Randy Blacketer
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Dr Raymond A. Blacketer. Reformation historian. Translating John Calvin’s Institutes. Views are my own and subject to change.
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1. The God portrayed here is an idol and not the Christian God.
2. This is a
#Pelagian
perspective. God has not staked everything on men, or even mankind.
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I’ll be calling him later tonight to wish him a happy Father’s Day.
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My parents divorced when I was 5. I didn’t see my father after I was 7. My mom died when I was 30. among her things I found a letter my father wrote to me when I was 11, which I didn’t remember ever receiving. It was evidence that at least he thought of me. At least once. 1/9
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People who can't differentiate between entomology and etymology bug me in ways I cannot put into words.
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Let’s try to be gracious and respectful this holiday season.
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@KGraceHill
@americanslavep2
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@realDonaldTrump
It’s not worth arguing with the conspiracy-addicted, utterly tribal MAGAs. Facts do not matter to them. They live in a criticism-proof echo chamber. They would burn down every US institution before they would betray Dear Leader.
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@scott_m_coley
The entitlement of wanting to own a home? Pretty sure the author needs to check their privilege.
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@kateshellnutt
@JonathanMerritt
So much for all the Trumpists hoping we can just sacrifice the elderly for the sake of the economy.
May the Lord bless her and others like her with recovery.
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Visited a Reformed Church. Sermon on Eph. 5 (submission text 😬). The preacher mentioned Wayne Grudem and his interpretation of κεφαλη…
but she did not agree with him.
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He didn’t really deserve a relationship with me, with my kids. But in the end, I gained by giving him one anyway. In giving him that, I was blessed, and I think I learned something about grace.
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To all my Twitter friends: I am producing a new
#translation
of John
#Calvin
's
#Institutes
of the Christian Religion. The publisher is Crossway. A.N.S. Lane is the general editor. Kirk Summers is providing his expertise as a classicist. A new translation for a new generation!
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So my Trumpy brother-in-law refused the vaccination and is now dead.
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@zachhomol_
I pastored for 20 years.
If you shame parents bringing their babies to church &/or chruch you are disrespecting parents & disrespecting the image of God in the babies whose cries glorify God (Ps 8).
Pastors don’t preach to be respected, but out of respect for God’s people
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#Calvin
on false teachers who claim
#anxiety
is a sin, Inst. 3.8.9
#Translating
"Today among Christians there are also new Stoics who consider it a fault not only to moan or cry but also to be sad or worried.
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It seems to me that 2020–21 was the long year in which brilliant, industrious women kicked the daylights out a toxic status quo. I am truly in awe of them.
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Sometimes
#grief
ambushes you and wounds you again in ways you thought it was no longer able to do.
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Joseph never gets enough attention or credit when we consider the Christmas story.
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Apparently sheep-attired wolf Mark Driscoll
@pastormark
pre-blocked lots of intelligent Christians. I've never interacted with him on social media and I am blocked.
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Block / unblock = remove follower.
Sick of so-called Christians (including seminary profs who should know better) bashing public schools, i.e. hating and slandering their communities.
I’m proud of my daughter and her work.
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I’m sorry to say that some years ago, ppl in a congregation I pastored were handing
#LoveAndRespect
to newly married couples. I never read the book, and now due to
@sheilagregoire
’s work I regret that I didn’t know its harmful content. Pastors, we can do better.
#greatsexrescue
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@zachhomol_
And yes, I’m judging you for getting things completely wrong and backwards.
And for your atrocious use of the English language.
May you obtain greater wisdom with age, young man.
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…And to shopping bags you will return.
I choose to interpret this as a critique of capitalism and consumerism.
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@SeanPenn
Dude, like, the Vatican is totally a whole different thing, waaay different brand. Like Oakley vs Ray-Ban, dude.
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Fake
@BethMooreLPM
followed me. I was so excited for a second 😂
Seriously, I am so impressed by Aunt Beth’s courage and wit and integrity. She’s probably helped saved my faith in this apostate and vile moment in history and in my life.
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Daughter is home; hoping for full recovery in a few days.
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Is Fox News secular?
@kkdumez
raises an important question; suggests Fox News is “grooming” Christian Nationalists. Reminds me of so many ppl who were catechized into hate by Rush Limbaugh.
@BrookingsInst
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@kkdumez
“…I refuse to use views on gender, sexuality, atonement theory, baptism, spiritual gifts and the like as a way to preemptively exclude believers from fellowship in the Body of Christ.” 🔥🔥🔥
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We know this is a faulty translation because Jesus, in keeping with his immaculate nature, certainly used Word PERFECT.
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Today I reached the end of the first of three volumes in my translation of
#Calvin
, Institutes of the Christian Religion. 1/3 done.
#AmTranslating
#SixteenthCentury
#NeoLatin
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Why are people “deconstructing”? Why are ppl leaving churches in droves? It’s because of abuse and trauma inflicted by unhealthy church systems and leaders.
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@laurchastain22
So many of the replies are astounding, clueless, unhearing.
I feel similarly, and I was in pastoral ministry for 20 years. Still haven’t made it back inside a sanctuary.
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@JosiahHawthorne
Oh, you mean a non-ecclesiastical, parachurch statement that has no authority whose endorsers often have no problem with Trinitarian subordinationism, yet anoint themselves gatekeepers of orthodoxy? That one?
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An interminably long few seconds of silence. Then a very southern voice,
“Yellow?”
“J— P— Blacketer? This is Randy Blacketer. Do you know who you’re talking to?”
“Yeah, I think so. You was born March 15, 1965.”
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@HoosLaughingNow
@dave_brown24
The forts are very hurt by this proposal, and feel disrespected. They are supported by the barracks, fences, and most other inanimate structures of the fort, all standing in silent protest. Except the parking lots, which don’t want to get involved.
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But the conversation went much better than expected. There was no obvious remorse. No apologies. No expressed regrets or intentions of making amends. No confession of past wrongs. 7/9
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This is disqualifying for the pastoral ministry.
I have zero interest in hearing someone’s “deconstruction” story.
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I kept the letter. I finished my PhD. My kids were born. We moved to Alberta, Canada. An academic conference for church historians was coming up. It was in San Antonio, TX. Texas sparked a memory. It was where my dad lived. Seguin, actually, not too far from San Antonio. 2/9
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We talked and got caught up. I last saw him when I was 7, and when I called I was 37. My half brother, I learned, whom I had only known briefly when he was an infant, was in prison. My paternal grandparents were lost to me, one to death, another to dementia.
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Translating Calvin at the Toyota dealership, as one does.
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Should I try to find him? Look him up? A few google searches later, I had his address and a phone number. I kept that for a few weeks and did nothing with it. 3/9
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Seems like a good day to go meet my new pastor for coffee
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@tracesoffaith
Worst of sinners. Recovering Pharisee. Not intimidated by Theobros in Galatia or
@RealPeterApostle
. Roman citizen. Slave, and utterly free. Bespoke tents and eternal life. Partners in ministry: Junia, Priscilla, many others.
#3rdHeaven
#BeenThere
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One summer Saturday, when no one else was home, I dialed the number. I had prepared myself for the worst and had convinced myself I expected nothing. A woman with a Texan drawl answered. I asked for my father by his full name.
“Johnny, I think it’s some telemarketer…” 4/9
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@JennMGreenberg
Try forgiving him first. How much of the family has he eaten? Clearly, you’re not feeding him enough or he wouldn’t do this.
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One negative effect that Twitter has had on me is that I am now aware of so much American fundamentalism that I largely ignored before. So much toxicity. And I’m tempted to respond to that ugliness more than is good for my soul.
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Ladies of
#WCT
who are trying to support their menfolk in the heavy burdens of Christic Manhood, I have found a great resource for you.
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This is what Christian Nationalism will always look like.
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My friend
@karenrusso32
died after an accident last week. She was fierce and funny. I am stunned and sad and mad.
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@mattmessuh
@LeahBSassy
@bethallisonbarr
Such a dishonest take. To say that egalitarianism shipwrecks peoples face is laughable. Secondly, to say that she is claiming “the church is so evil” is a malicious misinterpretation on your part.
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@JohnPiper
Absolutely wrong.
This covers up injustice and opens the way to further abuse. Please consider what Jesus says in Matt 18:6 and reconsider this tweet. Not all lawsuits are private; some are about justice.
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My daughter’s former Spanish teacher, a vibrant and delightful young woman, mother of 2 and expecting another, was murdered by her husband, son of our former Christian school principal. A horrific shock to the community.
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@Franklin_Graham
@realDonaldTrump
Your taking of the Lord's name in vain is what is shameful. You have weaponized the gospel to promote right-wing politics. There is nothing of Christ in your ministry grift.
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