Malcolm Yarnell @MusingsOnChrist Twitter profile

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Malcolm Yarnell

2 years

Theology is for God’s People I am happy to announce that the good people at @BHpub and I have contracted for a major 3-volume popular-level systematic theology. (Short Thread)

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

3 years

Pastor, The Woman before you is not a means to your end. She’s not here to be dominated, used, ignored. She is not a temptation to avoid but a person to respect. Woman bears God’s Image equally with Man. If Women aren’t honored fully in your congregation, then reform your Men.

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Theology without integrity is idolatry

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My mother, an abuse survivor, is currently in the hospital with severe throat problems. My father held up the phone so she could hear me. I told her the SBC is now beginning to change. Through the pain, she said, “I am so glad. I am proud of you. We must change for good.” Tears

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

4 years

This religious leader believed passionately that Black Lives Matter, well before almost anybody else in the English-speaking world. And he identified evil as evil, even among his fellow Christian ministers. Benjamin Lay, 1737

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Does Scripture teach all women in general must submit to all men in general? No. Such a view is not merely morally errant but spiritually abhorrent. As an image-bearer, every woman (like every man) owes general submission only to God. All other relations occur only in covenant.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

4 years

The greatest challenge facing American evangelicals today doesn’t come from lame media persecution, nor from worn out liberal theology, nor from some imagined conspiracy within. Our greatest challenge remains in our own hearts, in particular how WE value our FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS!

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3 years

“God has not called us to save America politically. He has called us to proclaim the gospel.” (standing ovation) @jdgreear #SBC21

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@MusingsOnChrist

3 years

Three years ago, the sexual abuse crisis in the Southern Baptist Convention seemed to be the crisis of our “day.” But then @BethMooreLPM posted her childhood picture and her story. Immediately, my mother called me to tell me she was proud of me for standing for the abused. 1/

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

3 years

The “blast radius” of sexual abuse in the church, to borrow the language of @juleswoodson11 , is not for a day but multi-generational. The SBC must reform itself for the sake of God’s glory, for the sake of the little girls and boys and other victims, and for our integrity. End/

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

5 years

Five truths every Christian theologian must embrace: 1. God’s Word is perfect. 2. Our theologies are not. 3. The responsible theologian reads other theologians. 4. The discerning theologian both appreciates and disagrees. 5. The irresponsible theologian denigrates discernment.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

4 years

Historically, the SBC’s real problem has only rarely been the denial of the Word of God. Instead, the real problem has almost always been the abuse of the Image of God. We really do respect our Bible, and rightly so. Where we struggle is in respecting our Brothers and Sisters.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

3 years

Five recommendations for those establishing “Ministries”: 1. Don’t name it after yourself. No Christian ministry is about the minister. A name indicates a purpose. 2. Don’t stack your board of directors with your family and cronies. Enable the board to hold you accountable.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

3 years

Love is not rude

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

2 years

Causes of the Sexual Abuse Crisis the SBC faces: It is a crisis caused by our failure to identify wolves. It is a crisis caused by our neglect for the sheep. It is a crisis caused by errant theologies of authority. It is NOT a crisis caused by the reporting of sexual abuse.

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Prophet, Priest, and King? The threefold office of Jesus Christ belongs to Him alone. Solus Christus Every Christian—Not just clergy and not just men—Every Christian participates subordinately to Christ within his royal priesthood. Do we really need to revisit the Reformation?

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

3 years

Dear Pastor, God called you to shepherd his church. He called you to preach his Word, love his people, and glorify Him. He did not call you to build your brand, pad your power, or add to your accounts. If your motives are impure, mixed, it will bring sorrow. A Fellow Shepherd

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

2 years

To this day, I remain amazed at what God did in that SBC church. Racism in the church is real, but God is more real! And to this day, that essay on the biblical view of racism remains unpublished. Racists gonna be racist. Liberals gonna be liberal. Malcolm’s gonna follow Jesus.

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Malcolm Yarnell

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2 years

Conversation with Timothy George last night brought up so many memories. Here is one: As a young pastor, I encouraged our people to tell family and friends about Jesus. A youth leader came to ask, “Can we witness to our black friends?” My response was, “Of course! Why not?”

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

5 years

Southern Baptists are in a very deep crisis over theological anthropology. Evidence of racism, misogyny, sexual abuse, and child abuse comes out every single day. The solution requires a biblical Christology and Christ-centered piety feeding personal and ecclesial discipleship.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

3 years

Two older men, accomplished pastors in our Southern Baptist Convention, independently approached me today to thank me for speaking into ongoing crises. Both repeatedly wept as they told their stories of alienation of faithful Christians in our denomination. Y’all, I am broken.

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Malcolm Yarnell

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3 years

Teenage Daughter: So, what is “Fundamentalism”? Mom: Fundamentalism occurs when people add to the Word of God with their own rules and try to bind other people’s consciences. Dad: 💁🏼‍♂️

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

3 years

I, for one, am thankful for your service, @drmoore , as @ERLC President. May you be blessed for your courage. May God lead our convention to continue your stands for universal religious liberty and for the sacredness of human persons against sexual abuse, racism, and abortion.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

3 years

We need a huge culture change in conservative Christianity. We need a passion to be like Jesus in every way rather than just merely to use Jesus for a transaction of salvation for the soul.

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3 years

Reading through Jeremiah, it is shocking to see the parallels with today and distressing to see the judgment of God upon a nation. Then: Widespread idolatry. Rampant abuse and murder of weaker humans. A false royal theology teaching their nation was sacred, safe. Now: Repent!

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

5 years

Welcome home, @BethMooreLPM

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

5 years

Sometimes, when I am studying my Bible, or when I am speaking of God’s Word, or when I am preparing a lecture, or when I am writing a book. Well, sometimes, God will show himself to me, and I begin to weep, and I must stop, for I cannot go on. I must get on my face and worship.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

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“What hurts the victim most is not the cruelty of the oppressor, but the silence of the bystander.” Elie Wiesel

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@MusingsOnChrist

4 years

Several churches, led by pastors I respect, have decided to cancel Sunday services for a week or more due to warnings. Other churches, led by pastors I respect, have decided to hold Sunday services due to conviction. We should honor each other for each is directly under Christ.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

2 years

Dear @BethMooreLPM It was sad when you left our Baptist fold, but you found a great communion. While Baptists diverged, there is so much we garnered from Anglicanism’s deep liturgical spirituality. May the Lord bless you tremendously. A Baptist Pastor

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

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Let’s be honest. The only hope for the Southern Baptist Convention is prayer and repentance. And I don’t mean pro forma rehearsal. I mean genuine mourning over everything—from the past to the present, who we are in our hearts and actions. Until then, we are merely playing games.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

4 years

Why do Evangelicals thoroughly oppose Abortion? We recognize every human is created in the imago dei and thus possesses an inviolable, undimmable dignity. This Anthropology also requires us to oppose Racism and Misogyny and to make heroic efforts to advance Human Flourishing.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

5 years

My take on Kanye? *Praise God for his confession of faith in Jesus as Lord! *My daughters like the album. *Let’s allow him to grow as Christ would without Pharisaical censoriousness. *Some really great lyrics. *An Ode to Chick-Fil-A?

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

5 years

My teenage daughter was leaving school when a truck ran a red light and hit the SUV she was in, this afternoon. The SUV was spun around and is totaled. The three girls are bruised but seem okay. The police ticketed the other driver. Prayers for no complications are appreciated.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

2 years

When the SATF recommendations passed, I wept. I am not a very emotional man. But I wept, because SBs are finally beginning to address a horrendous aspect of the critical issue the SBC has faced and ignored since 1845: How we who are powerful see and treat vulnerable human beings.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

4 years

Billy Graham was one of the best evangelists in Christian history and one of its most virtuous leaders. I don’t think he would be calling for Trump’s impeachment, nor for excusing his acts. I am very confident he would call all of us to repent of our sins and to trust in Jesus.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

3 years

“There may be a liberal drift somewhere, but it is not in any of our Southern Baptist seminaries.” @AdamGreenway of @SWBTS #SBC21

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

2 years

WARNING If God is a means to your political or social end, rather than the end of your social and political means, then admit that you are using God and abusing Jesus rather than worshiping God and following Jesus. God is not your tool. And Jesus is not your instrument.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

4 years

The Priesthood of All Believers is grossly neglected today. Imagine what the Church will do when we stop trying to restrict Ministry to a Clerical Elite and get out of the way of God’s Holy Spirit? Every Christian is a Bible Scholar, a Theologian, a Proclaimer, an Evangelist...

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

2 years

The Gospel under Threat? Sometimes, you hear that the gospel is under threat. I never quite understood the metaphor, because the gospel is not weak but powerful. The gospel does not need to be protected “from” the world. Rather, the gospel must be proclaimed “to” the world.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

6 years

Would you please do something for @swbts today? Would you please pray in particular for our Interim President, Dr. Jeffrey Bingham, as the Lord leads us through him in this crisis? Dr. Bingham is truly one of the most gentle scholars I have ever known. He has a tough role ahead.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

1 year

Don’t presume you must protect the Bible from an unbelieving world. Don’t fear that it will be defeated by critics. Instead, set his Word loose through speech. The Word of God is living and has inherent power to transform human hearts. Have faith that God works through Scripture.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

3 years

She also told me she had been abused by a church leader from the time she was a toddler. My own difficult childhood all of the sudden made sense. And for the first time I could remember, my mother was proud of me. We wept together. (One day, we will tell her whole story.) 2/

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

5 years

When Christians decry the ways of the world, there are sometimes two claims being made, one of which is true, while the other is not: 1. Let us not be conformed to the world. 2. Let us not be conformed to [your corner of] the world. [My corner is true and not to be questioned.]

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

4 years

“We wouldn’t even have a racial crisis in America if the church had not consistently failed to deal with racism as the severe sin it is.” @drtonyevans

Tony Evans: America’s racial crisis is a result of the failure of the church to deal with racism

This column is part of our ongoing opinion commentary on faith, called Living Our Faith. Find this week’s reader question and get weekly roundups of the...

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Malcolm Yarnell

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3 years

When we wring our hands about declining SBC membership, we tend to think the cause is (1) lack of evangelistic effort. That is doubtless a problem. But consider other significant factors: (2) false faith, (3) rush baptisms, (4) insufficient discipleship, (5) cultural insulation.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

4 months

Before she passed, I learned my mother was sexually abused by a Baptist church leader when she was a young child. It wrecked her life and hurt her family. Clerical sexual abuse causes lifelong trauma. Let’s firmly and strongly address this horrible crisis for the lambs of Jesus.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

6 months

If Southern Baptists make the final transition into treating the Baptist Faith and Message as necessary for all member churches, we will have taken a significant step into a constrictive Presbyterian view of confessions and a significant step away from historic Baptist freedoms.

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Malcolm Yarnell

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3 years

Dear Christian, The “Word” (λόγος) in John 1:1 is clearly a person, the Son of God, who became flesh. The Word is not mere “meaning.” Those who claim otherwise have denied that Jesus Christ is Lord. They must be excluded from all Christian communion whatsoever. A Shepherd

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

4 years

I was first appointed to serve on the @ERLC Research Council in 2003 by Dr. Land. After @drmoore took over, I was invited to remain. This Baptist Theologian and Pastor has an abiding respect for all the ERLC has done and is now doing for Southern Baptists in liberty and ethics.

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Malcolm Yarnell

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3 years

One thing I really appreciated about @jdgreear was that, though he could have gone into a runoff for SBC President, he did was best for the convention rather than for himself. He conceded the election to @bellevuepastor and united the SBC. A true Christian statesman.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

2 years

When an African American community is attacked, it is not “their problem.” When a Taiwanese church is attacked, it is not “their problem.” These crises require all of us to solve. When any community is attacked, it is “our problem.” We will stand or fall together. #Dignity

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

4 years

Though a lifelong believer, 80-year old man in hospice had never been baptized. The care facility made a way for him. After the ceremony, you can hear him weep for joy...

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

5 years

Incoming @SWBTS students recently heard that women often top basic classes in Systematic Theology and that several of my women PhD students excelled in their dissertations and defenses. Priscilla’s primacy in theology and selfless ministry reflect similarly. Acts 18:26; Rom 16:3f

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Malcolm Yarnell

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Last year, @plattdavid heard that my son and his fiancée were both marrying and committing to Christian mission. He stopped what he was doing, asked for my wife, @kayarnell , to record a message and prayer for them. It is in the very character of @plattdavid to bless with Christ.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

3 years

One day, it will dawn on the radical religious right that they have literally been led down the path of destruction by radical atheist intellectuals.

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Malcolm Yarnell

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I love my SBC brothers: I wrote an essay for @jerryvines ’s Festschrift, sharing his passion for God’s Word. I am privileged to serve @SWBTS with @AdamGreenway advancing biblical theology. And I am blessed to serve @drmoore ’s @ERLC Research Council advocating biblical ethics.

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@MusingsOnChrist

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“If there is not a radical culture change in this denomination, this will happen over and over and over again.” @drmoore regarding the need for Southern Baptists to address clergy sexual abuse. Lord Jesus, please protect your sheep, judge the wolves, and bring us moral clarity.

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Malcolm Yarnell

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3 years

Trinitarian Dinner Discussion @kayarnell was just explaining Eternal Functional Subordination to our 15-year old. Daughter: “That sounds like Arianism to me.” Mom and Dad’s jaws drop

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Malcolm Yarnell

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3 years

If you are a Christian minister who has more to say about culture than Christ or who gets more animated by your posture in temporal conflicts than by offering others the eternal peace of the gospel, then perhaps you might be man-centered rather than Christ-centered. #ThinkOnIt

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3. Don’t seek government classification as a “church” or a group of churches. You are neither in the sight of God, so don’t pretend to be either in the sight of humanity. 4. Publish the names and contact information of your board annually. 5. Publish your financials annually.

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3 years

A Tale of Two Southern Baptist Movements Conservative Resurgence: “Let’s affirm the Bible!” Abuse Survivors: “Let’s obey the Bible!” #SBC #JesusIsLord #MadeInTheImageOfGod #ChurchDemocracy #SBCToo #Repentance #Holiness #Integrity #TheLeastOfThese #PriesthoodOfAllBelievers

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Malcolm Yarnell

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3 years

The Little Voice in the Ear Years ago, @CNN invited me to debate a liberal Bible scholar regarding the truthfulness of the Gospels in light of the recent rediscovery of a Gnostic gospel. After reviewing the basic content of the Gnostic piece, we began to discuss its merits. 1/

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Malcolm Yarnell

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2 years

“One can no longer argue with a straight face that the biblical text was not written until the Persian [or] Hellenistic period as many higher critics have done, when here we do clearly have the ability to write the entire text at a much, much earlier date”

Ancient Hebrew curse tablet found by Katy archaeologist could be proof of older Bible timeline

Dr. Scott Stripling, director of the Archaeological Studies Institute at The Bible...

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Malcolm Yarnell

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5 years

“He bravely came forward to testify when others wouldn't.” And now some coward has taken his life. Note how he was shot from behind! Lord God, please help us. “Botham Jean's neighbor, a key witness in Amber Guyger trial, shot to death in Dallas”

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4 years

All in for the Gospel “Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.” Hugh Latimer to Nicholas Ridley, as they were burnt at the stake for their evangelical faith in Oxford, this day in 1555.

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Yes, @R_Denhollander ’s exegesis is correct. “David thought he was better than Uriah and smarter than God. He was neither. David added murder to his crimes and a second cover-up, this time not of rape but of murder.” From my latest book: “Who Is the Holy Spirit?” (B&H, 2019), 38

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Malcolm Yarnell

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4 years

The Last of the Gentleman Theologians passed into the presence of the God whom he taught so many of us to see well late last night. Please pray for the family and friends of James Leo Garrett Jr., @SWBTS Theologian Extraordinaire. Tears of sorrow and joy.

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Malcolm Yarnell

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2 years

Three Trends Evangelicals will face due to new revelations of the longterm Abuse Crisis: 1) Evangelical culture, especially in the south, was bound with constructs of hierarchical authority. More Evangelicals will now begin extricating themselves from those cultural ideologies.

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1 year

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” “But everything is to be done decently and in order.” “Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love — but the greatest of these is love.” Do better.

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2 years

Dear Friend, A very godly young man, whom I taught in both seminary and at church passed away suddenly last night. Our family have cared for their children. Now this vibrant and beloved minister of the gospel has gone. Would you please pray for his wife and three children?

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Malcolm Yarnell

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3 years

I just heard the heartbeat of my first grandchild. How life-changing, how life-affirming, how grace-filled is our God!

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Baltimore Baptists may have made the most important statement of the day: “We as Southern Baptists must stand in the light for truth. If in fact there are victims of our organization’s behavior, what is needed are not lawyers or insurance, what is needed is repentance.” Wow

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Statement from Baltimore Baptist Association leadership Re: @SBCExecComm PDF:

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For years, I have watched @ERLC ’s @drmoore . He is perhaps the most insightful and engaging systematic theologian ever to write. He is spiritually astute, culturally attuned, and a good speaker. He gave great leadership to #SBC2019 . He showed integrity in affirming theology grows.

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1 year

My beloved mother, Gareth LaVayne Page Yarnell, has passed into the presence of our risen Lord. She now knows the rest and peace she so long desired. Her last words to me requested blessing, which I quickly gave her. My last words to her were, “We will see you again soon, Mom.”

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Ministers have come to presume their role is to give moral commentary on every movie produced by Hollywood, every word spoken by a politician, every candy made by a chocolatier. Might it be wise for those called to the gospel to spend more time expositing the Word than the world?

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4 years

Dear ⁦ @GregAbbott_TX ⁩, 3 facts: 1) You received my vote repeatedly. 2) Like you, as an evangelical Christian, Jesus is my Lord. 3) Following his Word, I helped several refugees to resettle in Texas over the last 15 years. Please reconsider this:

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5 months

Soon, politicians pretending to be ministers will try to bind Christian consciences by telling us we must vote one way or the other. Do the nation a favor and reject their appeals to fear. Put your faith in the Lord alone—He is sufficient. Pray. Do your research. Vote your best.

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3 years

Daughter: I want a new car like my friend when I start driving. Mother: Your friend’s father is a MD; your father is a PhD. Daughter: People once paid philosophers well. Now we pay to heal our bodies. We once valued the eternal, the soul, virtues; now, temporal things. Me: 😳

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When young, I preached that God used faithful people mightily, whether or not anyone now recognized them. Now older, I am more convinced than ever that God’s most faithful, most powerful, and most useful servants are not the well-known ones. Get over yourself. Glorify God.

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. @kayarnell and I wish the best to @BethMooreLPM in her heart-wrenching decision. Beth is a follower of the One who is full of grace and truth. And like Beth, above all we wish to be like Him. That is all

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I had the privilege to chat with @bartbarber , @albertmohler , @RickWarren at points before, during, and after the SBC vote to uphold the Credentials Committee. I saw what you saw on the monitors: Bart’s attempt to act fairly, Al’s pursuit of doctrine, Rick’s wish to cooperate.

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I have a dear brother with whom I have collaborated in publishing theology for years. He is now hospitalized with COVID-19. He has requested prayer. Would you pray for him with me?

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Have you ever noticed that philosophers who emphasize hierarchy and subordination rather than mutuality and service like to be the ones who, in some way, eventually end up being at the top of their convenient contrivance? Jesus: “It shall not be this way among you.” (Matt 20:26)

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If I were @timkellernyc I would demand this article be withdrawn. If I were a @TGC editor I would withdraw the article. Seriously, boys, its time to grow up and stop publishing locker room nonsense which masquerades as theology. Consider your calling.

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3 years

The Southern Baptist Convention with its entities, trustees, and employees are not the Church. They are formed, funded, and empowered by the churches. They exist only from that relation and for assisting the churches. The Messengers of the churches may direct as they feel so led.

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The fawning over a mere man, the requisite that a group member never criticize his person or acts, the demand for loyalty at the expense of truth, the expectation that aggrieved members maintain silence for the sake of the man or his movement—These are certain signs of a cult.

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The greatest need of this hour? Integrity

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2 years

Bless the Lord, for He is good! He has given a precious young life into the stewardship of our oldest son and his bride. Mother and child are both well. Please say hello to our first grandchild! Rejoicing with @kayarnell

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In 1783, several of my family, after founding this nation, petitioned the new Congress to abolish slavery. While also citizens of their age, they nonetheless held a clear moral conscience regarding the evils of slavery. Indeed, they “long beheld” the issue “with sorrow.”

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Every day, I vacillate: *One moment, I think the greatest challenge we face is MISOGYNY. *The news next convinces me it is RACISM. *Then it reverts to ABORTION. Then it starts over. What’s our problem, American Evangelicals? We don’t value the IMAGE OF GOD like JESUS does!

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@MusingsOnChrist

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Who said this? “We cannot say to the women, ‘Go home, there is nothing for you to do in the service of the Lord.’”

Doug Mize

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5 years

The commending of women who proclaim the Word of the Lord... From Charles Haddon Spurgeon in 1888.

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My daughter just returned from an international mission trip. And what does she do? Craft a letter to thank me for guiding her, saying she was proud of me for fighting for the gospel and for doing what is right within the SBC. That nearly broke me. Let’s get it right for them.

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I have the same heart desire

Hershael York

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If sanctification is progressive, shouldn’t Christians grow kinder, more relentlessly gracious, more lavishly loving as we age? I so desperately want to do this well and bless, encourage, and grace others rather than rant and rage.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

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@RobertDownen_ @TexasTribune I once heard David Barton “preach” during a Sunday morning church service. It was striking, not only for its obvious misreading of American political history, but in its total avoidance of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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Malcolm Yarnell

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The greatest need of Southern Baptists is not leaders, as important as they are. The greatest need we have is to become entirely broken before God for our wayward hearts, our misplaced priorities. Pray for the Holy Spirit to put Christ’s Cross and God’s glory before our eyes.

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@MusingsOnChrist

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When @KenHemphill found out that I was taking the place of @BethMooreLPM on the SBC panel on the Indispensability of Women as Partners in God’s Mission, he laughed heartily, then prayed for me. I so appreciated him for both the laughter and the prayer. Beth Moore is a blessing.

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Malcolm Yarnell

@MusingsOnChrist

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As a scholar who has researched and written quite a bit about the Anabaptists, can we set a few things straight? 1. Baptists are not Anabaptists. Their history is theirs; ours is ours. We have similarities, but we are not them. We honor them by not using them for our purposes.

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For two days, I watched and prayed for my dear colleagues at @SEBTS . The courage for truth, the passion for evangelism, and the sweetness of spirit demonstrated by @DannyAkin , @kswhitfield , and @KSPrior under extreme pressure has been so encouraging. May God bless you greatly!

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ON PLAGIARISM AND COLLABORATION Decades ago, a prominent conservative took one of my essays, summarized it, and presented its concepts as his own. It hurt my pride. Then I thought, “Theologian, you are not in this for your glory, but Christ’s. Teach theology for replication.”

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