#presbyterian — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #presbyterian, aggregated by home.social.
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James Balmford, 16th-century Presbyterian minister, on plague survivors who spread the rumour it isn't contagious: this poisons others and insults God's providence by denying the miracle occurred. Recently saw Christians arguing ADHD meds are unnecessary, one claiming he beat it via sheer discipline. Same spirit: your survival becomes universal proof, others' suffering a discipline failure.
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Nicholas Byfield was a Calvinistic, Puritan minister. Here he speaks of compassion as being a proof of our spiritual state, citing bible passages about generosity, watering other peoples, aiding those needing warmth, visiting orphans and widows. These qualities in us prove that we are true neighbors and good Samaritans
Are you following religious leaders who point to other spiritual metrics at the expense of the biblical ones?
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#OTD in 1892 a #Presbyterian minister named #JamesNaismith published his rules for the game of "Basket Ball", which developed as an indoor recreational activity at the #Springfield #YMCA during long Massachusetts winters. Naismith was hired as a chaplain at The #UniversityofKansas soon after, and part of his duties included teaching phys ed which eventually evolved into being the obvious choice as the school's #basketball coach. Despite supposedly "inventing" the game in 1898, somehow during his tutelage, he became the only #CollegeBasketball #Coach with an overall losing team record in the entire history of the #KansasJayhawks. Here is a rare WOR #RadioInterview recording that was uncovered in the 21st century where Naismith describes inventing #theGame