RobFreire

disciple of Jesus, husband of Delimar, father of five, pastor of New Hope Fellowship NY 🐻⬇️

[RobFreire @RobF74]

@BenjaminSWatson There is no fear of God before their eyes

[Mike Kruger @michaeljkruger]

There are many good arguments for the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, but all are not equally compelling. Here's the one I find the most persuasive: https://t.co/IhJKZ9aHsM

[RobFreire @RobF74]

@mitchellchase It’s a nay for me. I believe it was Noah, and his hearers weren’t dead yet.

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

Some have said that my being attacked by both the “right” and the “left” is a sign I am teaching truth because truth is found in the middle between extremes. I appreciate the support, but that’s not accurate.

First, it's important to note everyone occupies SOME middle because there’s always someone to one side or the other on issues who thinks YOU have compromised. Nearly everyone is in a ‘middle’—the question is: which middle is the right one?

Second, Christians should never seek a middle ground for its own sake. The goal should be to take positions that do justice to the Biblical teaching, regardless of whether the world sees you—in its categories-- as an extremist or a moderate.

Third, often Christians look like they are taking a “Third Way,” not because they are moderates but because, in being biblical, they combine what the world considers extreme positions that normally cannot go together. The Bible’s view of humanity in the imago Dei is far more optimistic about human nature than Rousseau's, & yet its view of human sin is far more pessimistic than Hobbes'—both at once! It might be fair to call that a 3rd way between alternatives, but it is not a half-and-half middle way.

Fourth, when Christians formulated the doctrine of Christ’s person, was it a halfway between Docetism (Christ isn’t really human) and Ebionism (Christ isn’t really divine)? No, Jesus is not half God and half human but fully God and fully human. The biblical doctrine IS NOT a middle way. It “diagonalizes” the alternatives (C.Watkin). It “subversively fulfills” the alternatives (D.Strange) That is, it fully critiques both and yet fulfills the best aspirations of both at the same time, without merely combining them or borrowing from them. The biblical position is not somewhere on a spectrum between alternatives—it is off the spectrum yet acknowledges the concerns of all the positions.

5th, my main criticism of so many Christians on social media who attack from the “Right” or from the “Left" is that they unknowingly wed the faith with secular political ideologies. On the right, people make idols of individual freedom and of the market and demonize government. On the left, people make idols of sexual expression, racial identity, and the State, and demonize religion and love of country. Biblical faith sees all of these as good things, but relativizes them before God and his love and grace. All things were made good (Gen 1), all things are fallen (Gen 3)-yet God through Jesus is redeeming all things. For more 1) On social-cultural idols see R.Niebuhr, “The Christian Church in a Secular Age” 2) On personal-inner idols see D.Powlison, “Idols of the Heart and Vanity Fair” 3) For a deep dive on idolatry see M.Habertal and A.Margalit “Idolatry”.

[RobFreire @RobF74]

@Acyn He said the exact opposite here, while denigrating McCain.

https://t.co/8XsNPagx4n

[RobFreire @RobF74]

@garonnevik

[RobFreire @RobF74]

Reminds me of the hilarious scene in The Death of Stalin where Polituro members nervously laugh at the big man’s corny jokes. Later they nervously tell their wives how many times they were able to make Stalin laugh.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Stephen Miller praised Trump for several minutes. Then Trump turned to Kash Patel and said, “Kash, see if you can top that.”

Patel: “Mr. President, thank you for delivering the safest country on God’s green Earth.”

Straight up North Korea vibes

[RobFreire @RobF74]

@brian_walker75 Lack of clarity, or suspicions, about the counseling org's philosophy and approach to counseling

Absence of communication between the church and the counseling org

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@DZRishmawy And sacrifice the extra engagement?

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@drewdyck You mean you just STAND there?

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@richstarnes Oh man. Steel yourself for the blowback on this one!

[RobFreire @RobF74]

I think most of the unpopular opinions shared here are, in fact, pretty popular opinions.

[RobFreire @RobF74]

@realmattcarr It would seem that one's worth in his eyes is finally determined by how loyal and useful you were to him. How unlike our King.

[RobFreire @RobF74]

@jaredcwilson "The first and primary object of preaching is not only to give information. It is, as Edwards says, to produce an impression. It is the impression at the time that matters, even more than what you can remember subsequently. . . ." -- Martyn Lloyd-Jones

[RobFreire @RobF74]

@paytonsun @walterpayton The greatest! But I wonder if he preferred this ride to the Buick.

[RobFreire @RobF74]

@TheMafiaPoint No. Not even close.

[Luka Revenge Tour @Kyrie_Doncic]

Sorry to the creator of this but the Fernando Mendoza “Like A Prayer” music goes way better

When LeBron jumps at “feels like flying” 🙏🏼🥹

[RobFreire @RobF74]

@bluewmist Not a small change, but I quit all alcohol. The benefits have reached far beyond eliminating the liquid calories.

[RobFreire @RobF74]

I don't think cynicism is a fruit of the Spirit.

And I'm a (slowly) recovering cynic.