Elders clarify they are not opposed to alcohol—only to a man with a steady income repeatedly buying Jack Daniel’s, Jameson, and party whiskeys “you only hear about in rap verses.” The session of Grace Covenant Presbyterian announced this week that member “Chad” has been placed under formal church discipline, not for drunkenness or debauchery, but for what leaders are calling “a persistent pattern of low-brow whiskey purchases inconsistent with a Reformed doctrine of creation.” According to the elders, the issue is not that Chad drinks, but that he keeps drinking “whatever was on the endcap at Costco, again,” including bottles of Jack Daniel’s, Jameson, and assorted “party whiskeys” usually ordered in bars by people who think “neat” means “no calories.” The situation escalated at a recent men’s gathering, when Chad arrived proudly carrying a mismatched assortment of bottles: Jack Daniel’s, Jameson, a plastic handle of something marketed as “Trinity,” and, to the elders’ horror, an unope...
Witnesses report a 500% increase in references to “the doctrines of grace,” graphs about sovereignty, and unsolicited Romans 9 lectures. The seminary community was rocked this week after a previously normal student updated his social media bio to include the word “Calvinist,” triggering what experts are calling “a near-instant personality shift with long-term relational consequences.” Within minutes, friends say, he began speaking exclusively in terms of “categories,” “systems,” and “historical confessions” no one had actually asked him about. Classmates report that the change was subtle at first. He started by adding a few casual references to “the Reformed tradition” in small talk about lunch. By the end of the day, he was explaining infralapsarianism to someone who had only asked him where the library bathroom was. “It’s like a switch flipped,” one student said. “Yesterday he was asking questions. Today he’s here to make sure everyone else’s theology ‘lands in the right place.’...