I want to take time and respond to this, but it may be a day or two. Thanks for the charitable interaction.

Appreciate the interaction and push back. To clarify, I'm not in a NAPARC church, but interact with others who are. I also don't have you or Freeborn in mind in my comments.

I'm sure there is much in the opc docs that i would amen. But there is a difference between being justified in Christ and the reality of nature. There is no male or female(justification) does not erase hierarchy or differences which God created.

My point is that resolutions like the ARP seem performative in a lot of cases. It strikes me at times as men worrying about the flood and forgetting the house is on fire(lewis). I really don't mean to start some big issue, and it would certainly be better hashed out over a good stout. I simply want to see churches stand up to the real dangers of our day. Which I am sure you desire as well despite our differences.

The trouble is that some of these NAPARC men don't actually seem to know what time it is. They're more concerned with mean tweets than the issues people actually face. The PCA overlooks things like women officers, and Side B, but condemns any form of nationalism as if that is the worst thing we're dealing with.

Race, immigration, egalitarianism and homosexuality are the issues of our day and some of these resolutions are just grounded in liberal civil rights rather than the Bible. These are the things congregants face in their daily lives.

I use it but am moving away from it. I use their debit card, but the rewards have continually decreased. I don't buy gift cards anymore. I started using them as a way to get free sats, but now I'm less interested in kyc anything.

Not to mention leaving wealth to our generations.

I'm mostly quiet, but always looking for Reformed brothers on nostr.

Kindle means your books aren't in self custody.

Thank you for the reply.

I understand the benefits. I understand not selling your btc. On paper it sounds great, and I really like the debifi model.

But getting shitcoins in return are less liquid than btc or cash. For example, if I want to use a loan to invest equipment in my business, I don't know of anyone in the real world wanting usdt, eth, or liquid(which is a pretty ironic name). At that point btc is actually more desirable or workable.

And as far as I can tell, if you want to take on shitcoins you have to go through another exchange. Which reintroduces kyc and potentially a tax liability. Am I wrong? I'm sincerely asking. If I didn't care, I'd go with strike or coinbase and have to turn over my keys to questionable actors with questionable motives and give up privacy.

I also realize that we are still early and these are growing pains. But this seems like a fear problem to solve.