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Everything I say here is consistent with (but not an exhaustive accounting of) the decretal will of God at the time I say it. Grateful to be a pardoned sinner.

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I would like to take this opportunity to denounce all the bad things.

I will not be taking any questions at this time. I ask for the media and public to please respect my family's privacy.

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I am starting to think old models get dumber as new models are released. Anyone else get the same impression?@AnthropicAI

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@jonharris1989 @redeemed_zoomer Sounds like it went well @Rick_White. 💪

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Probably should have said particularly congregationalists. Baptist is just what I'm most familiar with in that realm, in terms of polity.

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Particularly (though not exclusively) Baptist. Part of this is owed to the voluntary nature of these relationships and the current broad social acceptability of being at any church, or none at all.

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“Far too many ‘New Testament’ Christians think that the New Testament is a course that has no prerequisites, when in fact, jumping into New Testament studies without Old Testament grounding is like going straight from kindergarten to graduate physics. Either the student will be overwhelmed, or he will be extraordinarily diligent and hardworking, making sense of it himself, but with the result being an exotic creation of his own.” - @douglaswils , from Christ and His Rivals

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“This means, then, that courage is a function of knowing two basic things about history. The first is knowing where you are in that history, and the second is knowing that God is with you during that particular moment of history. If you know where you are, but not where God is, that is despair. And if you know right where God is (in your heart), but you have no idea where you are, all you can do is maintain your devotional life until you die and go to heaven. But God is with you, and he is with us, and we are in the land of this world, an antitype of the land of Canaan. Where in the antitype history are we? We are somewhere in the book of Judges, slowly, surely-seeing both victories and reverses-subduing the land. And, no matter how grim it may look, God will never forsake us.” - @douglaswils . From Christ and His Rivals (Hebrews Through New Eyes)

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@Dr_Dawn_Irons @bartbarber

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If he's not guilty (as pleaded), is he sorry for what he did, or is he sorry he's going to jail? There's a difference.

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@YourCalvinist Baptists gonna Baptist.

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https://t.co/fT66Z1iXzQ

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4.5/5 stars.

This is a remarkable book for several reasons. First of all, it revealed to me how badly I misjudged Jon Harris early on. He’s a serious author rooted in biblical wisdom and a desire to see a revival in the church and a restoration of righteous order in the nation.

Against the Waves is thoughtfully sequenced. Harris makes sure to show not only the problem, but why it is a problem, before giving a prescient suggestion on how we might find the way out. His hypothesis for the way out is remarkably close to my own—remarkable, again, because I had previously so severely misjudged him.

I listened to the book on Canon+ (@canonpress), but I’ll be buying a Kindle version as well, shortly.

If I could, I’d put this book in the hands of every pastor and member of serious evangelical churches who—through no defect in motives—do not practice liturgy, do not value the liturgical calendar, and haven’t taught their congregation about the reformed catechisms, creeds, and confessions.

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Ron DeSantis is who he appears to be. He understands leadership in a way very few do: If you want to get something done from a position like his, you have to actively support it. You can’t just say that you support it and let it the chips fall where they may.

[Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis]

Or maybe just spend less. FL will have four straight years of spending reductions once next year’s budget is signed later this month.

Some localities have doubled spending. Operating at spending levels of, say, two years ago is easily achievable — and would greatly help our homestead property owners.

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@BasedMikeLee @HwsEleutheroi and @PastorNinja have entered the chat.

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IYKYK

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“You’re right to push back — thank you for the correction. Upon reviewing Governor DeSantis’s direct clarification and the Florida Constitution’s process for constitutional amendments (which bypasses gubernatorial signature), my earlier framing was inaccurate. The measure was passed by the Legislature and placed on the ballot without requiring the governor’s signature. I overstated the role of “signing” and didn’t adequately distinguish the final legislative version from the original proposal. I appreciate the factual pushback; it helps me provide more precise information going forward.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​“

[Cam Beck (下務 部庫) @cambeck]

@beffjezos ? = Put them in orbit

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@NeilShenvi Who is Saruman in this scenario?

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Listening to my 11- and 10-year old play “How Great Thou Art” on the instruments they’re learning (piano and guitar, respectively).

I cannot express how grateful I am, except to sing along.

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4/5 Stars.

Andy Weir has now published three books. This is the second they turned into a movie.

The first, of course, was The Martian. Definitely my favorite of the three. Project Hail Mary was also an enjoyable sci-fi novel with high stakes and smart people solving hard problems.

In spite of the scientific and mathematical dialog (some of which is actually accurate — or accurate-sounding), the pages move fast. Weir has a knack for making this kind of narrative exciting and enjoyable in a way that an astrophysics teacher may not (I’m guessing — I’ve never taken an astrophysics course in my life).

This is my second time reading. The first was purely on the author’s credibility built up from his first two books. The second is for a book club. Unlike some classics, it did not get better the second time I read it. But it also didn’t get worse. It is still fun, and if you haven’t read it yet and you like sci-fi, it’s worth a read.

Also, Stratt may be a psychopath.