Craig Jones

Christ Follower, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Works at Murphy USA, Razorback, Dragon, and Wildcat Supporter. Love God - Love People - It's That Simple

[Craig Jones @coj1963]

The Brevity of Time | Billy Graham Classic Sermon https://t.co/3FtwbyzUHC via @YouTube

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What Does the Holy Spirit Do in Our Lives? https://t.co/d17NlrwcYu via @YouTube

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Why does the Bible call sin "transgression"? https://t.co/QtGyKwSqAW via @YouTube

[Christian Emergency Alliance @ChristianEmerg1]

USA: A street preacher confronts an apostate “pastor” participating in a pride parade.

Well done.

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” Isaiah 5:20

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Man, this is beautiful. A life adorning the gospel.

Listen to what @StevenBartlett—host of one of the world’s most popular podcasts—says to Christian apologist John Lennox.

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Psalm 36 ESV—Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart; there is no fear of God… https://t.co/AjNh6jLvAs via @biblegateway

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What does missing the mark mean? https://t.co/xv9cJ9LV8i via @YouTube

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How ‘wet noodle Christians’ surrendered America to Marxists https://t.co/xQIqqEfcho

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Psalm 37 ESV—Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will… https://t.co/Npt5fHnof9 via @biblegateway

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7th Grade Student SPEAKS OUT after Colorado Teacher BANS her from readin... https://t.co/UZ9lTnMqc4 via @YouTube

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FULL SPEECH: Sadie Huff Shares Old Testament Story on the Need for Jesu... https://t.co/MilMs4cere via @YouTube

[Byron Donalds @ByronDonalds]

God will find you exactly where you are. Despite two arrests and many mistakes before I was 20, His grace and redemption found me in the summer of 2001 while at work. I heard the Lord tell me to "stop running," and I gave my life to Christ that very day. 🙏🏾

[Craig Jones @coj1963]

Interview: Steven Jones on How Union County Is Cultivating Industry Growth https://t.co/phRdjeHaPD

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FULL SPEECH: Pastor Lorenzo Sewell Hypes Up Packed Rededication 250 Crow... https://t.co/aTRESPoSiG via @YouTube

[Isabel Brown @theisabelb]

My home school district in Colorado forbade this beautiful 13 year old girl from reading her pro life slam poem in front of the class.

Little did they know it’d be heard by millions around the world instead.

The kids are alright 🤍

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

Joe Rogan: "You can never be woke enough because it's all horseshit. And it's a cult that is mostly perpetrated by people that don't have a religion, so it behaves like a religion."

[Larry Conger 🇺🇸 @eMTBrides]

How Close are modern Bibles to original manuscript 🧐 I agree! I love the ESV—it’s one of my favorites. Most major Bible translations (like the ESV, NASB, NKJV, etc.) are quite accurate and reliable for understanding God’s Word. If you’re looking for a highly literal, word-for-word translation that’s also very readable, the ESV is an excellent choice. That’s why I enjoy it so much!. via Mikhaila Peterson & Wes Huff
#gratitude #translation #bible

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

Seeing some response to my statement on @MikhailaFuller's podcast about speaking in tongues. Some potentially helpful clarification:

First, I am not a cessationist (though I see myself being accused of it). I state in the interview that I believe that the spiritual sign gifts (tongues, prophesy, healing) still take place today, just not normatively like they were in the Apostolic era.

Nonetheless, I hold to the standard exegetical position that biblical tongues refer to known languages. In Acts 2, the foundational instance, foreign speakers understood the disciples in their own native languages, establishing the clearest precedent for interpreting the phenomenon throughout Scripture.

Secondly, while bliblical specialists and theologians debate whether tongues encompass human languages alone or include angelic speech, the consensus recognizes that a tongue functions as a language -- either immediately intelligible to hearers or requiring interpretation. The requirement that Paul places on interpretation in 1 Corinthians 14 indicates that tongues contain objective, propositional meaning subject to translation, and his statement that “every valid instance of tongues contains intrinsic, propositional meaning" reinforces this understanding.

A prominent scholarly argument identifies glossolalia as “the miraculous ability to speak unlearned human and (possibly) divine or angelic languages,” with the most common usage of “tongues” referring to ordinary human languages. The term γλῶσσα throughout the NT carries two primary meanings: the human organ or a human language, and careful word studies demonstrate that it never denotes non-cognitive utterance.

However, scholarly consensus isn’t absolute the core agreement across interpretations centers on cognitive content: tongues communicate meaningful, intelligible information rather than incoherent utterance.

Third, the early church evidence after the Apostolic era is virtually unanimous: the Early Church Fathers consistently interpreted the gift of tongues as the capacity to speak the many languages used across the earth. Their writings indicate the gift served an evangelistic purpose enabling communication with non-Christian populations.

The Patristics universally understood “tongues” in Acts and 1 Corinthians to refer to human languages, and ancient Christians understood the biblical gift of tongues as a miracle involving intelligible human languages. When the fathers described the phenomenon, they used concrete language: John Chrysostom wrote that believers “would suddenly speak in Persian, another in Latin, another in the language of the Indians or of some other people” (Homilies on First Corinthians, Homily 35), and Augustine stated that disciples “spoke in the languages of all the nations” (Sermon 269, Sermo CCLXIX.

The most significant, and almost exclusive, early figure associated with ecstatic speech for tongues was Montanus, a 2nd-century prophet whose followers emphasized speaking in tongues; he was actually excommunicated (not necessarily for his position on tongues) around AD 177. By the late 2nd century, ecstatic interpretations of tongues were present but only in context of ecclesiastical concern.

One interesting nuance appears with Philastrius in the 4th century, who understood angels as capable of conversing in all languages and believed the apostles received this same ability at Pentecost. However, this doesn’t represent a departure from the “knowable language” framework rather, the Early Church Fathers understood the gift of tongues as the ability to speak all languages spoken by people. The Church Fathers agreed the gift was the ability to speak all languages known to humankind, an ability they ascribed to angels, suggesting the “languages of angels” would not refer to a distinct heavenly language but rather to the capacity to communicate with anyone encountered.

The historical record shows no discussion among the fathers of ecstatic utterances, unknown languages, or supernatural unintelligible speech. The gift remained firmly anchored to practical, learnable human languages throughout Patristic interpretation.

So if you've stuck around this long, I think my position is both exegetically and historically sound.

[Craig Jones @coj1963]

Do We Have Any Righteousness of Our Own? https://t.co/j4We3x23xI via @YouTube

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Psalm 38 ESV—O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath! For your… https://t.co/Heet8vAo7S via @biblegateway