Dave

Networking/security/tech. Still trying to decide if a hotdog is a sandwich.

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

Free will & God’s sovereignty… Charles Spurgeon said it best:
…from Spurgeon’s sermon Sovereign Grace and Man’s Responsibility, based on Romans 10:20-21 and delivered Aug. 1, 1858. 👇👇👇

[Michael Clary @dmichaelclary]

My friend Da Yu left communist China for the USA twenty years ago. Last week, his American employer gave him one hour to delete his comment on a friend’s social media post or lose his job.

Da was an atheist when he first moved to Cincinnati for college. And he was excited to get away from the suffocating regime of communist China.

When he arrived here, it wasn’t long before he encountered a group of Christians who shared the gospel with him. God opened his heart to the truth of the gospel and he believed.

As his faith grew, Da became a strong Christian leader and committed evangelist. Now, many years later, he leads a small group at my church and organizes regular evangelistic outreaches for college students.

Da is a kind, smart, and godly Christian man. And he’s among the most committed members of our church. He’s an ordinary Christian who believes the Bible and has a spine. He and his wife have two young children, and she is eight months pregnant with their third.

That’s all background for what I’m about to say.

Last week, he called me out of the blue because he was faced with a difficult decision. One of his friends had just become a Christian and posted on LinkedIn about her baptism (see screenshots).

She wasn’t accustomed to making Linked In posts about Jesus, feeling as though it might be unprofessional. She wondered openly if she should keep her posts secular. But she was excited about her new life in Christ and wanted to share it.

That’s when Da chimed in with a comment on her post that there is no such thing as a purely neutral, “secular” culture. He pointed out that many companies are promoting cultural sins such as homosexuality, transgenderism, and fornication during pride month. If companies can promote those morally regressive “values,” then certainly this woman should not be embarrassed to talk about her Christian faith in public. He was simply encouraging her to be bold for Christ.

WIthin minutes, he got a message from HR. He was called to a meeting with the HR rep and the CEO where he was told he needed to take his comment on her post down immediately. Feeling put on the spot, he said he’d needed to think it over first. He asked, “what if I do not take it down?”

They said, “you have one hour to take it down or lose your job.” So he took a walk outside to gather his thoughts and pray. He spoke to his wife about it, and she told him the man she married was a man of courage, and she would stand by him. He also sought counsel from some men in our church.

Finally, he made his decision. He would not take his comment down. So they fired him. Right there, on the spot. No sooner had the call ended that his laptop was locked and he was unable to access it at all.

This whole episode is tragically ironic, given the fact that he’d moved here from China to get away from these sorts of draconian practices. But that’s the way it is with the LGBTQ regime. If you do not comply and bow the knee to their gods you will be severely punished.

In short, a good man was fired from his job for refusing to cave. He took a stand and paid a price for it. His former employers didn’t care that he’s a responsible, hard working man with a family to provide for. They didn’t care that his wife is eight months pregnant.

None of that matters. Their ideology is everything. They will crush anyone who opposes it.

I asked Da’s permission to tell his story, promising to keep him anonymous. But he responded, “Actually I think using my real name maybe better. A story becomes a lot more real with a name. I want to take a stand for it and encourage others.”

Da took a stand. You can too.

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@drebnan @MrsCMFrancis @goin59South @Manhattva Do you think God is the one and only true God and there are no others?

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@IMAO_ Don’t forget that you can, however, drink mountains of soda.

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@Vendetta98764 @BiblicalBeauty @BasedMikeLee Do you believe God was once a man - and that you too will be a god yourself one day?

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@trentoncrofts @conniegrimm @BasedMikeLee Do you believe you will be a god when you die? Same as the God of the bible?

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@TheMuppetPastor It’s not just that… they believe they will one day be a god like God over their own universe

[Mark Hemingway @Heminator]

“Your paycheck should depend on being forced to violate your religious beliefs” is about the most un-American sentiment I can think of.

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@sourpatchlyds @djneyoru Unsaid: they are constantly telling us those things are genetic and yet can’t prove any of it.

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@megbasham I still can’t believe anyone would platform Phil. Have they not seen the things he’s said over the years? Insanity

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@Rosalyndle @BMcGrewvy Could you point out the “bigotry” here please?

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@RobertDownen_ @megbasham They’re simple questions, Robert. We know why you won’t answer them

[Miss Jo @therealmissjo]

Imagine you are a dental hygienist and live in Sweden..

You are employed to help “migrant children” with their dental issues.

As part of your job you examine the wisdom teeth development of the kids and you notice that 80% of those “kids” have fully formed wisdom teeth, implying they are not kids at all but adults older than the age of 18.

You tell the Swedish Migration Agency and they advise you to put it in writing.

When you send exact details, with examples of specific patients you are suspended, investigated and fired for disclosing private information relating to patients.

This happened to Bernt Herlitz in 2017.

When he appealed the unfair dismissal he ultimately lost and was fined about $50,000.

He and his family faced financial hardship and almost lost their home, until some generous benefactors raised money for him. Bernt remains unemployed today, despite staff shortages for dentists in his area in Gotland.

At the time, Sweden scoffed at the tests and claimed they were “discriminatory” but since then they have quietly brought in mass dental testing, for those whose age is in doubt, by the National Board of Forensic Medicine.

Bernt deserves a medal. Not vilification and unemployment.

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

This was a lie from beginning to end

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

Over 100 Canadian churches were burned over this hoax. Over 30 were completely destroyed. All over a lie.

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@BMcGrewvy Thank you. I kinda hate all of this. He had a lot of great and valuable stuff to say over the years. Then he got a little off track toward the end. It doesn’t mean his earlier stuff isn’t great and his later stuff might be questionable but shouldn’t affect the first.

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@NeilShenvi

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@IMAO_ Correct

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

“But he’s so kind”

[TheBlaze @theblaze]

Texas Democrat US Senate candidate James Talarico claims the Bible is pro-choice: “The Angel comes down and asks Mary if this is something she wants to do. To me, that is an affirmation in one of our central stories.”

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@alisa_childers The “women can’t do a podcast” generic argument is basically this meme

[Dave @Procompsvcs]

@JaredCBurt @Pastor_Gabe Outside of maybe some charismatic denominations are there female pastors that don’t eventually get here? This seems to be a pretty standard trajectory

[Denny Burk @DennyBurk]

The attached image is also from Mike Bird’s essay. It’s another false allegation that betrays a basic misunderstanding of Baptist polity.

What Mohler said 25 years ago is an absolutely true statement. In fact, you’re not a Baptist if you can’t agree with it. We don’t tell any church what they can or can’t do. If a church wants to have a female pastor, there’s nothing the SBC can do about it. That church is free to have a female pastor.

The SBC, however, is also free not to cooperate with that church.

Mohler’s statement reflects the reality that churches and conventions are sovereign in their own sphere. This is Baptist Polity 101.