#presbyterian — Public Fediverse posts

M’Crie quotes an Inquisition victim who cried out to God, preferring cannibals to his baptized tormentors. M’Crie—a Reformed historian—neither flinches nor excuses it. The title says it all: the Reformation’s heirs were the primary targets, and they’re the ones who preserved the memory. If you’re Christian, don’t be a fiend. If you’re not, consider who kept this story alive, and why.

#reformed #reformedtheology #presbyterian #christian #inquisition

John Gibson Paton, Presbyterian minister in Vanuatu, laments that sellers of rum, opium, and guns follow missionaries. He hopes local Christians would be able to resist. Spreading of guns here, he calls this the Demons’ work.

Even the most responsible PCA pastor I know recently said in a sermon that liberals were out to “destroy commerce”. Then libruls say the job statement of missionaries is to promote slavery.

How can you fight the Demons’ work?
#christian #missions #presbyterian #reformed

I saw a post recently asking if #Reformed pastors should start wearing clergy collars again. I did when doing campus ministry where most of the students (and faculty) were lapsed from backgrounds where the collar positively communicated “this is someone I can talk to about my struggles.” Recently, I put it on when a mostly #LCMS family requested it as a comfort for a funeral service.

I've avoided it in my more "native" #Presbyterian / #Reformed church settings, including my own. In the #PCA it carried the implication one was tied into far-right #FederalVision (#DougWilson and friends) and, ironically, when I would do pulpit supply in the #PCUSA — at least in St. Louis — it implied alignment with the farthest left segment.

In all contexts, I've hoped to apply 1 Cor. 9:19-22.

#Christianity