Mister C.

Husband, dad, writer, follower of Christ | Joplin Writers Guild & Ozark Writers League | 4 self-published novels & counting

[Mister C. @TheMister_C]

Just published the first post on my new Substack: A View from the Pew.
I know almost nothing about Anglicanism, so I’m writing about it from the pews as I learn—the liturgy, the creeds, the beauty and challenges of traditional worship, all from a complete beginner’s perspective.

[Mister C. @TheMister_C]

This week's View From the Pew Article is now up.

Money and Letting Go https://t.co/UrMu1JW8GR

#tithing #stewardship #ChristianLiving #Faith #ViewFromThePew #Anglican #TrustGod

[Invictus Templar @InvictusTemplar]

Peace with evil was never an option.

Negotiations were never tenable.

The West must retake the reigns of civilization from the hands of those who hate God.

Pray, and then use code “RETAKE” for today’s bonus code for the giveaway here: https://t.co/cjz7vmBl4D

[Chad Prather @WatchChad]

DEMON: Sir, we’ve got a problem.

DEVIL: What now?

DEMON: The Left versus Right thing isn’t working like it used to. People are starting to realize both sides are being manipulated.

DEVIL: Fine. Did you try Black versus White?

DEMON: Of course. We pushed it hard. But they’re catching on. Some of them are actually talking to each other.

DEVIL: Disgusting.

DEMON: I know, sir. We even tried rich versus poor, rural versus urban, vaccinated versus unvaccinated…

DEVIL: And?

DEMON: They’re exhausted. They’re starting to suspect that maybe constantly hating their neighbors isn’t making their lives better.

DEVIL: Hmm…

DEMON: What do we do?

DEVIL: Bust out the classic.

DEMON: Religion?

DEVIL: Older.

DEMON: Class warfare?

DEVIL: Older.

DEMON: Oh no…

DEVIL: Man versus woman.

DEMON: Sir, we’ve used that one forever.

DEVIL: Exactly. And they fall for it every damn time.

DEMON: What’s the angle?

DEVIL: Easy. Take something complicated, tragic, or emotional, then convince everyone the real issue isn’t right versus wrong.

DEMON: Then what is it?

DEVIL: Tell women, “Men could never understand.”

DEMON: And tell men?

DEVIL: “Women are irrational.”

DEMON: Brilliant. So nobody actually discusses the issue.

DEVIL: Now you’re learning. Never let them debate principles when you can make them resent each other personally.

DEMON: And if they start finding common ground?

DEVIL: Remind them that the other side is the enemy.

DEMON: What if they realize we’re doing it?

DEVIL: Then we’re screwed.

DEMON: Why?

DEVIL: Because the day men and women stop fighting each other long enough to ask who’s benefiting from the fight…

DEMON: Yeah?

DEVIL: …they might finally look in our direction.

[Mister C. @TheMister_C]

@lambeth981

[Matt Kennedy @lambeth981]

This seems relevant to re-post given the present circumstances in the ACNA

"It has recently come to our attention that Shadrach, Meshack, and Abednego have put forward the argument that any Israelite who bows down to King Nebuchadnezzar’s golden statue has departed the faith and become apostate. We do not know who appointed these three extremely wealthy and privileged men to stand over everyone else and act as though their personal opinions should be the rule everyone follows, but here are eleven reasons why you can bow down to the statue and still love the LORD.

1. Bowing down to the golden statue doesn’t necessarily mean that we have to worship the statue in our hearts. We should bow down to communicate solidarity and love to our neighbors instead of judgment and intolerance.

2. If we do not bow down to the statue, our neighbors will dismiss us as too rigid and will not listen to us share our faith.

3. Nebuchadnezzar has been set over us by God’s sovereign will. Shouldn’t we obey the LORD’s servant as an expression of our humility before God?

4. Can we be sure what the phrase, “You shall have no gods before me” means? Arguably, this golden statue is not a god but even if it were, bowing to it would not necessarily mean putting this particular god before the LORD. Why such a narrow interpretation?

5. Also, that we are to “make no graven images” doesn’t really apply here since we are not the ones who made it.

6. What about the younger generation? Our Israelite teenagers and young adults are learning new ideas from their Babylonian teachers and friends. If we refuse to bow to the golden statue, we risk losing our young people who will see us as exclusionary and narrow-minded.

7. It is said that when the Messiah comes he will gather all the nations to the LORD and that the LORD’s house will be a house of prayer for all. Does that necessarily mean that all the nations will pray to God in the same way and under the same Name that we do? It may well be that this statue is one of the many ways the LORD makes himself known to the nations.

8. Has it escaped your notice that the Law of Moses was written almost 900 years ago? It was only “found” in the Temple recently, during Josiah’s reign. Are we really supposed to believe that we have access to what Moses originally wrote? Shouldn’t we expect that the Law has been shaped by different scribes over the course of the centuries to reflect the needs of their own times?

9. On that note, the context of our present exile is so radically different than the context of the wilderness and Sinai. We know so much more now about the nations around us and doesn’t it seem that some of what we read in the Law is inconsistent with what we now know?

10. You might also wonder why Moses should be given such prominence. He wrote from a position of power and privilege. We do not hear much from the women and the slaves and those of other ethnicities. It seems that this requirement that we not bow to the golden statue is embedded in an entire system created by the elites, designed to silence the voices of women and the poor and the sojourner.

11. Our Israelite neighbor who is very devout and kind and compassionate and learned in the scriptures plans to bow down to the statue when he hears the music play. He is a wonderful and pious person who loves the Lord and who just happens to also love other expressions of the divine. How can we say that the LORD would disapprove of such a good person?

For all of these reasons, after much prayer and seeking the LORD’s will, we encourage you to love your neighbors, respect their beautiful culture, and as an act of holy solidarity bow down to the golden statue that the most excellent Nebuchadnezer has made. 

The Executive Committee of the Southern Kingdom in Exile."

[Mister C. @TheMister_C]

This weeks View From the Pew is Up on Substack! This week we dive into the structure of the Priesthood.

Bishops, Priests, and Deacons... Oh my! https://t.co/aBbrpWuN8n

#Anglican #ApostolicSuccession #ViewFromThePew #ThreefoldOrder #ChurchAuthority #Theology #Anglicanism

[Mister C. @TheMister_C]

Here is this week's View From the Pew Article!

Descended to the Dead - Clarity in the Apostles' Creed

https://t.co/DPSHIQvNsE

#Anglicanism #ApostlesCreed #ViewFromThePew #Theology #ChristianFaith #Liturgy

[Mister C. @TheMister_C]

This came up again in the reading in today's morning prayer. My weakest days are the perfect reminder that I always need Christ, just as God gave Paul tribulations to remind him of his need for Christ.

His Grace is sufficient for me, even in my weakness. Amen.

[Mister C. @TheMister_C]

But he said to me, "my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships,

[Mister C. @TheMister_C]

New on A View from the Pew:

What Confirmation actually means, why the classes matter, and what we’re learning so far.

Catechism, Part 1 - The First Steps Toward Confirmation https://t.co/OWeygmOLiM

#Anglican #Confirmation #Catechism #Faith

[Sal the Agorist @SallyMayweather]

If they can put a woman in jail for calling someone a name, they’ll sure as shit put you & I in jail for calling them pedos.

[Trad West @trad_west_]

Good morning friends, Christ is King

[Fr Calvin Robinson ©️®️ @calvinrobinson]

Consider this: Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world.

There is a word for Mohammedan persecution, that call it Islamophobia.

There is a word for Jewish persecution, they call it Antisemitism.

Why is there no word for Christian persecution? Because we do not capitalise on a victimhood complex. Christians have no interest in becoming a protected characteristic or using a privileged class status to lord it over others. Our faith thrives under persecution. We embrace it, for the purposes of sanctification.

[Ryan Ray 🦍 @ryanraysr]

@markbdelaney

[☩ Andrew ⚓️ @AndrewForFaith]

Our hope for orthodoxy in the Anglican tradition rests in none other than Gen-Z.

The next generation of Anglicans are incredibly unique. Their eyes are not fixated solely on the teaching of their home parish. Instead, they have been blessed with the internet age wherein orthodoxy is not cloaked behind some dusty curtain, but instead is re-discovered as a beacon of righteousness in an age of degeneracy.

The liberal take over of the church is soon to be reversed; with the next generation of church-goers being made aware that Reverend Susan’s rainbow Eucharist is nothing but blasphemy to the Almighty.

The next generation of Anglican ministers are uprising with the fires of righteousness in their hearts and the word of God in their hands.

Disillusioned millennial revisionists will be replaced, and the catholic teaching of their past two millennia will be restored to their rightful place of leadership and sound teaching.

The time to speak up is now! Be vocal! Be active! Preach the light of truth in our churches and take a stand of advocacy for the historic faith of our fathers!

Stand with @AnglicanReform, @AnglicanARM, @EpiscopalRenew, and many more.

[Mister C. @TheMister_C]

Here's this week's A View From the Pew.
I wasn't at my own church today, but Christ is King everywhere, and I'm still in a pew somewhere.

Still A View From A Pew https://t.co/q0BzGv0STR

#Anglican #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Church #Faith #Worship

[Patristic Nectar @PatristicNectar]

Religion isn't a hobby.

[Patristic Nectar @PatristicNectar]

Fight for your future,

[Mister C. @TheMister_C]

This week's View From the Pew is up! Here I tell the story of why I began writing these articles. A traditional marriage is a strong marriage built on Rock, not Sand.

https://t.co/Z7dZ5jWs8K

#anglican #trad #tradition #wedding #christian #FaithJourney

[Mister C. @TheMister_C]

First essay is up now. Come join the journey.
https://t.co/SXBqKtchrP

#Anglicanism #FaithJourney #ViewFromThePew #BookOfCommonPrayer

[Mister C. @TheMister_C]

Just published the first post on my new Substack: A View from the Pew.
I know almost nothing about Anglicanism, so I’m writing about it from the pews as I learn—the liturgy, the creeds, the beauty and challenges of traditional worship, all from a complete beginner’s perspective.