Andrew Smyth

Jesus is Lord.
Husband, @heidias86.
Dad.
Pastor, Westminster OPC, Hamill, SD, user.

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

Lots of anachronisms. Lots of names made up to sound vaguely ancient but not based in any real language. Whole chapters just cribbed from the Bible with no explanatory context.

Loving God with your mind is rejecting things like this.

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

I actually did listen to the whole thing on audiobook once.

It very much hits like 19th century American Bible fanfiction by a guy who didn't know nearly enough to pull it off.

Which is to say, not the word of God.

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

Read the Book of Mormon.

Cover to cover.

Pray about it, asking sincerely to know whether it’s true (the final chapter provides specific guidance on this point).

Then tell me whether Latter-day Saints believe in Jesus Christ.

Will you accept that challenge?

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

(so should you)

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

He should go to church instead.

[The Post Millennial @TPostMillennial]

Madison Square Garden is preparing MASSIVE levels of security for President Trump's NBA Finals appearance tomorrow night.

Trump is becoming the FIRST sitting US president in HISTORY to attend the NBA Finals in person.

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

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[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

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[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

@r_w_rob State breakdown of most recent list:
CA - 6
MI - 4
PA - 3
KY, IL, MA, OR - 2 each
AL, AZ, Canada, FL, NJ, SD, TN, TX, VA - 1 each

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

@r_w_rob ...in California?

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

@BangerOfTruth @RevJimOPC Given that there are a few hundred OPC congregations, this very likely is that 1/100.

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

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[Pastor Mathis @ShawnMathis1972]

Imagine having the 10 Commandments used beyond the private level so that entire communities would feel their sins. That's what our church forefathers did when they pushed for Christian influence in society.

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

@AmericanPresby @jared_555 ...unless it isn't.

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

It would be a very perilous move for the PCA (or anyone else) to enshrine late American revisionism as the true faith.

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

Study the tradition, but don't you dare actually believe what it teaches.

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

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[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

If Ligonier posted a video tomorrow about young women ought to marry young in the Lord and have lots of kids, we all know the denunciations would come from every corner about how hurtful and excluding it is. Our society and many churches are upside-down in this regard.

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

can we don't?

[Ligonier Ministries @Ligonier]

Singleness can be a gift that the Lord uses for your good and His glory.

Watch as Rebecca VanDoodewaard encourages single women to be fruitful with the time God has given them.

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

The world sells singleness as the preferable option at every turn. We are likely in a moment where young women need much more to hear that it's OK (and, in fact, preferable) *not* to be single.

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

Probably about the only way back from this is to return to an emphasis on memorization and rhetoric in education (closed book written exams, oral exams, debates as exams, etc.) Research writing can no longer be trusted as a metric of competency.

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

The academic apocalypse is upon us.

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

🚨Claude Code just gave me a complete research paper with a single prompt.

The paper has a strong argument and even beats AI-detection app, Pangram.

With a little editing, it can pass for 100% human, and can be easily submitted for peer review.

Here's the workflow I used:

[Andrew Smyth @ref_andrew]

@AmericanPresby Kline at his most scholarly said the OT is not canon for the NT church. Ideas have consequences.