Derek Rishmawy

Haven’t posted here in a bit but here is a long review of Andrew Rillera’s Lamb of the Free. t.co/00cSfEB6bA

How to Honor Christ as Holy in Apologetics Let Christ’s holiness embolden you, freeing you from the fear of man and empowering you to testify with both courage and humility.

“Honoring Christ as holy gives us the willingness to suffer because it cuts the taproot of that which undermines so much of our apologetic practice—simple fear of man. @dzrishmawy.bsky.social
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It’s very good. Clearly written, lucid analysis.

Tremendous book so far

Recent reads

Very good by @musaalgharbi.bsky.social

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Being “smart” as an intellectual liability.

God does not rest on the seventh day simply to recover from the work he has done. Rather, rest is his nature. It completes the creation. It is the essence of creation. Thus, when we subordinate rest to work, we ignore the divine.

Byung-Chul Han, Disappearance of Ritual, 36

Cate, my 2 year old: why is a panda?

Me: yes, that is the metaphysical question. *Why* is the panda?

Great book

(First day on the internet): hey guys, what do you think about “Mary did you know?” I kinda like it but maybe she did?

James Jordan has a lot on time span and patience. Just listening to him on that.

Eventually Christians are gonna be spotted as the people with more than one kid, kids with disabilities that can be detected in utero, and their sickly and elderly still with them.

BREAKING: MPs vote in support of Assisted Dying Bill - Premier Christian News | Headlines, Breaking News, Comment & Analysis The bill, officially called the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was proposed by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater and has passed the first stage of the legislative process by a vote of 330-275.

In light of this sad news, Dr. Ewan Golligher’s 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘦? 𝘈 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 is an excellent resource. You can hear my conversation with him about it here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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If you’re in the pastoral office, it’s probably wise to go through first and second Timothy and Titus at least a couple of times a year, just as a vocational check in.

The rise of the reckless divorce columnist Newspapers like the Times and the Daily Mail are constantly pushing pieces by women celebrating their divorces. It’s not good for us.

My latest at The Spectator: Against the new genre of divorce and adultery confessionals. www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

Argue with other Christians, like brothers and sisters. State your case clearly, and yet at the same time in the hope that the Spirit you share will either make their error plain to them or make it plain to you.

You actually just can’t know your Bible too well. You can read it for decade upon decade, and do specialized studies in every book and you’re always gonna come back with something new.

When you go through an identity/ideology shift, there are a few people who will annoy you as much as the person who believes what you did like five minutes ago.

I never knew what accounted for adults threatening to “take your nose” as a child. But now, as a father, I find myself unaccountably unable to stop taking my little girl’s nose. It is perfect and eminently stealable.

Yes, it makes you aware that even your own side can be subject to the same sort of institutional culture

Or at least that some of the flesh and blood that were supposed to be warring against is our own in so far is the old Adam is at work in our members as well.

There is always a battle of the gods and a strife of cultures that come downstream from the gospel and that which does not. The problem is recognizing that our struggle is not against flesh and blood.

The intrinsic challenge is that the New Testament and even the Old Testament is rife with the language of spiritual warfare. And the assumption that spirits and gods give rise to cultures and cultural paradigms.

Absolutely!

Part of the holiness of God means he is this particular God, the Holy One of Israel, who has acted in particular ways in history like the exodus and the exile. And he’s spoken in particular ways as in the 10 Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount. much harder to put words into his mouth.

People have no qualms with a “Higher Power” that is functionally powerless and/or over which they can exert power (i.e., manipulate).