Mike Brooks

Assoc. Pastor at @HopeCambridge // Church History PhD - Evangelicalism and American Higher Ed.

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Kindle Deal: The Unquenchable Flame by Michael Reeves (@mike_reeves). https://t.co/sAkds5ldnE

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A case for theological commentaries:

One reason pastors (and others in the church) may struggle more with dogmatic categories than with biblical-theological ones is that most modern commentaries rarely engage dogmatic theology in a sustained way. As a result, many pastors are not trained to ask these questions or to recognize the theological resources available to them. Instead, they must turn to separate systematic theology works to learn these categories.

The church would be better served if scholars began incorporating dogmatic reflection directly into commentaries. These discussions would also become more practical and pastorally useful when tied closely to specific texts and verses rather than remaining at the level of abstract theory.

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Gameday walks to the ball field. A bit of the Good Stuff™️.

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@rhyneputman Provoking Kansas City-dwellers. Bold strategy.

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"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever."

Psalm 23:6

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Great to see this article on Adoniram Judson from @ThomasSKidd in this month’s issue of @CTmagazine. Looking forward to the new Judson biography forthcoming with @crossway as well.

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Woke up to evidence that the 9-year-old discovered the Celtics lost to Philly last night via the @BostonGlobe. 📰

Trying to encourage more analog habits at home so we’re onto this versus SportsCenter at present. More tactile heartbreak in this case. 🏀

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Winter finally gives way to Saturdays full of Greater Boston Little League. 🙌🏻

These days of catcher’s gear that is 2x too big and 100% chaos when the ball is hit feel like they’re passing by too quickly.

But to be present now is such a gift. The good stuff.

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"Oh, brothers, do we not want to see souls begin 'to flock to Christ as the Savior'? Then let us live and preach this great central truth of justification by faith alone."

— @JohnPiper, "Brothers, We are Not Professionals"

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The goods made it to Massachusetts. Check out Provis Coffee in Kansas City. https://t.co/pYu14YNl8I

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5 tracks in and glad we have @NoahKahan in time for the summer.

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3 helpful ?s to ask if/when you use AI.

Am I using AI...

...to push past my God-given limits?

...to replace wisdom gained from in-person relationships?

...to neglect the work God has entrusted to me?

Helpful thoughts from Bethany Broderick at @TGC.

https://t.co/CtoWAliSmK

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…where the full range of human emotions is on display. Joy, anguish, despair, grit, and determination. Kindness in lending a hand to a struggling fellow runner. Arms raised to hype up the crowd and in soon-coming triumph.

Simple things reminding us of some things far greater.

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Marathon Monday in Boston is a great and needful reminder that we humans, being made in God’s image, are capable of wonderfully remarkable things.

I always find myself looking on, glassy-eyed, at the corner of Hereford and Commonwealth—the second to last turn before the finish…

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Final page proofs came in today. One last pass through the manuscript and then its off. So hope this one is helpful for students and church members. @ReadBakerBooks

Learn more here: https://t.co/gMUHFZ22ai

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Periodic reminder that the local authors section in the Concord Bookshop (Concord, MA) is a bit of a flex.

Hawthorne, Thoreau, Emerson, Alcott, et al.

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Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.

Happy Easter.

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Tomorrow.

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"The ancient sources tell a coherent narrative about the days following Jesus’s death." // A good read from @KyleTucker242 this week over at @TGC. https://t.co/NtL5G7xOrw