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2 Timothy 2:24-25: says this--The Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Opponents must be gently instructed in the hope that God will grant them repentance, leading them to a knowledge of the truth.
If I were to make a list of the most degenerate and objectionable pop stars who have done the most harm to our culture and the most damage to young minds, Taylor Swift wouldn't even make the top 50. Not sure why she has become the focus of our wrath.
Who to follow
TJ
@warren_tj
Husband, Dad, Worship // Philosophy// theology// trauma// liturgy// caring for the weak and forgotten.
Crestview Bible
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glorifying and enjoying God, forever, through Jesus Christ
Sarah Dower
@sarahedower
Bought with a price, now a slave and daughter of the Savior. 1 Peter
@RobertKennedyJr @MikeCosper seems from Kennedy’s story, he experienced miraculous healing from addiction he could only explain as being an act of God. I’m hoping for some good journalism from CT on who he truly is, not what media spins about him. I appreciate all all your work.
The Eyelid and God
I worked for a farmer named Johnny when I was a teenager. Among other skills, he taught me how to weld—a necessary talent on any farm since equipment is always in need of repair. One day, having completed his weld, Johnny was chipping away at the hot slag over his bead before adding another layer to the weld. I was standing about 10 feet away, looking on, with no safety glasses on.
It was an eerie moment. In a millisecond, my eye registered a tiny piece of metal slag flying through the air like a missile aimed straight at my pupil. Without the least bit of conscious thought, as soon as my eye registered its flight, my eyelid slammed the door over my pupil and that red-hot speck of metal burned into the skin of my eyelid instead of my eye. I experienced a few seconds of burning pain instead of a potentially permanent injury.
In Hebrew, an expression for eyelid is eye-guard (sh‘murah [שְׁמֻרָה]), from the verb shamar (“to guard”), as in Psalm 77:4. When that fragment of hot iron came flying toward my eye, my sh‘murah knew exactly what to do. It took one for the team. It absorbed the pain to protect my eye.
When we pray, “Keep [shamar ‘guard’] me as the pupil of your eye” (Ps. 17:8), what are we asking our Lord to do? We are asking for his intimate, ongoing protection from everything that would bring us harm. We are asking him to be our divine sh‘murah, our divine eyelid, which stands in front of us to shield us from the fiery arrows of the evil one.
Christ, as the word made flesh, is the Father’s answer to our prayer. He stepped in front of us, took the arrows, took the sin, took the pain, took the condemnation, took death itself into his own body in order to save us. He guards us as his very own pupil, as the apple of his eye, for indeed we are.
![birdchadlouis's tweet photo. The Eyelid and God
I worked for a farmer named Johnny when I was a teenager. Among other skills, he taught me how to weld—a necessary talent on any farm since equipment is always in need of repair. One day, having completed his weld, Johnny was chipping away at the hot slag over his bead before adding another layer to the weld. I was standing about 10 feet away, looking on, with no safety glasses on.
It was an eerie moment. In a millisecond, my eye registered a tiny piece of metal slag flying through the air like a missile aimed straight at my pupil. Without the least bit of conscious thought, as soon as my eye registered its flight, my eyelid slammed the door over my pupil and that red-hot speck of metal burned into the skin of my eyelid instead of my eye. I experienced a few seconds of burning pain instead of a potentially permanent injury.
In Hebrew, an expression for eyelid is eye-guard (sh‘murah [שְׁמֻרָה]), from the verb shamar (“to guard”), as in Psalm 77:4. When that fragment of hot iron came flying toward my eye, my sh‘murah knew exactly what to do. It took one for the team. It absorbed the pain to protect my eye.
When we pray, “Keep [shamar ‘guard’] me as the pupil of your eye” (Ps. 17:8), what are we asking our Lord to do? We are asking for his intimate, ongoing protection from everything that would bring us harm. We are asking him to be our divine sh‘murah, our divine eyelid, which stands in front of us to shield us from the fiery arrows of the evil one.
Christ, as the word made flesh, is the Father’s answer to our prayer. He stepped in front of us, took the arrows, took the sin, took the pain, took the condemnation, took death itself into his own body in order to save us. He guards us as his very own pupil, as the apple of his eye, for indeed we are.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F-AOvJOWkAAK4E4.jpg)
@raemariefarney Preach, sis.
As chatbots emerge, 60 Minutes asked Google's CEO about the future of search, one of the company's main sources of revenue. https://t.co/Ay3QS1ARo7
Pride makes empathy nearly impossible. Pride keeps us from really noticing people, from putting ourselves in their shoes, from recognizing when they are hurting and unhappy. It keeps us absorbed with our own agenda and needs.
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The Biden administration has demanded that video-sharing app TikTok divest itself of its Chinese founder’s ownership stake or face a possible U.S. ban https://t.co/Pf6qwkxToe
I often retweet things just to remember the little wisdom there is on this platform. In this thread, I find wisdom in the midst of my confusion on this issue. It always comes down to God’s revelation in sacred scripture as our hope for truth in the midst of dissension.
Does Eph present a beautiful picture of sacrificial love and care from husband to wife? Yes. Does it use Christ and His work as the model? Yes. Does it place the husband in a redemptive framework toward the wife? No. Why? For many reasons, but some basic ones are:
A few things I'm learning in ministry.
Shared tears over answers.
Gentleness over zeal.
Clarity over volume.
Apologizing over explaining.
Text over commentary.
Face-to-face over email.
None is an absolute either/or. All are both/and. But one has more value.
What would you add?
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We are getting used to watching what we want, when we want—and often alone. Humor columnist @JasonGay asks: Could it alter the old-fashioned Super Bowl party? https://t.co/nMd65w3HOG
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