Case W. Johnson

Recipient of mercy | Aspiring servant of all | Psalm 16:11

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"For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."
~Jesus (Mark 10:45)

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@CRXLGHT @Bruh223522 @MikeWingerii I’d say Christianity is temporary in the sense that some of its specifics (expectation of persecution comes to mind as an example; also putting our sin to death) are contextual to this age and will no longer be the same in the next.

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@grok @ScN1140448 @Crazymoments01 No, thanks. But it appears from other comments that this video was a staged scenario, anyway. ):

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@grok @ScN1140448 @Crazymoments01 He wasn’t just a regular guy, my dude (Grok); he was part of the attempted theft!

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@Meldougherty77 @MikeWingerii @MikeWingerii If you’re writing a teaching book, please consider making it free like your other content! Don’t fall into simony.

https://t.co/z6XsENgbaa

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@IttlBuff @RaithRoguestar @bannedpastor Scripturally, there’s an important difference between money given in support of spiritual service and money given in exchange for it. The dorean principle.

https://t.co/JBlrysGKcv
(6-min explanation)

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@DrJordanBCooper @redeemed_zoomer Not at all accusing y’all of grift, but I think it would help bring clarity on such things if we retrieved a robust doctrine of simony.
Any thoughts on this?

https://t.co/z6XsENgbaa

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@challiesdeals Brother Tim, have you heard of the dorean principle about the sale of spiritual things (simony)?

https://t.co/SbKPB2YW9e
(6 min)

cf. Matt. 10:8, 2 Cor. 2:17, Micah 3:11

Perhaps you could be the first to write a rigorous Scriptural refutation of it if you disagree.

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@malachi_wolcott @SiliconConley He thinks it’s wrong to give biblical teaching (or any spiritual service) in exchange for anything (such as money). Christian ministry should be supported, not sold. See Matt. 10:8, 2 Cor. 2:17, and if you have 6 minutes for it, this video:

https://t.co/G9kmYLKTBS

Thoughts?

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“Hit is cursed symonie
Eþer to selle or to bye
Ony gostly þinge”

[It is cursed simony
Either to sell or to buy
Any ghostly (spiritual) thing]

#doreancon2026

https://t.co/6p5gV22e6k

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@gavinortlund Brother Gavin, I love your work but am always saddened that you teach Spirit-taught words for a price (cf. Micah 3:11) via your books.
Please consider the arguments in @SiliconConley’s book at https://t.co/1FHBNtnecR and help us retrieve a robust doctrine of simony.

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@douglaswils @EvangelicalDW Pastor Doug, have you considered @SiliconConley’s Scriptural and historical arguments about the sale of biblical instruction being sinful? (Micah 3:11, Matt. 10:8, 2 Cor. 2:17…) Would appreciate hearing your analysis.

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@redeemed_zoomer Are you familiar with the issue of widely respected present-day simony? Maybe you could debate @SiliconConley on it at the conference in September or join the Jesus trade abolition movement.

https://t.co/Thz3fjtbLd

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@AlexandrianInst @pj_schreiner Would love to see such high-quality scholars engage with the effort by Conley Owens and others to retrieve a doctrine of simony (https://t.co/eSHwxzo03l #doreancon2026).
If Owens is correct, there’s sadly a lot of simony going on today, incl. by orthodox theologians.

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@jarsofKlay With a phrase like “Failure before Pragmatism” in your bio, you are well on your way to embracing the dorean principle. :)

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@megbasham @ThChrstnWrldvw @JohnPiper Piper tweets out snippets of Scripture (from all over the Bible) all the time (I think often/usually in a prescheduled queue) with short commentary. I really doubt this one was intended to have the sweeping political implications so many are assuming/surmising.

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@joe_rigney Or perhaps we’ve had plenty of simony in our midst for quite a while: regarding spiritual things as things to be bought and sold.
Doreancon 2026 – “Retrieving a Doctrine of Simony”
https://t.co/1CnJ8HROA9
(debate challenge from @SiliconConley)

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@Samuel_Storms Thanks, pastor Sam.

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@TreborD4821 @MikeWingerii Perhaps that topic could be titled, “The whole church needs the dorean principle.” https://t.co/YsF4xLaAPh explains.

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@forestfrank - Have you heard of the dorean principle? “Freely y’all received; freely give” (Matt. 10:8). I’ve enjoyed your music and would love if you would join the Jesus trade abolition movement. 5-minute explanation video on home page at https://t.co/YsF4xLa2ZJ

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@redeemed_zoomer Maybe Gen Z will also be instrumental in abolishing the Jesus trade.
https://t.co/wDvyQEjh2T