Big Dipper 🦡

Just and sinner, Reformed Catholic 🦡 (2LCF), aspiring pastor-theologian, perpetual idiot, college/FS wrestling fan, Cascadian in diaspora, he/hymn 🇸🇪🇩🇪🇺🇸

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

He’s gonna die fighting Josh Hokit

[Championship Rounds @ChampRDS]

Jamahal Hill is bulking up for that move up to heavyweight 😅

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@covapologetics I think so. I’ve seen nothing but unity and good fruit after our church went through a period of growing into a law/gospel distinction from the pulpit and in pastoral care.

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

If the “antinomianism” of those who hold to the law/gospel distinction is rightly attributed, wouldn’t you see rampant personal and congregational sin from them? Am I missing something?

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@covapologetics All families except one. We have a homeschool co op hosted at our church.

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@DriverXag @covapologetics Interesting. I’d be curious to see what this looks like in practice. I’ve observed the opposite. This is all anecdotal, of course.

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@covapologetics Interesting. My particular congregation has seen a near unanimous agreement that our ability to fight sin and do works of righteousness has been aided by what some call “antinomianism.” As in, directly following implementing a law/gospel distinction, more holiness is seen.

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@covapologetics I don’t know, what IS the rate? Is it different than other churches? I don’t know the whole landscape, which is why my original post was making a point (representing my own perspective) & asking for more info. Have you observed greater sins in law/gospel distinguishing churches?

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@PerGratiamDei Is that the name of it or is it in a larger collection? Gonna check if I can find and EPUB for my e reader

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@PerGratiamDei Which works?

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@PerGratiamDei Helpful and agreed. I think there’s a lot of talking past each other in the back and forths on this stuff, which is why I’m trying to figure out what I’m missing. Thanks!

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@PerGratiamDei Definitely not a necessary outflow, but I think there would be some examples of it that are over and above the ordinary remaining sin in your average church

[Jared Luttjeboer @JLuttje]

@SlowToWrite I dunno. A framework that engages in redemptive retrograde with two supposed peoples that belong to the Lord is borderline heresy to me.

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@PerGratiamDei Agreed, but wouldn’t the fruits of antinomian ministers entail downstream congregational licentiousness? I think actual antinomians (lots of non-denom churches) demonstrate this

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@MitchellSheten1 Monks have too much time on their hands

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

Brian is absolutely lost. The gospel has totally taken over his page. Horrific.

[Brian Onstead @brianonstead]

"Whatever the law requires, the gospel, in the most abundant measure, supplies...While the law commands the tears of penitential sorrow to flow, the gospel, and the astonishing grace promised and offered in it, *cause* them to flow (Zech. 12:10)."

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@JDavenant In what capacity? As in the case of a child of a believer who is attending church? Or in the case of a professing atheist?

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@JDavenant Not all fully, but even the non elect Jews were beneficiaries of greater common grace. The remnant Israel was the Church proper, full recipients of the CoG by promise, not formal conclusion AFAIA

Are you actually John Davenant?

[Big Dipper 🦡 @emorylevine]

@JDavenant We consider them the Church by promise, not by full administration of the covenant proper. Benefitting from the CoG = Church.

[Brian Onstead @brianonstead]

"No sooner does the law as a covenant urge men to Christ for deliverance...than Christ leads them back to the law as a rule...in order that they may express their gratitude to Him for His perfect obedience to it as a covenant in their stead..."