John

I'm just a John that writes code and is passionate about Reformed Theology.

[John @TheReformedDev]

'All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.' 2 Timothy 3:16

Some people spend countless hours watching football games, scroll political commentary until midnight, and debate strangers online about things we cannot change. But we cannot find twenty minutes to open the Bible. We know our team's stats better than we know the prophets. We know our party's platform better than we know the Pentateuch. That is not busyness. That is a disordered heart.

But God did not give us a partial word. He gave us sixty-six books, two Testaments, and a complete canon that traces one story from creation to consummation. He did not intend for us to camp in the Psalms and the Gospels and never walk through Leviticus or Ezekiel or Nahum. Every book is there for a reason. Every chapter reveals something about the God who spoke it. Read all of it, in context, continually.

[Greenville Seminary @GPTSeminary]

“It’s not how love works to say; ‘I’m not going to worry about faithfulness, I’m just going to worry about forgiveness.’” — David Barry

Dr. Barry preached from Proverbs 4 during chapel, reminding us that to love Jesus Christ is to keep his commandments.

[John @TheReformedDev]

Under the old covenant, God's presence dwelt in the temple (1 Kings 8:10-11), and His Spirit came upon prophets, kings, and judges for specific tasks at specific times. Elijah called down fire from heaven before the prophets of Baal, not by his own power, but by the Spirit's sovereign equipping (1 Kings 18:36-38). Christ, the true Temple (John 2:19-21), fulfilled what it all pointed to. Through His death and resurrection, He cleansed a people fit to be permanently indwelt by the Spirit.

When Jesus told the disciples that faith like a mustard seed could move mountains (Matthew 17:20), He was not giving a motivational speech. He was exposing their impossibility apart from divine intervention. The Apostles who once lacked faith (Mark 6:52) were transformed at Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4), not by their own effort, but because God Himself now dwelt within them. 'You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you' (Acts 1:8). The faith we exercise is not our own but God's gift through that same Spirit (Ephesians 2:8-9). Every believer is now a temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19), manifesting the Fulfillment (Christ), not as contributors, but as living icons of a covenant-keeping God.

[John @TheReformedDev]

@jonharris1989 My bigger concern is that while we relitigate 2020, Rome is aggressively pulling in young evangelicals on social media and Pentecostal churches are multiplying fast enough to reshape the landscape. We need Reformed voices producing content, not settling old scores.

[John @TheReformedDev]

@jonharris1989 I had a similar experience watching T4G, TGC, and even figures within the PCA between 2017 and 2021. My takeaway is that we need to resolve these disagreements better so we can keep producing biblical and theological content for a world that desperately needs it.

[Michael Reeves @mike_reeves]

Jesus’ first words to disciples who had all betrayed him: “Peace be with you” (Jn 20:19).
He had dealt with their sin, and would remember it no more.

[Ligon Duncan @LigonDuncan]

"She took…and ate: so simple the act, so hard its undoing. God will taste poverty and death before ‘take and eat’ become verbs of salvation."

Derek Kidner, Genesis: An Introduction and Commentary (London: The Tyndale Press, 1967), on Genesis 3:6.

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

There is never a moment when your Heavenly Father loses track of you.

[John @TheReformedDev]

@travelingflying Claude really depends on your personalized instructions, but I like the answer it gives me.

[John @TheReformedDev]

John 3:16 is the ultimate assurance for Christians to know with certainty that their sins have been forgiven and that they are truly saved:

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."

[Rick Stansbury @CoachStansMSU]

Great win for Mississippi State.