Scripture does not teach that good works are necessary for a spiritually dead person to reach life. It does teach that it is necessary for a person who has reached spiritual life to do good works.

Are you ready?

Looking through some old photos and found a shot of my favored mount from my wrangling days in the Montana wilderness. This boy had some horsepower.

Chicks are growing up. Liking the Easter Eggers.

Filtration process needs some fine-tuning but we got 'er in jars. Best syrup I've tasted. #maplesyrup #sapstr

Getting close... #maplesyrup #sapstr

It is of vastly greater importance that you teach your kids to worship God on Sunday than it is they participate in sports. Even if they become an Olympic champion, it's not going to be much benefit if they lose their soul. #semperreformanda

Time to get some more sap rolling. Barrel cooker was today's DIY project with the kids. #maplesyrup #sapstr

"And if we too have said like Peter, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God' ... we become a Peter, and to us there might be said by the Word, 'You are a Peter,' etc. Matthew 16:18. For a rock is every disciple of Christ..." -Origen, Commentary on Matthew 12.10 🤔 #Romenomo #semperreformanda

If you teach that faith gets you into the New Covenant, but works are necessary to keep you in the New Covenant, you are not teaching the gospel. #semperreformanda #thelawandthegospel #repent

Is the power of positive thinking enough? #semperreformanda #christianostr #biblestr #preachtheword

Cooking sap is better than therapy. #sapstr #countryliving

Big, thick venison chops from last fall's doe. Reverse seared on the pellet grill. Big hit. #huntstr #eatwild

Starlink now has a residential plan for $50 a month up to 100mbps. In case nobody told you like nobody told me.

It's official. We're tapping. #provideandprotect #sappingseason

If you are working for justification, it implies that you are not yet justified in any meaningful sense. But the Christian is inseparably joined to Christ by a genuine faith—Christ who is Himself death to sin, resurrection, and spotless righteousness (Eph. 1; Col. 3:3-4). Therefore, if you are working for justification, you remain a stranger and alien to Christ, cut off from Him, and dead in your sins. #thelawandthegospel #thewholechrist #christianostr #biblestr

Get your burpees in. You'll thank yourself the rest of the day. Do 10. Catch your breath. x10. Full body workout. Breaks the bood-brain barrier. Pack it up and take it wherever you go. #gm #provideandprotect

Good morning. Paul told the Galatians that if they became circumcised, Christ would profit them nothing (Gal. 5:2). But in Acts 16:13 he himself circumcised Timothy. Either Paul was a hypocrite or the issue in Galatians is not circumcision itself, but circumcision done in an attempt to be justified, which is what 5:4 says. The same principle applies to any work done in an attempt to be justified, including baptism or the Lord's Supper or helping a neighbor. It would mean you are severed from Christ. The Whole Christ is received by faith, apart from any works, and in Him is eternal life. #gm #grownostr #thelawandthegospel #biblestr

"The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed, depends not upon the testimony of any man or church, but wholly upon God (who is truth itself), the author thereof; therefore it is to be received because it is the Word of God."

The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith

Of the Holy Scriptures — The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith

Chapter 1

The church doesn't make Scripture God's word. It recognizes that it is God's word. It is what it is. 2+2=4 even if the whole world says otherwise.

"The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed, depends not upon the testimony of any man or church, but wholly upon God (who is truth itself), the author thereof; therefore it is to be received because it is the Word of God."

The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith

Of the Holy Scriptures — The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith

Chapter 1

The church doesn't make Scripture God's word. It recognizes that it is God's word. That's what it is. 2+2=4 even if the whole world says otherwise.