@MadMikeIsenberg This is what makes one a Christian. Christians have been reciting this creed for nearly 2,000 years in response to heretics & cultists like the Mormons.
@MLightSunyata@OldWest1453@ThePolemikOne@AL_J82 own path, and showing up so that the doors of the church may be kept open. Then, for the love of God, have some faith in the Holy Spirit. https://t.co/l8ImMKzzu4
@MLightSunyata@OldWest1453@ThePolemikOne@AL_J82 Not at all, but vacation Bible school style altar calls that leave kids & their parents thinking they’re all set has been an unmitigated disaster. Faithful parents are a prerequisite for faithful kids. Teens & young adults, not so much. Do your part by continuously righting your-
@slimvnsn I once read a comment of a woman who got her very good elementary school teacher fired & publicly shamed by claiming the teacher pinched her when she most certainly did not. Then you hear of stories of children who begged to be believed they were being abused & were dismissed. 😔
@dimvji No one gives death its due like the original Christian church. My daughter has been to many funerals since losing her brother & she comes home & sobs at the state of grief for people outside the faith. At how little understanding of what death is, & what it is for the departed.
@dimvji I wouldn’t have survived it had I not been protected by the traditions, prayer, & empathy of the ancient Christian church. Praying for my departed w/o ceasing. Asking confidently for him to pray for us. Frequent & regular memorial services of him in the church, a profound burial.
@TonyOrthobrony@AppyOrtho Bishop Ireni on what it is to acquire the peace of the Holy Spirit for the salvation of those around you: https://t.co/pFPKx92vke
@TomFooleryIRL@guntotinchick They were brought in too. Overnight. At least they were in OKC. If you grew up in a midsized city your beggars should be few & known to you. That’s how it always was. Who are these people? Where did they come from? We went from don’t lay that trash on Oklahoma to blanketed w/ it.
@guntotinchick They’re different.
I’m done being polite when asked to move so they can “Just look for something”. Lady, that’s what I’m doing- looking for something. You don’t want to wait on me? Who was here first? But want me to stand back & wait on you? To do what I’m currently doing? Stop.
@Breaking57 Get a grain mill (share one w/ family if need be) & buy wheat LOCALLY. A mockmill costs $350. Organic Wheat $1 per lb. Make your own bread, pasta, crackers, biscuits, pancakes, muffins & cereal for cents- a health game changer. (It’s shelf bread, not gluten, that wreaks havoc.)
@TradAdvocate The disabled abortion debate is hitting close to home because while I was born into a church & family that gave me full clarity on what abortion is & what humanity is, our situation was only ever discussed from a secular world view. I see now how similar the two situations are.
@housewelf Have you not seen kids today tear through a buffet unsupervised, piling plates that are then tossed? Cutting lines, roughhousing & leaving messes everywhere? Kids hovering at the punch bowl, eating standing at the serving table? Until parents parent again, expect more exclusion.
@housewelf There is a family I know who feigns oblivion to the disruption & wreckage their kids cause wherever they go. They don’t tend to their children knowing others aren’t going to let them starve or die. They aren’t the only ones. Blame them & not the couple saying kids aren’t welcome.
@MLightSunyata@OldWest1453@ThePolemikOne@AL_J82 Baptism under these conditions may be what hinders them. To whom much is given much is required. We should fear our end if we participate in the sacraments w/o living a sacramental life & proclaim Orthodoxy w/o submission to its tenets. Why put that on kids? Nostalgia? A photo op
@Stephen19718352 So many moms don’t let their children have a moments quiet to think! Constant narration in high pitched baby voice, not even using actual terms or correct pronunciation. Why would you confuse a kid like this during the most important time for language development.