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Rom 4:5 - Confessional Dutch Reformed
Classically Protestant Christian Humanist
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Classically Protestant Christian Humanist
Unimpressed by Your Pet Podcast
Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.
- Romans 12:10
- Romans 12:10
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.
- Romans 12:10
- Romans 12:10
Three years ago, Eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, a 22 year old white, anti-gay terrorist, inspired by rhetoric about drag shows “grooming kids” entered Club Q in Colorado Springs Colorado during a dance party, carrying an AR-15; murdering 5, and injuring 25.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Three years ago, Eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance, a 22 year old white, anti-gay terrorist, inspired by rhetoric about drag shows “grooming kids” entered Club Q in Colorado Springs Colorado during a dance party, carrying an AR-15; murdering 5, and injuring 25.
Money is the fruit of evil as often as it is the root of it.
- Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
- Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Money is the fruit of evil as often as it is the root of it.
- Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
- Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
Luther on Gal 1:1-2 -
If God needs you, he will call you. If he doesn’t call you, you won’t burst from the wisdom inside of you. …The only one who produces fruit by the Word is the one who is called to teach without wishing for it.
If God needs you, he will call you. If he doesn’t call you, you won’t burst from the wisdom inside of you. …The only one who produces fruit by the Word is the one who is called to teach without wishing for it.
November 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Luther on Gal 1:1-2 -
If God needs you, he will call you. If he doesn’t call you, you won’t burst from the wisdom inside of you. …The only one who produces fruit by the Word is the one who is called to teach without wishing for it.
If God needs you, he will call you. If he doesn’t call you, you won’t burst from the wisdom inside of you. …The only one who produces fruit by the Word is the one who is called to teach without wishing for it.
Luther Church Postil for Septuagesima on Mt 20:1-16 (Works 76:319) -
When He says, “The first shall last,” He takes away all your arrogance, and forbids you to exalt yourself above any prostitute,…
When He says, “The first shall last,” He takes away all your arrogance, and forbids you to exalt yourself above any prostitute,…
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Luther Church Postil for Septuagesima on Mt 20:1-16 (Works 76:319) -
When He says, “The first shall last,” He takes away all your arrogance, and forbids you to exalt yourself above any prostitute,…
When He says, “The first shall last,” He takes away all your arrogance, and forbids you to exalt yourself above any prostitute,…
Only three years ago - here's to hoping he's still doing well.
October 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Only three years ago - here's to hoping he's still doing well.
63 Years ago today - the closest the United States came to full-scale nuclear war.
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
63 Years ago today - the closest the United States came to full-scale nuclear war.
You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. - Deuteronomy 10:19
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. - Deuteronomy 10:19
11 dead, 7 injured - the deadliest attack on a local Jewish community in American history.
October 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
11 dead, 7 injured - the deadliest attack on a local Jewish community in American history.
Blessed Reformation Sunday!
October 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Blessed Reformation Sunday!
Calvin on Ps 115:1-2 -
For, during the captivity, God had said, “not for your sake, but for my own sake, I will do this,” (Isa 48:11). When all other hopes fail, they acknowledge this to be their only refuge.
For, during the captivity, God had said, “not for your sake, but for my own sake, I will do this,” (Isa 48:11). When all other hopes fail, they acknowledge this to be their only refuge.
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Calvin on Ps 115:1-2 -
For, during the captivity, God had said, “not for your sake, but for my own sake, I will do this,” (Isa 48:11). When all other hopes fail, they acknowledge this to be their only refuge.
For, during the captivity, God had said, “not for your sake, but for my own sake, I will do this,” (Isa 48:11). When all other hopes fail, they acknowledge this to be their only refuge.
Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
- Isaiah 58:6
- Isaiah 58:6
October 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
- Isaiah 58:6
- Isaiah 58:6
Calvin on Eph 4:29 -
(O)ur Lord has given us tongues to communicate with one another. We should therefore use them to benefit our neighbors and wholly employ them to that end. …the means of conveying our hearts and minds… our Lord wills every part of us to be useful…
(O)ur Lord has given us tongues to communicate with one another. We should therefore use them to benefit our neighbors and wholly employ them to that end. …the means of conveying our hearts and minds… our Lord wills every part of us to be useful…
October 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Calvin on Eph 4:29 -
(O)ur Lord has given us tongues to communicate with one another. We should therefore use them to benefit our neighbors and wholly employ them to that end. …the means of conveying our hearts and minds… our Lord wills every part of us to be useful…
(O)ur Lord has given us tongues to communicate with one another. We should therefore use them to benefit our neighbors and wholly employ them to that end. …the means of conveying our hearts and minds… our Lord wills every part of us to be useful…
Luther on 1 Cor 4:7 -
We brag about our material possessions, even though these are rated as the least valuable of God’s abundant gifts. Consequently, the wealthy… consider other people to be mere pests.… God cannot tolerate boasting, (but) we cannot keep from doing it.
We brag about our material possessions, even though these are rated as the least valuable of God’s abundant gifts. Consequently, the wealthy… consider other people to be mere pests.… God cannot tolerate boasting, (but) we cannot keep from doing it.
October 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Luther on 1 Cor 4:7 -
We brag about our material possessions, even though these are rated as the least valuable of God’s abundant gifts. Consequently, the wealthy… consider other people to be mere pests.… God cannot tolerate boasting, (but) we cannot keep from doing it.
We brag about our material possessions, even though these are rated as the least valuable of God’s abundant gifts. Consequently, the wealthy… consider other people to be mere pests.… God cannot tolerate boasting, (but) we cannot keep from doing it.
Luther, Church Postil, Sunday after Christmas on Gal 4:1-7 (Works 75:390) -
Christ did them not for Himself, but for us. He had no need of them, but amassed the treasure for us, so that we can cling to it, believe it, and possess it.
Christ did them not for Himself, but for us. He had no need of them, but amassed the treasure for us, so that we can cling to it, believe it, and possess it.
October 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Luther, Church Postil, Sunday after Christmas on Gal 4:1-7 (Works 75:390) -
Christ did them not for Himself, but for us. He had no need of them, but amassed the treasure for us, so that we can cling to it, believe it, and possess it.
Christ did them not for Himself, but for us. He had no need of them, but amassed the treasure for us, so that we can cling to it, believe it, and possess it.
Calvin on Eph 4:28
…they must also try to help those in need. …we must spare something of what God gives us through his blessing and give it to relieve the needy. …we must strive to force ourselves to do them good, for that striving will bring us together.
…they must also try to help those in need. …we must spare something of what God gives us through his blessing and give it to relieve the needy. …we must strive to force ourselves to do them good, for that striving will bring us together.
October 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Calvin on Eph 4:28
…they must also try to help those in need. …we must spare something of what God gives us through his blessing and give it to relieve the needy. …we must strive to force ourselves to do them good, for that striving will bring us together.
…they must also try to help those in need. …we must spare something of what God gives us through his blessing and give it to relieve the needy. …we must strive to force ourselves to do them good, for that striving will bring us together.
Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.
- Deuteronomy 15:10
- Deuteronomy 15:10
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.
- Deuteronomy 15:10
- Deuteronomy 15:10
People today are still trying to make Jesus king by force.
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
People today are still trying to make Jesus king by force.
Woe to those who make iniquitous decrees, who write oppressive statutes, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, to make widows their spoil and to plunder orphans!
- Isaiah 10:1-2
- Isaiah 10:1-2
October 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Woe to those who make iniquitous decrees, who write oppressive statutes, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, to make widows their spoil and to plunder orphans!
- Isaiah 10:1-2
- Isaiah 10:1-2
He changes times and seasons, deposes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.
- Daniel 2:21 #realchristianeducation
- Daniel 2:21 #realchristianeducation
October 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
He changes times and seasons, deposes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.
- Daniel 2:21 #realchristianeducation
- Daniel 2:21 #realchristianeducation
Calvin, Institutes 4:16:15 -
“Christ” is “a minister of the circumcision, to fulfill the promises, which had been given to the fathers” (Rom 15:8).
“Christ” is “a minister of the circumcision, to fulfill the promises, which had been given to the fathers” (Rom 15:8).
October 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Calvin, Institutes 4:16:15 -
“Christ” is “a minister of the circumcision, to fulfill the promises, which had been given to the fathers” (Rom 15:8).
“Christ” is “a minister of the circumcision, to fulfill the promises, which had been given to the fathers” (Rom 15:8).
Calvin, Institutes 4:16:15 -
As Paul argues in that passage, the Jews are sanctified by their parents, so he teaches elsewhere that the children of Christians receive the same sanctification from their parents (1 Cor 7:14).
As Paul argues in that passage, the Jews are sanctified by their parents, so he teaches elsewhere that the children of Christians receive the same sanctification from their parents (1 Cor 7:14).
October 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Calvin, Institutes 4:16:15 -
As Paul argues in that passage, the Jews are sanctified by their parents, so he teaches elsewhere that the children of Christians receive the same sanctification from their parents (1 Cor 7:14).
As Paul argues in that passage, the Jews are sanctified by their parents, so he teaches elsewhere that the children of Christians receive the same sanctification from their parents (1 Cor 7:14).
Calvin, Institutes 4:16:14 -
Ishmael and Esau (Rom 9:6-13), who were rejected just as if they were strangers; even though they were real offspring of Abraham… salvation depends upon God‘s mercy, which he extends to whom he pleases (Rom 9:15-16)…
Ishmael and Esau (Rom 9:6-13), who were rejected just as if they were strangers; even though they were real offspring of Abraham… salvation depends upon God‘s mercy, which he extends to whom he pleases (Rom 9:15-16)…
October 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Calvin, Institutes 4:16:14 -
Ishmael and Esau (Rom 9:6-13), who were rejected just as if they were strangers; even though they were real offspring of Abraham… salvation depends upon God‘s mercy, which he extends to whom he pleases (Rom 9:15-16)…
Ishmael and Esau (Rom 9:6-13), who were rejected just as if they were strangers; even though they were real offspring of Abraham… salvation depends upon God‘s mercy, which he extends to whom he pleases (Rom 9:15-16)…