
https://t.co/Ra6pdllTqB

[Mark A. Garcia @Garcia_Mark_A]

According to the Westminster Standards, “equality”—and claiming to believe it—is not enough. Saying “I hold to the equality of man and woman as image bearers” is important but insufficient, and both speech and behavior disclose the reality of the heart. One can hold to, teach, defend, “regard,” etc. the dignity and worth of other equals while denying it in word or deed. Regarding the dignity and worth of equals entails duties that are either satisfied or violated, and much of it comes down to honoring and valuing others in speech and behavior. Therefore:

Westminster Larger Catechism questions 131 & 132:

“What are the duties of equals? The duties of equals are, to regard the dignity and worth of each other, *in giving honor to go one before another;* and to rejoice in each others’ gifts and advancement, as their own.

What are the sins of equals? The sins of equals are, besides the neglect of the duties required, *the undervaluing of the worth,* envying the gifts, grieving at the advancement or prosperity one of another; and usurping preeminence one over another.”

We must remember this when coming across those who claim to hold to equal dignity and also claim the Westminster Standards, but speak dishonorably and in an undervaluing way of those who are equal to them in dignity and worth. Honorable men and women sound and act honorably.

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

Maybe it’s just me, but I do not really care for the ‘they would’ve defrocked *insert some ancient theologian who is not infallible*’ argument. The fact that our standards for elders have been raised to include not treating women as inferior is a good thing.

[Joseph Spurgeon @Joseph_Spurgeon]

These are just some of the “indictments” against Rick Appleton. This presbytery would have defrocked John Knox or John Calvin. The PCA is cooked

[Advocacy from the Presbyterian Pew @presbyterianpew]

Going to the session of your church or your Presbytery with concerns about the character of an elder, and then participating in the process they initiated as outlined in your polity *is* an act of submission, actually and not at all unbecome for a woman. #pcaga

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

@LordTemplar1 The examples are in the indictment report

[Quint Shivers @ShiversQuint]

@LordTemplar1 I know he’s come out and said he doesn’t believe women are inferior in essence. But he treats them as such, and that is the core issue. You can preach on the legitimate shortcomings of women, and still hold them in honor as the weaker vessel. He fails in this regard