A sinner redeemed by Christ's infinite love and grace, spending this life for His pleasure and glory! (also known to tweet from alt account @johnbillrules)
@DrAaronRock I would assume you mean generally, right? Like, I don’t throw the word around in regular conversation, but I have developed somewhat of a habit of it slipping out when I’m super frustrated at work. Ever thankful for the Lord’s mercy where I keep falling short 🙏
@Completionist I miss you Jirard… despite the awful thing you did with the OHF, deceiving donors and such, I forgive you, and Jesus will too if you believe in Him.
Still hoping someday you can make a comeback, The Completionist was my all-time favorite show! 🙏
@spaceMarine0 @5TonsofSnorlax @shadowbanenub @dissidentwest@d0_6n The average person is not a mechanic, and SHOULD NOT be expected to be one, in order to afford a car.
@_nomadic_soul Are men doing basic chores, like dishes and laundry, really such a minority that we can just generalize all men as too lazy to wash a single dish? I thought my generation of husbands being functional partners in the home was the norm now? Why is this still a thing in 2025?
I'm so sorry my friend's mother had her life ruined.
And for the millions of others worldwide who are still suffering.
They deserve so much better.
#MEAwarenessDay
@Wictor2501@ReformedToRome@onlyHEisWorthy@JonnyRoot_ And Matthew 11:11, what’s your point there? Yeah, John was a great saint, but then read the rest of the verse, which says even those LEAST in the [new covenant] kingdom of Heaven, is greater than him. So I guess we’re ALL worthy of more veneration than him?
@Wictor2501@ReformedToRome@onlyHEisWorthy@JonnyRoot_ I fail to see how any of these scriptures address my questions. James 5:16 is obviously referring to LIVING saints praying for one another (no, ‘living’ need not be explicit, since it’s the obvious default assumption).
Luke 1:46, so Mary magnifies the Lord, so what?
@ReformedToRome@onlyHEisWorthy@JonnyRoot_ Curious though why we’re encouraging asking saints who have passed away, seemingly ‘praying’ to them, to pray for us? The earlier text surely has LIVING (on this earth) believers in mind.
And why are Mary or other specific saints so special? Why not ask ANY dead saint?
Two weeks ago I was admitted into the hospital with a GI bleed. over the next 6 days I had a blood transfusion, Iron infusion, verious medications to stop the bleeding, and endoscopy, a colonoscopy, to CT scans, and a biopsy.
Yestedray I received a call confirming the mass found in my colon was cancerous and a surgery has been scheduled for next friday.
I have a surgeon assigned to me, approximately anyother 4-5 days in the hospital, an oncology consultation, and recovery support.
And because Recovery can take up to 6 weeks, I have a job protected leave of absence and will receive Employment Insurance payments during that time.
Total payments: $0.00
I know things can be rough if your medical situation is not life critical, but what I am going through would likely bankrupt me in the US.
I wouldn't trade this for anywhere else.
Pierre Poilievre has increased the Conservative vote share to its highest point since 1988. Higher than Harper. Jagmeet Singh is the only loser today, and Pierre Poilievre will likely be Prime Minister in less than 24 months.
@J_MEGirl@brianlilley Sure, they both may be… but so is Garretsen. I followed him on Twitter for awhile, just non-stop repeats already refuted, lame talking points/character attacks. Couldn’t stand it anymore, he really is a pathetic, very much out of touch MP.
@DrAaronRock It’s almost always a valid argument. Voting ‘your conscience’ for a party that won’t ever win so much as a seat, is a complete waste. A Christian conscience ought to pursue whatever *effectively* makes for ‘less evil’. Less evil, is, well, morally better than the alternative.
@LukeCoughey@DrAaronRock Not all Christians can stomach the perceived cold and heartless penny pinching, slashing of social programs/neglect of the poor, that the conservative side tends towards. I’m not sure it’s helpful to call out voter intent as ‘sin’. But that’s just my opinion.
At his request, I met with Prime Minister Mark Carney @MarkJCarney today. We had a very frank discussion in which I made it clear that Albertans will no longer tolerate the way we've been treated by the federal Liberals over the past 10 years.
I provided a specific list of demands the next Prime Minister, regardless of who that is, must address within the first six months of their term to avoid an unprecedented national unity crisis.
This includes:
• Guaranteeing Alberta full access to oil and gas corridors to the north, east, and west
• Repealing Bill C-69 (aka. “no new pipelines act”)
• Lifting the tanker ban off the BC coast
• Eliminating the oil and gas emissions cap, which is a production cap
• Scrapping the so-called Clean Electricity Regulations
• Ending the prohibition on single use plastics
• Abandoning the net-zero car mandate
• Returning oversight of the industrial carbon tax to the provinces
• Halting the federal censorship of energy companies
I also made it clear that Alberta, as owner of the resource, will not accept an export tax or restriction of Alberta’s oil and gas to the United States, and that our province is no longer agreeable to subsidizing other large provinces who are fully capable of funding themselves. Lastly, I made it clear that federal mismanagement of Jasper and Banff national parks resulted in last year’s tragic wildfire in Jasper and is endangering Banff, and the situation must be rectified immediately.
With the federal election about to be called, I encourage all Albertans to get involved in what is likely one of the most pivotal and important elections in our nation’s history, and to support the party and candidates that have consistently advocated for freeing Alberta from federal overreach and the repeated economic attacks our province has faced from Ottawa over the past 10 years.
Trump’s position on Canada is completely insane. There’s just no other way to describe it. Every single thing he says about Canada is utterly untethered from reality and his 51st state thing is deranged raving. No one can defend or justify any of it because it’s literal madness.