Paul Kemp

Passionate follower of Christ. Married to my college sweetheart. Love mountain-biking, reading theology, talking about God.

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“The concept of substitution may be said to lie at the heart of both sin and salvation. For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man.”— @JohnStott by way of @MattSmethurst #BeforeYouShareYourFaith

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Christian spiritual formation is the lifelong process of image-bearers called by the goodness of God, shaped by the truth of God, to behold the beauty of God. #ColemanFord

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Union with Christ is both indicative and imperative, a reality in us that requires further action by us. #MichaelBird #TheStoryOfGod #Romans6

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Without an understanding of the nature of God’s kingdom, we will be either naïvely utopian or cynical about society ever holding any good. We will demonize something that isn’t entirely bad or idolize something that isn’t entirely good.-@timkellernyc #CitytoCityDNA

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@JeremyTreat5 @biolau What are your assigned texts?

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“Works” have no “merit”, though of course faith, inevitably, even unconsciously, flows out into works of love at once. He is not saved because he does works of love: he does works of love because he is saved. #CSLewis

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Orthodox belief is vitally important, but it is not exactly the same as gospel integrity… Integrity requires that the truths we formally confess …affect and change us. Integrity is found where the head and the heart are aligned. #EvangelicalHypocrisy @mike_reeves

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@bethfelkerjones Chorizo, potato and egg breakfast taco on a flour tortilla. But this is where it gets a bit pretentious, with a oak milk vanilla latte.

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@DPCassidyTKC What do you make of her name at the apex of the chiasmus?

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…and the proper dimensions of the hope that he has secured for us. So we who follow Jesus soon find ourselves reading and delighting in the Bible. (2/2) #DoctrineOfScripture #MarkDThompson

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It is not long before we discover that to know and understand Jesus as he is, and not just as we imagine him to be, we must understand the promises of God concerning him and what he came to do, the difference his coming makes to life now… (1/2)

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@pj_schreiner Will always be a delicate balance between the rich symbolic world of the Bible and the plain meaning of the text. I am sure we all err on either side of the equation at various stages along the way. But yes!

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I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ. Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you have refreshed the hearts of the Lord’s people (Philemon 6-7)

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God did not create a world with blindness, leprosy, hunger, and death in it. Jesus’s miracles were signs that someday all these corruptions of his creation would be abolished. @timkellernyc #ProdigalGod

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Jesus’s miracles were not so much violations of the natural order, but a restoration of the natural order.

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This world is not simply a theater for individual conversion narratives… The ultimate purpose of Jesus is not only individual salvation… but the renewal of this world, the end of disease, poverty, injustice, violence, suffering, and death. @timkellernyc #ProdigalGod

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No more let sin and sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow, far as the curse is found. Merry Christmas

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@pj_schreiner What are some of the resources you would recommend for a popular level introduction to hermeneutics for small group leaders and church members in general?

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Thanks @SenTedCruz for taking the time to listen to a crazy story and help a fellow traveler resolve his passport issues. Pleasure meeting you!