"Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30
Actually READING Calvin will put you at great odds with many "Calvinists". Calvin would be kicked out of most of the reformed denominations real quick in 2024.
@GMRench
Exactly. Every time I share similar sentiments people reach out, "what's wrong with you?". Make no mistake this is a pro-capital punishment tweet. Life imprisonment is a miscarriage of justice.
He did this when he was 4 on a smaller scale and no man stopped him. He did it at 5,6,7,8,9 too. Children need fathers or they will never stop being children
@BonifaceOption
This is the definition of a harsh rebuke to a man twice your age who has faithfully winnowed people with hard truths from behind the pulpit longer than you've been alive. He missed here, but you could have critiqued this is in a better way, brother.
@shlishkas
Did you catch the part where He rises from the dead and rules creation with an iron rod? He forgives all those who repent and believe.
A God who defeats death is way more interesting to me than toilet paper flailing trickery
@JoshBishop
That it's not an actual stumbling block. The whole operation of coming to the table is done by faith, and that faith extends to believing that a sip of wine or a dipped piece of bread will not cast us into relapse.
Last week I met with a Baptist brother pastor who actually steel-manned my arguments for paedobaptism AND stated that if someone is baptized in the triune name he won't anabaptize them. He simply believes that articulated faith preceding baptism is normative.
One week ago, in the wee hours of the morning, a member of our church was in a car accident that totaled his car. Our church awoke to texts on Sunday morning from his wife letting us know that he was beat up but just fine. She was also rocking a sinus infection to boot and asked
@Brian_Sauve
Unfortunately pigs blood doesn't work on Christians because they're already covered with the most powerful blood. Seasoned witches know this. Sounds like a noobie to me. She'll learn
@coachanthonyd
@germanicknight
Fine, taking your advice on this today Anthony. This is your biggest blind spot. You're still my friend but I don't follow your content anymore
I've smoked tobacco recreationally on and off for 10 years (long stints of no use, never developed dependency). I popped a Zyn today and it made me feel like crap. Y'all poisoning yourself. You're being psy-opd by Big Tobacco. Smoke hand blended pipe tobacco like a man
"y'all never seen a crippled guy in a suit and tie shooting a flamethrower at a clown? Now you have." Has to be one of the hardest lines in church history.
@BonifaceOption
You have no idea what you're talking about. It's really clear you have not listened to a meaningful amount of his work. I've listened to hundreds of his sermons and he double barrels American culture in the face with regularity. He calls out cultural idols constantly. In one post
Baptized infants are Christians, who should be fed at the Lord's table. My 2 year old just communicated to me using a mixture of sign language and words that we are A. Going to church today B. We are going to church to worship God and C. God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Everyone saying "physiognomy checks out every time" is part of the problem. Log off, go find that awkward, medicated, rejected young man you know, teach him how to be a man, and reveal God to him in the scriptures.
@dalepartridge
In my experience the situation Adriel is describing is relatively rare, while it is entirely common for women who have been in churches their whole life to be dressed inappropriately. The general public still has some sort of sense that one ought not walk into church half naked,
Happy birthday to my brother Adam. I am exceedingly proud of him, and regularly sharpened by him. He is a categorical force for the Kingdom and needs our prayers. I love you. RT if you love Adam too.
A little end of year circle check. My foray back into the fever swamps of X has been profitable. Some of these folks I consider good friends already. A couple hopefully got plenty of coal for Xmas. In 2024 I hope some of you move further up and further in and others down and out.
@TJSumpter
This is good 👍a really good case for having a simple, clear knowledge of the age of the place we live in can be derived from what we know about the character of God. Order, not chaos. Wisdom, not folly. Disclosure, not deception.
The guys who have adopted the title "racist" with glee because they are race realists are akin to a soldier who shoots themself in the leg to prove to the enemy they have a real gun before running into battle. Hard to work with a person like that.
A few years ago "micro churches" became a thing where people would meet in homes on most Sundays and then gather in a larger group once a month or so. I (and others) were met with anger when questioning the wisdom of these plants. They're falling apart now.
What seems to be missing from most conversations surrounding the covenant is that most Baptists do not see in Scripture or believe that the children of believing parents are a distinct category. The child of two Christians is ontologically different than the child of two
One major, major flaw of the homeschool movement is how uninvolved most dads are in it. Both at the home level and the homeschool leadership level. This has notable exceptions, and might be changing, but there's a long way to go. Fathers should be the tip of the spear, but many
Looking for fellow Christians who would like to commit to praying the Morning and Evening daily office for Advent. We can use a Signal group for encouragement/reflections. If you want to learn how I can teach you.
I like the fact that my ancestors were Norse, but when I see dudes walking around with Mjolnir pendants and Vegvisir tats either as a larp, or they're actually worshipping the old gods, my eyes roll into my head. Those gods were stripped naked and processed by Christus Victor.
My Dad just told me about a friend of his who has an adult brother with special needs who died yesterday. While on his deathbed she read him the entirety of the Last Battle. I cried.
Thinking that manuscripted sermons aren't faithful is probably the influence of 2nd Great Awakening shenanigans. Everyone likes to assume the Holy Spirit works in spontaneity but assume He doesn't work in our plans.
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I become increasingly convinced that to be well versed in church history will protect you from the great sins and errors of the church age you live in, but will also put you at odds with the church age you live in.
Just made my last payment for my Master's. I will graduate debt free. It's doable. There's a shifting educational landscape. The best ministerial education you can receive is likely local. Don't jump for the big ticket if it's gonna mean you're a slave for 20 years.