Daniel Darling

Director, @thelandcenter | Column: @wngdotorg, @usatoday | Author: | Newsletter: @csbible Ambassador

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I'm excited about this brand new book, avialable today, from @BHpub https://t.co/c1lkieCeDS

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@eastmond_andrew Thank you!

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At its most basic, patriotism is a love for the people, the place, and the ideals of the country. It does not demand of us that we blindly accept every policy from a particular administration or whitewash the dark spots in the nation’s history. Sometimes patriotism requires us to speak up. At the heart of patriotism is gratitude. It is thanking God that He has allowed us to be Americans and allowed us to live in a land as free and prosperous as this one.
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Congress becoming a glorified TV studio puts more power in the hands of the courts, which this SCOTUS is telling us that they wish they didn't have!

[Sarah Isgur @whignewtons]

Once again, nearly all of these SCOTUS decisions can be changed by Congress: late arriving mail ballots, partisan gerrymandering, student loan debt forgiveness, asylum at the southern border, TPS designations, tariffs…

If you don’t like the decision: LOBBY CONGRESS!

[Southwestern Seminary @SWBTS]

How do we citizens of the kingdom of Heaven celebrate this flourishing, but temporary nation we call America?

New insights from @dandarling:
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Good @nytopinion feature on Baptist hero John Leland: https://t.co/42gBlRcdyT

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One of my favorite things is, on decision day, to see partisans flip the opinion of the Supreme Court they held last week, based on a single ruling.

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Here’s my review of @Mike_Pence new book “What Conservatives Believe” for @ActonInstitute
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What Do Conservatives Believe? https://t.co/eTR37Sueiv via @dandarling cc: @Mike_Pence

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Moving piece by @DominicJPino on his visit to Ukraine and the fighting spirit of its courageous people: https://t.co/0307ve5oyO

[Glenn Packiam @gpackiam]

This is actually not a take-down of the Bible. A few things to note:

1. There is a difference between the moral vision of the Bible and the fallen reality of people in the Bible. God designed marriage to be between one man and one woman (Gen. 2, echoed later by Jesus).

2. In none of the polygamous relationships did things ever go well— not even for Abraham, certainly not for David. It always led to strife, trouble, and more abuse (see Sarah and Hagar). In fact, Solomon is famously rebuked for allowing his adultery to introduce idolatry to the nation.

3. Idolatry is compared (unfavorably) with adultery— unfaithfulness to God is the fatal flaw of Israel in the OT. Adultery is never condoned or glossed over.

4. When Jesus arrives, he deepens what qualifies as adultery, ensuring that women are not treated like sexual objects (Matthew 5-7), and dignifying women who have been discarded by divorce— which only men could do (John 4).

5. Paul crystalized this sexual ethic in his letters— though it was always the designed and intended moral vision. The difference is, as the New Testament sees it, is that now we have the power to actually live this way because of the Holy Spirit. Where Moses gave instructions, Jesus gave ability (that’s what grace means in its fullness).

6. So what should we make of the moral mess in the lives of OT characters? That God is patient and kind enough to meet us in our mess, to work with us, and finally to change us into the kinds of people who live flourishing lives — lives that are good for all around us.

The idea that we would find polygamy and sexual exploitation repugnant (and we should!) is itself the result of the Bible’s influence on western societies. Read 1 Corinthians 7 for just one example, and compare it to what Greek and Roman writers at the time had said about how to treat women. It’s quite a contrast! You can see the historian @holland_tom for more on that in “Dominion”. Without the Bible— Jesus and Paul, in particular— there would have been no “me too” movement.

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@AndrewTWalker It’s so incredibly good

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Mel Brooks is 100 years old. When he was born, Robert Todd Lincoln, the son of Abraham Lincoln was still alive. When Robert Todd Lincoln was born, John Quincy Adams was still alive. But when John Quincy Adams was born, there was no United States of America.

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Electric win over Milwaukee. Wow.

[Chicago Cubs @Cubs]

THIS IS WHAT WE LOVE TO SEE.

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Let’s go!

[Michael Cerami @Michael_Cerami]

SEIYA SUZUKI!!

That is an extra-innings, bases loaded, two-out, two-RBI single.

HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE

[Anton Sorkin ن @Legal_Ministry]

“Healthy citizenship means we engage in the process of helping to shape the nation in a way that best serves our neighbors, whom we are commanded to love (Mark 12:30-31) while knowing that we’ll never be able to fix every problem in a fallen world. We can do some good, but ultimately, we look forward to that city whose ‘builder and maker is God’ (Hebrews 11:10).”

Wise words from @dandarling. https://t.co/jYHSo9wkw9

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@branthansen Alternatively it could be the crucible of suffering that produces sweet fruit :)

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I’ve never seen a team with so many injuries to a pitching staff. It’s apocalyptic.

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Hoby Milner has been placed on the IL with appendicitis. He Ubered himself to the hospital last night and had surgery this morning, per Craig Counsell.

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@davereaboi @EWErickson How far gone do you have to be to mourn the avoidance of a literal civil war? Have any of these people studied the actual civil war?

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@deaninserra @sendnetwork Amen!!

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@BlackLabelAdvsr @michaelwhittle You are in the minority. Matt is great and doing the Lord’s work.