Out of Tolerance

Christian, husband, father. Mechanical Engineer. Ballpoint pen enthusiast. Christ is King.

[Pvt A B @col_a_buendia]

The Trinity, the virgin birth, giants, angels, demons, talking animals... There is nothing we believe in the core doctrines of Christianity that will be acceptable in a purely rationalist materialist worldview. Zero. So you might as well own up to it.

Michael Heiser

[Out of Tolerance @OutofTol]

@alancornett To be fair, it’s probably not much of a priority for Kentucky fans either. Especially after last night.

[Jonathan Hansen 🐗 @RevHansen1563]

In my short 31 years, I have seen wonders the likes of which a mind cannot fathom.

I have seen mountains that rise to the heavens singing of the glory of their maker filled with the songs of birds and animals crying out the beauty of their God.

I have seen streams babbling great mysteries, filled with fish who leap for the joy of God’s mere pleasure.

I have seen lakes that sink to depths unknown, containing secrets for some future kings to uncover.

I have seen hummingbirds beat their wings in rhythm with the song of creation itself.

I have seen deer prance through grasslands that ripple with the waves of the wind of the very breath of God.

I have stars and nebula dance in deep heaven at their collective song for the Lord of light.

I have seen clouds build into storms that shake the earth itself in order to express a fraction of the power of the infinite God.

I have seen caterpillars weave cocoons to be transformed into indescribable beauty just to teach us of the truth of resurrection.

I have seen man, the image bearing of God Himself.

I have seen old men laid to rest in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection.

I have seen women who carry a child within them, quite literally being knit together by hands of almighty God.

I have seen men with thick callouses and wrinkled brows over the love of pouring out life for provision for their family.

I have seen babes born and cry out to God without words, and yet He understands them.

I have seen great grandparents hold these newborn babes and weep for the joy of new life.

I have seen the beauty of a bride on her wedding day.

I have the pride of a groom in the wife of his youth.

I have seen acts of courage to stir the souls of mankind.

I have seen acts of kindness to shatter the hatred of the darkest soul.

I have seen martyrs and heroes.

I have seen kings rise and fall.

I have seen miracles and mysteries unveiled before my eyes.

I have seen life begin and end.

I have seen eternal souls sing in harmony for joy of their Lord.

I have seen the majesty of simple acts of piety.

I have seen the glories of simple people simply loving their God, their people, and their land.

I have seen the joy of life well lived.

I have seen that life is good.

I have seen wonders that I cannot fathom.

And above it all, I have seen that God is holy. He is righteous. He is good. He is kind. He is gracious.

What words could describe His glory? If He is the one who made all of the about glories, who could ever capture His glory in words. Who is sufficient for such things?

[Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre]

Looks like the left didn’t so much put the woke away as deploy them like a retarded spec ops unit

[Evangelical Dark Web @EvangelicalDW]

@AuronMacintyre Being the 51st state would limit them to only 2 senators.

[Out of Tolerance @OutofTol]

@johnpavlovitz I am Charlie Kirk.

[Out of Tolerance @OutofTol]

Every time you turn on the TV, go to the movies, or pay for a streaming service, remember that 9/10 of these people believe the same things that Kimmel does. They may be smart enough to not say it in public, but they hate you.

[Ben Stiller @BenStiller]

This isn’t right.

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@NoshMuller Doubtful, but…

[Out of Tolerance @OutofTol]

I wonder how many new lists I made it on by ordering “The Camp of the Saints” from Amazon.

[Roland Gunn 🇺🇸 @RolandGunnTN]

There is no middle ground anymore. You either support the death cult which has taken root in this country and seeks to destroy it, or you oppose it. And if you oppose it you must accept that this is an existential struggle.

[Out of Tolerance @OutofTol]

@NoshMullerOk This one is going to be the opening paragraphs of an entire section in future history books.

[Sam Costner @samuel_costner]

This concludes the debate. There is no room in America for leftists.

[Out of Tolerance @OutofTol]

They wanted this for Trump. They want this for all of us.

[Brian Sauvé @Brian_Sauve]

One of the most difficult virtues to cultivate is contentment. What is contentment? It is simply being at peace with what God has given you in your present circumstances.

This virtue is particularly difficult for many reasons. One is that we are prone to think that we are owed ease and abundance. When our hearts fill up with grumbling discontentment, we can be like the wilderness generation of Israel, minimizing God's daily mercies and magnifying all of our trials.

We begin to compare our lot with that of our neighbor, growing envy and bitterness like a cash crop:

"Why don't I have what she has? Why am I not as successful as him? Why do I have trials and they seem to abound? This isn't fair. Why do they have it so easy? Why is she so beautiful? Why is he so wealthy? Why are they so blessed with easy labors and lots of kids? Why don’t they have the cancer diagnosis? Why is it so hard for me to find work but not them? Why are they so gifted and I’m not?"

This is a form of pride, and contentment cannot easily coexist with pride—since pride convinces us that God has wronged us, given us an insufficient measure. That he has been too kind to our neighbor and not kind enough to us.

How can we grow in contentment? Here's one place to start:

Make it a habit to ask, “How can I love and do good to my neighbor to the glory of God in my present circumstance?” before asking “How can I improve my circumstance?”

The key principle is to begin with contentment where you are. That’s the starting point. Contentment with the station God has placed you in, and then obedience to God’s commands in that station.

And what you will find as you seek to obey God in any station is that he is very concerned with you loving your neighbor regardless of your rank and circumstance, right?

So one way we can very practically grow in this habit of grace is to be intentional in seeking opportunities to elevate those around us, honor those around us, and improve the station of those around us from the position God has placed us in. Rather than walking through life thinking constantly about how to get myself the highest seat, the greatest honor, the biggest paycheck, the most wealth, the greatest achievement—what if we sought to outdo one another in showing honor?

John Calvin, in his commentary on a passage that gets at precisely this point (1 Corinthians 7:17–24), made this exact point:

“What, then, is to be done, unless that every one walk according to the grace given to him, and according to his calling? Let every one, therefore, labor for this, and use his endeavor, that he may do good to his neighbors, and, more especially, when he ought to be excited to it by the particular duty of his calling.”

Think of your station: Are you a father, husband, employee? Boss? Are you a mother, sister, friend, wife? In that station that God has placed you in, to whom has God given you a particular duty of love and service? Your children? Wife? Husband? Boss? Employees?

Calvin’s point is that the way we focus our own hearts on contentment with that station is by pursuing diligence in laboring to fulfill those duties of service, seeking to do good to our people, to the people God has appointed we do good to. Elevate those around you. Love those around you. Be given away for their sake, and you will find help in the pursuit of obedience to the principle Paul teaches in our text today.

And here’s the thing: I believe that if we focus on elevating those around us, we will find ourselves often elevated far beyond where we would have landed if we had rather sought to elevate only ourselves. People who go around seeking to love their brother, honor their brother, seek the good of their brother—those people often find themselves elevated to positions of honor and influence.

People who love to see others succeed, who love to even be poured out to help others succeed, who love to generously seek the improvement of their brother’s station—those people so often find themselves exalted to positions of authority and glory. I’m not making this up; this is just how the Bible talks:

“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” -Matthew 23:12

“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.” -James 4:10

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you.” -1 Peter 5:6

“The fear of the LORD is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.” -Proverbs 15:33

“One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.” -Proverbs 29:23

“…give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” -Luke 6:38

God has built this into the very fabric of the universe: The humble will be exalted. Those who serve will be lifted up. Why? Because this is what God himself is like, isn’t it? Isn’t this what Jesus, the very God made flesh, looked like? Of course. And so we should expect that if this is the pattern of the perfect man, it ought to be the pattern of those who bear his name.

This is a hard discipline. It is. We so often want to fight for our own glory and honor and all the rest. And there is a sense in which, even as an implication of these verses, it is good to want honor and glory and exaltation. Why else would God tell us how to get those things as if they are a good thing? What God is telling us is how to get them. It’s not through discontentment and envy and grumbling and self-seeking, but through seeking to elevate those around us.

So do you want to get better at contentedly walking in the boundaries of the life God has given you, receiving the portion of blessing he gave you—whether it be great or small in the eyes of men? Love and serve and seek the good of your neighbor.

[Out of Tolerance @OutofTol]

@GuyJones1111 Wasson Watch reply guying him now, too. Haha none of this is organic.

[Eric Conn @Eric_Conn]

Homosexuality will send a person to hell. It will also destroy a family, church, or nation. It is deeply wicked, disgusting, and must be purged—not celebrated, as ya’all have done.

There’s nothing to “listen and learn.”

Listen to the Apostle Paul: “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”

— 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

[Out of Tolerance @OutofTol]

@Elons_Rabbi Completely inorganic. His new set of reply guys and the immediate podcast rounds confirmed it for me.

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@WassonWatch It’s not just the groypers when you call a faithful pastor a nazi for disagreeing with you on Israel.

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@Forms_Respecter If it’s Teams, they haven’t added that feature yet.