Matt Martens
@martensmatt1.bsky.social
Christian | Lawyer | Author | Speaker
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𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦: 𝘈 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭 (Crossway, 2023) https://a.co/d/2wTVBd6
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𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦: 𝘈 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭 (Crossway, 2023) https://a.co/d/2wTVBd6
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Finalizing a brief for filing on Monday defending the religious liberty of the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.
Over the years, I’ve worked on cases defending the religious liberty of Catholics, Baptists, Lutherans, Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists.
Over the years, I’ve worked on cases defending the religious liberty of Catholics, Baptists, Lutherans, Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists.
May 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Finalizing a brief for filing on Monday defending the religious liberty of the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.
Over the years, I’ve worked on cases defending the religious liberty of Catholics, Baptists, Lutherans, Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists.
Over the years, I’ve worked on cases defending the religious liberty of Catholics, Baptists, Lutherans, Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists.
O that wonderful cross
O that wonderful cross
Bids me come and die
and find that I
may truly live
O that wonderful cross
Bids me come and die
and find that I
may truly live
April 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
O that wonderful cross
O that wonderful cross
Bids me come and die
and find that I
may truly live
O that wonderful cross
Bids me come and die
and find that I
may truly live
I’m all for deporting aliens committing violent crimes.
But what protects citizens from being labeled aliens and deported if the govt’s theory is that merely saying you are a criminal alien is enough to deport you and you are entitled to no due process to challenge that claim?
But what protects citizens from being labeled aliens and deported if the govt’s theory is that merely saying you are a criminal alien is enough to deport you and you are entitled to no due process to challenge that claim?
April 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I’m all for deporting aliens committing violent crimes.
But what protects citizens from being labeled aliens and deported if the govt’s theory is that merely saying you are a criminal alien is enough to deport you and you are entitled to no due process to challenge that claim?
But what protects citizens from being labeled aliens and deported if the govt’s theory is that merely saying you are a criminal alien is enough to deport you and you are entitled to no due process to challenge that claim?
From as young as I can remember, I’ve believed that God created the universe.
This year I spent some time reading more about scientific materialism (naturalistic evolution).
I end the year more convinced than ever that theistic creation is the only thing that makes any sense.
This year I spent some time reading more about scientific materialism (naturalistic evolution).
I end the year more convinced than ever that theistic creation is the only thing that makes any sense.
December 24, 2024 at 4:44 AM
From as young as I can remember, I’ve believed that God created the universe.
This year I spent some time reading more about scientific materialism (naturalistic evolution).
I end the year more convinced than ever that theistic creation is the only thing that makes any sense.
This year I spent some time reading more about scientific materialism (naturalistic evolution).
I end the year more convinced than ever that theistic creation is the only thing that makes any sense.
Every year I look forward to the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl.
December 20, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Every year I look forward to the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl.
Reposted by Matt Martens
"We tend to think of the requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt as designed to protect the accused. But its theological origin was as a means to protect jurors’ souls from the sin of convicting an innocent person." @martensmatt1.bsky.social
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Biblical Justice Requires Strong Rules of Evidence
‘Framed’ reminds Christians we'd do well to heed Scripture's admonition about not "siding with the many, so as to pervert justice” for the accused (Ex. 23:2). Some might have been framed.
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December 20, 2024 at 6:05 PM
"We tend to think of the requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt as designed to protect the accused. But its theological origin was as a means to protect jurors’ souls from the sin of convicting an innocent person." @martensmatt1.bsky.social
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My review of @JohnGrisham’s new book, “Framed”:
One hundred years ago, the legendary jurist Learned Hand dismissed the idea that the American criminal justice system, with all its procedural protections, could convict an innocent person…
One hundred years ago, the legendary jurist Learned Hand dismissed the idea that the American criminal justice system, with all its procedural protections, could convict an innocent person…
Biblical Justice Requires Strong Rules of Evidence
‘Framed’ reminds Christians we'd do well to heed Scripture's admonition about not "siding with the many, so as to pervert justice” for the accused (Ex. 23:2). Some might have been framed.
www.thegospelcoalition.org
December 20, 2024 at 12:14 PM
My review of @JohnGrisham’s new book, “Framed”:
One hundred years ago, the legendary jurist Learned Hand dismissed the idea that the American criminal justice system, with all its procedural protections, could convict an innocent person…
One hundred years ago, the legendary jurist Learned Hand dismissed the idea that the American criminal justice system, with all its procedural protections, could convict an innocent person…
A deeply corrupt act for which he should be impeached.
The pardon power is not a tool for personal family advantage.
His Justice Department sent other people’s sons to prison for violating the same statute.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/01/p...
The pardon power is not a tool for personal family advantage.
His Justice Department sent other people’s sons to prison for violating the same statute.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/01/p...
President Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden | CNN Politics
President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who faced sentencing this month on gun crime and tax convictions, marking a reversal as he prepares to leave office.
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December 2, 2024 at 2:04 AM
A deeply corrupt act for which he should be impeached.
The pardon power is not a tool for personal family advantage.
His Justice Department sent other people’s sons to prison for violating the same statute.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/01/p...
The pardon power is not a tool for personal family advantage.
His Justice Department sent other people’s sons to prison for violating the same statute.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/01/p...
“Being able to assign an irrational cause for the other person’s beliefs is a powerful weapon in a cultural conflict.”
— Prof. Phillip E. Johnson
— Prof. Phillip E. Johnson
December 2, 2024 at 12:14 AM
“Being able to assign an irrational cause for the other person’s beliefs is a powerful weapon in a cultural conflict.”
— Prof. Phillip E. Johnson
— Prof. Phillip E. Johnson
“The call to deny yourself, to take up your cross, and to lose your life for Christ’s sake is not bad news.”
— Pastor Erik Naylor, Lahaina Baptist Church (Maui, Hawaii)
— Pastor Erik Naylor, Lahaina Baptist Church (Maui, Hawaii)
December 1, 2024 at 8:46 PM
“The call to deny yourself, to take up your cross, and to lose your life for Christ’s sake is not bad news.”
— Pastor Erik Naylor, Lahaina Baptist Church (Maui, Hawaii)
— Pastor Erik Naylor, Lahaina Baptist Church (Maui, Hawaii)
“Every Christian is to become a little Christ. The whole purpose of becoming a Christian is nothing else.”
— C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
— C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
December 1, 2024 at 6:24 PM
“Every Christian is to become a little Christ. The whole purpose of becoming a Christian is nothing else.”
— C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
— C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
“Some Christians—those who happen to have the right talents—should be economists and statesmen, and … all economists and statesmen should be Christians, and … their whole efforts in politics and economics should be directed to putting ‘Do as you would be done by’ into action.”
— C. S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis
December 1, 2024 at 2:32 AM
“Some Christians—those who happen to have the right talents—should be economists and statesmen, and … all economists and statesmen should be Christians, and … their whole efforts in politics and economics should be directed to putting ‘Do as you would be done by’ into action.”
— C. S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis
Do you not know? Do you not hear?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
who brings princes to nothing,
and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
Isa. 40:21-23
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
who brings princes to nothing,
and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
Isa. 40:21-23
November 30, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Do you not know? Do you not hear?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
who brings princes to nothing,
and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
Isa. 40:21-23
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
who brings princes to nothing,
and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.
Isa. 40:21-23
“Patriotism . . . is, of course, far better than individual selfishness, but . . . it is inferior to universal charity and should always give way to universal charity when the two conflict.”
— C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
— C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
November 30, 2024 at 12:56 AM
“Patriotism . . . is, of course, far better than individual selfishness, but . . . it is inferior to universal charity and should always give way to universal charity when the two conflict.”
— C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
— C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
“Does it not make a great difference whether I am the landlord of my own mind and body, or only a tenant, responsible to the real landlord? If somebody else made me, for his own purposes, then I shall have a lot of duties which I should not have if I simply belonged to myself.”
— C. S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis
November 29, 2024 at 10:20 PM
“Does it not make a great difference whether I am the landlord of my own mind and body, or only a tenant, responsible to the real landlord? If somebody else made me, for his own purposes, then I shall have a lot of duties which I should not have if I simply belonged to myself.”
— C. S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis
“The Christian . . . does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
— C. S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis
November 29, 2024 at 9:58 PM
“The Christian . . . does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
— C. S. Lewis
— C. S. Lewis
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Important question today:
Cranberry sauce.
Canned?
Or
Fresh?
Canned for me. I even like the little can shaped ridges. 😂
Cranberry sauce.
Canned?
Or
Fresh?
Canned for me. I even like the little can shaped ridges. 😂
November 28, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Important question today:
Cranberry sauce.
Canned?
Or
Fresh?
Canned for me. I even like the little can shaped ridges. 😂
Cranberry sauce.
Canned?
Or
Fresh?
Canned for me. I even like the little can shaped ridges. 😂
Just landed back in the US after 11 days in Ch!n@.
November 20, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Just landed back in the US after 11 days in Ch!n@.