Evan Brown

Adveniat regnum tuum

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

"When a church describes retaliation by comparing their pastor to Jesus, it will push people away from Jesus."

Wow, that is true, and it cuts to the heart.

This piece by @CarsonWeitnauer about the @EKHyland and @NaperPres situation is worth a read.

[Carson Weitnauer @CarsonWeitnauer]

I've learned that when a church involved in a controversy releases a statement, it might need a second look.

Here's how I decode what Naperville Presbyterian Church said about themselves - and @EKHyland

https://t.co/40Rf8x4fnC

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@TweettheSouth @EKHyland Margaret Thatcher said, "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@daneortlund I was an elder at @daneortlund's Naperville Presbyterian Church when @EKHyland was fired and testified under oath at trial. NPC has now released a statement in response to the legal ruling against it. That statement is significant in what it conspicuously omits.

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@daneortlund I was an elder at @daneortlund's Naperville Presbyterian Church when @EKHyland was fired and testified under oath at trial. NPC has now released a statement in response to the legal ruling against it. That statement is significant in what it conspicuously omits.

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@brmorris Two of the 6 active elders at NPC are on staff (their livelihoods depend on the church). Another two are over 80 years old, and one of those was a key player in the unlawful conduct. The other two, well, unfortunately, they are "yes men".

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@EKHyland @ThigpenTiffany Still much sinful pride, I see. So sad.

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@EKHyland @ThigpenTiffany 👀

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@Michael13765618 @jakedell73 Do you think the word "priesthood" has the same sense in both contexts?

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@Michael13765618 @jakedell73 I'm asking the question.

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@LowerLeavell That's a wise take. Also, you and I may be talking past each other a little bit because I haven't seen any repentance of or consequences upon the Immanuel leadership that let this happen. There's still plenty for which to rebuke them, IMHO, and not just for this.

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@LowerLeavell Fair enough. I read your original tweet as calling for discernment while dismissing criticism as pride. There's room to continue to critique what happened and what, given who the leaders are, is likely to continue.

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@LowerLeavell What insight do you have to confirm that he (and the ones in leadership who have platformed him) have not continued in sinning? Are we to read a "one rebuke" rule in 1 Tim 5:20?

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@LowerLeavell Without skin in the game (and presumably no first hand information as to what has or is being done), how do you know that "[t]his has already been accomplished?"

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@LowerLeavell It sounds like you might be an Allberry fan. If so, I can imagine it's painful for you to read these criticisms of him and of those who platformed him.

[Evan Brown @neoflexycurrent]

@merelyjwright @ThouArtTheMan I have it on good authority that there is more Ortlund family scandal-news dropping soon. Keep 👀

[Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles]

Has anyone ever been more vindicated than this guy?

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

I don’t care what is animating or annoying you, I don’t care what your political persuasion might be, invading a church is unacceptable and is a violation of religious liberty.

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

As we wrestle in my home state of Minnesota with the fact of deep corruption in the political and economic orders, I want to draw attention to the “social justice” dimension of this problem. Catholic social teaching has a good deal to say about official corruption, insisting that it undermines confidence in our leaders, compromises the integrity of the institutions of government, and subverts the rule of law. But even more importantly, it deeply harms the poor, stealing resources from them, increasing inequality, and blocking essential services such as health and education. And if the widespread fraud in Minnesota is also present in a number of other states, we are dealing with a massive violation of human rights and a heinous attack upon the poor and needy. This should not be a matter of partisan politics. Rather, wherever this corruption exists, it should be fought and those responsible for it brought to justice.