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Minister, Trinity Church Denver. Founding Board Member, Augustine Classical Academy. Occasional Excellent Fried Rice Cooker with an off-putting disposition.

[Miles Smith IV @IVMiles]

1/ A good test case might be to ask: by what principle would the PCA argue that say a Catholic or Baptist majority town in Texas cannot strip an FLDS sect—whose religion includes child predation—in their county of certain political rights? If the answer is “natural law,” then

[Navy Athletics @NavyAthletics]

Today, on the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day invasion, we remember and honor those who bravely fought for our freedom🇺🇸

#GoNavy | #DDay

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇺🇸The Senate just killed the SAVE Act, 48-50.

Voter ID and proof of citizenship, supported by over 80% of Americans, dead.

Four Republicans voted no: Tillis, Murkowski, McConnell, Collins.

The uniparty showed its face today...

[Colin Redemer @RedemTheTimes]

The PCA (a denomination which I greatly respect and align closely with) released a report on Christian Nationalism today which I was looking forward to. Concerns driving the report about the various meanings and uses of the term Christian Nationalism are important and need to be thought through. I have never thought of myself as a Christian Nationalist, but the issues raised by how to pursue the social and political good of the city in which I dwell are close to the heart of anyone who works in moral and political theology. I am heartened to see that their high view of Scripture is foregrounded and that cruelty and contempt are condemned (among the documents other virtues). And yet in it I find the following line seen in the screenshot. Some thoughts:

1. It is transparently the case that you cannot have a common law that does not treat ethnic homogeneity (the common oneness of the nation) as a positive good. This is because to have generally applicable law at all (for example, the law that governs citizenship, as opposed to particular laws that govern only a subset of citizens who are shopkeepers, etc) you are immediately as an end treating the nation as a homogenous unit which shares a common good and you are also mediately (over time) indicating intent to form out of the many individual bodies one national people (the 'body politic'). This natural reality is why e pluribus unum is one of the mottos the USA often reaches for to explain itself to itself. The injunction to participate in politics for the good of your city which one finds in scripture underlines this. Romans 13 presumes we have a magistrate, etc. The plain reading of this line is that we cannot have nations.

2. Further I mean THE BIBLE "elevates ethnic... identity to a position of theological significance." To disagree would be to discount the entire point of the biblical nation of Israel as a people who were set apart in salvation history and God's special revelation to them which eventually led to his full revelation in Jesus Christ. And this special care for the ethne is not limited to Israel as was indicated in Isaiah 60 when it prophesies that the kings of the nations will lead the triumphal procession into the city of God in the end. And it is reiterated in the a prophesy in the same register in Revelation 21. We do all come from one blood, and are redeemed by one blood, but the filling and subduing of the earth was intended to be an expanding and en-nationing all over creation. These things can not be side-stepped. They also explain the missional nature of the church. We go out into the nations to preach the gospel! And (good news!) you don't have to stop being an American (or a Mexican or a Chinese, etc) when you come to Christ! Nationhood is not a sin, it is in fact part of God's plan from the dawn of time.

3. This also contradicts their own earlier affirmation that "In his providence, he has ordered humanity into distinct families, peoples, and nations, appointing their times and places, and shaping them through distinct histories, languages, and customs."

I get that they are concerned about rising racial hatred (which should be rejected) but they really need to be more precise if they are going to get this right. Uncharitable readers (this is the internet after all) will misread this as a defense of discrimination. It is not. Rather it is pointing out how logic works: the sweeping "or...or...or" structure creates problems unnecessarily.

If they get it wrong that won't be good for anyone in America. Perhaps they clarify later, I know this is only the first part.

[Stephen Wolfe @PerfInjust]

For decades, conservatives have emphasized "good manners." Good manners, civility, and "dignity" are good, of course. But when put in the service of evil and compromise, they become evil perfected.

Complete evil is doing evil under the cloak of goodness, grace, and poise.

You want good manners? Then do what is good with dignity.

[Doug Ponder @dougponder]

“The idea that we are commanded to make our neighbor ‘feel loved’ is ultimately a form of relativism in Christian drag, a kind of sentimentality that holds to the form of godliness—‘love your neighbor!’—while denying its true power.”

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[bbrown6 @bbrown6]

4 weeks ago, none of my kids were married. Now 2 of them are married. It’s been a raucous month for the Browns.

[Army-Navy Game @ArmyNavyGame]

Congrats to @CBSSports on their #SportsEmmys Award for Outstanding Sports Camera Work: Short Form for this year's @ArmyNavyGame open 👏👏👏

The Harder Choice | The 126th Army-Navy Game

[Douglas Wilson @douglaswils]

"Christ is an infinite ocean of mercy: no shores, no bottom, no surface."

[New Covenant Church @NCCPlant]

Singing isn't incidental to making disciples of all nations.

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[Joel Berry @JoelWBerry]

The seeker-sensitive campaign to make Christianity as inoffensive as possible was a disaster. It gave us a nation of ineffective churches and ill-equipped Christians.

Christian truth is inherently offensive. I hope this book will inspire a new generation of men to speak it with boldness.

[J. Chase Davis @jchasedavis]

We must liberate the French.

[Danny Payne @DannyPayneNavy]

THE Academy

#GoNavy

[New Saint Andrews College @NewSaintAndrews]

"Thus, the primary way we fight is by building. People aren’t drawn to gardens because they don’t have weeds, they are drawn in because they have flowers. That is why I would argue that NSA is primarily training builders who are additionally equipped to fight. The liberal arts are founded upon the Western edifice, and this tradition is ultimately driven by an aesthetic goal. It is a history of striving after the beauty hidden in creation, discovering more ways to enjoy what God values as beautiful. It is inherently and inseparably Christian." - Jackson Nabours, NSA Alumnus & Statesman of America Alumnus

[bbrown6 @bbrown6]

Take and read.

[J. Chase Davis @jchasedavis]

The version of Christianity offered to men today is weak.
Time to fix that.
Offensive Christianity is out today.

[Brooks Potteiger @BrooksPotteiger]

If you are looking for a solid summer read, I highly recommend this gem from Packer. It's a guided tour through the holistic life of the Puritans, and is brimming with practical insights and bright encouragements. A few quotes:

The Puritans on spirituality:

“Puritan meditation on Scripture was modeled on the Puritan sermon; in meditation the Puritan would seek to search and challenge his heart, stir his affections to hate sin and love righteousness, and encourage himself with God’s promises, just as Puritan preachers would do from the pulpit.”

The Puritans on homelife:

“The Puritan ethic of home life was based on maintaining order, courtesy, and family worship. Goodwill, patience, consistency, and an encouraging attitude were seen as the essential domestic virtues.”

The Puritans on marriage:

“It is hardly too much to say that the Puritans created the Christian family in the English-speaking world. The Puritan ethic of marriage was to look not for a partner whom you do love passionately at this moment, but rather for one whom you can love steadily as your best friend for life, and then to proceed with God’s help to do just that.”

[Navy Football @NavyFB]

Leatherneck 2026

#GoNavy | #RollGoats

[Michael Foster @thisisfoster]

Christ saved me from my sins.

He can save you, too.

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

Tu confonds deux choses, et c'est exactement le piège que la French Theory a tendu.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité — égalité *de droits*, égalité *devant la loi*, égalité *de dignité*. C'est la promesse républicaine, et personne ici ne l'attaque.

Le wokisme, ce n'est pas ça. C'est l'égalitarisme des résultats. Et l'égalitarisme des résultats, contrairement à l'égalité des droits, n'est pas un élargissement de la liberté — c'est sa négation.

Quelques exemples concrets :

— San Francisco supprime les classes de maths avancées au collège pour "réduire les inégalités". Résultat : les écarts entre élèves explosent, les familles aisées prennent des cours privés, les pauvres se font enterrer. L'égalitarisme a creusé l'inégalité.

— Les politiques de discrimination positive à Harvard : étudiants admis avec des scores très en dessous de leurs camarades, taux d'échec dispropportionné, sentiment d'imposture, ressentiment généralisé. On a saboté ceux qu'on voulait aider.

— L'aide humanitaire qui distribue du riz gratuit pendant 30 ans en Afrique : effondrement des filières agricoles locales, dépendance institutionnalisée. Donner un poisson, c'est empêcher d'apprendre à pêcher.

Le wokisme ne détruit pas l'humanité dans le sens dramatique. Il fait pire : il dessert systématiquement ceux qu'il prétend protéger, et il génère du ressentiment des deux côtés — ceux qu'on infantilise et ceux qu'on culpabilise.

La fraternité républicaine dit : tu es mon égal, donc je te traite en adulte capable.
Le wokisme dit : tu es ma victime, donc je dois te protéger de toi-même.

L'un élève. L'autre infantilise. Ce n'est pas la même chose, et confondre les deux est exactement le tour de passe-passe qu'on dénonce.

[Ben Merkle @PresidentNSA]

Next year’s schedule for prospective student weekends has just been released. If you’ve got a college-bound son or daughter, pick one of these dates and get out here to see @NewSaintAndrews in person.

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