@Jesii_ca_M As a social activist, shouldn’t you believe that we’re all equal and entitled to the same rights as each other? Or are you another one of these moronic rage baiters?
🔥🚨DEVELOPING: It is being reported that Supergirl is estimated to lose the DC studios over $200 million at the box office making it one of the largest flops in superhero film history. The results has left DC confused on what has led to the undermining numbers.
@DefiantLs Mehdi Taremi, a terrorist supporter and IRGC asset, publicly echoed a genocidal regime slogan, then complained about enhanced security.
He’s not just another footballer. When you promote the rhetoric of a terrorist regime, don’t expect to be treated like an ordinary traveler.
Russell Crowe on Gladiator 2:
‘They failed, and they failed because they didn’t understand what made the first film so successful: it had a moral core. Here’s the thing, most people want that. On the surface, they might go for entertainment, but if they’re going to love something and keep it with them forever, like that movie? …The love for that thing is because of its moral core. All guys want to be that man who can stay that strong, and all women want a man who can love them in that way.’
Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman was asked about the role Jesus plays in his life. And his answer cuts straight to the thing most athletes never say out loud.
"He's my Lord and Savior. Not only that, also my teacher. I try to study scripture each day and learn more about Jesus every day and kind of model my life after him. My performance in the game or whatever's happening isn't my identity. Rather, as a disciple of Jesus. That's the foundation of my life and it kind of makes me who I am."
That one sentence deserves to sit for a moment. My performance in the game is not my identity. That is one of the hardest things for any athlete to actually believe. The entire sports world is built around performance. Your value is your numbers. Your worth is your contract. Your identity is your stats. And Tommy Edman looked at all of that and said: none of that is who I am.
He is a disciple of Jesus. That is his identity. The baseball is just what he does.
He also said something that reveals how he maintains that foundation. He studies scripture every day. Not weekly. Not when he feels like it. Every day. And he is actively trying to learn more about Jesus and model his life after Him. That is discipleship. That is not a Sunday morning posture. That is a daily practice of sitting at the feet of the teacher and asking to become more like Him.
In a culture that attaches worth to performance and identity to achievement, Tommy Edman is building his life on something that does not move when the batting average drops.
"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing" (John 15:5).
Is your identity built on what you do or on who Jesus says you are?
This is what it looks like when someone refuses to let their performance define them. Tommy Edman plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers, one of the most watched teams in baseball, and he said plainly that his identity has nothing to do with what happens on the field. He is a disciple of Jesus. That is it. That is who he is. And he studies scripture every day to stay rooted in that truth. Pray for Tommy Edman and pray that more athletes build their identity on Jesus instead of their jersey number.
Theo Von: “Was there anybody who was immune to COVID-19?”
Dr. McCullough: “There’s one adult group. You’re going to laugh... Smokers… They got very mild cases. And they don’t get long COVID.”
My brother, if Christ ‘superseded’ the Old Testament like it was some beta version He patched out, why did He say He came to fulfill it, not abolish it? Why did He quote it constantly, affirm the Law and the Prophets, and tell people to repent—something the Old Testament also demanded?
You can’t claim ‘peak Christianity’ by yeeting the foundation Jesus stood on. That’s like saying the roots are irrelevant because the tree has new leaves. The same God who wrote the OT wrote the NT. He didn’t have a personality change at the Incarnation.
I’ll stick with the whole counsel of God, not the edited greatest hits version. Love you enough to say: the road is narrow, not optional. Repentance still applies.
My bad, big guy — you’re out here claiming the Sermon on the Mount is peak Christianity while conveniently ignoring the rest of Scripture where God calls homosexuality an abomination.
Jesus didn’t need to restate every single Old Testament sexual law in the Sermon. He came to fulfill it, not abolish it. Repentance isn’t optional just because He focused on the heart that day. Quit playing games with the text and twisting ‘love your neighbor’ into ‘affirm their sin.’
Either submit to the whole counsel of God or stop pretending you’re following Jesus.