@aprilajoyr Apparently the area of Laodicea had hot springs that were considered medicinal, and of course cold water was refreshing. So to be luke-warm was to be basically useless in both directions. But yeah, that confused me for a long time, thinking really bad is better than not caring...
@cudasbob@aprilajoyr Were they, though? You know this from study, or are you buying into a caricature? Because that's not what the history books seem to say.
@aprilajoyr Wow, April, that's not what the Bible teaches at all. Do you really think Evangelicals think that? Certainly not what I've taught or written on the subject of suffering...
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