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Denny Burk

@DennyBurk

19 Jul

I’ve thought a lot about this article since reading it yesterday. It’s hard to formulate an apt response because the author does not define what he means by racism, systemic or otherwise.

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nytimes.com/2021/07/18/opi…

If he means that Christians should fight against racial partiality or racial animus, then of course there can be no disagreement about that. It is our moral duty to love our neighbor and to treat them with equal weights and measures.

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But if he means that Christians must fight against “racism” defined as any racially disparate outcome, then there is no necessary moral obligation to do that. (More on that below)

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dennyburk.com/is-systemic-ra…

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Denny Burk

@DennyBurk

2 Jun

You can follow Jesus, or you can celebrate Pride.

But you can’t do both.

Those who say you can are lying.

“The one who says, ‘I have come to know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”

-1 John 2:4

The good news of the gospel, however, is that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—including LGBTQ+ sinners! Christ died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins, and he was raised three days later to give us eternal life.

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Any sinner—no matter what they’ve done—can be connected to Christ’s saving work by repenting from sin and believing in the gospel (Mark 1:15).

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Denny Burk

@DennyBurk

8 May

“While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture.”

-Baptist Faith & Message (BF&M)

“An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife...” -1 Timothy 3:2

“I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.” -1 Timothy 2:12

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We know what the Bible says. We know what the BF&M says. The former is God’s word. The latter is a faithful interpretation of God’s word.

The Bible identifies many areas of meaningful ministry for women, but that does not include the office or function of a pastor.

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Denny Burk

@DennyBurk

15 Feb

No Christian’s ministry is so vital that they have transcended the need and the command to be vitally connected to a local church.

If you are not so connected, all is not well with you—no matter how successful you think your ministry is.

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“Let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.”

-Hebrews 10:24-25

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Being a member of a local church is not a cure-all. People sin in grievous ways even in the best of churches.

Nevertheless, real and vital connection to a local church should be a threshold requirement of any Christian’s ministry.

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Denny Burk

@DennyBurk

4 Feb

@NYTmag

CRT really is a universal acid, burning through and destroying so many precious things.

@NYTmag reports on the effort—already well underway—to condemn and destroy classics as a discipline.

Utter madness.

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nytimes.com/2021/02/02/mag…

“To see classics the way Padilla sees it means breaking the mirror; it means condemning the classical legacy as one of the most harmful stories we’ve told ourselves.”

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“Classics and whiteness are the bones and sinew of the same body; they grew strong together, and they may have to die together.”

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Denny Burk

@DennyBurk

11 Sep 20

Ruminating on 9-11 and differences between THEN and NOW in our national life. They are stark.

THEN: The nation was unified by national tragedy.

NOW: The nation is divided over pandemic, protests/riots, and an election.

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THEN: The nation was immeasurably grateful for and valorizing first responders, including policeman.

NOW: The nation is divided with many expressing open hostility toward policemen and wishing to disband police forces.

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