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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

[Zachary Groff 📖 @ZGroff]

Catching up this AM…

My good friend @ZacharyGarris, his sweet family, and his wonderful congregation deserved better treatment from Rio Grande Presbytery.

It is astounding to me that the men responsible for pastoring the regional expression of the PCA in New Mexico decided to bar a preacher from fulfilling his calling and rob a church of their minister over what amounts to banter on @X. I’ve seen the supposed victim of said banter post far worse (i.e., malicious) things online.

It is hard to conclude anything other than Rio Grande Presbytery chose vindictiveness over equity in finding Zach guilty and then levying a censure of indefinite suspension. This result is prima facie so incredibly over the top, out of balance, and inappropriate. But I confess that I don’t know all the facts of the case, and I’m certain that more of the story will be told on appeal to the PCA’s Standing Judicial Commission of the General Assembly.

May Christ’s honor and ministry in His Kingdom prevail over all folly and wickedness in His Church.

God bless the PCA.

[Mark Moss @1MarkMoss]

They should pause all income taxes until this gets resolved, like immediately.

[WesleyP @WesleyP333]

@JayDyer @DracoReformans

[WesleyP @WesleyP333]

@JayDyer https://t.co/ThQhgt0YGU

[Valerie Anne Smith @ValerieAnne1970]

🚨SHOCKING CONFESSION: Former Cleveland Clinic Medical Director Dr. Daniel Neides breaks down in tears, apologizing to ALL his vaccinated patients.

"I didn’t provide informed consent…ABSOLUTELY DEPLORABLE on my part and I apologize to my patients."

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

“No trans surgery for children without parental consent” is meaningless. The kids who are mutilated almost always have parental consent. The consent of the parents is not the issue. The issue is that the procedure is barbaric and insane, no matter if parents agree to it or not.

[Red Pill Dispenser @redpilldispensr]

Dr. Pierre Kory: Japan raised the age of vaccination to two years old.

"Guess what happened?"

"Infant deaths disappeared. Neonatal mortality decreased."

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

Scott, on that being a good person to earn Heaven bit, as a fellow cancer fighter, I have tremendous news for you. That is actually not what gets you into heaven. Because if it were, no one would qualify. Only someone who has led a perfect life merits heaven. And only one such person has existed through all of human history.

But thankfully, he used his perfection to sacrifice himself on the cross for us precisely because we are not good, none of us. None of us has lived a good life. And that is the freedom we have in Christ. We know that by following him, we get to wear his righteousness before the judgment throne. And it is THAT— confessing Christ as our Lord and believing in his sacrifice for us—that gets us into Heaven.

[Homeland Security @DHSgov]

Merry Christmas, America. We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior.

[WesleyP @WesleyP333]

@tedcruz

[WesleyP @WesleyP333]

@DracoReformans Choose your battles

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Happy Thanksgiving to all--even the haters and losers!

[Tim Pool @Timcast]

Can we get a feature to mute any countries we choose

[Nicki Minaj @NICKIMINAJ]

Reading this made me feel a deep sense of gratitude. We live in a country where we can freely worship God.

No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion. We don’t have to share the same beliefs in order for us to respect each other.

Numerous countries all around the world are being affected by this horror & it’s dangerous to pretend we don’t notice.

Thank you to The President & his team for taking this seriously.
God bless every persecuted Christian.
Let’s remember to lift them up in prayer.

[Pete Hegseth @PeteHegseth]

Yes sir.

The killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria — and anywhere — must end immediately. The Department of War is preparing for action. Either the Nigerian Government protects Christians, or we will kill the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.

[Tom Ascol @tomascol @tomascol]

Pray for Kevin. @POTUS @marcorubio @realDonaldTrump please intervene in the rampant massacre of Christians in this part of Africa!

[Josh Howerton @howertonjosh]

"Shouldn't Christians support max-boosting welfare programs, because Jesus said to feed the hungry and the early church was marked by generosity to the poor?"

1) No, using the government to forcefully take other people's money against their will and redistribute it was not a mark of the early church.

They were generous to the poor, A) with their own money, and B) of their own volition. And yes, individual Christians and churches SHOULD do that!!

2) Although a thin social safety net for the most dire circumstances is permissible, there are *no* examples in the Bible of God commanding (or affirming) governments to take money from earners and redistribute it to take care of people in the Bible.

Sometimes, people will (mistakenly) point to OT gleaning commands as an example of Biblical "welfare", but notice those are commands are given to individual Israelites. They are not an example of centralized government redistribution of wealth.

There's a reason for this...

3) There is a difference in the Bible between the role of the individual and the role of the State.

It is evil and harmful when an individual does the role of the State (i.e., taking personal vengeance for a crime rather than letting the State enact justice).

And it is evil and harmful when the State does the role of the individual and the church (i.e., stealing from people via excessive taxation to take on the primary role of charity in a society in place of individuals and churches).

It's harmful because with governments "you always get more of what you SUBSIDIZE and less of what you PENALIZE."

This is why when governments do "charity", it tends to PRODUCE more poverty in that region rather than ALLEVIATE it over time, because the government has removed the incentives for hard work and ingenuity in society. (A good portion of the population thinks, "Eh, why get out and grind, the government will cover me.")

And this is why it actually requires a form of evil and is very harmful for a government to be subsidizing 40M people (12% of the entire population) via food stamps.

[Gabriel Hughes @Pastor_Gabe]

The work of the Holy Spirit in your life will be more evident by your ability to control your tongue, not “speaking in tongues.”

[Anthony Bradley @drantbradley]

Repeal "Daylight Saving Time." It makes no sense that we still do this.

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

Well, the problem is it’s impossible to tell from the article who Carl is referring to. And for those flinging it around cavalierly, a couple of relevant passages come to mind: “‘By what authority are you doing these things?’ they asked. ‘And who gave you authority to do this?’”

And, “When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.”

No Christian needs any institution’s permission to contend for the faith. It is a command given to all of us in Jude. But if, on the other hand, in the name of Christ, you are contending for things that Christ abhors, whether with an institution’s authorization or without it, then woe to you.