Mark Beuving

Author of Resonate and co-author of Multiply. Pastor. Writing sporadically at

[Dr. Michael F. Bird @mbird12]

“The problem of biblicism arises when a dogmatic profession to follow the Bible alone morphs into an inability to recognize, acknowledge or address other influences that come to bear when interpreting the individual texts of the biblical witness as a whole.”
- Mark Noll

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

Prayer gives us relief from the melancholy burden of self-absorption.

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@DouglasMain @ChickfilA Did it set your heart in motion?

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@bariweiss Kierkegaard had a lot to say about the latter. I think you’d find a lot of food for thought in his short book The Present Age.

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@DanKoch It’s lovely, Dan! I love the nod to “You Still Believe in Me.”

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@bens1031 The most Kierkegaardian burn I’ve ever seen on this app.

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@adam_a_perez Jeremie Begbie has been doing this at the scholarly level for years, plus others like John Witvliet and also Steve Turner (on a more popular level). And I’ll also gently drop my link here because it’s exactly what you’re asking about and I’m proud of it: https://t.co/5xuxranQpY

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@bens1031 It used to taint my whole view of them because I used to use specific doctrines as litmus tests, but now I like to glean generously. Occasionally I resonate with most (never all) of a person’s body of work, but I’m always learning something—even when I disagree with much.

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@KSPrior @howertonjosh I had people leave the church because they googled Kierkegaard after I quoted him in a sermon and their quick search told them he was liberal or dangerous or something. But I don’t think losing someone who isn’t willing to try to understand means it was a mistake to quote him. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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@KSPrior @howertonjosh Why so quick to dismiss @KSPrior ’s answer? Sure, there’s not time for a college lecture explanation, but what do we model by utilizing ideas the sources of which we’re ashamed to name? If the idea isn’t worth a source-explanation, maybe there’s not time in the sermon for it?

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@Big_Dread @PrestonSprinkle @RawTheology I love it! Let’s all keep crowdsourcing this and then I’ll release the Extented Cut Zapruder Film Edition.

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I was commissioned by @PrestonSprinkle to create a playlist for the upcoming @RawTheology conference. It’s held together by an exile theme and includes some of the artists from the conference and podcast. So fun to make. Enjoy it.

[Preston Sprinkle @PrestonSprinkle]

Okay friends, here’s the @RawTheology
“Exiles in Babylon” playlist for the conference. The playlist consists of 5 ten-song movements with a thematic arc that starts with exile and culminates in restoration.

THEOLOGY IN THE RAW: EXILES IN BABYLON https://t.co/nafPbB5fXA

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“Prayer means that we deal first with God and then with the world. Or, that we experience the world first not as a problem to be solved but as a reality in which God is acting.” - Eugene Peterson

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@ickymylayla Happy b-day!

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Back with some more Jackass Theology: “Barna tracked the perception of Christianity from 1996, when 85% of ‘non-Christians’ held a favorable view of Christianity, to 2007 when that dropped to 16%. Have we earned the poor reputation?” https://t.co/m7gpUqTFQI

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@oldoly Scarcity enhances the value.

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“Do you know who gives me the most trouble? Do you know who I pray for most in my pastoral work? Just myself. I do not say it to appear to be humble, for I have preached all my lifetime to people who are better than I.” - A.W. Tozer

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@amber_bowen What a great topic! Will this paper or your presentation of it ever be available for the general public?

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@richvillodas Also interesting to ask what Jesus meant by “world” there. We think it’s unchurched systems/people, but he refers to “their law” (15:25) & says they’ll put you out of synagogues in an effort to serve God (16:2). So the “world” that will hate us includes religious systems/people.

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@musciguy I love this discussion you had with Tiffany, and I love the tie in to Resonate. Thanks for sharing Garret.