The majority of professing Christians are Biblically illiterate. Ask them basic theological questions, and they can’t answer them correctly. They couldn’t tell you what the Bible has to say about some of the most pressing moral issues of our day. The Church simply does not have time for frivolous Toy Story-themed sermons that fail to explain Scripture and preach the gospel.
The main purpose of the church is to equip the saints for the work of ministry, not to make church services so distractingly entertaining that non-Christians will attend to see a free show. While outreach and evangelism matter, sensitivity to the seeker at the expense of Biblical exegesis is sinful and counterproductive.
Sermons can be dynamic. The music can be beautiful. The sanctuary can be aesthetically pleasing. Creativity can be used for the glory of God. But putting Christ in the background just to fill seats will never work.
His aroma is sweet enough. His gospel is powerful enough. His spirit is persuasive enough. The same cross that repelled the proud and compelled the humble 2,000 years ago still does so today.
“And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, *to mature manhood,* to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that *we may no longer be children,* tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to *grow up in every way* into him who is the head, into Christ,” Eph. 4:11-14
Tiktoker claims to suffer from “time blindness” and blasts employers who make employees come on time. She wants to dismantle the system which says people should be on time
Here are some more quotes from Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion:
“The solution to our Nation’s racial problems thus cannot come from policies grounded in affirmative action or some other conception of equity. Racialism simply cannot be undone by different or more racialism.”
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“Anyone who today thinks that some form of racial discrimination will prove ‘helpful’ should thus tread cautiously, lest racial discriminators succeed (as they once did) in using such language to disguise more invidious motives.”
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“What, then, would be the endpoint of these affirmative action policies? Not racial harmony, integration, or equality under the law. Rather, these policies appear to be leading to a world in which everyone is defined by their skin color, demanding ever-increasing entitlements and prefer- ences on that basis.”
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“Though JUSTICE JACKSON seems to think that her race- based theory can somehow benefit everyone, it is an immutable fact that “every time the government uses racial criteria to ‘bring the races together,’ someone gets excluded, and the person excluded suffers an injury solely because of his or her race.”
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You should read the entire opinion. It’s predictably brilliant.
Episode 3 is Tucker's most important yet:
"Trump is the one guy with an actual shot at becoming president who dissents from Washington's longstanding pointless war agenda. And for that, that one fact, they're trying to take Trump out before you can vote for him."
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Target reaffirming their support for grooming kids and LGBTQIA+ content for minors.
@Target wants to lose another $9 billion. Let's help them!
A pregnant woman in Fayetteville, NC was shot seven times by a gang trying to steal her car. She lost the child. Why isn't this a bigger news story? If the races were reversed, it would be.
Biden will charge high credit score borrowers fees to subsidize riskier mortgages.
California utilities want to charge customers based on how much money they make.
Student loan forgiveness punishes those who paid off their debt.
Democrats punish success and reward deadbeats.
Wow, the moment you see his conscience overwhelm him:
"I'm sorry, I'm a man of God, I can't do this...I love those people, I pray for them. But men are not supposed to dress like women. I'm not going to along with that. It's time to stand up and be a man of God." Absolute 👑👑👑
To be made in God’s image means to be made male or female. This is covered in the first chapter of the first book of the Bible and isn’t negotiable or nuanced. There is no Biblical or biological category of “gender identity” separate from sex.
Reminder: According to the Bible, there’s no such thing as gay marriage. Biblical (male-female) marriage is: Rooted in creation, Reiterated throughout Scripture, Representative of Christ & the Church and is therefore Reflective of the gospel. It is totally non-negotiable