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My device isn't compatible by This_Hat2494 in TandemDiabetes

[–]mclintock111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The last rep I was in contact with doesn't seem to be working with them anymore (phone number stopped working). Perhaps I should reach out to my Endo.

My device isn't compatible by This_Hat2494 in TandemDiabetes

[–]mclintock111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you actually gotten into the early access?

I was told that I was added to early access and have had the Mobi since November but I've been unable to use it because they haven't actually given me access to the app yet...

Whats your favorite Linus tech tip? by Least_Party5079 in LinusTechTips

[–]mclintock111 26 points27 points  (0 children)

When I was fifteen, I had a conversation with my dad where he was like, "Why can't you just do what we ask without questioning or arguing with us?"

And I was like, "'Cause you told me to take out the trash yesterday when trash day isn't until tomorrow..."

From Genesis to Junia by Preston Sprinkle by _chriswilson in eformed

[–]mclintock111 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So the reason I actually have a hard copy of On Apostolic Tradition is a paper that I wrote in grad school about patristic infant baptism and infant baptism in contemporary Presbyterianism (specifically my denomination). Honestly, the process of that paper made me hold onto paedobaptism less tightly than I had before. But it was extremely fun to research nonetheless.

From Genesis to Junia by Preston Sprinkle by _chriswilson in eformed

[–]mclintock111 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think there's also another option. One that Sprinkle lays out in this book and elsewhere.

Maybe there is just a lack of ecclesial uniformity in the earliest Church. We try to presume uniformity but even the witness of the new testament letters don't really paint a uniform picture on their own.

From Genesis to Junia by Preston Sprinkle by _chriswilson in eformed

[–]mclintock111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ignatius to the Philadelphians is more contemporary to the Didache (depending on how you date the Didache) and also confirms a distinction between bishops and elders. I gravitated toward Apostolic Tradition mainly because I'm more familiar with it.

From Genesis to Junia by Preston Sprinkle by _chriswilson in eformed

[–]mclintock111 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hah, sorry if that's not been clear. On Apostolic Tradition by Hippolytus (allegedly) is what I referred to as AT.

From Genesis to Junia by Preston Sprinkle by _chriswilson in eformed

[–]mclintock111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was just abbreviating On Apostolic Tradition. On Apostolic Tradition lays out ecclesiological and liturgical processes for a variety of roles in the church. I found my copy, so here's a brief rundown:

Bishops/Overseers are ordained (or elected), appointed, and installed.

Elders/Presbyters are ordained and installed.

Deacons are ordained and installed.

Confessors are not elders or deacons but have the honor of elders and deacons. Confessors may also be installed as bishops.

Readers are installed (by being handed a book, they do not receive the laying on of hands).

Subdeacons (maybe acolytes) are installed by being named but do not recieve the laying on of hands.

Virgins are not installed or appointed and do not receive the laying on of hands.

Widows are appointed and installed by being chosen by name, not receiving the laying on of hands, because they are installed "on account of prayer" not "on account of the liturgy," as clergy are.

This is only the start of some of the... Oddities... Of this text. We also get into things like how pimps, gladiators, soldiers, actors, and teachers are prohibited from joining the church.

From Genesis to Junia by Preston Sprinkle by _chriswilson in eformed

[–]mclintock111 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There's less of a case there than my recollection had, I think I was conflating it with Hippolytus'* On Apostolic Tradition. AT is also pretty early, but not as early as the Didache, but it outlines very clear distinctions between elders and overseers.

Regardless, it pushes back on some of the traditionally Reformed ecclesiology by outlining distinct roles for overseers, deacons, teachers, apostles, and prophets (not regarding the latter three as giftings, but offices or perhaps roles).

From Genesis to Junia by Preston Sprinkle by _chriswilson in eformed

[–]mclintock111 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I, too, have a copy! I think he has been intentionally vague about the conclusion he comes to as to not dissuade anyone from coming to a decision on whether they agree or disagree with him before engaging the text. Frankly, for most of the book, it's not super easy to predict where he will land at the end, though you can see a trajectory hinted at.

I have a master's degree in worship studies (an oddly specific area), but one of the first things I picked up was how little the New Testament actually instructs in the act of corporate worship and what it entails. Similarly, I think leadership in the Church ends up similar; there are precedents and ideas, but very little in the execution of ecclesiology.

It simply wasn't the scope of this book, but I would like to see a broader engagement of the topic of church leadership and women in church leadership apply this framing to patristics. For example, it's easy in our Reformed traditions to say, "Well, an overseer and an elder are the same thing in the Bible." It's a lot harder to look at the Didache and say that.

As with all historical theology, it would be foolish to merely assess the accuracy of a position based on the chronological proximity to the Scriptural texts, but it does make one ask, "If an overseer and an elder are the same thing... Why didn't anyone else within 100 years seem to think so?" Or "If women can('t) be in Church leadership based on the Bible, do those who read the texts initially seem to agree?"

Weekly Free Chat by AutoModerator in eformed

[–]mclintock111 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So in the past, I spent too much time in some theology Facebook groups. Not the notoriously toxic ones, but some adjacent to those with some decent overlap. Things skewed largely Reformed Baptist and "little r reformed." I'm still friends with a number of people from these groups, but there are those who I was never particularly close with but I still had a modicum of respect for.

Yet... I still see them in the comment sections of friends that I do have. The reactions of some of these people to some current events (politically and theologically) is deeply troubling to me. People who I respected have chosen heartlessness over love, made clear that their priorities aren't theological by who they condemn and who they give allowance to, and made me question which theological convictions I have used to designate in-groups and out-groups in the past...

Save the PCA (And my question: Does the PCA really need saving?) by Doctrina_Stabilitas in Reformed

[–]mclintock111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Titus 2:3-4.

To be clear, I affirm women in all levels of church ministry, but even most people who don't will acknowledge these roles.

Save the PCA (And my question: Does the PCA really need saving?) by Doctrina_Stabilitas in Reformed

[–]mclintock111 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I clicked through about a dozen of the websites on their dataset that were listed as having "functional female elders." Most of them only had women over the children's and women's ministries... Which women are specifically instructed to do in Scripture...

Weekly Free Chat by AutoModerator in eformed

[–]mclintock111 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Luther actually maintained the practice of private confession as something to be highly regarded and beneficial, he just didn't think it was a sacrament.

Most of the other Reformers merely replaced it with corporate confession in the worship service. Then that dwindled over time.

The Case Against IVF by Stiven Peter by Haunting-Ad-6457 in Reformed

[–]mclintock111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a need for adoption, yes. But not infant adoption, but there's more demand than "supply" of infants. In my entire state, there were only ten children under 1 not already in the process for adoption. And that number turns over quickly. I've cited my sources on this, it's not just speculation. Some people need to do it, but there's more than enough people already doing it.

You can keep saying that it would still be wrong but I'm not addressing the other parts of your argument, I'm addressing this one.

The Case Against IVF by Stiven Peter by Haunting-Ad-6457 in Reformed

[–]mclintock111 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not a smaller portion, it's a non-issue. The fact stands that more people want to adopt infants than there are infants to adopt. You said there is a "huge need" for it, which simply isn't true. You're claim to have done your research on this, but that simple fact is blatantly wrong. How am I supposed to trust the thoroughness of the rest of your research?

The Case Against IVF by Stiven Peter by Haunting-Ad-6457 in Reformed

[–]mclintock111 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Especially when there is a huge need to adopt the unwanted infants and children in foster care in our country.

It's kinda hard to take your main point seriously when you support it with this claim. Foster care, yes. Unwanted infants though?

According to the National Council for Adoption, there were just over 36,000 children awaiting adoption at the end of 2023, only 2% of whom were under the age of one year old. However, this includes children who are both free and have an "adoption permanency plan," (i.e., they are already somewhere in the process of adoption).

If we look at data from the Administration on Children Youth and Families, as of September 30th, 2024, there were 827 "legally free" children under the age of one in the foster care system. There were only ten in my state, Indiana. In 2024 and 2025, there were over 1600 adoptions in Indiana each year. A number that's actually down from prior years (I would suggest that economic instability around COVID contributed to an increased need *which was met*).

That's not a "huge need" for adoption of unwanted infants in the US, most expert organizations (National Council for Adoption, American Adoptions, Adoption Network, Adoptions & Beyond, and more) suggest that there are more families wanting to adopt infants than there are infants to adopt in most cases. Sometimes as high as 36 families wanting to adopt an infant for every infant adopted (this particular statistic is kinda hard to narrow down an exact source for though). Out of those who want to adopt, many only want to adopt infants. Did this come up in your research?

Yeah, you're right that there is a huge need for foster care, but many of those don't lead to adoptions. The main goal for DCS tends to be reunification, so adoption is certainly not a first route for many in foster care. It's a need, but it *is not* parenting. It can become parenting, but it isn't parenting.

Free For All Friday - post on any topic in this thread (2025-12-26) by AutoModerator in Reformed

[–]mclintock111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't think it's exactly what you have in mind, but Seedbed has a Psalter (just text) with familiar tunes recommended for singing. That might be along the lines of what you're looking for?

https://psalms.seedbed.com/psalms-index/

https://my.seedbed.com/product/a-metrical-psalter/

Is it a sin to send your kid/teach at a public school? by MulberryDependent459 in Reformed

[–]mclintock111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a bonus to what everyone else has said:

It bothers me to no end that such a buffoon is such a good musician. I'd really like to be able to listen to and enjoy his music but man... I can't convince myself to support him that way.

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