Lucas Boto

Raised in the country, livin' in the city. Moved from TX to Nashville to LA to Nashville. Jesus follower. Music enjoyer. Always trying to carpe diem.

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“Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness.“
2 Tim. 2:23-25b

Relevant as ever.

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“For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.”
2 Tim. 1:6-7

Gifts from God need to be tended to and kindled to burn brightly.

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@antonseim Helpful. Thanks man!!

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@ScottRoberts George Müller, Corrie Ten Boom, Andrew van der Bijl, and many others

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And to be clear, I’m not saying this short film is iffy quality. It’s incredibly impressive. It just shows how quickly production is improving in the AI film space, in my mind, similar to the home studio growth back in the mid 2000s.

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I think the music industry is showing the near future of film/tv.

Mass distribution of iffy quality because production barriers are so low. The difficulty will be sifting thru and curating the content deluge.

Home studios = quantity and Spotify boom

AI = home studio for film

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Exhibit A: https://t.co/UQEST4Ed3O

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“…godliness with contentment is great gain…Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith.”
1 Tim 6:6 11b-12a

Some desires, even strong ones, are not worth indulging. Others, of immeasurable worth, must be fought for.

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@antonseim I’ve had some renewed interest kinda recently but I’m curious, what have you seen that makes ya say that?

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“But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”
1 Tim. 5:8

Intense words for Jesus followers.
Family is valuable.
Take care of it.

Nothing hidden will stay hidden.
(v24-25)

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“train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.” -1 Tim 4:7b-8

This is not just a moral training. It is deeper and will surely hit resistance.

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“And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless.” - 1 Tim. 3:10

“Deacon” means “ministering servant”, like a waiter.

Character is tested before it is revealed.

Let that encourage you when life is difficult.

(see Job 23:10)

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“…[God] desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus…” - 1 Timothy 2:4-5

For those of us who call ourselves Christians, this should be our desire as well.

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“The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.” - 1 Timothy 1:5

🎯

A good reminder to focus on the target. This “charge” is how to “wage the good warfare” (v18).

A message to me (and maybe you):

Beware distractions.

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@TreyYingst Ask Trump about this please!!

https://t.co/DmX32UzZTL

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🚨 The man who allegedly digitally signed the MoU with @POTUS and @VP just went on Iranian state TV and explained why he is willing to “deal with” the United States, which he describes as “the killers of our martyred leader.”

The same agreement reportedly states that "immediately upon signing," the United States would "issue Treasury exemptions for Iranian crude oil exports, petrochemicals, banking transactions, insurance, transportation, and related services." (point #10)

In other words, immediate economic relief.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf who digitally signed this agreement explained:

“We also know that we are dealing with the killers of our martyred leader.”

He then describes what true revenge means:

“If we seek justice, and God willing we do, and if all these people seek justice for our Imam, then justice for our Imam lies in the liberation of Jerusalem (Quds).”

“A hundred Netanyahus are not worth the shoelace of our leader. We must stand with this sense of honor, this perspective, and this ideal, and carry out this mission.”

⚠️ Read that carefully.

He acknowledges he is dealing with the people he blames for killing his leader. He then explains that true justice for his Imam lies in the “liberation of Jerusalem” and says that mission must be carried out. This is the same man that has spent decades calling for the destruction of Israel, funding anti Israeli terrorist groups, and leading chants of “D3ath to Israel and to America.”

They’re not hiding.
They’re explaining it on state television.
Why is @POTUS ignoring this? How could he call this man who wants to destroy Israel "very rational" and "not radicalized"?

Worse... how could he sign off on immediate economic benefits to a regime with this purpose?! Please tell me what I am missing.

📺 Full translated remarks from the video obtained by @clashreport: (translated by Iranian friend who speaks excellent Farsi)

"We also know that we are dealing with the killers of our martyred leader. They are the killers of Martyr Soleimani and the killers of our children here.

I was discussing this with one of our friends. Of course, we must seek revenge and pursue justice for the blood that has been shed. But what does that truly mean?

For example, if it were the month of Muharram and Shimr had martyred Imam Hussein (peace be upon him), and people criticized him, punished him, or even killed him in retaliation, would that alone constitute avenging Imam Hussein?

The true avenging of Imam Hussein is the coming of Imam Mahdi and the establishment of a just government. The pursuit of that justice continues until that day.

If we seek justice, and God willing we do, and if all these people seek justice for our Imam, then justice for our Imam lies in the liberation of Jerusalem (Quds).

A hundred Netanyahus are not worth the shoelace of our leader. We must stand with this sense of honor, this perspective, and this ideal, and carry out this mission.

The true justice for our beloved martyred leader is this: they have driven our Shiite Muslims out of southern Lebanon, people who have lived there since the earliest days of Islamic history. They were expelled from their own land.

Justice for our martyred Imam means returning them to their rightful homes. Those are the people who fought for Iran.

I do not wish to elaborate further on certain points, but consider those who used to say, “Neither Gaza nor Lebanon.” Know that Lebanon gave four thousand martyrs for the Islamic Republic of Iran.

That is more than the total number of martyrs we lost in the entire war here. They fought for 104 days, while we fought for only 38 days."

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@antonseim They told us some cool history and ministry in Garbage City and Cave Church when we were there. Incredible place!

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@domesticmothman @antonseim thought you might appreciate this shot

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I was reading John 4 and it was a bit funny how ruthlessly pragmatic the woman at the well was.

Jesus tells her about living water that permanently quenches thirst. Her immediate response in verse 15 is essentially: “sir, give me that so I don't have to keep coming to this well”.

She was not thinking spiritually at all. She was thinking very operationally. If there's a solution that removes the daily burden, she wants it. That’s the soul of a startup founder. Identify the friction, eliminate it, and move on.

Culturally this hits harder when you notice she's drawing water at noon, the hottest part of the day.

Women typically came in the morning or evening. She came at noon cos she was avoiding people. So in her mind the equation was simple, if this water removes the need to return, it removes the labor and the social exposure in one move.

Then verse 19 is almost funnier. Jesus just exposed her entire romantic history, he tells her she had five husbands, and that the current man isn't even her husband.

That's the kind of moment that should stop a person cold. She processes it for exactly one verse and then says: "since you're clearly a prophet, settle a debate we've been having for centuries about whether worship belongs in Jerusalem or on this mountain." 😂

She immediately instrumentalizes the revelation. The prophet became a resource she can deploy.

But underneath the humor is something worth sitting with. The personal exposure was too hot. She pivoted to theology cos doctrine is easier to debate than truth is to receive. This is a move humans have been making ever since.

What strikes me though is that her misreading of Jesus isn't because she's unintelligent. It's cos her categories were fixed. Living water sounded like plumbing. A prophet sounded like a debate referee.

She was standing in front of the Messiah and still translating everything into frameworks she already had.

And the irony is that the very thing she was running from; people, is what she ran toward the moment she understood who she was talking to.

The woman who came to the well at noon to avoid a crowd went back into town and started one.

The person most determined to avoid people became the first evangelist to them.

The framework broke. And when it broke, everything changed.

That's the warning in the story. You can be standing directly in front of something that reorganizes everything and still miss it entirely, not because you're not paying attention, but because you're only capable of hearing what your existing grid allows you to hear.

Which means even when you know the text. You must remain open to being surprised by it.

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@Joel7Richardson @ShawnRyan762 Where is your interview? I searched YouTube and couldn’t find it but I’m interested in listening.