CJ Drummond

Rt nurse married to VN Veteran & parent of a lovely daughter with BPAN.
I was born a girl & now an adult woman. There are only 2 genders
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[CJ Drummond @CWDandAJD]

Christianity is not a political ideology; it is a way of life grounded in the teachings and example of Jesus Christ, who revealed God's love and purpose for humanity. Christianity is based on principles of love, compassion, forgiveness, and humility, values given to us by our Creator God to guide our lives. Unlike political systems, which are structured around governance and power, Christianity calls individuals to live by faith, shaping their character and relationships through a personal commitment to God’s truth and grace.

The essence of Christianity is not found in power struggles, laws, or political influence but in a transformative relationship with God and with others. Jesus himself said that his kingdom is “not of this world” (John 18:36), pointing to a spiritual reality that transcends earthly politics. By following Christ, Christians seek to embody God’s love in their lives and actions, aiming to serve rather than dominate, to build up rather than divide. While Christian principles can inspire ethical governance and justice, they are ultimately directed at changing hearts and lives rather than establishing a political agenda.

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[CJ Drummond @CWDandAJD]

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Karen doesn’t understand the 1st Amendment, threatens to sue & break man’s camera. Good cop shuts her down and lets him keep recording.

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🚨 50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Dodgers legend Rick Monday became an American hero.

Two protesters ran onto the field at Dodger Stadium trying to burn the American flag… and Rick Monday sprinted in like a damn boss and SNATCHED it right out of their hands.

No hesitation. No apologies. Pure patriotism

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[CJ Drummond @CWDandAJD]

I don’t know what I can do but to bring awareness!
Children in the Congo are being forced into dangerous labor conditions tied to global supply chains. This isn’t acceptable.
@Amnesty @hrw @Reuters @HouseForeign — what is being done? Congress needs to act.

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Christian kids are being sold as slaves in the Congo.

Some are just 4 years old, sold as sex slaves or to cobalt mines by Islamist groups and smugglers.

Where is the UN?
Where is the Left?
Where is Hollywood?

“Black Lives Matter” they cry…

…except when it’s black Christians

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BREAKING - It has been revealed that Bronx Judge Guy Mitchell, who sentenced former NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran to 3 to 9 years in prison for using a cooler to stop a fleeing suspect, previously handed a black teen, Branlee Gonzalez, just 9 months for a fatal beating of a homeless man.

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@Aku_700 She received a PPP loan for $2.3K for having her own hair care business. Loan was forgiven. Probably should have used the $ on conflict resolution classes.

[CJ Drummond @CWDandAJD]

I get what you’re saying about the Torah vs the full Old Testament…yes the Torah is the first 5 books. But that actually kind of supports my point more than yours...because Jesus didn’t just point to the Torah, He pointed to the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings as already recognized Scripture (Luke 24: 44). That whole body was already accepted long before any later church structure.
On Matthew 16: 18–19…Yes, authority was given. I’m not denying that....But the question isn’t was authority given…it’s what kind of authority and how far does it go? Because that same binding and loosing shows up again in Matthew 18 :18, and that’s given to the other disciples too.
So it’s not exclusive to Peter like you’re saying.

And on Acts replacing Judas…
They did replace him, yes, but notice this part.
They had specific requirements.. had to be with Jesus from the beginning...had to be a witness of the resurrection. That’s not something that just keeps getting passed down generation after generation.
So to me that looks more like they were preserving the apostolic witness, not creating an ongoing office.
So I see it like this...Authority given by Christ ✔...Apostles had a unique role ✔...Judas replaced to complete that witness ✔
But I don’t see that turning into a continuing infallible office.
I’m not dismissing the early church or anything like that…I just don’t see Scripture teaching that kind of structure continuing the way your saying.
That’s really where we differ.

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I was born in 1961.

Our cartoons didn't try to turn us gay.

Movies and TV shows didn't try to depress us about our world or our lives.

Actors didn't tell us who to vote for.

We had smart comedy and nobody told us what jokes were allowed.

We never heard the n-word or f-bombs coming out of our radios.

There were no TRANS kids.

Nobody told you their pronouns.

Nobody had food allergies.

I could go to school without getting jumped.

We played outside until the streetlights came on.

We had family dinners with no phones at the table.

Families didn't break up over politics.

A man was a man, a woman was a woman, and nobody pretended otherwise.

Nobody lost their job or their home or their family or their friends for merely stating biological facts.

We respected cops, teachers, and the flag.

We celebrated CHRISTMAS, not Kwanzaa.

Nobody was "offended" by EVERYTHING.

If anybody WAS offended by something, it was THEIR PERSONAL PROBLEM, not a national crisis.

And here's the good part:

Women hadn't willfully destroyed every aspect of entertainment - from movies to tv to video games.

Call me old-fashioned and outdated - but I really miss those days.

I'd give anything to go back to BEFORE 24/7 cable news, social media doom-scrolling, and algorithm rage machines.

So God, if you're listening, this is my prayer:

Take us back to the good old days of American civility, PLEASE.

AMEN.

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Rep. Maria Salazar (R) goes mask off:

The real goal of her "Dignity Act" is to keep the illegals here so that they'll eventually receive citizenship

Primary anyone who votes for this

[CJ Drummond @CWDandAJD]

You said the Church didn’t create Scripture but discerned it and I agree the Church recognized what was inspired. But I think we have to go back even further.
The Old Testament was already entrusted to the Jewish people long before anything like the Roman Catholic system existed.
Romans 3:2 says that.
And by the time of Jesus, the Scriptures were already recognized as the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings.
Luke 24: 44 Jesus Himself refers to that
Luke 11: 51, same thing, He’s speaking within that already accepted body
So the Old Testament wasn’t created later…it was already there and preserved before Rome was ever a church authority.
Then with the New Testament…
Those writings were already being copied, passed around and read in churches before any councils came along.
Colossians 4 :16 shows letters being shared
2 Timothy 3 :16–17 calls Scripture God-breathed
2 Peter 1: 20–21 says it’s from God, not man
So the authority wasn’t coming from a council vote…the authority was already in the writings themselves.
The councils just recognized what was already being used.
On Enoch…
I get what you’re saying there, but I actually think that helps my point more than yours. Enoch was known, and even quoted (Jude), but it was never accepted as Scripture by the Jews, who were entrusted with the Old Testament. So clearly not everything ancient or even quoted made it into Scripture.
That tells me the standard wasn’t just “church decides later”…it was recognition of what was already understood to be from God.

Where we still differ is here:
You’re saying Scripture + Tradition + Magisterium
But I don’t see in Scripture a continuing office that has infallible authority like that. Yes, early on there was oral teaching...but that was while the apostles were still alive and revelation was still being given.
After that, Scripture is what remains as the standard.

And on the error point…
If the early church could get it wrong, then I don’t see how appealing to another later authority that claims infallibility fixes that…it just kind of moves the problem.
I do agree with you on this though: The apostles had real authority, the early church mattered, the gospel was passed down faithfully
I just don’t see that turning into an infallible office beyond them.
And no offense taken on the “come home” comment…I get what you meant.
I’d just say I’m already home in Christ.

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[CJ Drummond @CWDandAJD]

For a long time, laypeople didn’t have free access to the Bible...Catholic authorities kept both the text and its interpretation under their control until the Reformation.
Jesus called out the Pharisees for adding their own traditions and controlling the meaning of Scripture, to the point it actually made God’s word of no effect.

[CJ Drummond @CWDandAJD]

I do appreciate your tone…
I agree the “rock” imagery can be used in different ways. My point is just that when Scripture explains itself, it keeps pointing back to Christ as the foundation...not any one man.
And yes, I agree Peter had a visible leadership role. That’s pretty clear. But leadership isn’t the same thing as having a unique, ongoing office with infallible authority.Especially when we see:
Galatians 2: 11
Paul opposed Peter to his face.
That tells me Peter was a leader, but not above correction…not functioning as a final authority.
On apostolic succession and the pope…this is where we probably just differ.
I hear what you’re saying about infallibility having limits and criteria. But my question is:
Where do we actually see that laid out in Scripture?
Not just authority…but a single office, passed down, that can make infallible doctrinal statements.
On the canon point…that’s a fair question.
But I’d say the Church didn’t create Scripture, it recognized what was already God-breathed.
So it’s not: Church → Scripture
It’s: God → Scripture, and the Church recognized it.
And if human fallibility is the concern, I don’t see how solving that with another human authority claiming infallibility really fixes it…it kind of just moves the issue.
So for me it comes back to this:
• Christ is the foundation
• The apostles (including Peter) had real authority
• But I don’t see that authority continuing as an infallible office
I do appreciate the discussion though…you’re actually engaging, not just talking past me.

[CJ Drummond @CWDandAJD]

I understand your point, but the verses you used for the Sabbath don’t actually say what the command says.
The command is:
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” (Exodus 20:8)
But:
Mark 2: 27–28 explains the purpose of the Sabbath.
Luke 4: 16 describes what Jesus did...He went to the synagogue, read from Isaiah, and declared its fulfillment.
That’s a key difference.
With the other commandments, the New Testament clearly restates or reinforces them...murder, adultery, honoring parents, and so on.
But with the Sabbath, those verses are...descriptive (what Jesus did)...explanatory (what it means)...not a direct command to keep it holy.
So it’s not consistent to treat those as equivalent to the others that are explicitly restated.
I do believe we need worship, and most gather on the Sabbath. I’m simply saying it’s not presented as a commandment under the New Covenant in the same way as the others.

[CJ Drummond @CWDandAJD]

Good questions...they’re fair.
You’re right that 1 Corinthians 10:4 points back to Exodus, but Paul still says, “that rock was Christ.” So even there, the deeper meaning points to Christ.
On Matthew 16: 19, yes...keys represent authority. But that authority isn’t given to Peter alone. In Matthew 18: 18 and John 20: 23, Jesus extends similar authority to the other disciples too.
And in John 21, I don’t refute Peter’s role...I see it as restoration after his denial, not elevation above everyone else.
Another thing...Paul even publicly corrected Peter:
Galatians 2: 11 (NIV) “When Cephas (Peter) came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.”
So Peter clearly had a role...but not supreme, unquestionable authority.

[CJ Drummond @CWDandAJD]

I appreciate how you’re grounding everything in Scripture and walking through it carefully.
Can I ask, with respect—how do you understand the fact that Jesus, when teaching on the law, only explicitly highlighted some of the Ten Commandments?
For example:
Mark 10: 18–19 (NIV)
“…You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother."

[CJ Drummond @CWDandAJD]

May I respond?
Look at what Peter just said:
Matthew 16: 16 (NIV)
“You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
👉 In this view:
The “rock” is that truth...his confession.
The church is built on who Christ is.
And Scripture consistently points to Christ Himself as the true foundation:
1 Corinthians 10:4 (NIV)
“…and that rock was Christ.”
1 Peter 2:6–7 (NIV)
“See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone…”
👉 So when Jesus speaks of the “rock,” it is this:
Peter = a rock (witness)
His confession = the truth foundation
Christ = the cornerstone everything rests on
Ultimately, the foundation isn’t a man....it’s Christ Himself.