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Nov 29 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
There are many wonderful ministries you can support over and above what you give to your local congregation.

Since today is #GivingTuesday, might I suggest two reasons for considering a gift to @ReformTheoSem?

rts.edu/givingtuesday22
(1) The marks of an RTS education: Students at RTS receive ministerial training marked by biblical fidelity, confessional integrity, and academic excellence. As much as it ever has, the church today needs well-formed, well-prepared leaders.
(2) The mode of an RTS education: Though much can be shared and accomplished through online communities, much cannot. Face to face, in-person instruction continues to provide the best context for forming pastors, teachers, counselors, and missionaries to serve Christ's church.
We are grateful for your prayers and for your support of @ReformTheoSem.

Thank you for considering joining us in this #GreatCommitment:

rts.edu/givingtuesday22

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1. Remember that the Trinity is the standard for what love is, not the creature. Too often we define love by a creaturely measure then transfer that definition to God.
2. Be careful with terminology. Too many today are squeamish about saying “the Father loves the Son.” Don’t be. But do (per point 1) be careful about saying God is “self-giving love,” “other-centered love,” etc w/out defining terms: e.g., self, other, giving. Flee kenoticism!
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We need to recover the concept of “attunement”—the divinely designed “fit” between God, world, and self—in our evangelism and catechesis. Along with: reason as the faculty for perceiving this attunement and virtue as the mode of habituating ourselves to it.
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What does it mean for a person to "identify as" x?

This question is central to ongoing debates about how best to apply the views affirmed in the PCA's ad interim committee report on human sexuality.
The following is an attempt to offer some analytic clarity for the benefit of these ongoing debates.

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When someone "identifies as" x, they are performing at least one of two kinds of judgments: (1) a classificatory judgment, (2) an evaluative judgment.
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