Ralph Depping

Husband, father, software engineer, Church elder, Munster Rugby fan - through all and in all a follower of Jesus.

Works at @dopesecurity

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@dexhorthy Can you share a link to the open source RPI framework?

Looking forward to trying out humanlayer

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@WesleyLHuff @StevenBartlett Isn't that a great thing to be known for as a Christian (apologist)?

A happy person, content, rounded and anchored (by Christ of course!)

...and bright cookie as well of course 😁

[Jonny Pollock @jonnypollock]

Latest update on missiologically mapping Ireland now out! I'd love your feedback (and help if you can spare it!)

Please share if you can! [Link in Comments]

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@mikeneglia I have a physical copy that I could probably get to you...assuming you're good at returning books 😁

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

You are not suffering from anything that a good resurrection can’t fix.

— D. A. Carson

[Jonny Pollock @jonnypollock]

Over the next while I will be aiming to organise and update missiological research done in Ireland around 10 years ago. This will, God willing, identify churches in Ireland, but also highlight Gospel need in the country.

I will share updates on: https://t.co/iLNX8qzWOm

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@FredFredSanders Getting reliable, quality "One-shot" results requires an investment. It's still quite tricky for creative content.

Even then, I'm not a fan of AI content directly consumed by humans. I'm less bothered where it's an intermediate and hidden contrib (e.g. coding agents)

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@FredFredSanders "Here's a link to documents I wrote. Use my voice when writing"

Best way to learn is to push it to produce content you are happy with. Constraint - only modify the prompt. You won't save time now, it's a hockey curve of adoption.

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@edsim The speed of writing code has practically never been the issue in many orgs.

What to build, how to release, what the market wants, the priority and alignment of engineering teams...the increase in code generation is highlighting what's been the core issue, and it's not coding

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@rynhayden Will check it out, thanks Ryan.

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@RebeccMcLaugh "all your righteousness, would have no more influence to uphold you and keep you out of hell than a spider’s web would have to stop a falling rock" - Jonathan Edwards

That's all it needs, a few words to enliven the senses and bring it home. That's all I read from your og tweet.

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@calebmorell @challies @ClareMorellEPPC It's purchased and on the "to read list", looking forward to it

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@RichardJLucasJr He has been immensely generous as well to the churches in Ireland, regularly coming to Cork to teach systematic theology at @MunsterBible

A great servant, with a heart for the Lord and his church.

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@SteveMeisterVDM Totally agree that unqualified obey strongly multiple wills and a form of subordanationism.

How comfortable should we be with speaking of God the Father as source or fountainhead or first within the trinity?

Is that relatively safe language?

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@jk_rowling @DessieVendee The evidence for God? Take a month - consider the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. Dr. Gary Habermas @LibertyU and @LeeStrobel are great places to start.

[Mike Riccardi @MikeRiccardi_]

In his excellent book, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, historian Carl Trueman argues that the dominant worldview of the contemporary secular West is what he calls “expressive individualism.” This is the idea that “each of us finds our meaning by giving expression to our own feelings and desires” (46).

The Enlightenment philosopher Rene Descartes is famous for the dictum, “I think, therefore I am.” Expressive individualism is captured by the motto: “I feel, therefore I am.” Or perhaps, “I am what I feel I am.”

“And,” the reasoning goes, “in order for me to be my authentic self, I must give unfettered expression to those feelings. And because I am my feelings, any contradiction of my psychological beliefs about myself—any failure to affirm and validate those feelings—is a hateful threat to my very self. It is violence against my personhood.”

That is western culture over the last 15 years, especially as promoted by the political left. It’s why “speech” is called “violence.” It’s why words are spoken of as being “weaponized.” Everything is a weapon if I am under attack when my feelings aren’t affirmed.

Any lack of wholehearted affirmation and even celebration of my feelings—and certainly the notion that my feelings ought to change in order to be brought in line with objective reality—is virtually the same as wanting me to die.

It’s not difficult to see the implication: I have to kill you before you “kill” me. There is a straight line between the deification of one’s own feelings to the political assassinations (and attempts) that we are now seeing more of.

But the answer is to this is: you are not your feelings. You are what God your Creator says you are: a creature, made in His image, male or female as He has designed you, created to glorify and honor Him. And yet you have fallen into sin and corruption through disobedience to God’s law, and that disobedience earns you the just penalty of eternal punishment for your sins in hell.

But the Father has sent His Son into the world, (1) to live the perfect life of obedience you and I have failed to live, and (2) to die the substitutionary death that you and I were required to die (but couldn’t survive), bearing the penalty of divine wrath that sin deserves, and (3) to rise from the grave in victory over sin and death.

And He promises that if you will turn from your sin and trust Christ alone for your righteousness before God, your sins will be forgiven. If you repudiate yourself and find your identity in Jesus, He will replace the sinking sands of your feelings with the solid rock of truth. And He will be to you all the satisfaction and fulfillment that you could ever wish.

Expressive individualism is willing to take the lives of others in pursuit of self-actualization. The Gospel is: Jesus was willing to surrender His life in pursuit of others’ salvation. We live consistently with that Gospel when we lay down our lives to pursue others’ freedom.

A nation can only survive on one of those worldviews. The answer to our country’s brokenness is the Gospel of Jesus Christ alone.

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@glenscrivener incredible - I cannot comprehend the scale of death in the womb

[Ralph Depping @RalphDepping]

@MunsterBible Yes, the Delaune Lecture videos go up afterwards at https://t.co/4xkVhSZCgu

[Munster Bible College @MunsterBible]

Faith and Flaws: A Conversation on Ireland's First Missionaries

An evening of lively discussion, open to all. Robert Strivens will also be teaching our Church History I module the 22nd-27th. Find out more at https://t.co/0lHMbPAzGz