“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Gal. 2:20
A non-Christian friend asked me last night what I thought about the parody of the Last Supper in the Olympics opening ceremony. She wondered why God didn't rain down judgement on such blasphemy.
The Olympic ceremony was not trying to put a clown face on Christianity but subvert it. Your seat at Jesus’ table is no longer through repentance of a warped image but acceptance of it. Falsehood, when paraded, will always feel like mock to those who know Truth.
@DTKoyzis@ivpress@ivpacademic I have it pre-ordered and looking forward to reading it! Any way you would make it available to utilize for my dissertation?
Kids in religious families have fared better in the smartphone era, with smaller rises in mental illness. @ZachMRausch and I believe it is primarily due to being anchored in real-world communities with rituals and obligations, low anomie. Thanks @frasernelson...
@FlintDSpencer @JThrillMusic These pictures are ideas disguised as art to subvert narratives. Each picture is propaganda for the CIA to embed liberalism into culture so it is admired and accepted by those who long for elitism. Instead of beauty we have subterfuge. If that’s art - gross. We need transcendence
@NancyRPearcey Forgive me, but I’m not understanding you here. Are you saying that religious attendance is the only consistent behavioral factor? You already noted age was - I’m not following how religious attendance is “the only factor of consistent significance.” What exactly does that mean?
The way you know the difference between a Christian and a religious person – a person who really knows God and a person who just has a nominal kind of religious morality – is wonder. – @timkellernyc
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"The Catholic Church considers attendance at Sunday Mass nonnegotiable, and the same goes for Christmas Day, no matter the inconvenience of the calendar...
"Among nondenominational evangelical pastors...Only 61 percent say they will do so."https://t.co/aLgT15N9R2
Christian philanthropy accounted for 70% of all American philanthropy in 2022 at $300 billion total. Christians also out-gave the U.S. Government in addressing global poverty.
- Barna
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Whatever folks might say or think, the church remains a seismic value-add to the world.
The final episode of season 1 GRACE IN COMMON. Join me, @corycbrock, @jmarinusdejong & Gray Sutanto for a listener Q&A.
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Mercy in Scripture is directed particularly toward those like widows and orphans who cannot help themselves, who haven’t the power in society effectively to advocate their own case. Who, then, are more fitting objects of mercy than the unborn?
Maundy Thursday:
Alone thou goest forth, O Lord,
In sacrifice to die;
Is this Thy sorrow naught to us
Who pass unheeding by?
Our sins, not thine, Thou bearest, Lord;
Make us Thy sorrow feel,
Till through our pity and our shame
Love answers love’s appeal.
“The imputation of righteousness, then, is not a cold concept of credit sheets or bank statements but one of personal union: the righteousness of Christ inhabits me because Christ inhabits me, and I inhabit him.” @GrantMacaskill