Ryan McKeen

“If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a slave of Christ.” Gal 1:10 • Pastor • Husband • 1689 • D.Min @mastersseminary

[Mike Riccardi @MikeRiccardi_]

“If the whole function of the minister is ‘inspirational’ rather than ‘instructional,’ then, no doubt, we may dispense with all serious study of the Scripture.”

“But, if the minister is the mouth-piece of the Most High, charged with a message to deliver, to expound and enforce; standing in the name of God before men, to make known to them who and what this God is, and what his purposes of grace are, and what his will for his people—then, the whole aspect of things is changed.

“Then, it is the prime duty of the minister to know his message; to know the instructions which have been committed to him for the people, and to know them thoroughly;

“to be prepared to declare them with confidence and with exactness, to commend them with wisdom, and to urge them with force and defend them with skill, and to build men up by means of them into a true knowledge of God and of his will, which will be unassailable in the face of the fiercest assault.”

— B. B. Warfield

[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

Very wise words from John Piper:

“As speculation increases, authority decreases…so watch out for too many maybes.”

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[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

I need no other argument,
I need no other plea,
It is enough that Jesus died,
And that he died for me.

[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

It is done. God is so good. Doctorate complete.

Very grateful for everyone I’ve met through the process, the life long friends I’ve made, and for those who helped and supported me each step of the way! More than I could ever ask or think! Soli Deo Gloria!

@MastersSeminary

[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

“But as for me, I would seek God,
And I would set my cause before God,
Who does great and unsearchable things,
Wonders without number.”

Job 5:8–9

[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

Their seed will serve Him; It will be recounted about the Lord to the coming generation.
They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has done it.”

Psalm 22:28–31

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[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

“For the kingdom is Yahweh’s And He rules over the nations.
All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship, All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

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[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

“An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,
And he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.”

Proverbs 29:27

[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

“But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.”

Acts 2:24

[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

High King of heaven, my victory won
May I reach heaven's joys,
O bright heaven's sun
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall
Still be my vision, O ruler of all

[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Me.”

John 14:6

[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

@mikevlach Got it!

[Mike Riccardi @MikeRiccardi_]

“A minister’s hands are strengthened when he can point to his people as living proofs of the doctrine he preaches.”

— John Newton

[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

What a privilege to preach God’s Word to God’s people.

[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

God is God.
I am not.
God is good.
I do not always understand His ways.

Isaiah 46:9–10

[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

"Is He quite safe?"
“Safe?" said Mr. Beaver. "Who said anything about safe? 'Course He isn't safe. But He's good. He's the King, I tell you."

~ C. S. Lewis, “The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe”

[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

“The eyes of Yahweh are toward the righteous
And His ears are open to their cry for help.“

“The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
Yahweh is near to the brokenhearted
And saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
(Psalm 34:15, 17–18)

[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

…or in the early second century during the Bar Kochba Revolt (c. AD 132).”

~ Michael J. Svigel, The Fathers on the Future, p. 226

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[Ryan McKeen @ryanjmckeen]

“Contrary to preterist interpreters, neither Justin nor Irenaeus (nor anybody else in the first or second century) saw 2 Thessalonians 2 as being fulfilled in the first century during the First Jewish Revolt (c. AD 70)…

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