Matthew E. Cochran
@matt_e_cochran
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Software engineer by trade; lay theologian by nature; Lutheran by grace. The 96th Thesis: https://t.co/aL89ENMDYh
Joined November 2014
Given all the slander thrown at Christian Nationalism lately, I think it's well worth a 🧵to clarify the matter (as I see it.) 1) Christian Nationalism is a political ideology informed by the Christian faith, not a religion informed by political ideology.
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@DeclineWatcher "I'm not touching you" is basically how they understand adiaphora these days. Do whatever you want rather than do whatever is wisest.
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@RevLarryBeane It seems to me that our leaders agree with the world that motherhood is inferior to career. But then, why would they need mothers if they're content to simply replace their laity with other peoples anyway?
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@AvoidPerception Indeed. Accepting feminism except where we "allow" the Bible to trim at its fringes was never going to end in faithfulness.
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@TwoAndFour1 Women teaching children is normally fine. But it would be good to pay our teachers better and have more men among them.
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@david_shane We have a liberal wing at all levels. Not sure how the reporter compares to other groups, though.
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Men who are terrified of female judgment will be nothing but an impediment in ending abortion or hookup culture.
Abortion was invented by men and for men. Abortion was legalized by men and for men. Hookup culture was created by men and for men. Abortion will go away if men regain their honor and start taking their mandate to protect women and children seriously.
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That's a feature, not a bug. Like it or not, conservativism proved to be an utter failure. It deserves to be discarded.
This is a reversal of 75 years of Republican policy. Eisenhower, Goldwater, Nixon, Ford, REAGAN, Bush and Bush, and John McCain. None of them would support this isolationist acceptance of Russian aggression. MAGA IS NOT CONSERVATIVE. True Reaganite conservatives need to stand up
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@110crusade1488 Indeed. And our culture's tendency to view that as synonymous with fair-minded & independent is toxic.
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"Don't listen to what Jesus said about being lukewarm; listen to my tortured analogy. I'm very clever."
John 19:18 “They crucified Jesus with two others-one on each side & Jesus in the middle.” The guys on both sides were thieves. If you’re looking for the #realJesus, not a caricature disfigured by partisan motivations, you’ll find him in the middle, not on either side.
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@immrwatcher A 100% rate of becoming sinners goes just a little further than "capable of sin.' Your concept of guilt is simply too worldly and too narrow to encompass God's.
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So I guess Romans 13 means God has authorized government to tell Christians whether we're allowed to worship, but not to determine who is allowed to cross its borders. 🤡
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RT @SamuelH35655941: if only we had had this level of support when we wanted to keep our churches open in 2020
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Even the simple, observable fact that 100% of humans (who aren't Jesus) choose to rebel should be clue that it's a problem with our nature.
Children are born innocent, and sin is not a nature that is inherited but a willful act of rebellion
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