Jon Gemmill

Husband, Dad, Follower of Christ, fan of Montana

[Jon Gemmill @gemmillj2]

@DowlerTaco Congrats Taco!!!

[Tom Wright @profntwright]

The story of all four gospels is not the story of how God came in Jesus to rescue souls for a disembodied, other-worldly heaven. It is the story of how God, in Jesus, became king on earth as in heaven. Ultimately, any would-be Christian view which doesn’t serve that central vision is, in my view, either folly or idolatry, or possibly both. I realise that’s quite a serious thing to say about a very large swathe of would-be orthodox theology, but I am afraid it may be true. I believe therefore that a Christian anthropology must necessarily ask, not, what are human beings in themselves, but, what are human beings called to do and be as part of the creator’s design? Not to ask the question that way round, and to think simply about ourselves and what we are, risks embodying, at a methodological level, Luther’s definition of sin: homo incurvatus in se.
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Mind, Spirit, Soul and Body: All for One and One for All Reflections on Paul’s Anthropology in his Complex Contexts

https://t.co/9tpVhJlKrh

[The Disrespected Trucker @DisrespectedThe]

Are we going to address the elephant in the room?

[Jon Gemmill @gemmillj2]

@Riley_Gaines_ Join the club

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

The arguments about Iran are so polarised that no one wants to admit that several things are true at once:

You'd be a fool not to have serious reservations about the idea of a regime change war, especially in the Middle East.

You'd also be a fool to allow terrorist-funding lunatics to develop nuclear weapons.

Neither the people condemning these strikes, nor the people cheering them on know how this is going to work out.

So far, Trump Administration interventions have been extraordinarily successful in achieving valid objectives within a highly limited scope.

The strikes on Iran during the 12 day war achieved destruction of several nuclear facilities.

The Venezuela operation decapitated the hostile regime and replaced Maduro with a non-hostile leader.

Both also achieved significant "don't fuck with us" deterrence globally.

However, it is not remotely clear at this moment in time whether something similar can be achieved in Iran.

I understand and fully empathise with the people who think regime change is not going to work in Iran and you'll end up with the same as what you had or worse.

And I understand just as much the people who celebrate an evil dictator being killed and Iran's nuclear and military assets being degraded further.

The thing we do not know, and the thing that will determine whether this has all been worth it, is what the future leadership of Iran will look like. This seems to me to be the biggest risk Donald Trump has taken at any time in his first or second term. If it pays off, the reward both domestically and globally will be huge. If it doesn't and things go south, it could derail his Presidency and define his legacy like Iraq did for Blair and Bush.

Very few people have any idea which of these scenarios is more likely and one thing is for sure: none of them are talking about it on social media because they're all sitting in command bunkers, not on X.

I hope the people of Iran are released from living under tyranny. I hope the peoples of the Middle East can live in peace.
I hope the takeaway for any would-be terrorist is the realisation that October 7 might not have been such a good idea.
I hope that with the Middle East stabilised, the US can turn its attentions to the theatres that really matters to the security of the West: Russia and China.

Whether any of that happens remains to be seen and it seems the hardest thing for anyone to do is to not express an opinion before the smoke has cleared.

[USA Hockey @usahockey]

RED, WHITE, BLUE AND GOLD. TEAM USA IS BRINGING HOME THE #WINTEROLYMPICS GOLD. 🇺🇸🦅

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Number of Super Bowl wins, by country:

🇺🇸 USA: 60
🇨🇦 Canada: 0
🇦🇺 Australia: 0
🇨🇳 China: 0
🇮🇳 India: 0
🇯🇵 Japan: 0
🇬🇧 UK: 0
🇷🇺 Russia: 0
🇩🇪 Germany: 0
🇪🇸 Spain: 0
🇮🇹 Italy: 0

[Timothy Keller (1950-2023) @timkellernyc]

Religious people find God useful. Christians find God beautiful.

[10,000 Takes @10k_Takes]

Vikings fans... remember to take Skoloft with Alcohol today!

#skol

[Jon Gemmill @gemmillj2]

@cvpayne What should I do with JMIA?

[Jon Gemmill @gemmillj2]

@kyleriley I'll accompany you if you get 2!

[Dom Izzo @DomIzzoWDAY]

#ThisDayInNDSUHistory: December 16, 2023.

An epic semifinal scene in Missoula. Junior Bergen returns a punt for a TD to give the Griz a 17-9 lead.

Cam Miller leads a 4th quarter drive to force OT.

In the 2nd OT, NDSU's 2-point try falls incomplete.

Griz win it 31-29.

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

Democrats don’t know how to respond to facts, just like this man gives her facts and she acts like it’s his education! 😳

[Mia Hughes @_CryMiaRiver]

This is completely outdated information. When the drugs were first used to treat gender distressed youth, this was the intention.

But as is so often the case, the treatment had unexpected consequences. Right from the start, almost 100% of the children put on blockers progressed to irreversible cross sex hormones. When in the past, before puberty suppression, most would reconcile with their birth sex during or after puberty.

Therefore the drugs have an iatrogenic effect. The cognitive and sexual development that occurs during puberty is the natural cure for gender distress. Thus, if you block puberty, you block the natural cure.

Puberty would resume if the kids came off the drugs, but almost none do. That’s the problem.

[RedWave Press @RedWavePress]

Bill Maher: “The number one thing men are afraid of is girls. It’s f—king lightning. It’s girls.”

Scott Galloway: “45% of men 18-24 have never asked a woman out in person. 63% of men under the age of 30 are not even pursuing a relationship. And if you think about the most rewarding things in your life—I mean the things that really matter—they are essentially relationships. And what do they all have in common? They’re really d*mn hard.”

“Unfortunately, big tech… is trying to convince young men that they can have a reasonable effect simulation of life online. Why go through the pecking order of trying to establish friendships when you have Reddit and Discord?”

“Why put on a tie and navigate the corporate world when you can trade crypto on Robinhood or Coinbase? And why go through the effort, expense, and potential rejection and humiliation of establishing a romantic relationship when you have po*n?”

[Mr. Star Spangled MAGA @4thOfJuly365]

Stop scrolling, and watch this!

[Harvey's Pistol & Pawn @harveyspistols]

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[Marissa Streit @marissastreit]

The amazing CS Lewis predicted what social media will do to people.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

@elonmusk Unbelievable

[VikingzFanPage @vikingzfanpage]

“When I get called to home to heaven one day, if all they talk about is this gold jacket and my career, then I failed miserably as a father, husband and a friend. You two are my legacy.”

- Hall of Famer Jared Allen to his daughters 🥹