@Michaeldudufudu Obviously this is the correct serious position, to love all man regardless of their sins, but with it comes the the temptation to support sin for pity of the sinner. This man was probably as dead before letting go of the railing as he was after.
@DastDn While there are a bunch of microgrifts such as hoteliers and the main reason for all this is ideological, the biggest financial incentive behind all the migration efforts are that they keep property prices high.
So does anyone know any good sources on the whole "The Americans and Gulf states are stealing the rain" thing thats happening cos from the outside persepective it looks pretty bad for the forces of the Great Satan.
The degree to which this ceasefire is a blunder cannot be overstated. Iran needs to make a serious attack against Israel to regain any kind of momentum
A lot of this ceasefire talk makes it seem like Iran got greedy. Baited by the offer of total victory that won't be fulfilled. Hopefully the yanks don't have any schemes running in the background.
@ripplebrain My worry is that it's only a temporary ruse to accomplish so unknown tactical objective like reinforcing the number of troops in the region. Wasn't Trump looking for a 48 hour ceasefire st one point? If so he might get what he wants and resume firing at the weekend.
This is the iconic American Humiliation Suicide Bombing, where an American embarrasses themselves so thoroughly that it humiliates a group or individual they have some relation to, in this case Christians, moreso than the poster themselves.
My wife was formerly promiscuous. I was a virgin.
She was then radically born-again. Committed to church, evangelized constantly, Puritan books in her bedroom, prayer journals, grief over past sexual sin, etc.
We got to know each other well for over a year, dated for four months, engaged for two and a half, and didn't sin sexually with one another. Our first kiss with each other was at the altar on our wedding day (reaction pic attached!).
We've been married for over five years now, and she's been the most wonderful and godly wife, mother to our three children, and homemaker you could imagine.
She's more pure than most virgins, as biblical purity has less to with past sins (though they certainly matter) and more to do with one's current posture of the heart and daily decisions to honor the Lord (Matt. 5:8).
We're far too quick to forget the story of the woman labeled as a known "sinner" (likely a prostitute) in Luke 7:36-50 who was washing Jesus' feet with her tears while kissing them too. The Pharisees were shocked that Jesus let a public sinner do this.
Jesus responded with a parable about debts being forgiven and ended with this powerful conclusion: "Her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little" (Luke 7:47).
Everyone seems to highlight the benefits of virginity, and it certainly is a blessing. But we forget to highlight the benefits of being forgiven much as well. My wife knows the depths of Jesus' forgiveness more than most people, enabling her to more easily live out a life of passionate love for her Savior.
A woman or man's past sexual sin matters. But what matters far more when it comes to deciding who to marry is if the person is truly born again, if their repentance is real, if they truly have a heart for Christ, if they truly follow Jesus and obey his commands.
"God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world — what is viewed as nothing — to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, so that no one may boast in his presence. It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us — our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, — in order that, as it is written: 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'" (1 Cor. 1:27-31)
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" (2 Cor. 5:17)
@politicalmath It would be understandable if there was some form of reflection when this happened, an acknowledgement of mistakes instead of hiding the crime.
@sammyjoluxton1 "My granpappy suffered so we need a system that has already killed multiple depressed teenagers put in place" I wish you get it as good as he got.
@PangurBn10 Honestly the 90 s were a huge upswing following the fall of the wall, once the 2000s hit it was seeing how far it could go and how many hits we could take before things started to fall apart
@PalmyrPar Eh, objectively it probs was too much but Hungarians have noone but themselves to blame. Decades of underfunding the army into early exit from ww1 into Communist revolution is not a recipe for fair treatment in negotiations