#DATUM killin' it this month...but where the pool blocks, homies?

Hey #theology geeks: Final day of the RHB sale on Van Mastricht, [Theoretical-Practical Theology, 4 Volumes](https://heritagebooks.org/products/theoretical-practical-theology-4-volumes-van-mastricht.html) - only $65! #tollelege

this was helpful, thank you.

man, someone is killing it solo mining w/DATUM on but I count only 3 pool in the past month :-( https://ocean.xyz/stats/

Found it - this is a great read: Stephen Sizer, "[The Road to Balfour: The History of Christian Zionism](https://britainpalestineproject.org/the-road-to-balfour-the-history-of-christian-zionism-by-stephen-sizer-2/)"

GM finally fell to sleep right about when I was supposed to get up Lord give me grace to get this day back on track > redeem the time, for the days are evil

setup there, punchline here = id confirmed 😂

because they're just so... _good_ at it

wonder what it has that 0xChat doesn't

yo

Who is this artist? Thanks for sharing it.

I should add that the 100 comments were very long and very argumentative -- hence exiting posthaste

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HOW NOSTR POSITIVITY HAS AFFECTED MY DECISION-MAKING * opens helpful blog post about the Continental view of the "Christian Sabbath" / Lord's Day, from Synod of Dordt ~1619 A.D. * * sees 100 comments * * hits CTRL+W with excessive force * #nah

James Lindsay goes after Paul Gottfried 1) who studied under Marcuse; and 2) whose name is all over Mises.org. [Yes, Paul Gottfried, Woke Is Marxist](https://newdiscourses.com/2025/07/onlysubs-yes-paul-gottfried-woke-is-marxist/) Mises Institute in the crosshairs. Not really news, I guess. Confession: I've seen some overlap between the 'conscientization' process in libertarian circles and the Leftist circles. There's always a 'conversion story' just like in many Christian circles. But make no mistake: Freire modeled his process after Christian conversion _intentionally_ and co-opted it for his Neo-Marxist project. Just because there's a counterfeit doesn't invalidate the original: in fact it's 'borrowed capital'. What with Rothbard's (a personal hero!) very brief foray into the SDS/New Left (sometime in the 60s?), I wouldn't be surprised if the ol' rascal picked up a few tricks... Don't get me wrong! I'm a die-hard 'Austro'-Libertarian, because I believe the NAP is the only viable political-economic system downstream from Natural/Moral Law--namely, the "second table" which includes "thou shalt not murder," "thou shalt not steal," etc. (which presupposes individuality and private property). And in Christian theology we summarize this "second table" with the words of Christ: "Love your neighbor" - because, as the Apostle Paul said, "love is the fulfilling of the whole law." Random smattering of a note, sorry frens.

The hole in the Titanic just got a little bit bigger. Lifeboat harder, boys. #stack and #hodl

what are we having for lunch today, brain? same thing we have every day, pinky 1 lb of grass-fed beef patties (Costco) smothered in cholula

You might want to pick some up, just in case it catches on.

Wife bought me some jewelweed soap. Maybe some relief from that. In the meantime, the *only* things that ever relieve the relentless itching are 1) Vit C paste; 2) very hot shower. The latter gives me about 8-10h relief so I can sleep.

"FDIC Insured - backed by the full faith and credit of the U. S. Government" LOL

...Poison Ivy again. 2000 MG of Vitamin C every hour starts now. Let's see if I can get rid of this without another steriod prescription. Thoughts welcome. #health #homeremedy #PoisonIvy

Appreciate the dialog, brother. ...is qualitatively excellent work solely achievable by Christians? (I don't mean _morally_ excellent--that is obvious, I mean work that is excellent _within its own discipline_.) The 'dominion mandate' was given to Adam as a specification of the Covenant of Works, which he failed. Where he failed, Christ, the Last Adam, succeeded: "All authority in heaven and on the earth is given unto me." Whatever 'echo' of that mandate remains, it remains in a modified, provisional sense--and is non-redemptive. See Irons, "[Meredith Kline's View of the Cultural Mandate](https://www.upper-register.com/papers/kline-cultural-mandate.pdf)" At no point are we, as Christians, placed back in the 'garden' and/or given some kind of renewed 'dominion mandate' in the sense it was given to either the First or the Last Adam. Christ's work is completed and it is sufficient. Our subsequent 'mandate' is to preach the gospel to all nations, making disciples, baptizing them, etc. Again, we are _pilgrims_ - in the world not of the world precisely because we are of the (inaugurated) kingdom but not yet in it (in its consummated state).

😂 I remember that passage...this is what our 'revelational epistemology' provides: a transcendant and authoritative 'why'

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, a broken blockchain:

Rev. Gordon is nowhere near a gnostic, for what it's worth. He's also using the word 'established' in a more technical sense (as in, the anti-establishment clause of our 1st Amendment). I'm familiar with Leithart and the 'Federal Vision' crew and find their rejection of the distinction between the invisible church (election) and the visible church (covenant) to be massively incorrect (mainly because of the implications on justification by faith alone) -- and based on a misunderstanding/misreading of recent Dutch Reformed (like Schilder) who had a slightly different understanding of covenant and election than we tend to. "Who says covenant says history, who says election says eternity." This all goes back to one's Covenant Theology, which is why I so appreciate Kline and VanDrunen. Get the beginning wrong and--like a pilot that starts off 1° off course--the further one goes, the further from the target desination one strays. There is no such thing as "Christian work" unless you mean Word and Sacrament ministry. The gospel is _news_ it is not _action_. There is good work and there is poor work. That the work is good does not make it Christian--and often Christians produce work just as shoddy as the world (if not worse -- ever listened to CCM?). A pagan can deliver a just ruling. A pagan can fix my plumbing. A pagan can represent me well in court or give me an accurate diagnosis for a malady. This is due to common grace. A Christian who does good work does it 'as unto the Lord' but that doesn't make it "better work" per se. Being a Christian may give me a higher motivation to improve my working, a different motivation for pursuing excellence--but that doesn't make it 'Christian' work. We are pilgrims here, not conquerors. That's not "loser" talk--it's the talk of the faithful (Heb. 11) whose affections are set on heaven (Col. 3). We do not overcome by capturing institutions and all of culture for Christ. He has already conquered all things (having accomplished the Covenant of Works for us, having already inaugurated the kingdom, yet we wait for its full consummation at his return). There is _nothing left to be done_ except what is provisional, earthly, and--dare I say--_secular_ (i.e., temporary) and of the common kingdom. Unless we're talking about Word and Sacrament ministry which is the work of the redemptive kingdom and stands alone as _sacred_ work. I do hope you'll consider giving the three VanDrunen books a read, even if only to gain a full understanding of what (it seems) you're rejecting (2K).

This article may or may not be of interest in your thought processes (I really appreciated it): "[Decline of Christianity in the West? A Contrarian View](https://www.opc.org/os.html?article_id=44)" by T. David Gordon. TL;DR: more "2K" perspective.