Alexander Stonewall

New Christian Author writing fantasy for fans of Warhammer and Trench Crusade.
Presbyterian, Postmilennial, Reconstructionist.
Christ is King.

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@PilgrimsPostHQ Do you even lift His name on high bro?

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What's your favorite hymn?
Mine is probably a toss up between Onward, Christian Soldiers and The Church's Firm Foundation. And Christian Dost Thou See Them.
I like hymns. 🤷‍♂️

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@PilgrimsPostHQ Honestly that was my original intent; I just can't think of Shane and Shane's Psalm 46 without then thinking of Dixon's cover of it.

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@PilgrimsPostHQ I see your Shane and Shane Psalm 46 and raise you a Ben S Dixon Psalm 46

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I did not know this story when I chose my pen name.
Now that I do, I am all the more happy to have chosen it.

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Stonewall Jackson’s local church in Lexington like many churches had a midweek prayer meeting. Jackson did not enjoy public speaking and so was initially hesitant to pray aloud in public. After his pastor had taught the congregation on the duty of public prayer, Jackson met with him to discuss the matter. He told his minister, “You…are my pastor, and the spiritual guide of the church; if you think it is my duty, then I shall waive my reluctance, and make the effort to lead in prayer, however painful.” Soon afterwards, the minister called upon Jackson to pray aloud in the weekly prayer meeting. Jackson stammered through the prayer with embarrassment, his petition being “almost as painful to his brethren as it obviously was to himself.”

Attempting to spare Jackson further embarrassment, the minister did not call again on him to pray publicly over the next several weeks. Jackson asked his pastor why he did not call on him again. When the pastor told Jackson he wanted to spare him an uncomfortable duty, Jackson replied, “Yes…but my comfort or discomfort is not the question; if it is my duty to lead my brethren in prayer, then I must persevere in it, until I learn to do it aright; and I wish you to discard my feelings in the matter.”

Might we all learn not to make our feelings the master as well.

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In the Old Testament, Israel repeatedly turned to worshipping the false Queen of Heaven.
Today, multiple sects which claim to be Christian do the same.

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@IndianaBrunner The phrase "Perseverance of the Saints" already exists; you don't need to make up your own.

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From the Prologue:

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Christ is the same in the Old Covenant and the New.

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“Christ is King” does not make the state absolute.

It destroys the state’s claim to absolute authority.

Caesar has a throne—but there is a throne above Caesar.

The lordship of Christ is not the foundation of tyranny.

It is tyranny’s limit.

[Lets be Frank @FrankLets78822]

Calvinism does NOT teach that God forces innocent people to reject Him.

It teaches something far more uncomfortable:

There are no innocent people.

“But if God is sovereign, doesn’t that make Him the author of evil?”

No. Scripture can affirm both God’s sovereign purpose and man’s sinful intention without confusing the two.

Joseph told his brothers:

“You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.” (Genesis 50:20)

Same event. Two intentions. Man intended evil. God ordained it for good.

We see the same thing at the cross.

Jesus was delivered up “according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God,” yet those who crucified Him were called “lawless men.” (Acts 2:23)

God ordained the event. Men willingly committed the sin. God remained holy.

“But then we’re just robots.”

No.

Calvinism does not teach that people act against their desires. It teaches that people act according to them.

The problem is that fallen man does not naturally desire God.

“No one seeks for God.” (Romans 3:11)

“You refuse to come to me that you may have life.” (John 5:40)

That is why grace must do more than merely offer salvation. God must give life to the spiritually dead.

“But doesn’t God harden people?”

Yes. Scripture explicitly says He does.

“So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.” (Romans 9:18)

And notice what Paul anticipates next:

“Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?” (Romans 9:19)

That objection is not something Calvin invented. Paul anticipated it.

“But doesn’t everyone have libertarian free will?”

Scripture certainly teaches that humans make real choices and are responsible for them.

But Scripture never says the fallen sinner possesses some morally neutral will independent of his nature.

Jesus said:

“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him.” (John 6:44)

The issue is not whether sinners make choices.

They do.

The issue is why one sinner comes to Christ while another continues rejecting Him.

Calvinism answers:

Grace.

“But then why evangelize?”

Because the sovereign God who ordains salvation also ordains the means by which His people hear and believe.

“How are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?” (Romans 10:14)

Election does not make evangelism unnecessary.

Election guarantees that evangelism will not ultimately be fruitless.

“But I chose Christ.”

Amen.

Calvinism does not deny that.

It asks why you chose Him.

Was your heart naturally wiser, softer, or more spiritually perceptive than the person who rejected Him?

Or can you say with Paul:

“By the grace of God I am what I am.” (1 Corinthians 15:10)

Calvinism is not ultimately about turning people into robots.

It is about refusing to give the sinner even a fraction of the glory for salvation.

The Father chooses.
The Son redeems.
The Spirit gives life.
The sinner truly believes.

And from beginning to end:

“Salvation belongs to the LORD!” (Jonah 2:9)

Soli Deo Gloria.

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"In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes."

Cultural Christian: "that's a good thing, actually!"

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I would immediately leave my house and buy a pickup truck if they used one of the 40K songs from @ColmRMcGuinness instead of whatever bro-country music they always seem to feature.

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I don't care how many bio-engineered ticks they send at me.
I'm still eating steak.

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Do the women in your church wear head coverings?

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I admit, @Joseph_Spurgeon inspired this one.

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When Christ said "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you,”
He meant it.

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@New_Christendom

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Man trades the white picket fence of God's Law for the prison cell of relativism, the Armor of God for the shackles of sin, to maintain an illusion of comfort and of his own sufficiency.
It is a thin veil over the deficiency of man and his reliance upon God for his very being.

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@Joseph_Spurgeon I definitely see this as a "both and" situation. Solve both.
I would, however, entertain an argument that ceasing the mass importation of people that want to wipe us out (and thus vote to do so) would make it easier to end abortion.