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Rarely checked burner. Mostly just musings and quotes of interesting stuff I've read. Something on here will probably get me cancelled one day.

[Greg @ausilverton]

"I'm amazed at the enigma that is Greg."

[Greg @ausilverton]

Again, I don't know what the answer is. I wouldn't want to discourage marriage. I would just want to encourage healthy and smart marriage. Which I think Ozark is trying to do.

[Greg @ausilverton]

I admire Ozark's attempt to dial back the 'Ozark Marriage College' trend by encouraging freshmen to wait to date. Things like 'challenging' freshman to wait *at least* 6 weeks or something to date are admirable.

[Greg @ausilverton]

And that's not an indictment on the school by any means. Get a bunch of horny teenagers together who (rightly) believe pre-marital sex is wrong and they are going to shack up pretty quickly, no matter where they are.

[Greg @ausilverton]

Been that long huh? I was just thinking the other day, "Twitter was a lot simpler when Chad Ragsdale was just arguing with athiests."

[Chad Ragsdale @caragsdale]

I’ve not engaged with any atheists on Twitter in at least five years. I dipped back in over the weekend. I’m actually bummed that their arguments haven’t evolved at all. It’s actually kind of boring.

[G. K. Chesterton @GKCdaily]

The Romans were quite willing to admit that Christ was a god. What they denied was that He was the God — the highest truth of the cosmos. And this is the only point worth discussing about Christianity.

[Greg @ausilverton]

@caragsdale Someone once confided in me that they were questioning their gender identity. The first thing I asked was, "Which is greater, your body or mind?" "Mind obviously." "Why?" "Well...I'm not sure." It pretty much confirmed the gnostic theory for me.

[Greg @ausilverton]

If I taught a preaching class, I would require at least one sermon that could not contain any Scripture, and the students had to show the truth of the Gospel through pop-culture. A la Acts 17.

(I think the prof referenced in this blog is @caragsdale.)

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[Greg @ausilverton]

Whatever the reason for the differences, I again hold no animosity. I probably would've reacted similarly if in those shoes once upon a time. I just find it fascinating and wonder what it says about the Christian approach to divorce (if anything).

[Greg @ausilverton]

A peer and I both got engaged this past week. The response from our shared (college) community has been decidedly different. Overjoyed for him, silent for me. I hold no bitterness in this - I am greatly happy for him. I'm more interested in the differences in responses.

[Greg @ausilverton]

Did our shared (Christian) community have unease because I'm divorced? And now getting remarried? Did they simply not notice? Did they not care? Do I pay too much attention to the whims of social media?

[Greg @ausilverton]

"For we know that all things work together for the good of those who love God."

Thankful for this woman and I can't wait to spend forever with her.

[Greg @ausilverton]

It's been one year since everything changed. The biggest thing I've learned? The Lord really does work all things, even really crappy ones, for the good of those who love Him. Thankful for His presence and bringing me to where I am today.

[Greg @ausilverton]

Has our nation been under a judgement for 6+ years? Two piss-poor presidencies, zero leadership, a pandemic, decreased morality, no unity.

Surely God is laughing at us?

[Greg @ausilverton]

There's a certain type of student that has come out of Ozark the last few years that I'm convinced has to be extremely out of touch with their congregations.

[Greg @ausilverton]

@caragsdale I'm upset about this for several reasons. The biggest being that I didn't get to go to grad school this semester because I didn't want to take out 4k in loans I wasn't sure I could pay back. This is a bad idea, but it would've been beneficial two months ago.