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[📖Matthew Everhard @matt_everhard]

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[Joseph Spurgeon @Joseph_Spurgeon]

Whenever I say that homosexual acts are contrary to nature, somebody inevitably responds:

“But homosexuality occurs in the animal kingdom!”

Well, hold on.

First, animals do sometimes engage in stranger behavior. But people often read modern human categories back into animal behavior. An animal mounting another animal of the same sex doesn't necessarily mean that we have discovered a gay dog. Researchers distinguish temporary behavior from enduring sexual orientation or identity. Animal sexual behavior can involve dominance, social bonding, competition, excitement, mistaken identification, and all sorts of other things.

But there is a much bigger problem with the argument.

When Christians say something is “contrary to nature,” we do not mean, “This behavior has never occurred anywhere in the natural world.”

Lots of bizarre things occur in nature. Dogs eat poop. Some animals eat their young. Animals sometimes kill each other over mates. A male lion may force a female lion to mate. The fact that an animal does something doesn't tell you that a human being ought to do it.

“Natural” means according to the nature of the thing. What is it? What is it made for? What is the proper end, or telos, of its faculties?

And with human sexuality, the answer isn't exactly hidden. Men and women have complementary bodies. Male and female reproductive organs are ordered toward one another. Sexual intercourse is the kind of union that can produce children. Our very bodies testify to what sex is and what it is for.

That is what we mean when we say homosexual acts are contrary to nature. The argument isn't: “That it never occurs in the world.” The argument is:

“Look at what man and woman are.”

Nature isn't merely a catalogue of everything that happens. Nature tells us what a thing is, and from what a thing is we can discern what it is for.

[𝕸𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖜 𝕲𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖓 👑 @Mwolltto]

Are there any Australians out there interested in purchasing any DVLP (@TheAimAndAuthor)?

If you are interested, just drop a comment here or DM me your state and type of pins so I can gauge interest.

[James Baird @james_d_baird]

to our rulers and governors on the earth

do thou, Lord, direct their counsel according to what is good and pleasing before thee

fulfilling with peace and meekness and piety (εὐσεβῶς) the authority given unto them by thee

—Clement of Rome

[Stephen Wolfe @PerfInjust]

Scripture is the principal source for theology (and the only source for supernatural theology). But Scripture also contains truths of ethics, household management, and politics (along with rhetoric and other sciences).

So, to say "theology is not politics" is not to say that scripture is silent on politics. It means that theology, ethics, politics, etc. are different "sciences" or "systems" -- having different origins, principles, means, objects, and ends.

To say that political science is "philosophical" means that its truths originate in nature and are accessible (in principle) by sound reason. Scripture teaches the same truths, and thus the same truths are knowable by faith.

Supernatural theology is known only by faith. But anything "philosophical" may be known by both faith and reason, because those truths originate in creation, not in Scripture, and thus are proper objects of reason.

[The Reformed Classicalist @RefClassicalist]

Exactly. The R2K view essentially demands a Caesar too uninformed to know when he is taking what belongs to Christ, and a Christian citizenry too sheepish to care whether or not this will lead to idolatry and persecution -- all in the name of protecting us from right wing idolatry and persecution of course.

[Stephen Wolfe @PerfInjust]

In civil politics, the Christian represents King Jesus not as he is King over the church but as he is King over the state.

[Zachary Garris @ZacharyGarris]

If Christians want to produce highly-qualified pastors, then parents must:

(1) do regular family worship.
(2) catechize their children.
(3) promote a culture of reading.
(4) find a way to educate their sons in Greek, Latin, philosophy, history & theology.

[Alcuin Press @AlcuinPress]

Roger Scruton, the ancestor duty

[Sean McGowan @irishpresby]

“Furthermore, because most students who come to seminary lack classical training, they are unfamiliar with the works of Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Augustine, and Aquinas, many of which are vital for understanding categories of theological and political thought. Because the degradation of the United States has accelerated over the last ten years, younger Christians are hungry to know if the Christian tradition provides answers to the problems our country faces. And because a recovery is underway, providing access to a plethora of resources from our Reformed forefathers on politics, it is incumbent upon the elders of Christ’s church to familiarize themselves with these materials so that, at the very least, they may point congregants to solid resources from theologians and laymen in our tradition. We no longer have an excuse to remain ignorant.”

[Stephen Wolfe @PerfInjust]

After many months of work, Zach Garris (@ZacharyGarris), Sean McGowan (@irishpresby), and I present to you our Study Report on Reformed Christian politics.

Our main thesis: Civil government must promote true religion.

Read and share with friends and pastors. Link below.

[𝕸𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖜 𝕲𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖓 👑 @Mwolltto]

This is sadly an often overlooked Christmas Eve song:
The Lord at first did Adam make.

[James Baird @james_d_baird]

increasingly convinced that Romans 13 and Psalm 101 teach the same political theology

[Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺 @PaulineHansonOz]

Australia doesn’t have a gun problem.

We have a radical Islam problem.

[Jeffrey T. Riddle @Riddle1689]

The old Protestant view did not insist merely on the material preservation of Scripture (its doctrinal content) but also its formal content (its words):

"The letter of Scripture has been preserved, without any corruption, in the original tongue. The Scriptures were not corrupted before Christ's time, for then Christ would not have sent the Jews to them. He said, 'Search the Scriptures' [John 5:39]. He knew these sacred springs were not muddied with human fancies."

-Thomas Watson, A Body of Divinity [1692], p. 27.

[Kai Elliott @KaiBElliott]

@Mrs_Mwolltto I was sorry to hear this. Our sovereign God is good, always. May our loving Father comfort you and your family.

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

It's that month again so here's your annual reminder.

[Kai Elliott @KaiBElliott]

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,
Down came the troopers, one, two, and three,
"Whose is that jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?"
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong,
"You'll never catch me alive!" said he
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

Waltzing Matilda by Banjo Paterson

[Kai Elliott @KaiBElliott]

ᚹᚪᚾᛋ᛫ᛟ᛫ᚷᚩᛚᛁ᛫ᛋᚹᚫᚸᛗᚾ᛫ᛣᚫᛗᛈᛏ᛫ᛒᚪᛡ᛫ᛟ᛫ᛒᛁᛚᛟᛒᚩᛝ,
ᚪᚾᛞᛟ᛫ᚦᛟ᛫ᛇᛠᛞ᛫ᛟᚠ᛫ᛟ᛫ᛣᚢᛚᛁᛒᚪ᛫ᛏᚱᛁ,
ᚫᚾᛞ᛫��ᛁ᛫ᛋᚫᛝ᛫ᚫᛋ᛫ᚻᛁ᛫ᚹᚩᚳᛏ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚹᛠᛏᛁᛞ᛫ᛏᛁᛚ᛫ᚻᛁᛋ᛫ᛒᛁᛚᛁ᛫ᛒᚩᛡᛚᛞ,
ᛡᚢᛚ᛫ᛣᚪᛗ᛫ᛟ᛫ᚹᚩᛚᛏᛋᛁᛝ᛫ᛗᛟᛏᛁᛚᛞᛟ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛗᛁ᛬

 ᛞᚣᚾ᛫ᛣᛠᛗ᛫ᛟ᛫ᚷᚪᛗᛒᚪᛣ᛫ᛏᚢ᛫ᛞᚱᛁᛝᛣ᛫ᚫᛏ᛫ᚦᚫᛏ᛫ᛒᛁᛚᛟᛒᚩᛝ,
ᚪᛈ᛫ᚷᚪᛗᛈᛏ᛫ᚦᛟ᛫ᛋᚹᚫᚸᛗᚾ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚸᚱᚫᛒᛞ᛫ᚻᛁᛗ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᚸᛚᛁ,
ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚻᛁ᛫ᛋᚫᛝ᛫ᚫᛋ᛫ᚻᛁ᛫ᛇᚪᚠᛞ᛫ᚦᚫᛏ᛫ᚷᚪᛗᛒᚪᛣ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᚻᛁᛋ᛫ᛏᚪᛣᛟ᛫ᛒᚫᚸ,
ᛡᚢᛚ᛫ᛣᚪᛗ᛫ᛟ᛫ᚹᚩᛚᛏᛋᛁᛝ᛫ᛗᛟᛏᛁᛚᛞᛟ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛗᛁ᛬

ᚪᛈ᛫ᚱᛟᚢᛞ᛫ᚦᛟ᛫ᛈᛣᚹᚩᛏᛟ,ᛗᚣᚾᛏᛁᛞ᛫ᚩᚾ᛫ᚻᛁᛋ᛫ᚦᚪᚱᛟᛒᚱᛖᛞ,
ᛞᚣᚾ᛫ᛣᛠᛗ᛫ᚦᛟ᛫ᛏᚱᚢᛈᛟᛋ,ᚹᚪᚾ,ᛏᚢ,ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚦᚱᛁ,
"ᚻᚢᛋ᛫ᛁᛋ᛫ᚦᚫᛏ᛫ᚷᚪᛗᛒᚪᛣ᛫ᛡᚢᚠ᛫��ᚩᛏ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᛡᚩ᛫ᛏᚪᛣᛟ᛫ᛒᚫᚸ?"
ᛡᚢᛚ᛫ᛣᚪᛗ᛫ᛟ᛫ᚹᚩᛚᛏᛋᛁᛝ᛫ᛗᛟᛏᛁᛚᛞᛟ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛗᛁ᛬

ᚪᛈ᛫ᚷᚪᛗᛈᛏ᛫ᚦᛟ᛫ᛋᚹᚫᚸᛗᚾ᛫ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᛋᛈᚱᚫᛝ᛫ᛁᚾᛏᚢ᛫ᚦᛟ᛫ᛒᛁᛚᛟᛒᚩᛝ,
"ᛡᚢᛚ᛫ᚾᛖᚠᛟ᛫ᛣᚫᚳ᛫ᛗᛁ᛫ᛟᛚᚪᛡᚠ!"ᛋᛖᛞ᛫ᚻᛁ,
ᚫᚾᛞ᛫ᚻᛁᛋ᛫ᚸᛟᚢᛋᛏ᛫ᛗᛠ᛫ᛒᛁ᛫ᚻᛟᛞ᛫ᚫᛋ᛫ᛡᚢ᛫ᛈᚪᛋ᛫ᛒᚪᛡ᛫ᚦᚫᛏ᛫ᛒᛁᛚᛟᛒᚩᛝ,
ᛡᚢᛚ᛫ᛣᚪᛗ᛫ᛟ᛫ᚹᚩᛚᛏᛋᛁᛝ᛫ᛗᛟᛏᛁᛚᛞᛟ᛫ᚹᛁᚦ᛫ᛗᛁ᛬

- ᚹᚩᛚᛏᛋᛁᛝ᛫ᛗᛟᛏᛁᛚᛞᛟ᛫ᛒᚪᛡ᛫ᛒᚫᚾᚷᛟᚢ᛫ᛈᚫᛏᛟᛋᚾ