Keevan Singh

Anesthesiologist/Intensivist/Perioperative Medicine.

[Carl Jung Archive @QuoteJung]

“All addictions are a low level search for God.”

- Carl Jung

[Caribbean Reformer @reformed_trini]

The diminished place of the Scriptures in many evangelical churches today is reflected in

1) replacing pulpits that highlight preachers' roles as spokespersons for God with nondescript or transparent stands, to make them more visible;

2) drastically reducing or eliminating the reading of Scripture in worship;

3) replacing sustained exposition of the Scriptures with short, topical homilies; and

4) substituting hymns steeped in the language and theology of Scripture with jingles that may borrow biblical phrases but are little more than sound bites empty of biblical meaning to many who sing them.

[Orthodox Ensign ☦️🔄🧎 @TheOrthoEnsign]

"I love an early colonial pastor named Jonathan Edwards.... He was an incredible pastor involved in what is called the First Great Awakening.... He left us a large corpus of theological material.... He was just a marvelous theologian and a marvellous pastor."

–Fr. Josiah Trenham

[Mayukh @mayukh_panja]

I don’t understand why anyone would take pride in living abroad.

Pride has to be earned. Developed countries are developed only because people in those societies put in blood, sweat and tears generation, after generation, after generation. You, as a foreigner, have played zero role in any of that.

I am curious, what exactly are you proud of? You have simply optimized your life to
better your personal circumstances. Which is an understandable life choice and I can understand a plethora of emotions that may come with making this choice.

Why pride though? Why the feeling of superiority?

I think it is partly due to internalized self hatred. A lot of Indians genuinely see themselves as little less than others. So by distancing themselves from
their identity they get to wash away some of the perceived shame.

Living outside is a choice like everything else. It can be motivated by a lot of things and often the correct personal decision. It is sad that this needs to be said, but this fact alone doesn’t make anyone in anyway superior.

[Keevan Singh @KeevanSingh]

@MauriceVET So you only entitled to a comment if you first speak out on other social ills first? Gotcha..

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Federal agents in Minneapolis wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground and secured the handgun he was carrying moments before shooting him multiple times, according to a Washington Post analysis of video footage.

Read more: https://t.co/gs55sapKJH

[John Piper @JohnPiper]

“Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’” Matthew 9:13

[Dr. Priyam Bordoloi @DocPriyamMD]

19 year old girl. One impulsive quarrel. One sip of Paraquat. 4 days of agony. Today, she’s gone.

Paraquat is a "No-Exit" poison. It has no antidote. It is 99.9% fatal (even as little as 10ml) yet it’s sold in every neighborhood store in India.

The torture it inflicts:
1. Lungs turn to stone: It causes rapid fibrosis, suffocating the victim while they are fully conscious.
2. Kidney Failure: It shuts down the renal system within 24–48 hours.
3. Esophagus Stricture: It causes severe chemical burns and scarring (strictures) in the food pipe, making even swallowing saliva impossible.

When will the Govt finally ban this? How many more kids do we lose to a herbicide already banned in 70+ countries.

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

The denominations mentioned here are mostly not Protestant churches but cults or false religious groups that do not follow the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. And the Reformers were all Roman Catholics who wanted to reform Rome back to biblical truth, not start a new religion.

Let’s walk through the list:

🤔 Martin Luther didn't like the Catholic Church and founded the Lutheran Church (1517)
Wrong. Luther was an Augustinian monk who loved the Church but was grieved by her corruption, especially the selling of indulgences. He nailed the 95 Theses on October 31, 1517, calling for debate. He never wanted to break away. Rome excommunicated him in 1521 through the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. Luther’s aim was to bring Rome back to the Gospel, not to start Lutheranism.

🤔 John Calvin didn't like the Lutheran Church and founded the Reformed Church (1530s)
Wrong again. Calvin respected Luther but differed on some doctrines. He never “founded” anything. He was a second-generation Reformer who organized the theology of the Reformation in The Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536). The term "Reformed" refers to biblical churches in the tradition of Zwingli and Bucer before Calvin. Calvin died in 1564 in Geneva, having served the Church, not split it.

🤔 Henry VIII didn’t like being denied Catholic marriage and founded the Anglican Church (1534)
This is partly true. Henry VIII broke away from the pope's authority because the pope refused to annul his marriage. The Act of Supremacy in 1534 made the King the head of the Church of England. However, this was a political move, not a theological one. Protestant theology entered England later through Reformers like Thomas Cranmer and the Puritans.

🤔 John Smyth disliked the Anglican Church and founded the Baptist Church (1609)
Wrong framing. Smyth was influenced by the Reformation and wanted to return to the New Testament model of believer’s baptism. He baptized himself and others in 1609 in Amsterdam. Baptist churches formed from a conviction that faith must precede baptism and that the Church must be separate from the state. This was not rebellion. It was restoration.

🤔 William Miller didn’t like the Baptist Church and founded the Adventist movement (1842)
Partly true. Miller was a Baptist who wrongly predicted Christ’s return in 1843 and again in 1844, leading to the “Great Disappointment.” His followers eventually formed the Adventist movement. But this was a cultic offshoot that departed from biblical orthodoxy.

🤔 Ellen G White liked William Miller and founded the Seventh Day Adventist Church (1863)
Correct. She claimed visions and promoted Sabbath keeping, investigative judgment, and other unbiblical doctrines. This group is not Protestant. It teaches another gospel.

🤔 Charles Taze Russell didn’t like Adventists and founded Jehovah’s Witnesses (1872)
True. But again, Jehovah’s Witnesses deny the deity of Christ, the Trinity, and the bodily resurrection. This is a heretical cult, not a Christian denomination.

🤔 Joseph Smith disliked Methodists and founded the Mormon Church (1830)
Correct. Smith claimed to have received golden plates from an angel named Moroni and published the Book of Mormon. This group denies the Trinity, teaches men can become gods, and holds to extra-biblical revelations. Mormonism is a cult by every biblical standard.

🤔 John Wesley disliked the Anglican Church and founded Methodism (1738)
False. Wesley never left the Anglican Church. He led a revival movement within it, preaching salvation by grace through faith and holiness of life. His followers eventually became known as Methodists. He died an Anglican priest in 1791.

🤔 Some pastors didn’t like the Methodist Church and founded the Pentecostal Church (1901)
Partly true. The Pentecostal movement started with Charles Parham and later exploded in the Azusa Street Revival (1906) with William Seymour. This was based on a new focus on tongues and spiritual gifts, not just dislike for Methodism. Many branches of Pentecostalism have moved far from biblical foundations.

🤔 Many did not like the Pentecostal Church and founded other churches
Yes, many churches formed but often without theological depth. Many of these are Word of Faith, Prosperity Gospel, or NAR movements which are not grounded in Scripture. These are not Protestant either. They are modern distortions.

🤔 Evangelical and Born-Again movements came later
“Evangelical” is a broad term referring to those who hold to the authority of Scripture, justification by faith, and the need for conversion. The term goes back to the Reformation. Being “born again” is not a movement but a requirement by Christ Himself in John 3:3.

❗ CORRECTIONS TO CLAIMS MADE

🙌 “Before the Bible, the Church existed.”
Yes, the Church was born through the Word preached by the apostles and the New Testament was being written during that time (1 Thessalonians 2:13). But the Old Testament Scriptures already existed. The Church was built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets (Ephesians 2:20), not on Rome.

🙌 “The Bible is the fruit of the Church.”
Wrong. The Church did not create the Bible. God inspired His Word, and the Church recognized the canon. The Old Testament was already settled long before Christ. The New Testament books were being circulated by the first century. The Muratorian fragment (around 170 AD) already listed most NT books. Councils did not give the Bible authority. They affirmed what was already known by God’s people.

🙌 “Truth is not bound to a book, truth is a Person.”
Yes, Jesus is the Truth (John 14:6). But He said the Word is truth (John 17:17). And He rebuked the Pharisees saying, “Have you not read?” because the Scriptures bear witness about Him (John 5:39).

📖 The early Church fathers didn’t speak like Roman Catholics today.
Irenaeus (around 180 AD) said the Scriptures are sufficient. Athanasius (4th century) defended the deity of Christ from Scripture. Augustine said, “Let the Bible be the foundation.”

The Reformers didn’t break away from the Church. They broke from the corruption of Rome and went back to the Word of God.

✊ We do not follow a chain of human institutions. We follow the voice of the Shepherd in His Word.

There are not 45,000 gospels. There is only one true Gospel, and it is not found in Rome but in the pages of Scripture.

Galatians 1:8 - But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.

[Keevan Singh @KeevanSingh]

@PagliariPhilip @JW_Lumley 😂😂

[Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones | MLJ Trust @TheMLJTrust]

"The greatest fool in the world tonight is a man who's hoping that the world is going to become a better place. It never will. It's doomed. Christ says so, but you can be saved out of it. Listen to the message, the gospel of the kingdom. Believe it and press into the kingdom." ―Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones https://t.co/5MDUSqde6P

[Keevan Singh @KeevanSingh]

@SherrySandy2 @MarshaAIvey @PembertonCilla @PhaedraMohammed @saundephill @rdahiya5 @margoburnsstau1 @anilkpersad @RaveedKhan2 @Kelly11418464 @DrAWilliams007 Cool video. Pricing is kind of steep though...

[Keevan Singh @KeevanSingh]

@PembertonCilla Great one take video!

[Keevan Singh @KeevanSingh]

@saundephill Hi Arlene

[Keevan Singh @KeevanSingh]

Hello fellow CUTL colleagues!