Chuck Sigler

My starting point for understanding the world around me is faith in Christ. I have a passion to disciple others to apply their faith more consistently in life.

[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

William James helped Bill W. see his “hot flash” didn’t have to be an evangelical conversion experience to Jesus Christ.
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[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

@MikeWingerii Read "The Religion of American Greatness" by Paul Miller, a Christian scholar, political theorist, veteran, and former White House staffer.

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

Biblically, a “pastor,” “elder,” and “bishop” are 3 words for the same thing.

In the New Testament, the terms “elder,” (πρεσβύτερος), “bishop,” and “overseer” (ἐπίσκοπος) are essentially interchangeable, referring to the same leadership role in the early church. “Elder” stems from the Jewish context and “bishop” from the Greek term, both essentially meaning an overseer. The slight nuance is that qualifications for an “elder” stipulate standards of character, emphasizing a wise, mature leader who is respected, while “overseer” and “pastor” describe the functional aspects of leading and shepherding. The word “pastor” originates from the Old French “pastour” meaning “herdsman or shepherd”, a derivative of virtually the same word in Latin.

The three-tiered ecclesiastical system that eventually separated bishops, elders, and pastoral roles only emerged in the 2nd century, specifically in the writings of Ignatius, who first distinguished the overseer as the sole head of the city-church. Earlier writings like 1 Clement and the Didache still used the terms interchangeably.

[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

“Our fundamental problem lies in looking to something besides God for our happiness.”
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[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

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[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

From the earliest times of culture and civilization, humans have pursued intoxication.
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[Allen Frances @AllenFrancesMD]

'Saving Normal' has aged much better than I have.

Published 12 years ago, it's just as lively & relevant now as it was then.

Sorry i can't say the same for my knees or my mind. The word endures better than the flesh.

[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

@AllenFrancesMD I loved "Saving Normal" and still refer to it.

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

Public media is a source of information and community connection. We should defend it, not defund it.

Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR https://t.co/ligrA2U9fy

[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

The evidence for adverse effects from marijuana use is increasing and the promises of legalization haven't come true.
https://t.co/Ry2suzQXw7

[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

@tptbible For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." (Galatians 5:14, ESV)

[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

Does Bill Johnson have a Biblical view of human nature, of anthropology?
https://t.co/nCHAgOE5ZL

[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

The so-called “healing” with psychedelics is blurring the line between psychotherapy, medicine, and shamanistic rituals.
https://t.co/1mUIK9sZ9o

[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

@tptbible So we do not lose heart. Though our out self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16, ESV)

[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

@tptbible Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me!
Then i shall be blameless,
and innocent of great transgressions. (Psalm 19:13, ESV)

[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

Here's hoping we find a way to manage carfentanil before a fifth wave of overdose deaths hits us.
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[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

Any stimulus that alters brain functioning to affect the way we feel elicits an opposite brain response.
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[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

The more you use a drug to change the way you feel, the more your brain produces the exact opposite state.
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[Chuck Sigler @AnselmChuck]

Going ‘full Colorado’ with marijuana in Pennsylvania may not be a good idea.

https://t.co/qWfqKJvDtU