Do Not Disavow

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Do Not Disavow By: Rick Davis   When Charlemagne established law Salic in barb’rous land, The gospel flourished, and he saw Christ’s praise on every hand.   (“Do you approve his methods now?”) I do not disavow.   King Godfrey took Jerusalem From bloody paynim hands And brought a halt to Musselmen Invading Christian lands.   (“He did some mean things anyhow!”) I do not disavow.   King Richard with his scarlet shield And passant lions ‘bossed Rode forth again unto the field To regain what was lost.   (“His deeds at Acre you allow?”) I do not disavow.   Unto the Germans Luther brought The gospel full restored, And Calvin at Geneva taught The glory of the Lord.   (“The Jews? Servetus? Holy cow!”) I do not disavow.   Stonewall and Lee like knights of old Fought for their native soil, The true and lovely to uphold Against the tyrant’s spoil.   (“Those vile racists ...
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The Rule of Faith and Life

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"Whatever is not drawn from the Scriptures, whatever is not built upon them, whatever does not exactly accord with them--however much it may recommend itself by assuming the guise of superior wisdom or be upheld by ancient tradition, by the consent of the learned, or by dint of plausible arguments--is vain, futile, in short, a mere falsehood."


(Herman Witsius, On the Character of a True Theologian, p. 31)

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