Genevieve Morris

Health IT policy nerd - all views represented are my own

[Genevieve Morris @HITpolicywonk]

@MattWalshBlog I'd love to hear the scriptural basis for women doing all the gift buying, is somehow part of the God ordained role for women. I don't remember that in any of Paul's books, anything Jesus said, etc. How about we stick w/ Scripture rather than giving passes for being inconsiderate

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@OrthodoxWario @rightresponsem Eph. 4:29 Let no unwholesome (rotten, poor quality, bad, worthless, no longer fit for use) word proceed from your mouth but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
Did her slur give grace?

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@luke_blackwells @smashbaals And I'm a dispensationalist. So yes, the Old Testament is incredibly important and valid. But we are not Israel, we are the church, and our commands in the New Testament are different. In that it is the spirit of the law, not just the letter of the law that we are told to follow.

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@luke_blackwells @smashbaals We are not to force unbelievers to live how only the Holy Spirit can help us live. I'm not saying the government shouldn't have laws. I'm saying that we shouldn't be forcing behavioral change through government action that has no bearing on a person's heart or eternal destiny.

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@luke_blackwells @smashbaals The context of that verse is the sermon on the Mount where Jesus is telling us as believers how to live in this world so that men see our good works and glorify our father in heaven. We as individuals are told to be salt and light in the way we live.

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@luke_blackwells @smashbaals No commands are given in the New Testament for believers to act through the political system to make disciples. We are repeatedly told to pray for our government leaders and to submit. But we're not told to build a christian nation, we're told to make disciples in every nation.

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@luke_blackwells @smashbaals No my argument is against using political power to mandate a Christ-like culture/behavior rather than following the great commission which tells us to go and make disciples. Behavior isn't salvation, which is why He doesn't tell the government to do that He tells believers.

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@luke_blackwells @smashbaals Christ's kingdom when He returns will not be the United States. Christ tells us not to try to wield His power in that way because we are sinful creatures. But thank you for the insight into how some Christians are justifying this, I've been confused but this is eye opening.

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@luke_blackwells @smashbaals Wow so examples are Israel's kings which God gave them because they complained and he warned them would not serve them. We aren't Israel, we're the church so that's a misapplication. And salt of the earth doesn't require political power, it requires living like Christ.

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I literally said I'd meet anytime you're in your district and yet you're not available. Why won't you meet with your constituents?

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@RepBuddyCarter your staff told me that in-person Town Hall mtgs aren't efficient, but you're more than happy to meet with any of your constituents in person & hear their concerns. Yet my request for a meeting is being handed to a staffer.

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I don't agree with @CoryBooker on many policies. But I absolutely agree w/ him that the congressional authority that was given in the Constitution to prevent a dictator is being eroded so quickly, and they're trying to do the same to the courts. We are absolutely in a crisis.

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If you have not watched the live stream he's laying out without inflammatory language what has been actually happening that those of us in the policy world have been screaming into the void about since January.

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I rarely post here anymore b/c it's a dumpster fire. But I'm a former R who served in the 1st Trump admin, hence the former part. What @CoryBooker is doing is absolutely necessary b/c like his policies or not, we are in a constitutional crisis.

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@elonmusk Those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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@RepBuddyCarter Why don't you come back to your district and hold some townhalls to get some feedback from some of your constituents? Your staff says it's on your radar with no info about when you'll actually care to listen to us. If we're so remarkable I would think you would value our opinion.

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@elonmusk Considering votes are secret. How would you know how employees of the fed vote? This is obviously a made up graph.

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@JDVanceNewsX Not that it matters because you're in an echo chamber but B. No, it's disgraceful we would side with Russia.

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@atrupar If the joke you tell denigrates people made in the image of God (racist, sexist, etc.) and your beer is actually drunkenness than you're not honoring Christ, and as someone who purports to be a Christian, Vance should be looking to Scripture to define masculinity not himself.