Jon Strifler

I enjoy my work as a pastor in southwestcentral Ohio, though I really like being a dad and a husband. Aspiring to a quiet life of faithfulness in all things.

[Jon Strifler @jonstrifler]

@InspiringPhilos Also remember: for Dan it’s all about one negotiates the meaning of the text, whether or not it says it is irrelevant—it all comes down to what he thinks it means.

[Jon Strifler @jonstrifler]

@drantbradley Par for the course with much Roman Catholic engagement with history since Newman—what actually happened is not nearly as important as the story modern thinkers can construct for present needs.

[Jon Strifler @jonstrifler]

The ‘Christianity’ you hear about or read about on platforms like this is not the faith that transformed the world—it’s a caricature. Are you looking for transcendence?

It’s found in the Word. It’s found in the church. It’s found in prayer.

[Jon Strifler @jonstrifler]

@seanryanlayton @conservmillen It's the difference between the Whopper and the impossible Whopper. Yes the ‘sandwich’ is similar, but the substance couldn't be more distinct.

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@jaredadairbell Yes, but those are not distinguishable conversations. That's where what Allie brings up and where LDS conversations fail to connect-- ‘who’ and ‘what’ God is are synonymous conversations because God is fundamentally personal

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@MCrobison @conservmillen This is from your church, just 3 years ago…in Times Square.

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@CapturingChrist So it's an ontological question. Not a theological question. It's like saying that carnivores and vegans are the same because they both eat food.

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@CapturingChrist This is easily defeated—The problem is not ‘we are speaking differently about the same subject’ the problem is that there are fundamentally irreconcilable differences in how we understand divine revelation.

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@drantbradley @NancyRPearcey They have, they’re just taught to see ancient Egyptians as white Americans.

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@McBrideLawNYC All this demonstrates is your own lack of knowledge and engagement with people outside your own circle.

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@MasonSCraig I think this is a bit of a category error. It's not appropriate to say they are inerrant because they are the products of reflecting on divine revelation, not the revelation itself. They are without error but they are not the kind of thing that ‘inerrancy’ is applied to.

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@ProvisionistP So you derive your entire soteriological framework from one verse?

This is not an honest engagement with Keith's article.

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@RevivedThoughts @wintrwizrd @TomHicks2LCF Not to mention that it is a standard that Platt himself does not seem to be that interested in living up to.

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@RevivedThoughts @wintrwizrd @TomHicks2LCF Platt sets a superficial standard of faithfulness, that has long been recognized as reserved for a select few, and then chastises ordinary people—fsithful Christians-- for not being extremely ascetic in their life choices.

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@RevivedThoughts @wintrwizrd @TomHicks2LCF But herein lies the point. You cite 4 examples of highly specialized individuals from Church history. But what about the literal billions of unnamed individuals that she is simply led faithful lives in their families/communities?

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@briankeepsworth @WesleyLHuff @gavinortlund Historically honest, theologically orthodox, ecclesiastically free to self-determination.

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@appsTATE12 @MasonSCraig I think the point is that overanalysis can become a hindrance within the context of worship. Do you go to a concert with the sheet music and chord progressions for your favorite artist’s songs?

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@Mark4Libertas @drantbradley @Gregory17528152 @kevinmyoung So when you tell ai what you’re looking for—it’s going to tailor the results. This is no more proof of early church teaching or practice than a grok generated image. What do they say and where (what work) is it written?

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@elijahmbuchan @JoelWebbon @MikeWingerii Plenty of people critiqued Wilson on this and have regularly brought up the trend that Wilson’s positions can be co-opted and exploited by those who hold more extreme views regarding ethnicity and the church. See anything that @drantbradley has said about Wilson.