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@DPCassidyTKC
Sep 22, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Human friendship is such aprecious gift. “Come before winter”, Paul wrote to Timothy from prison. The apostle who longed for the coming of Christ longed as well for the arrival of Timothy. Abandoned by many, this was Paul’s Gethsemane. Love your friends & be the friend who loves.
“When you come, bring...the books and the parchments” Paul writes as awaits his death in a Roman dungeon. How precious is the gift of books! This reminds me of Tyndale’s letter from prison where he too awaited execution. Like Paul he asked for warmer clothes but also for books.
“Above all permit me to have my Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Grammar, & Hebrew Dictionary, that I may spend my time in that study.”

To Tyndale - and Wycliffe before him - we largely owe the gift of the Bible in our own language. Facing death he longed to study Scripture more deeply
Whatever our circumstances today, may we be as Paul & Tyndale, longing for the gifts of cherished friends and the study of sacred Scriptures. And for those who study in Greek & Hebrew - to the books with gratitude, not grumbling!

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The struggles for the sanctification of our soul and our churches varies in kind and degree in both, but the battle is no less real - or deadly in both. The glories of both are just as real and joyful too. "Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness" is still good counsel.
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Cultural Christianity isn't the same thing as Nominal Christianity, Christendom, or even Christian culture. Cultural Christianity is simply shorthand for the "philosophical canopy" of shared virtues that permeates a society & is passed along via certain texts & truths.
The societal rejection of the virtues that the Faith celebrates, teaches, and encourages, necessitates a new unifying canopy. This really is revolutionary activity. But which canopy should replace it? Fragmentation in Western society (broadly considered) or the US in particular
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Peter stepped over the threshold of Cornelius' house into the promise God's mission. The boundaries of God's mercy were wider than Peter imagined. He did this because Christ had already stepped over the threshold of eternity to eat with unclean people, inviting us to his feast.
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You can't simply pray about a kid being gunned down because he rang the wrong doorbell. It's going to take more than prayer. God doesn't do what he's commissioned us to do. He's entrusted work to us, empowered us for the work, and is with us in the work. But the work to be done -
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