T. S. Sinclair

Husband to One, Dad to Three, Pastor to the Saints at Foothill Bible Church.

[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

“Happy were it, if puzzled & perplexed Christians would turn their eyes from the defects that are in their obedience, to the fullness and completeness of Christ’s obedience; and see themselves complete in Him, when most lame and defective in themselves.”

—John Flavel, Works 1.59

[Anthony | Reformed Dogmatika @SolaDogmatika]

Many thanks to @RScottClark for the thoughtful gift of Remembering the Reformed Confession: Essays on Theology, Piety, and Practice, edited by @PastorPerks.

I’m looking forward to reading this collection and sharing a review on Reformed Dogmatika!

[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

Justification is not sanctification; it is an old Popish error, sown in the heart of a great many Protestants, to think they are the same.

Justification and sanctification are always inseparable, but they are wonderfully distinct.

—Puritan Robert Traill, Works 2:403

[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

“It’s shocking how many pastors have detailed views on geopolitical or cultural matters, but aren’t sure if the Nicene Creed is biblical.” @SteveMeisterVDM

[Steve Meister @SteveMeisterVDM]

Horton is right. It’s shocking how many pastors have detailed views on geopolitical or cultural matters, but aren’t sure if the Nicene Creed is biblical.

“It is amazing what a lot of Christians (including many pastors) seem absolutely certain about and what they regard as up in the air.

Although there is not a single passage in the Bible that tells us what Jesus would do on a whole host of personal and social issues of morality, economics, politics, and law, we often hear confident jeremiads and assertions by the same people who express ambiguity (disguised as humility) about matters clearly addressed and treated as matters of great importance in Scripture.”

- Michael Horton

[Steve Meister @SteveMeisterVDM]

Horton is right. It’s shocking how many pastors have detailed views on geopolitical or cultural matters, but aren’t sure if the Nicene Creed is biblical.

“It is amazing what a lot of Christians (including many pastors) seem absolutely certain about and what they regard as up in the air.

Although there is not a single passage in the Bible that tells us what Jesus would do on a whole host of personal and social issues of morality, economics, politics, and law, we often hear confident jeremiads and assertions by the same people who express ambiguity (disguised as humility) about matters clearly addressed and treated as matters of great importance in Scripture.”

- Michael Horton

[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

“Dear Christian, do you know you're a child of God, and there's nothing that can separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus. Not even your own sin.” @nocoradio

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[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

“Believers should find immense comfort in knowing that God does not determine his faithfulness to us by how he might feel at any given moment but has made infallible promises to people of ages past and has kept those promises even to believers today.”

— Harrison Perkins (@PastorPerks)

[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

"The winds may toss the ship wherein Christ is, but not overturn it."

–– Richard Sibbes

[Ligonier Ministries @Ligonier]

According to the Roman Catholic Church, justification is acquired instrumentally through the sacraments. The Reformers responded that the instrumental cause of our justification is not baptism or penance; it is faith in Christ.

[No Compromise Radio @nocoradio]

Saving faith is the faith of God's elect; the special gift of God to them, wrought in them by his Spirit.
- Thomas Boston

[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

“As our mediator, God the Son assumes responsibility to obey his Father, not for his own sake, but on behalf of his elect. In other words, Jesus obeyed because he loves you.” @PastorPerks @thepactum

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[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

@JoshuaBarzon Nope, Ben Aho!

[Christ Covenant @CCC_Matthews]

Christ was imputed, reckoned to be a sinner, though he himself committed no sin. By the same logic, we in Christ are reckoned, counted to be righteous, though we have no deeds that should merit such a standing before God. @RevKevDeYoung

[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

"Christ is a compete savior for and in the place of his people."

— Chad Vegas, “Reforming the Church,” in Remembering the Reformed Confession: Essays on Theology, Piety, and Practice, ed. Harrison Perkins, 54.

[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

“The Covenant of Redemption is a reformed way of expressing the ecumenical doctrine of God in application to the doctrine of salvation.” @PastorPerks @thepactum

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[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

“Worship grounded not just in the immediate tastes of the day but in theological truths that have demonstrated a perennial relevance across the centuries—that is, the truths of classical theology—overcomes our natural propensity to make ourselves and our concerns the measure of all things and points us instead to those great truths that we might otherwise be inclined to neglect.”

— Carl R. Trueman, Classical Theology for the Modern Mind, 57.

[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

“In the Lord's Supper, "examine yourself." But it's "Do this in remembrance of me." It's called a means of grace, not a means of scolding.” @nocoradio

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[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

“Gods promise is unchangeable because he makes his promises within covenants that obligate him—of course by his own choice—to be faithful to those promises.”

— Harrison Perkins (@PastorPerks)

[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

“The Reformation recovered the doctrine of assurance.” @nocoradio

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[T. S. Sinclair @_TSSinclair]

“The Covenant of Redemption is an eternal plan, meaning it is about God's decree of election in choosing some sinners for the certainty of redemption. And in this respect, it undergirds how salvation must be: by grace alone, apart from our works.” @PastorPerks @thepactum

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