Jason

Farmer. Husband. Father. Veteran. Introvert.

Christian.

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@MetzUAC1530 Are Quakers and Christian Scientists still around?

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@StuffForSisters @cecsquared I found this in a dusty old letter in Heidelberg...

"In the sight of God, sins are then truly venial when they are feared by men to be mortal."

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Question came up the other day about the nephilim or the sons of God/daughters of men. Looked into Luther's Genesis Commentary. I don't know if he answered my exact question, but I came away asking "why don't I read his stuff more often?" He can really be fantastic.

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Dracula was a pretty intense novel.

Really well told. Stoker did a good job keeping the suspense. I was riveted. The ending almost felt a little anticlimactic.

One of those books it's sad I can't read again for the first time.

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@JennMGreenberg Did you recently weigh in about pineapple on pizza?

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@philipnation The Lutheran Study Bible.

I've also been trying to focus on getting more out of the cross-references in my reading recently.

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@node_cathode People have no problem with His omnipresence, but as soon as someone suggests He's there in the eucharist or baptism...

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@node_cathode Like the deal where the VBS/Sunday school kids are asked how we experience God and the answers are all about sunshine, flowers, and fluffy pets? "Yeah, good. And we can also experience Him at church or when pastor talks."

Later that day: "This is a symbol...of your obedience"

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@M_Eashoo @Yayay82827 @_BikiniBottoms @LutheranAnswers Whoever compiled that sheet made transcription errors. The contradictions weren't actually there when I checked the Bible. The one that took a little more work was Judas/Thaddeus. Lo and behold Jude was known as Judas Thaddeus.

Have a nice day.

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@M_Eashoo @Yayay82827 @_BikiniBottoms @LutheranAnswers I don't know what this is, but double check these lists against your Bible. Specifically the Matthew passage.

My brief search found that Jude is known as Judas Thaddeus which can clear up some of this as well.

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Me finding political discourse these days.

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@alpha53964 @Osinttechnical I knew I had come across "Karaya" somewhere before. That would be it.

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Reading Dracula in the evening with the window open and hearing the occasional coyote yip adds something to it.

Now I just need a moth or misguided sparrow to repeatedly bash the window.

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@CrankyFed So long and thanks for all the...I don't know...wine/beer/cheese?

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@LutheranSage Thank God for Martin Chemnitz, the Formula of Concord, & Johann Gerhard when it comes to election.

I really appreciate how they name and address the ways we can get sideways on the issue.

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@MaddyRose_Craig I skipped the introductory notes and my usual practice of reading a summary first so I don't spoil the story.

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@MaddyRose_Craig I recently started it. About half way through. Unlike Frankenstein, which I read without being terrified, there are parts that are creepier than I expected.

Someone else on Lutheran Twitter spoke highly of it, so here I am. It is certainly interesting.

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Finally! I found my metric crescent wrench.

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Corn planting almost complete. Parts of the field are still too muddy and I got stuck. As I awaited rescue, I found myself translating phrases into Latin. It seems that some part of me still slips into a middle school maturity as I came up with "satis huius excrementi habueram"