Sincere question asked of me last week by a friend who's not up to speed on all the 'Reformed' tribes: "What is this 1689 thing and why does it seem like all the people who have it in their bio treat others like dirt?"
As I said, the question was sincere, not loaded. This person has no dog in the Reformed conversation hunt. He honestly didn't know what 1689 referred to. He was honestly, as an observer, making note that those he sees identifying with it for some reason don't treat others well.
The standard reply will be "Standing for truth always seems mean to outsiders" etc. But this is a good Christian brother, doctrinally strong & humble. At some point, we have to take a good look at ourselves as much as we look at others & discern whether we adorn the gospel well
And FYI: "Jesus turned over tables" or "Paul told people to castrate themselves" is a terrible base text for your 'ministry.'
Isn't it possible that because of the deception in our own hearts, that we may be more harsh than we ought to be? That in fact, what we think is Christlike behavior doesn't strike many as genuinely favoring the aroma of Christ? ftc.co/resource-libra…
And FTR, I explained to him about LBCF 1689 -- and said it was a good and sound doc -- and mentioned some 1689 folks who *aren't* jerks he might should check out. (Holla @docanddevo brothers)
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