Ben Tolly

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@AlexandriaVAPD pastor spoke truth as the foundation of public safety. ( see value in each other and don’t be afraid of relationship)

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@brivael @drdrew Absolutely well thought out post. Thank you.

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@otokyo LOTR
Star Wars
Top Gun
Shawshank
Rudy
Hoosiers

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@FightofFaith Great is Thy Faithfulness
And Can It Be?
Oh Church Arise

Worship:
Shout to the Lord
How great is our God
Amazing Grace ( my chains are gone)

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@otokyo “You’re adorable “

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@akafaceUS Yes. Many times

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@JoshuaBarzon I have never heard of paying. Sad. Baptism is the work of the church.

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@Oldtimers365 Yes. I have a few pieces of furniture that have been in my family 100 years. I also have a few antique items older than that.

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@travisakers Yes. It was always in the spring typically near Easter Sunday. That and the Ten Commandments

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Pastors. Question:
Do you prefer a funeral service or memorial service? Sometimes I wonder if the convenience of a scheduled memorial service undermines a healthy grieving process. What do think and why? #pastors #edstetzer

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When your plans are not God’s

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@EchoesofWarYT Disciplined

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@Protestia This is unbelievable.

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So true. I loved this show and these episodes. All the neighborhood reenacted it afterwards as we played around

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@Protestia Heresy

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@DrFrankTurek Celsus (philosopher, c. 175 CE; quoted by Origen): Attacks Jesus as a sorcerer and son of a poor woman but assumes he existed and performed “miracles.”

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@DrFrankTurek Lucian of Samosata (Greek satirist, The Death of Peregrine, c. 166 CE)
- Mockingly describes Christians worshiping a “crucified sage” who introduced their laws and whom they call their lawgiver.

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Mara bar-Serapion (Stoic philosopher from Roman Syria, letter to his son, c. 73 CE or shortly after)
- Refers to the Jews executing their “wise king,” after which their kingdom was taken away, yet the king’s “new laws” lived on. Most scholars see this as a reference to Jesus.

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Suetonius (Roman historian, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, c. 121 CE)
- Refers to Emperor Claudius expelling Jews from Rome (c. 49 CE) because of disturbances “at the instigation of Chrestus” (widely accepted as a misspelling of Christus/Jesus). Also notes Nero’s punishment of Christians.

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@DrFrankTurek Pliny the Younger (Roman governor, letter to Emperor Trajan, c. 112 CE)
- Describes Christians in Bithynia who “sing hymns to Christ as to a god,” meet weekly, and refuse to curse Christ. Confirms early worship of Jesus as divine and treats him as a historical founder.