In my opinion, Christians should call out the blatant contradictions of fundamental biblical principles on both political sides.
When we only call balls and strikes for one side, and stay silent on our own, that's rank hypocrisy.
Because of the current circumstances and narratives, this portrayed as "eroding" the line between church and state. Actually, it keeps the state on its side of the line.
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@realmattcarr
A private Facebook group of several hundred pastors had posted about Beth when the dust up with MacArthur hit. The number of memes, mockery, and disrespect of Beth shocked me. It was depressing actually.
Made me rethink Complimentaranism to be honest. If that's the fruit...
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CBS News producer
@redmanjustine
captured the "biggest blasts we've ever seen" in the sky over
#Kyiv
, just as
@charliecbs
was coming off the air tonight in Ukraine
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@_nomadic_soul
2010s CHURCH: Constant Millennial jokes in conversations and sermons.
2020s CHURCH: Worried people in their thirties-forties are unchurched.
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@RadioFreeTom
Yes, indeed. A well-told story, and Paxton, Blunt, and Cruise were amazing. And I really miss Paxton.
It's the one movie I really do watch over and over. Ironically.
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@JosiahHawthorne
These quotes are devastating. They point to our true religion centered around politics and power, rather than a dependence upon God, righteousness, and justice.
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@AndrewBrandt
Not a doctor, but just had a front row seat to seeing recovery from cardiac arrest. Everything will depend on if his brain is ok. But right now, take every hopeful sign.
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Generally speaking, I suspect anything that's not of God tends to enslave. Even if one slaps the God label on it, if it's not actually from Him, it'll oppress eventually.
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@OrrellAEI
I'm trying to figure out where they get the audacity to complain that Biden appeases enemies. Aren't they trying to block...
Nevermind. It's just strange.
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@Atticus59914029
It's not that I didn't believe you. I just didn't want to believe you lol. I just wanted one candidate somewhere to, you know, still hold on to Reagan's ideals. But alas.
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@bethanyshondark
I didn't homeschool my kids but put them through public school. Even so, I have known many homeschooled kids in church and the community. They are typically incredibly capable socializers as teens. That argument against homeschooling just doesn't hold up in real life.
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@ThomRainer
When I was a youth minister, I had a parent a little upset that his teenage daughter talked about Jesus all the time... Kinda thought that was a good thing myself.
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@BeschlossDC
Carter, who I wouldn't have voted for that year if I had been old enough, may have been surprised, but he was a decent guy who probably appreciated it
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I get the whole "never forget," "never forgive," thing is trending because anger motivates voters and we're in the final push.
But when I see Christians saying we will never forgive, it's like Calvinists pushing a Free-Will argument. Our words aren't matching our doctrine.
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@VennieKocsis
@tracker_deep
I've read there has actually never been such an algae bloom recorded at the Nile itself, although that's been suggested as possible, especially given continued climate change. What I read could be wrong of course. This could also be some other pollutant. We will know soon.
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@instapundit
@KurtSchlichter
When everything becomes a contest to out-condemn and out-fake-righteous indignation the last person, you have arrived at American politics circa 2018. And it's bound to over-reach.
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Read closer. I'm not wishing to defend Williams but this is misrepresentation. In the first, he speaks of (what he sees) as the core tenets of Critical Race Theory. In the second, he says he believes the opposite. Misrepresenting views is a big factor in mistrust of the media.
Not everything in this world is good. A lot of it isn't good. But you were created to be the image of God. You have inherent and invaluable worth. You are just kinda awesome. And you are loved by God Himself.
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Apologetics is more than creation science. It's the resurrection of Jesus, or the historicity of the Bible. A lot of what gets taught in church should include a sprinkling of
#Apologetics
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@brmorris
So many. Here's one:
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice & untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free & break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry & to provide the poor wanderer with shelter?" Isa58:6-7
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@secretsqrl123
@RepEliCrane
It's a moral decision. It's wrong to invade a nation, take their children, and subjugate the people. Offering aid to the people defending themselves against such evil is a noble and righteous thing. It's worth a financial sacrifice.
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I watched the first two episodes this weekend and while I imagine it will take a second for non-Tolkien nerds to get into the flow, (say halfway thru the first episode?) Morfyyd Clark's portrayal of the younger version of Galadriel was just cool.
Tolkien knew that the grasp for ultimate power meant that the contest between good and evil would be transformed into a contest between evils. The raw quest for powerโeven for allegedly virtuous endsโwill corrupt all it touches.
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@sheilagregoire
@PatrickKMiller_
@butlerjosh
Thatโs disappointing. Josh Butler made his assertion about your research, thus it would be informative to hear your response. I hope Patrick reconsiders, and I hope the evangelical world becomes less protective but rather more confident in the capacity to weigh issues.
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@JustinBerkobien
That sincere and loving young man also has the look of a kid who can hit like a literal ton of bricks on the football field. The thought makes me smile.
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@MBurtwrites
When you read a proverb as a rule (Law) you can portray life with black and white answers. Do X and you get Z. Don't do Y. We like clarity.
Cept they aren't Laws, plus other wisdom books, Job (what just happened?) & Ecclesiastes (nothing matters!) are to be read with Proverbs.
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You did a wonderful job with this, Gavin. Important, in depth information presented with sincerity and grace. If this issue has ever been an obstacle to believing in God, please watch this video.
Was the conquest of Canaan genocide or just? This is one of the toughest objections to Christianity. I devoted a lot of research to it and condensed my findings into an hour long video.
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Iโm gonna start using my locator so yโall will know when Iโm home so some of you will quit telling me to go home when I AM HOME. Please try to save โGo homeโ for when I am attempting to teach a man something. And not when I am HOME making a HAM SANDWICH.
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@ScottAdamsSays
It probably wonโt kill the virus, but if you use ghost pepper sauce as hand sanitizer, itโs fairly certain you wonโt touch your face ever again
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@WomnOfValor
If I had a date that showed me this picture I wouldn't think anything of it. I might ask something like...
"Are you in this? Oh, I see. Cool tumbler lol."
And then, life, the date, and the universe would move on without any added angst or stress whatsoever.
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This is great. Many such programs in churches are also hard to quantify as well. But I know from decades of experience that creating and performing ministries produce fellowship, growth, and faith decisions. And great memories.
โWhat is the purpose, or the value, of having a Shakespeare program in prisons? I do not think a person can program how the participants may benefit from performing Shakespeare. I know that it helped the actor who performed Coriolanus to deal with some of his own anger issues. I
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@BabeLaufenberg
Pittsburgh had been averaging over 120 yards on the ground and about 320 total. They were 3-1.
But this morning, people will say they were a bad team with no offense.
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Missouri State-West Plains Grizzlies made a stop at the Martin Luther King Memorial in Memphis. I didn't realize the cars are still here. Like a moment in history has been frozen.
@WPGrizzlyMen
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Received the diploma today from
@LibertyU
for a Master of Divinity in Christian Apologetics. Can't say thank you enough to the faculty and staff at Liberty, or my family for putting up with me for the last several years.
Now on to serve Jesus with it...
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@PolitiBunny
My wife takes peanut butter and 2 Cheez-It crackers and makes a tiny sandwich out of them. She makes hundreds of these and starts dipping them in melted chocolate almond bark which then hardens of course. Looks tedious to me, but they are as addictive as meth.
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Take Elisha praying that his servant would see God's protection. God opened the man's eyes and he saw chariots and horses of fire. But what did humans see happen? Not attacks of otherworldly chariots. Blindness struck every enemy soldier. The supernatural manifested in natural.
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The Bible is consistent in its description of the supernatural. There is some indication, I suspect, of a discernable and specific way of interacting between the supernatural and the physical. Which makes the whole idea more plausible.
#Bible
#Apologetics
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@Inaleeeee
15 or so, including a rather valuable Ingalls Family Bible from Laura Ingalls Wilder's aunt and uncle whom she wrote about in "Little House in the Big Woods." That one is not for personal use. lol I also own the Hebrew OT in the Masoretic text, which I DO use.
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If anyone says, โI love God,โ and yet hates his brother or sister, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother or sister whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.ย -I John 4:20
This applies regardless of the skin-color of our brother or sister.
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@brmorris
Not one thing, more like an avalanche. Started for me when I became a student of the Old Testament and started seeing what God said about justice and saw myself as belonging to God (imago dei) instead of a party. When I stepped back from any party, the world looked different.
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Some of you may not have much experience with this, but the Vice Presidential debate tonight is what debates used to be like all the time. Substantive. Polite. Helpful.
#VicePresidentialDebate
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This is a really powerful piece and well-written as always. I keep thinking of Amos telling the Israelites that if God shows up, it's not just the Babylonians who will be in trouble.
Settling is more important than keeping students safe from alleged sexual predators. Indeed, itโs increasingly difficult to deny that this is simply business as usual for too many Christian institutions.
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@redsteeze
Pine, Gadot, Wiig weren't bad in WW1984, imo, considering the script and the film editing decisions. Acting in the movie wasn't the problem as much as the implausible plot twists, impossible physics, and ridiculously shallow portrayals. Actors got no help.
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@jonmachota
It appears we need to see substantially more post-season work in order to, you know, properly analyze things. I vote that the Cowboys play several more games in the postseason. For science.
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If I speak with the tongues of men & angels, understand all mysteries and knowledge, discern all Olympic Ceremonies, have a faith that moves political opinions, give away all my possessions, and gain a million followers, but don't have love, I'm nothing.
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I gotta say, it is encouraging to me the number of people from all walks of life, many of whom probably don't even like football, who have posted on Twitter or Facebook expressing concerns, love, and prayers for Damar Hamlin. Faith and love still exist in America.
@thescottbarber
It's a weird blindspot Christians get sometimes when we get political. We tout Old Testament Law but not the social justice laws. We tout the Prophets but forget they condemned nations over mistreating the poor. We tout the New Testament but forget Matthew 25, Gal 2:10, etc. etc.
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@KSPrior
I have often thought about the fact we have this confidence in the truth of Christ's resurrection in part because of the terrible experiences the apostles suffered. No one would die for a lie as they say. I thank God for your witness, and others, through trying times.
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