How come these churches sing hymns and not Chuck Berry? Don’t they think Jesus likes Chuck Berry? Give Him some Johnny B. Goode on Sunday morning.

Remember when we all thought Huxley was right and Orwell was way off base? Well don’t we feel silly now.

Evangelical altar calls are brilliant. You just go up and say the magic words. Cheapest fire insurance you’ll ever buy.

Nothing says “freedom” more clearly than forcing children to chant their allegiance to a flag in cult-like unison on a daily basis.

Y’all ever go to one o’them churches where they close their eyes and raise their hands like they’re giving their energy to Goku for his Spirit Bomb?

Broke: Barclay’s Catechism;
Woke: Barclay’s Apology;
Bespoke: Barclay’s decade-long flame war with the University of Aberdeen

Sir there’s no need to go using the fucking F word.

You aren’t God’s gift to mankind, but that’s a good thing: Last time God gave a gift to mankind, they tortured Him to death.

That sounds like depression.

And Job only finds peace again once he accepts his own insignificance.

A man’s family is killed and his body riddled with disease over a petty argument between God and an angel. And when Job confronts God about it, God’s reply is effectively, “What are you gonna do about it, little man? I’m God!”

Anyone who thinks Lovecraft invented cosmic horror has clearly never read the book of Job.

To be clear, this should not be surprising as the movement grows in power and influence, for “wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.” [Matt. 7:13] Enter through that narrow gate, Friends.

Apparently Evangelicalism considers empathy a sin now. Per Hebrews 4:15, “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.” They’ve given up on Scripture itself.

I seem to remember my school history books really playing up Quakers’ abolitionist work, never mentioning their earlier extremely complicated relationship with slavery. Were they being used to whitewash religion’s role in perpetuating the institution of slavery?

It’s still a work in progress, but I’ve begun Jekyll Integration and projectbarclay.org has a new look! A combination of free hosting through GitHub Pages and cheap domain registration makes this surprisingly affordable. I look forward to accidentally breaking it over and over in the future.

Many people misinterpret Christ’s words in Matthew 19:24. What he actually meant was, “It’s really easy to be rich and go to heaven. Keep buying your pastor’s books. He needs a new Mercedes.” Unrelated: did you know John MacArthur owns three homes

Now that I’ve figured out the verification problem, I’m happy to announce that Project Barclay’s site officially has its own domain at projectbarclay.org

Our weapons are spiritual, and not carnal, yet mighty through God, to the pulling down of the strongholds of sin and Satan, who is the author of wars, fighting, murder, and plots. -GF

I read an opinion once (don’t remember where) claiming that liberal Quakers abandoned Fox’s concept of Inward Light by redefining it in the context of Enlightenment-influenced individualism (or something to that effect). Have any #Quakers done actual reading/research related to this topic?

On the other hand, EFC has churches like Friends Church Yorba Linda, and that disconcerting “affiliation statement” at the bottom of their main website…

Barclay called his apology “An Apology for the True Christian Divinity.” He wasn’t defending a truth, or his truth. He was defending THE Truth. This is why George Fox went to jail, and why Mary Dyer went to the gallows: Because they had the Truth, and they knew it.

Any word on FUM or EFC meetings taking a position on this issue?

I wonder if FUM or EFC are going to take a position on this matter.

Ever wondered what #Quakers believe? It’s never been easier to find out! You can download the first five chapters of Barclay’s Catechism and the FULL rough draft of Barclay’s Confession of faith (forgive the typos) at the Project Barclay repository: garrett-ordner.github.io/project-barc...

In the mid seventeenth century, Massachusetts Puritans marched the Boston martyrs to the gallows for the crime of being Quakers. Are we willing to suffer for our faith as they did? Our test is coming.

Some Christians seem ominously eager to cry, “Deus vult”, when they’ve never even asked, “Quid est voluntas Dei?”

Chapter 5 Completed: github.com/garrett-ordn...

Project Barclay’s GitHub Pages site is now live, and chapter 3 of Barclay’s Catechism is complete. The site is very basic right now, but it does contain the download link for the latest version of the book: garrett-ordner.github.io/project-barc...

Release Release v0.1.0 · garrett-ordner/project-barclay This release includes the compiled PDF of Barclay's Catechism.

ChatGPT and I put our heads together and figured out how Github actions work, so now you can download the v0.1.0 release of Barclay’s Catechism: Thought for Thought! Just click the .pdf file under “Assets”. Contains 2.5 chapters, a few Bible verses missing, no TOC… github.com/garrett-ordn...