Andy

Everything's going according to plan.

[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

I didn't know Helen of Troy could generate so much conflict.

[Eric Conn @Eric_Conn]

"Women have in all ages been excluded from the public management of affairs. It is the dictate of common sense, that female government is improper and unseemly." — John Calvin

[Andy @dimib116]

@TheHeroesForge @Pastor_Gabe Correct, which is why the fact that Gabe felt the need to respond like this actually proves Eric's point; women are not allowed to be held accountable.

[Andy @dimib116]

@douglaswils @Gondors_Plumber @Eric_Conn @The_Kings_Hall

[M.A. Franklin @FoundationDads]

Proposal:

No longer call homemakers "stay-at-home moms." It's vaguely derogatory and assumes it shouldn't be the default.

Refer to others "stuck-in-a-cubicle mom" or "bored-in-endless-meetings mom" or "excel-monkey mom."

[Imprecatory Psalms for Dads and Malms @ImprecatoryOne]

Imprecatory’s Children’s Catechism:

Q1: What are the enemies of God?
A1: Fake, gay, and retarded.

[Andy @dimib116]

@MallardReborn Haha 💯

[Andy @dimib116]

@BeardedAcctant @ostrachan Baptists are forbidden from determining truth through good and necessary consequence

[Joel Webbon @JoelWebbon]

Got to argue with @Timcast about God.

[Andrew Isker 🌳🪓 @BonifaceOption]

I just read the New Testament and boy have I got some good and bad news for you.

The good news: He is alive!

The bad news:

[Psalm Warfare @PsalmWarfare]

My hypothesis is that we have pretended like this is an extremely difficult passage to understand, to excuse our modern practice, of disobeying it, because we are embarrassed by it, or offended by it

— Brian Sauvé
On 1 Corinthians 11 (Headcoverings)

[Rick Davis @TheRhetorRick]

"Pushing a man to become the spiritual leader will not make him one. He may not be much of a leader, but he is enough of one not to be led into leadership by a woman."

- Douglas Wilson

[Chazz Michael Michael @BentheButcher80]

“So, in your complementarian marriage, you and your wife have equal say?”

“Thats right.”

“But you have the tie-breaking vote if something is disputed?”

“Correct.”

“How many ties have you broken with your vote”

“Zero.”

“Uh-huh. So somehow you always agree on every issue?”

“Not really, Dave”

“So who’s actually in charge?”

[Michael Foster @thisisfoster]

Big Eva isn’t dead, but it’s dying.

It’s got a decade or two left in it at most. It’s a relic of the Boomer generation, and that generation is fading fast. Most of what they built was made for a world before the Internet, before social media, and certainly before the age of exponential computing power.

Some institutions adapt when the world changes… Ford, for example, has reinvented itself more than once since the first Model T rolled off the line. But Big Eva? It doesn’t want to adapt. After decades of power and prestige, its leaders think they don’t have to. They don’t feel the heat yet.

Their protégés do. These are the loyal “good boys” in their 30s and 40s; the ones who got the right degrees, kept their heads down, worked for low pay, and waited their turn. They thought their patience would buy them the throne. But just as the crown is within reach, the world shifts under them.

Culturally, the tide has turned rightward. The old “third way” clichés no longer move anyone. The middle ground has collapsed. And now, thanks to technology, outsiders, many which are uncredentialed, unfunded, and unafraid, can compete. They’re nimble, unburdened by the dead weight of old bureaucracies built for another era.

So the heirs of Big Eva panic. You can see it in the flood of essays attacking the Internet. They’ll say, We’re not attacking the Internet, just the abuses of it. But that’s not true. They’re attacking the disruptors, the people breaking their system just as it’s supposed to pay out.

People like me. I’m a country pastor with a full plate and no desire to run their institutions. Yet because of the Internet, I can expose corruption, demand accountability, and force transparency in minutes. They sneer and call men like me “terminally online.” I chuckle. The truly dangerous aren’t the ones doom-scrolling. It’s the ones who know how to use technology with precision, to research, network, and communicate effectively. It doesn’t take hours. It takes focus.

What’s coming can’t be stopped. They’ll circle the wagons to protect what little remains, hoping to squeeze one last payoff from a collapsing system. But something better will rise, something built for this age, not the last.

The successors of old guard stand mocking like Tobiah in Nehemiah’s day: “Even if a fox climbed up on it, he’d break down their wall.”

Let them sneer. The work will stand. The wise keep building.

If I were one of the Big Eva protégés, I’d get serious about reformation. We should all want to see institutions stand. Remodeling is always better than starting from scratch. But that only works if you’re honest about the rot. And what I’m seeing more and more are men trying to defend the rot: patching cracks, silencing critics, pretending the structure will hold. It won’t. The walls are bowing, and everyone can see it. If someone doesn’t get to work with a hammer and a plan, it’s all coming down.

It’s true: I am a disruptor. I don’t like the way things have been done. And I absolutely will use the Internet to disrupt compromise. Call it Gig Eva. Call it whatever. Either way, I’m not sorry and I’m not done.

[Brandon Lansdown @BrandonLansdown]

This is a long one, without any biblical gymnastics, on the fulfillment of Matthew 24:1–34 in AD 70.

1. Destruction of the Temple (vv. 1–2). Jesus predicted the temple’s destruction, saying, “Not one stone will be left on another.” In AD 70, Roman forces under Titus demolished the Jerusalem temple during the Jewish-Roman War, fulfilling this prophecy.

2. False Messiahs and Prophets (vv. 4–5, 11). In the years leading to AD 70, Josephus records leaders like Simon bar Giora, John of Gischala, and Theudas, gaining followings as messianic or prophetic figures, deceiving many and contributing to the chaos of the Jewish revolt.

3. Wars and Rumors of Wars (vv. 6–7a). The Jewish-Roman War (AD 66–70) was the primary fulfillment, with intense fighting in Judea. Earlier Roman campaigns against revolts in Judea and neighboring regions created an atmosphere of constant conflict and tension, fulfilling this prediction.

4. Famines (v. 7b). A significant famine occurred in Judea during the reign of Claudius (AD 41–54), recorded in Acts 11:28 and by Josephus. During the siege of Jerusalem (AD 68–70), starvation became overwhelming, fulfilling the severity of this prophecy.

5. Earthquakes (v. 7b). Historical records from Tacitus, Seneca, and Josephus confirm seismic activity in Judea, during the first century. A significant earthquake struck Jerusalem in AD 66, aligning with this prophecy.

6. Persecution of Believers (vv. 9–10). Early Christians faced intense hostility from Jewish authorities and later from Rome under Nero’s persecution (AD 64). Josephus and early Christian writings note betrayals within communities during the Jewish revolt, as groups turned against each other, fulfilling this prophecy.

7. Gospel Preached to All Nations (v. 14). By AD 70, the gospel had spread throughout the Roman Empire (the known world), as evidenced by Paul’s letters (Col. 1:6, Romans 10:18). Apostles and missionaries reached regions like Asia Minor, Greece, and Rome, fulfilling this prophecy.

8. Abomination of Desolation (v. 15). Luke 21:20 clarifies this as Jerusalem being surrounded by armies. In AD 70, Roman legions, bearing pagan standards, entered the temple and desecrated it before its destruction, as described by Josephus. This act fulfilled the prophecy.

9. Great Tribulation (vv. 21–22). In the siege of Jerusalem (AD 68–70), Josephus reports over a million deaths, with starvation, infighting among Jewish zealots, and Roman massacres creating unparalleled suffering. The phrase “cut short for the sake of the elect” indicates God limited the siege’s duration, sparing some, including Christians who escaped, fulfilling this prophecy.

10. Flight from Judea (vv. 16–20). Early Christian tradition, recorded by Eusebius and Epiphanius, states that believers fled Jerusalem to Pella in the Transjordan before the Roman siege, based on Jesus’ warning, thus escaping the destruction and fulfilling this prophecy.

11. False Christs and Prophets Performing Signs (vv. 23–26). Josephus describes figures during the siege who claimed divine authority, promising deliverance and leading followers to their deaths, such as those urging people to stay in Jerusalem expecting divine intervention.

12. Coming of the Son of Man (vv. 27–31). Jesus’s “coming” with imagery of lightning, clouds, angels, and a trumpet is a non-physical coming in judgment against Jerusalem, using OT language (Isaiah 19:1, Ezekiel 32:7) where God “comes” in judgment on nations. The “sign of the Son of Man” was the temple’s destruction, signaling Jesus’ vindication as Messiah. The “gathering of the elect” refers to the preservation of the church and the spread of the gospel, as Christianity survived while Judaism’s temple system collapsed.

13. Cosmic Imagery (v. 29). The darkening of the sun, moon, and stars is apocalyptic language from the OT. This is symbolic of the collapse of the Jewish religious and political system in AD 70, not literal cosmic events.

14. Fig Tree Parable and Timing (vv. 32–34). Jesus declared, “This generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.” A biblical generation is approximately 40 years, aligning perfectly with the period from Jesus’ ministry (AD 30) to Jerusalem’s fall (AD 70), confirming the fulfillment within His listener’s lifetime.

[MILO @Nero]

I wish those celebrating Diwali an encounter with our Lord Jesus Christ

[Andrew Torba @BasedTorba]

If you homeschool your kids you get approximately 15,000 more hours of parenting time with them that is not outsourced to mostly liberal women who hate you and want to convert your kids to their religion of death.

[Andy @dimib116]

@BlackLabelAdvsr @ADRoblesMedia solid comeback bro

[Stephen Wolfe @PerfInjust]

"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." Ps. 33:12

[Nik Storm 🐗 @nikthestorm]

The man was not created for the woman.

The woman was created for the man.