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</p><p style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: #FEFEFE; color: #1a2433; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“A society in which conjugal
infidelity is tolerated must always be in the long run a society adverse to
women. Women, whatever a few male songs and satires may say to the contrary,
are more naturally monogamous than men; it is a biological necessity. Where
promiscuity prevails, they will therefore always be more often the victims than
the culprits. Also, domestic happiness is more necessary to them than to us.
And the quality by which they most easily hold a man, their beauty, decreases
every year after they have come to maturity, but this does not happen to those
qualities of personality—women don’t really care two cents about our looks—by
which we h</span><span style="background: #FEFEFE; color: #1a2433; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">old women. Thus in the ruthless war of promiscuity women are at a
double disadvantage. The</span><span style="background: #FEFEFE; color: #1a2433; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">y play for higher stakes and are also more likely to
lose. I have no sympathy with moralists who frown at the increasing crudity of
female provocativeness. These signs of desperate competition fill me with pity.”</span></p><p style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: #FEFEFE; color: #1a2433; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Written as his last word but oh <a href="https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/c-s-lewis-no-right-happiness/#:~:text=%20C.%20S.%20Lewis%3A%20%E2%80%98We%20Have%20No%20Right,never%20use%20the%20word%20%E2%80%9Chappiness%E2%80%9D%20in...%20More%20">how prophetic from C.S. Lewis</a></span><span style="background: #FEFEFE; color: #1a2433; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p><img alt="Feminism hasn't sold out even if it's being used as a marketing tool" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" height="192" src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/290931/original/file-20190904-175696-18j2jk9.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=926&fit=clip" style="height: 351.253px; margin: 0px; width: 585px;" width="320" /><br /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fefefe; color: #1a2433; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p>Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-70724297187827420892020-09-16T11:58:00.000+01:002020-09-16T11:58:40.335+01:00The church must prepare for war<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The church of the present and the future must be a <strong>wartime church. </strong>The days of peace are over, whether you want them to be or not. Prepare.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/strong-review-of-live-not-by-lies/?fbclid=IwAR0CkInS7uG8HOth8KCKxuQERHVcZHLH5x_X4czWjT-ljif2PGRqK21k9HQ">Rod Dreher warns us of what is coming<br /></a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The points Dreher makes are more the case for the Church in the West but if those of us in other parts of the world think that the battle is not ours to fight, we are rather deluded. We all - the body of Christ - need to prepare for war always remembering of course that He will win every battle.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="359" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zhMFifugZ8o" width="431" youtube-src-id="zhMFifugZ8o"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span><p></p>Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-53663853916697654202020-09-16T09:26:00.005+01:002020-09-16T09:26:56.050+01:00On why the Church is failing to produce manly men<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">If the church largely neglects the task of dominion and the development
of truly Christian forms of power and mission in the wider society and
mostly focuses on the internal concerns of its communities, it is
unlikely that it will be a place that produces mature Christian
manliness.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">For more on this read <a href="https://theopolisinstitute.com/conversations/the-virtues-of-dominion/?fbclid=IwAR0CkInS7uG8HOth8KCKxuQERHVcZHLH5x_X4czWjT-ljif2PGRqK21k9HQ">Alistair Roberts' excellent piece</a></span></span><br /></p>Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-42065592274901822012020-08-18T16:35:00.001+01:002020-08-18T16:35:27.623+01:00Covid = a crisis + an opportunity for the Church<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">We're living through a crisis of faith, love, and hope. The coronavirus didn't create the crisis, but it has shone a spotlight on it and made it worse.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Healthy societies thrive when guided by recognized, trusted authorities. Whom do </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">we</em><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> trust? Science? Have you </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">seen</em><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> the models? Bureaucrats? The media? Experts? Institutions of higher education? Sports heroes or celebrities? Politicians? You're joking! Try to think of </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">any</em><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> authority recognized and respected by </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><em>everyone</em>?</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">With no common objects of trust, it's no surprise we're divided. Some of us trust some experts, others trust other experts. Some watch CNN and read the New York Times; others watch Fox and read Breitbart. More than anything, we're united by our cynical distrust.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Scattered like sheep without a shepherd, we lose hope. Will the centre hold? Will things ever return to "normal"? Hopelessness is dangerous, as we're tempted to latch onto the first person who tells us he can lead us to green pastures.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">This leaves the church with an immense mission challenge and mission opportunity: To be truthful and trustworthy so as to gain trust, to love without hypocrisy, to hope against hope as we serve the God who raises the dead</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Are we up for it? I don't know. I pray we will be.</span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Cormorant, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Slightly adapted from <a href="https://theopolisinstitute.com/">Theopolis</a><br /></span></p>Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-86251128936999836552020-07-07T13:56:00.000+01:002020-07-07T13:56:00.081+01:00Stay at home mothers are way happier than those who 'go to work'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More wisdom from <a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-hard-road-ahead-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR3B8WaRXgF-x4bZRWbgBXbFCpTco6N68jM1jxYAu2vCityt9lTvLkRMswc">Dreher</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.75px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The happy-clappy entertainment-focused Christianity won’t survive this test. Neither will Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. Only a hard charity, based on deep repentance, self-sacrifice, prayer, and spiritual discipline will.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.75px;">Read the full thing <a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-hard-road-ahead-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR3B8WaRXgF-x4bZRWbgBXbFCpTco6N68jM1jxYAu2vCityt9lTvLkRMswc">here</a></span></span></div>
Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-60380337794944210452020-06-26T16:12:00.001+01:002020-06-26T16:12:36.617+01:00The end of coronavirus is either condemnation or consolation<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Coronanvirus is going to be costly at many levels. There is going to be deep pain ahead but the end will be one of two options:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Remember, there is no way to avoid walking this road. It will either lead us to God, or to condemnation. It’s the same road, but the destination at the end depends on us.”</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">From <a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-hard-road-ahead-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR3LFKOBGWd_dKRbI6xkniTBsPKEDz7L39qgyxVEy_p5KNQlUvkXufqytWA">Rod Dreher</a> which even though it is a few months old is spot on.</span></span>Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-16738519227538843842020-05-07T21:14:00.000+01:002020-05-07T21:14:14.376+01:00Afraid yet filled with JOY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-25796551092993732422020-04-27T21:48:00.002+01:002020-04-27T21:48:12.791+01:00Who is on the Lord's side?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-75590123322454392692020-04-25T21:51:00.001+01:002020-04-25T21:51:46.201+01:00God is the One who shut down the world<div style="text-align: justify;">It really is marvelous to stand back and see what God has done. God closed down the world. The mighty modern nations of the earth have been shut down. 91% of the population of the world is under some kind of restrictions, with somewhere between a third and a half of the world’s population in some kind of lockdown. God closed down the world because He can, because He is the Lord.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, it appears that the primary switch God used to shut everything down was <em>fear</em>. And what is it that people fear? People fear death. Why? Because they are guilty, and they fear the judgment of God for their sins. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But Christ died in order to deliver us from the fear of death and our slavery to that fear. And He did that by taking our sin, dying in our place for our sin, and thereby disarming the devil’s power of death – His power to accuse us for our sin. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So then, are you fearful? The same God who shut the whole world down, numbers the hairs on your head. Our Jesus holds the keys of death and Hades, and there is no condemnation in Him. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">HT: <a href="https://www.tobyjsumpter.com/god-shut-down-the-world/">God Shut Down the World</a></div><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #1a2433; font-size: 16px;">From George Herbert's poem, <i>The Agonie. </i>You can listen to it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoZEz4bXggc">here</a></span></span>Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-48204119734780166112020-04-18T19:33:00.002+01:002020-04-18T19:33:50.538+01:00Some fears are deserved!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Literata, serif; font-size: 16px;">Modern technocratic man does not object to predestination at all. He objects to predestination </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Literata, serif; font-size: 16px;">by God</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Literata, serif; font-size: 16px;">. He wants to remove God from His divine position in such a way as to create a job opening. </span></blockquote>
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Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-86765659214755364372020-04-15T09:12:00.003+01:002020-04-15T09:12:29.635+01:00Corona versus Christ? We know how this battle ends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-88206584345578863952020-04-13T19:29:00.001+01:002020-04-13T19:29:19.640+01:00God rules over coronavirus<blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">Nature is not sovereign. Satan is not sovereign. Sinful man is not sovereign. God rules them all (Lk 8:25; Job 1:12; 2:6; Acts 4:27-28). And so we say with Job, “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted” (Job 42:2). Therefore, God not only comprehends the coronavirus; he has purposes for it. God does nothing, and permits nothing, without wise purposes. Nothing <em>just happens</em>. Everything flows from the eternal counsels of God (Eph. 1:11). All of it is wisdom. All of it is purposeful. For those who trust Jesus Christ, all of it is kindness. For others, it is a merciful wake-up call: “Let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price” (Rv 22:17)</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">HT: <a href="https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/coronavirus-and-christ">Pastor John Piper</a></div><div><a href="http://feeds.thecripplegate.com/~ff/TheCripplegate?a=uSMAMeJZ8pg:QaVEhBzAOts:yIl2AUoC8zA" rel="noopener"></a> <a href="http://feeds.thecripplegate.com/~ff/TheCripplegate?a=uSMAMeJZ8pg:QaVEhBzAOts:qj6IDK7rITs" rel="noopener"></a> <br />
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Post Tenebras, Lux... After darkness, LightRev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-49841554241417069292020-03-28T07:09:00.001+00:002020-03-28T07:09:25.097+00:001 thing a pastor must do!<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #1a2433; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">The pastor’s vocation is to minister the Word and Sacraments, which give what they promise. <b>He must carefully distinguish guilt and shame in those whom he treats.</b> Almost always <b>we are both sinning and sinned against</b>, but it is harmful to confuse these and to produce a false guilt or fail to deal with a sense of shame, however unjustified that might be.</span></blockquote>
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<br />Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-2480249411933170752020-03-25T12:05:00.001+00:002020-03-25T12:07:02.429+00:00The Lord's Prayer as divine conversation <a href="https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/packer-on-the-lords-prayer-as-model-answers-to-gods-questions/">Packer on the Lord’s Prayer as Model Answers to God’s Questions</a>: <br />
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In <a href="https://www.crossway.org/books/praying-the-lords-prayer-tpb/" rel="noopener"><em style="font-size: 1em;">Praying the Lord’s Prayer</em></a><span style="font-size: 1em;">, J. I. Packer says the </span><span style="font-size: 1em;">the Lord’s Prayer offers model answers to a series of questions God puts to us to shape our conversation with him. </span><br />
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What do you take me for, and what am I to you?</h3>
Our Father in heaven.<br />
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That being so, what is it that you really want most?</h3>
[1] The hallowing of your name;<br />
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How can you be so bold and confident in asking for these things?</h3>
Because we know you can do it, and when you do it, it will bring you glory!<br />
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Our Father in heaven,<br />
hallowed be your name.<br />
Your kingdom come,<br />
your will be done,<br />
on earth as it is in heaven.<br />
Give us this day our daily bread,<br />
and forgive us our debts,<br />
as we also have forgiven our debtors.<br />
And lead us not into temptation,<br />
but deliver us from evil.</div>
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HT: <a href="https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/packer-on-the-lords-prayer-as-model-answers-to-gods-questions/">Justin Taylor</a></div>
Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-66872041769363307482020-03-21T21:54:00.001+00:002020-03-21T21:54:20.840+00:00Is Coronavirus making us jump blindly?<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Baskerville-eText, Baskerville, Garamond, serif; font-size: 18px;">It seems we're rushing to make big decisions when the picture on COVID-19 is still unclear:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Baskerville-eText, Baskerville, Garamond, serif; font-size: 18px;">The data collected so far on how many people are infected and how the epidemic is evolving are utterly unreliable. Given the limited testing to date, some deaths and probably the vast majority of infections due to SARS-CoV-2 are being missed. We don’t know if we are failing to capture infections by a factor of three or 300. Three months after the outbreak emerged, most countries, including the U.S., lack the ability to test a large number of people and no countries have reliable data on the prevalence of the virus in a representative random sample of the general population.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Baskerville-eText, Baskerville, Garamond, serif; font-size: 18px;">For more see </span><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-fiasco-in-the-making-as-the-coronavirus-pandemic-takes-hold-we-are-making-decisions-without-reliable-data/">A Fiasco in the Making</a></div>
Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-63808770102859467192020-03-20T06:33:00.001+00:002020-03-20T06:33:57.728+00:00Why men should love & women respect their husbands<div style="text-align: justify;">
As you know, the Bible instructs husbands to love their wives and wives to respect their husbands. This doesn’t mean that husbands are free to disrespect their wives or that wives need not love their husbands; rather, the commands are ordered to each one’s needs. Men are blessed when they are respected by their wives, and women are particularly blessed when they are loved by their husbands. </div>
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As it turns out, these commands are also ordered to the weaker sides of each sex. Men naturally function in terms of respect, and so they often need to be reminded to love their wives. And women naturally function in terms of love, and so they often need to be reminded to respect their husbands. </div>
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And what do these commands mean? Love is defined by the gospel. It is sacrifice for the good of the other, but it is thoughtful, intentional sacrifice aimed toward a goal. Christ did not die on the cross in order to put a generic pay check on some cosmic counter. He died for particular people, to pay for their sins, to make them clean, to bring them to glory. His love took thought for the needs of His particular people, and His love went out of its way to make a way for them. Husbands, this is what love does. </div>
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Respect is defined by the response of the Church to this love, and that is primarily embodied by glad submission and obedience. Respect looks up to, honors, speaks highly of, is eager to serve. In Peter’s letter, he points to Sara’s example with Abraham, calling him “lord.” While this need not be applied in a wooden way, the spirit must be applied. And in our common parlance, perhaps the closest we have to such an address is the word, “sir.” When we say “yes, sir” we express respect and honor for a man. And the point is that respect is leaning in with a readiness and gravity and eagerness to follow. What are his preferences? What does he like or dislike? Respect thinks highly of those inclinations, just as the Church responds to Christ’s love. </div>
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HT: <a href="https://www.tobyjsumpter.com/love-respect/">Love & Respect</a></div>
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Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-19628356886157127062020-03-19T20:26:00.001+00:002020-03-19T20:26:06.473+00:002 words to avoid when in an argument<div style="text-align: justify;">Two of the most unhelpful words whenever you are in the middle of trying to sort out a disagreement are the words “always” and “never.” It’s often the sign of a subtle (or not so subtle) bitterness or resentment that begins sentences like “You always…” or “You never…” And sometimes defensiveness does the same thing the other way around, “I always…” or “I never…” So sometimes when I’m involved in a tense counseling situation, I have been known to tell people that those words are under the ban.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The above is actually part of Lord's Supper mediation but very applicable to many relationship chats! HT: <a href="https://www.tobyjsumpter.com/always-never/">Always & Never</a>:<br /><br />
<div><br /></div><div style="clear: both;"></div>Rev'd Reflections, a curate considers...http://www.blogger.com/profile/08318719669446039048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5039176481752469726.post-34366511028336314092020-03-18T20:55:00.001+00:002020-03-18T20:55:40.436+00:00Thanksgiving even during Corona<a href="https://gentlereformation.com/2020/03/18/reasons-for-thanksgiving/">Reasons for Thanksgiving</a>: <br /><br />
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In times of viruses, quarantines, economic upheaval, fear and change, the Christian's great comfort comes, as always, through prayer. When Paul was explaining his great suffering to the Corinthian Christians, he revealed God's purpose in all hardship: "But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead." (2 Cor. 1:9) So all of this is designed to make us rely on God. But how? The primary <em>way </em>Christians rely on God is prayer. <br /><br />
This is why Philippians 4:6-7 has come mind several times recently. "...do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." It's always those two words in the middle that get me: "with thanksgiving." If we want that peace which surpasses all understanding, it will come only after we pour out our hearts to God, <em>with thanksgiving. </em><br /><br />
So here is my attempt to be more thoughtful about reasons to give God thanks during the current crisis. I'd love for you comment on this post with other reasons! <br /><br />
-I'm giving thanks to God for technology which allows us to broadcast sermons online and stay connected to many we would otherwise not see for quite a while. <br /><br />
-I'm giving thanks to God for the health of our economy for many years now, which has allowed many to build up considerable wealth...wealth that can now be used to help those in need. <br /><br />
-I'm giving thanks to God for the doctors and nurses and scientists who have spent most of their lives preparing for this moment in our history. <br /><br />
-I'm giving thanks to God for the general peace and order of our society. Despite shortages on some items, we aren't panicking. <br /><br />
-I'm giving thanks to God for newly open roads for the gospel. Our neighbors are being shown their mortality and limits in an undeniable way. When eyes see the true darkness around us, Jesus will shine all the brighter. <br /><br />
-I'm giving thanks for the amazing examples we have from the church throughout history in responding to medical crises. <br /><br />
-I'm thankful for extra time with our kids at home. We've had such a busy year, playing taxi to teenagers...I know it's not a relief for everyone, but we are thankful for some relaxed down time with them. <br /><br />
-I'm thankful for the many stories of people already taking care of each other in significant ways: grocery stores opening early for the elderly, kids playing concerts on porches of shut-ins, groceries being delivered by thoughtful neighbors, and so many more. What beautiful examples of Christlike love! <br /><br />
What about you? What thanksgivings are you bringing to God? <br /><br />
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