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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Gossner—German Reformed and Lutheran minister—lists the components of divine service without apparent hierarchy. Suffer. Praise God. Preach the Gospel. Love the neighbor. Visit the widow and fatherless in their affliction. Keep unspotted from the world. It’s a complete list. One notes that contemporary spokesmen for historic conservative Christianity tend to cover some items more thoroughly than others, and develop considerable theological ingenuity around the remainder.

    #reformed #lutheran

  7. Gossner—German Reformed and Lutheran minister—lists the components of divine service without apparent hierarchy. Suffer. Praise God. Preach the Gospel. Love the neighbor. Visit the widow and fatherless in their affliction. Keep unspotted from the world. It’s a complete list. One notes that contemporary spokesmen for historic conservative Christianity tend to cover some items more thoroughly than others, and develop considerable theological ingenuity around the remainder.

    #reformed #lutheran

  8. Peter Stryker—Reformed Dutch pastor, surveying New York’s poorest—describes their situation as walls closing in daily, crushing them unless help arrives. Do you hear the shrieks? Don’t turn away because their poverty offends your refinement. And don’t say they authored their own misfortunes. That may be true of some, but not all, and in neither case is it a valid excuse for indifference. One notes that significant ministry energy currently flows in precisely the opposite direction.

    #reformed

  9. Peter Stryker—Reformed Dutch pastor, surveying New York’s poorest—describes their situation as walls closing in daily, crushing them unless help arrives. Do you hear the shrieks? Don’t turn away because their poverty offends your refinement. And don’t say they authored their own misfortunes. That may be true of some, but not all, and in neither case is it a valid excuse for indifference. One notes that significant ministry energy currently flows in precisely the opposite direction.

    #reformed

  10. I have passed this place hundreds of times and never noticed this misspelling. I haven't got anything there in recent years, though, too.
    They were the first place in the ‘hood where you could get them, it’s beef, it’s not a gyro I don’t think; now there are four places. The outside signage (and misspelling) is newer.
    #pita #chopped #reformed #beef #sandwich #NYC #midtown #Manhattan #seating #available not availabel

  11. I have passed this place hundreds of times and never noticed this misspelling. I haven't got anything there in recent years, though, too.
    They were the first place in the ‘hood where you could get them, it’s beef, it’s not a gyro I don’t think; now there are four places. The outside signage (and misspelling) is newer.
    #pita #chopped #reformed #beef #sandwich #NYC #midtown #Manhattan #seating #available not availabel

  12. I have passed this place hundreds of times and never noticed this misspelling. I haven't got anything there in recent years, though, too.
    They were the first place in the ‘hood where you could get them, it’s beef, it’s not a gyro I don’t think; now there are four places. The outside signage (and misspelling) is newer.
    #pita #chopped #reformed #beef #sandwich #NYC #midtown #Manhattan #seating #available not availabel

  13. I have passed this place hundreds of times and never noticed this misspelling. I haven't got anything there in recent years, though, too.
    They were the first place in the ‘hood where you could get them, it’s beef, it’s not a gyro I don’t think; now there are four places. The outside signage (and misspelling) is newer.
    #pita #chopped #reformed #beef #sandwich #NYC #midtown #Manhattan #seating #available not availabel

  14. Thomas Watson, that wonderfully blunt Puritan, basically says: lovely speeches about compassion are useless if the poor are still hungry. You can drizzle honeyed words everywhere—but the wounded need bread, not poetry. Better to be a saint with a loaf than an angel with a microphone.

    #puritan #christian #theologymatters #reformed #puritanscholastics

  15. Thomas Watson, that wonderfully blunt Puritan, basically says: lovely speeches about compassion are useless if the poor are still hungry. You can drizzle honeyed words everywhere—but the wounded need bread, not poetry. Better to be a saint with a loaf than an angel with a microphone.

    #puritan #christian #theologymatters #reformed #puritanscholastics

  16. Wolfgang Musculus, a German Reformed theologian, reminds us that while civil law may permit you to keep your money, the court of Christ and the conscience speak differently. Our Lord commands generosity without calculation. Yet modern Christians often rush to explain these commands away. When compassion rises naturally—even in children—we should tremble before silencing it. The question is not legality, but obedience: will you honor the conscience Christ Himself instructs?

    #reformed #christian

  17. Wolfgang Musculus, a German Reformed theologian, reminds us that while civil law may permit you to keep your money, the court of Christ and the conscience speak differently. Our Lord commands generosity without calculation. Yet modern Christians often rush to explain these commands away. When compassion rises naturally—even in children—we should tremble before silencing it. The question is not legality, but obedience: will you honor the conscience Christ Himself instructs?

    #reformed #christian

  18. Matthew Henry reminds us that Christian meekness is not weakness but Christlike strength under control. The believer walks in love, forgives freely, serves humbly, and stoops to acts of mercy others avoid. In an age praising toughness, Scripture calls us to resemble Christ—strong enough to kneel, serve, and love sacrificially.

    #christian #trinity #WordofGod #gospel #scripture #reformed #christ

  19. Matthew Henry reminds us that Christian meekness is not weakness but Christlike strength under control. The believer walks in love, forgives freely, serves humbly, and stoops to acts of mercy others avoid. In an age praising toughness, Scripture calls us to resemble Christ—strong enough to kneel, serve, and love sacrificially.

    #christian #trinity #WordofGod #gospel #scripture #reformed #christ

  20. Matthew Henry reminds us that Christian meekness is not weakness but Christlike strength under control. The believer walks in love, forgives freely, serves humbly, and stoops to acts of mercy others avoid. In an age praising toughness, Scripture calls us to resemble Christ—strong enough to kneel, serve, and love sacrificially.

    #christian #trinity #WordofGod #gospel #scripture #reformed #christ

  21. Matthew Henry reminds us that Christian meekness is not weakness but Christlike strength under control. The believer walks in love, forgives freely, serves humbly, and stoops to acts of mercy others avoid. In an age praising toughness, Scripture calls us to resemble Christ—strong enough to kneel, serve, and love sacrificially.

    #christian #trinity #WordofGod #gospel #scripture #reformed #christ

  22. Matthew Henry reminds us that Christian meekness is not weakness but Christlike strength under control. The believer walks in love, forgives freely, serves humbly, and stoops to acts of mercy others avoid. In an age praising toughness, Scripture calls us to resemble Christ—strong enough to kneel, serve, and love sacrificially.

    #christian #trinity #WordofGod #gospel #scripture #reformed #christ

  23. Andrew Martin Fairbairn notes that Calvin’s Geneva became Protestant Europe’s spiritual Airbnb: refugees arrived from everywhere, discovered a surprisingly orderly church, and then went home—occasionally risking execution—to recreate it. One wonders whether today’s Calvinist strongholds still feel like refuges, or merely meetings.

    #sanctuary #refugees #immigration #calvinist #christian #reformed

  24. Andrew Martin Fairbairn notes that Calvin’s Geneva became Protestant Europe’s spiritual Airbnb: refugees arrived from everywhere, discovered a surprisingly orderly church, and then went home—occasionally risking execution—to recreate it. One wonders whether today’s Calvinist strongholds still feel like refuges, or merely meetings.

    #sanctuary #refugees #immigration #calvinist #christian #reformed

  25. James Spencer Cannon, Dutch Reformed pastor, urged believers to “condescend to men of low estate”—not in pride, but by entering humble homes, speaking kindly, and welcoming the poor fully into church fellowship.

    Are we ready for true communion, not distant charity? To have “their kids” sit next to yours at Sunday School?
    #reformed #rooted #christian #christianworldview

  26. James Spencer Cannon, Dutch Reformed pastor, urged believers to “condescend to men of low estate”—not in pride, but by entering humble homes, speaking kindly, and welcoming the poor fully into church fellowship.

    Are we ready for true communion, not distant charity? To have “their kids” sit next to yours at Sunday School?
    #reformed #rooted #christian #christianworldview

  27. James Spencer Cannon, Dutch Reformed pastor, urged believers to “condescend to men of low estate”—not in pride, but by entering humble homes, speaking kindly, and welcoming the poor fully into church fellowship.

    Are we ready for true communion, not distant charity? To have “their kids” sit next to yours at Sunday School?
    #reformed #rooted #christian #christianworldview

  28. James Spencer Cannon, Dutch Reformed pastor, urged believers to “condescend to men of low estate”—not in pride, but by entering humble homes, speaking kindly, and welcoming the poor fully into church fellowship.

    Are we ready for true communion, not distant charity? To have “their kids” sit next to yours at Sunday School?
    #reformed #rooted #christian #christianworldview

  29. James Spencer Cannon, Dutch Reformed pastor, urged believers to “condescend to men of low estate”—not in pride, but by entering humble homes, speaking kindly, and welcoming the poor fully into church fellowship.

    Are we ready for true communion, not distant charity? To have “their kids” sit next to yours at Sunday School?
    #reformed #rooted #christian #christianworldview

  30. Jean Taffin, a Reformed peacemaker among quarrelling Protestants, suggested the safest investment strategy is alarmingly simple: give generously. Wealth vanishes anyway; charity deposits it with Christ. Odd how modern prudence often means guarding every coin from the poor. What might you entrust to Jesus instead?

    #reformed #reformedtheology #theologymatters #faith #lazarus

  31. Jean Taffin, a Reformed peacemaker among quarrelling Protestants, suggested the safest investment strategy is alarmingly simple: give generously. Wealth vanishes anyway; charity deposits it with Christ. Odd how modern prudence often means guarding every coin from the poor. What might you entrust to Jesus instead?

    #reformed #reformedtheology #theologymatters #faith #lazarus

  32. Charles Spurgeon, London Baptist preacher, urged real aid for a town hurt by its refusal to handle slave-grown cotton. Fine sermons and fiery words won’t feed the hungry or bind wounds—“words without deeds are chaff,” he cried. Citing Luke 4, Matthew 25, and the Good Samaritan, he pressed believers to act.

    How will you give more than words?
    #christian #reformed #baptist #antislavery

  33. Charles Spurgeon, London Baptist preacher, urged real aid for a town hurt by its refusal to handle slave-grown cotton. Fine sermons and fiery words won’t feed the hungry or bind wounds—“words without deeds are chaff,” he cried. Citing Luke 4, Matthew 25, and the Good Samaritan, he pressed believers to act.

    How will you give more than words?
    #christian #reformed #baptist #antislavery

  34. Greville Ewing, founder of the Edinburgh Missionary Society, noted that the East India Company resisted missions because the gospel unsettled profitable injustice. Faithful preaching, he assumed, makes exploitation harder to maintain. If so, which dissatisfactions do we fear today—and which conversions do we resist? How might the gospel advance with integrity?
    #reformed #reformedtheology #missions #christian #churchhistory #gospel

  35. Greville Ewing, founder of the Edinburgh Missionary Society, noted that the East India Company resisted missions because the gospel unsettled profitable injustice. Faithful preaching, he assumed, makes exploitation harder to maintain. If so, which dissatisfactions do we fear today—and which conversions do we resist? How might the gospel advance with integrity?
    #reformed #reformedtheology #missions #christian #churchhistory #gospel

  36. Jean Daillé reminds the church that God does not ask for noisy prayers wrapped in empty ritual, but for lives that turn from evil and learn to do good. Justice for the oppressed, care for orphans, and defense of widows are the fragrance God welcomes with our prayers. Devotion is not replaced by action—but rightly seasoned by it. How will your prayers bear fruit in good works?

    #reformed #reformedtheology #christian

  37. Jean Daillé reminds the church that God does not ask for noisy prayers wrapped in empty ritual, but for lives that turn from evil and learn to do good. Justice for the oppressed, care for orphans, and defense of widows are the fragrance God welcomes with our prayers. Devotion is not replaced by action—but rightly seasoned by it. How will your prayers bear fruit in good works?

    #reformed #reformedtheology #christian

  38. David Brown, director of the Alliance of Reformed Churches in Scotland, reflects on the Good Samaritan. He argues the priest who passed by did not act from ignorance but in violation of known law—Scripture already required mercy even toward enemies and animals. The warning is sobering: righteousness that explains away neglect is no righteousness at all. How do we see “passing by” these days? How will we help those in distress?
    #christian #reformed #usaid

  39. David Brown, director of the Alliance of Reformed Churches in Scotland, reflects on the Good Samaritan. He argues the priest who passed by did not act from ignorance but in violation of known law—Scripture already required mercy even toward enemies and animals. The warning is sobering: righteousness that explains away neglect is no righteousness at all. How do we see “passing by” these days? How will we help those in distress?
    #christian #reformed #usaid

  40. Timothy Dwight, grandson of Jonathan Edwards, imagines a revival of kindness so deep it would resemble Paradise restored: doors open to the poor and stranger, hearts ready to welcome, hands eager to relieve distress. Wealth would exist to bless; poverty only to invite generosity. The vision unsettles because it demands real openness. How might such kindness begin in us?

    #christian #kindness #reformed #examinedlife

  41. Timothy Dwight, grandson of Jonathan Edwards, imagines a revival of kindness so deep it would resemble Paradise restored: doors open to the poor and stranger, hearts ready to welcome, hands eager to relieve distress. Wealth would exist to bless; poverty only to invite generosity. The vision unsettles because it demands real openness. How might such kindness begin in us?

    #christian #kindness #reformed #examinedlife

  42. Abraham Kuyper founded the #Reformed Churches in the Netherlands. Here he speaks of a universal connection & brotherhood. We all have the same family history, flesh and blood, and even the same skeleton. This motivates universal philanthropy, since nothing human is alien. We are to pray even for our enemies.

    Today, do some claim highest connection to the Holy Spirit while arguing to limit concern for all of humanity?

    Who do U ♥? #christian #holyspirit

  43. Abraham Kuyper founded the #Reformed Churches in the Netherlands. Here he speaks of a universal connection & brotherhood. We all have the same family history, flesh and blood, and even the same skeleton. This motivates universal philanthropy, since nothing human is alien. We are to pray even for our enemies.

    Today, do some claim highest connection to the Holy Spirit while arguing to limit concern for all of humanity?

    Who do U ♥? #christian #holyspirit