Steve Fleming

Husband, Father, Pastor of Grace Bible Church, graduate of The Expositors Seminary

[Jerry Wragg @Jerry_Wragg]

It is an uncrucified craving for significance that topples many in the ministry today. Everyday we must go to war with this!

[ICR @ICRscience]

Just as printed ink on paper requires an author, the encoded information in DNA requires a divine Writer.

[Dr. John Frame @DrJohnFrame]

God wants our minds, but he also wants our feelings, to be consecrated to him. He wants his joys to be our joys, his sorrows to be our sorrows, his enthusiasms to be our enthusiasms, his compassions to be our compassions.

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

Very true.

[Steve Fleming @Steve_Flemingo]

@InterstellarUAP So if you believe then does that mean your basis is faith rather than reason? If your position is based on faith, the are you saying faith can take us where reason cannot?

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

“Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.”

— Thomas Sowell

[Jeremiah Knight @iamrjknight]

This is a long read, but the issue is too important to reduce… I have wrestled with it deeply and I hope you will take the time to read it slowly.

To My Fellow Reformed Brothers and Sisters

There is something heavy on my heart that I need to say plainly and honestly.

What good is sound theology if it does not transform how we live and love? Too often we wear doctrine like a crown of superiority instead of a mark of humility. The very truths that should bring us low before God sometimes make us stand taller before men.

Being Reformed in India is often a lonely road. We are few, scattered across a vast land. The joy of discovering the doctrines of grace is real and deeply freeing, yet it is often followed by the sobering realization that finding believers who reflect the humility those truths are meant to produce is far more difficult.

Most of my interaction with Reformed believers has been online. Out of countless conversations, only a few displayed genuine grace, patience, and Christlike character. Many showed deep theological knowledge but little spiritual tenderness. Theology meant to humble the sinner had become a badge of intellectual superiority.

A few days ago, someone called me a heretic over secondary issues such as the day of worship and baptism. I mentioned that Scripture does not bind believers to a specific day, pointing to Colossians 2:16–17. What followed was a rigid defence of Sunday as the Christian Sabbath, quoting Calvin and the Westminster Confession of Faith. When I asked whether he has ever been to a Muslim majority country where Christian believers, gather on Fridays because Sunday is working day and whether such worship would somehow be unacceptable to God, the question was ignored. I asked what should be said about persecuted believers who can only gather secretly and irregularly on any day. Would God reject their worship because it was not held on Sunday? The heart of the matter was never addressed.

Instead, the conversation shifted to baptism and the accusations intensified. Because I did not hold to the Westminster Confession’s view but to the London Baptist Confession, I was told that I was not truly Reformed and should stop using the term. The discussion revealed something deeper than disagreement. The arguments were clouded by theological pride, valuing rigid tradition above Christlike humility.

This exposes a wider problem. We sometimes quote Calvin, the Puritans, or confessions more passionately than we quote Scripture itself. Their writings are valuable guides, but they were never meant to become our authority. The Reformers fought precisely against elevating human writings alongside Scripture. Their goal was always to return the church to the Word of God, not to build new camps around their own names.

Our authority is Scripture alone. Confessions summarize truth but do not define it infallibly. When we treat them as untouchable, we repeat the very error the Reformation sought to correct.

There is a danger here that we must face honestly. We can become so committed to being theologically correct that we forget to be Christlike. We defend positions with precision while failing to display patience, gentleness, and love. We can explain predestination flawlessly and still speak in ways that contradict the grace we claim to believe. Scripture reminds us that knowledge without love turns us into noise rather than witnesses (1 Corinthians 13:1).

The doctrines of grace should produce the humblest people on earth. If salvation is entirely the work of God, then pride has no place left to stand. We were not rescued because we were wiser, more discerning, or more faithful, but because God showed mercy. That truth should soften our speech, slow our judgments, and deepen our compassion toward those still learning.

I do not write this as someone who has arrived. I see pride in my own heart more often than I wish to admit. Growth happens as we sharpen one another with truth and grace together (Proverbs 27:17). The goal is not agreement on every secondary issue but maturity in Christ.

Let our theology drive us to humility, not arrogance. Let it led us to prayer more than argument, to Scripture more than personalities and to Christ more than camps.

Let us be quicker to listen than to speak (James 1:19).
Let us pray more than we debate, remembering that God alone opens blind eyes (2 Corinthians 4:6).

Let us serve with humility, counting others more significant than ourselves (Philippians 2:3–4).

Let us show patience, remembering how patient God has been with us (2 Peter 3:9).

Brothers and sisters, sound doctrine was never meant to make us impressive. It was meant to make us humble. The truths that revealed our helplessness before God should never become weapons we use against one another. If grace truly saved us apart from our merit, then grace must also shape how we speak, correct, and walk with others who are still learning.

May our theology drive us lower before Christ, not higher above our brethren. May those who encounter us see not merely people who argue well, but people who have been humbled by mercy and changed by truth.

Soli Deo Gloria.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@creation247 I agree with the teachings of Jesus

[Defender of the Republic 🇺🇸 @realdefender45]

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[Andrew Kolvet @AndrewKolvet]

MASS DEPORTATIONS ARE MAKING AMERICA SAFER

Did you know…

Last year saw the largest decline in murders in history?

There were also MASSIVE drops in rapes, robberies, shooting deaths (the fewest since 2015), traffic fatalities, and overdose deaths.

Sure, there’s multiple trends contributing to this post COVID, but…

The drops are MOST dramatic exactly where the Trump admin conducted mass deportations and enhanced law enforcement ops:

Washington, D.C. — Murders declined 60% (!!), carjackings dropped 68%, and overall crime fell by 1/3.

Chicago — 2025 saw the fewest murders since 1965. Shootings were down by more than 1/3.

Memphis — Fewer than 200 murders for the first time since 2019. Shootings dropped nearly 40%.

New Orleans — Homicides rate fell to the lowest level in nearly 50 years.

The media propaganda and the hysteria are meant to distract from the remarkable ROI of enforcing our immigration laws.

[Andrew Kolvet @AndrewKolvet]

Last night on CNN, Rebecca Good's father appeared for his first interview to discuss Renee's death.

The host repeatedly probed for answers that would condemn President Trump, but his answer even took the host back.

"I don't blame ICE, I don't blame Rebecca, I don't blame Renee. I just, you know, I just wish that, you know, if- if we're walking the spirit of God, I don't think she would have been there. That's- that's the way I look at it."

[Sean Perron @seanperron]

The evangelical counseling world is in crisis. Most churches embrace the narrative that the real "professionals" are secularly trained and/or licensed by the state. Therapeutic interventions are mixed in with a diet form of pastoral care.

Unfortunately, biblical counseling institutions are becoming more unreliable (see CCEF for example).🙁 The need of the hour is not to lessen our convictions, but to recommit ourselves to the Lordship of Christ for all of life. We need a robust commitment to the sufficiency of Scripture that speaks the truth in love.

There is hope, but it won't come without repentance. Evangelicalism must return to the wisdom of God's word instead of trying to be highly esteemed in the eyes of a therapeutic culture. We don't need lukewarm pastors, counselors, or institutions. We need more hearts on fire for the Bible - regardless of what it says.
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[Shane Koehler @shanekoehler]

Crazy. Even Paul didn't know.

Colossians 2.16-17
Romans 14.4-6

[Steve Fleming @Steve_Flemingo]

@LauraLoomer @onantisland @RealAlexJones Cause or consequence? Wouldn’t you say that Rejection of Christ is the bigger threat so hence Islam rises to fill the void?

[Mike Kotecki @MKJupiter]

@JCRyle Anything by Michael Vlach or Matt Waymeyer
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[Shane Koehler @shanekoehler]

Many treat eschatology like a taboo, fearing it breeds passivity or nihilism. But in Scripture, the “end” (telos) isn’t termination, it’s fulfillment. Imminence doesn’t make life pointless���it makes every moment more urgent, more precious. Live ready.

#ENDTIMES

[Tom Ascol @tomascol @tomascol]

I hoped never to have to make this post. Pray for the Bauchams. A warrior has died.

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[Shane Koehler @shanekoehler]

Charlie Kirk showed us how to engage opponents with kindness and conviction. He never wavered in defending the truth of the gospel. He was heroic. I pray his family is comforted by the promise of the Resurrection and that Charlie's name be honored.

[Shane Koehler @shanekoehler]

“Deconstruction” is just Proverbs 1:7 in reverse—start with scoffing, end up calling it wisdom, then pretend YOU are the beginning of knowledge.