2 Prayers that have changed me.
1: 'Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.'
This is done meditatively and complitatively by breathing in the breath of life 'Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God...' that I may bear His image in me and to breath out my true sacrifice of a contrite heart '...Have mercy on me, a sinner' emptying myself humbly before Christ.
Through this prayer I am recentered away from my anxious self. It keeps me humble and embolden me against the demons. Sometimes when I have a bad dream I'll pray it in my dream and immediately the dream becomes peaceful.
2: 'Oh Holy Theotokos save us/(me)'
When I am self loathing or feeling lonely, this prayer has never failed to bring a warm gentle embrace over my soul like a mother comforting her child. I am filled with love and a sense of being merciful to myself and others.
Wes and Gavin have avoided addressing Holy Orthodoxy on the merits and have consistently relied on the heavily subjective โyouโll know them by their fruitsโ argument.
Well, by Godโs providence, Wes and Gavin finally been refuted on those grounds, too.
First, @gavinortlund argued thereโs no evidence of appeals to the hagioi in heaven by the church prior to 200AD. When I showed him numerous biblical passages and primary sources like 1 Enoch, Testament of Levi, and the songs of sabbath sacrifice, Gavin resorted to fraudulently representing 1 Enoch 106 and handwaiving psalm 103, as well as other primary sources.
Gavin severely and fraudulently misrepresented the scholarship of Meir bar Ilan, Hurtado, and Stuckenbruck. Gavin preached against โtriumphalismโ and in the same video Gavin accused @StephenBoyce333 of saying โnumerous timesโ that he โdemolished Gavinโs arguments,โ which is a lieโDr Boyce never said that.
Gavin wonโt address that his pastor emeritus (who is also literally his dad) endorsed Kamala Harris. Gavin wonโt address his confessed admiration for Obama, plugging Obamaโs book on his YouTube channel, or the fact that his church knowingly hired a gay pastor and fired him only in the midst of scandal. Gavin rejects a worldwide Noahic flood and teaches a form of God-assisted evolution. Gavin is a liberal.
@daveedsims has shown Gavin engaging in numerous instances of contextomy and misrepresentation in the literature on the history and theology of icons. @Michael__Garten, too, has demonstrated Gavin engaging in contextomy and misrepresentation.
Itโs a pattern of behavior over a long period of time. The list is seemingly endless.
Now, we know of numerous instances (of varying severity) where @WesleyLHuff decided to engage plagiarism.
It was NOT just one time 10 years ago. It was throughout his graduate coursework and his public-facing apologetics work. There are instances from 10 months ago and 2 years ago that Wes hasnโt responded to. It appears to be a pattern of behavior for Wes over the last 10 years to frequently engage in taking other peopleโs work and claiming it as his own.
Wesโs recent โapologyโ video ignores all of the most recent instances, attempting to frame the issue as merely a single occurrence from 10 years ago. Thatโs a load of nonsense.
The state of apologetics for this American folk religion is in shambles.
They have lost on every level.
All they have left is cope.
Bonding with my wife playing @Warcraft WoWF has been so great! Its been 13 years since I've played and its the first time for her. She even got her brother to play with us. Way better experience than watching TV shows together.
I just made a crazy discovery in WoW Forever. I took my Skyborne to Fairweather Stables, jumped off, and used the Walk on Air ability. I glitched through the world and discovered a whole new zone
@marciesilvers1 You still don't get it?
Forget left & right, forget Muslim or Jew.
The only target is Christianity. Every shift, every world change has one purpose: to destroy the Church. But be at peace, they fail.
100% liberals in disguise.
- Ortlundโs church hired a gay pastor (knowing that he was gay) and fired him only after he was beset by scandal.
- Ortlundโs pastor emeritus or โpastor to the pastorsโ (who is also his dad) endorsed Kamala Harris.
- Ortlund admires Barack Obama and plugged Obamaโs book on his YouTube channel.
- Ortlund denies the worldwide Noahic flood and affirms evolution.
That just scratches the surface.
Evangelicals are being duped by Ortlund, itโs pathetic and I almost feel bad for them.
The BIPOC diva @JayDyer vindicated once again ๐ชฉ
Asmongold admits defeat amid historic Democratic gains and tells Republicans to stop coping
"Conservatives need to stop coping.. We f-cking lost.. We lost and we lost substantially.. We're gonna have to turn in our pronouns tomorrow.. It is so over."
I canโt believe evangelicals fall for this. They hired a gay pastor (and they knew he was gay) and fired him only after he was beset by scandal. Their pastor emeritus endorsed Kamala Harris. Gavin Ortlund admires Obama. Gavin rejects the Noahic worldwide flood and affirms evolution. They are LIBERALS.