For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. - Ephesians 2:8-9
Houston's Kevin Durant is expected to miss Game 4 against the Los Angeles Lakers, sources tell ESPN. Durant has a bone bruise in his sprained ankle, which would sideline him 2 to 3 weeks in season. He's had around-the-clock treatment to play but has not been cleared by doctors.
It so funny because all season Lakers been getting shitted on and NO ONE thought Lakers had a chance of winning this series besides Lakers fans but now all of a sudden it’s “the rockets are trash” and the Lakers are lucky. 😭😭😭
You criticize Iran, you’re paid by Mossad
You criticize Israel, you’re paid by Qatar
You criticize Ukraine, you’re paid by Russia
You criticize Russia, you’re paid by the EU
You criticize the right, you’re paid by Soros
You criticize the left, you’re a Nazi
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Dodgers return to Toronto and win the first two games by a combined score of 18–3.
The fans boo Yamamoto when he is introduced. He proceeds to throw 6 innings of stellar baseball and takes the W.
Cmon… real baseball fans in any city never boo an MVP. Same code of conduct as when an opposing pitcher throws a no hitter,… you stand up and politely applaud.
Dodgers now lead World Series 6 games to 3.
The reason why most Christians fail to comprehend temporal punishment for sins is that they've been fed a false, feel-good version of soteriology and harmartiology not in line with historic Christianity
Completely hippie-fied version of Christianity, not the faith of the apostles
Most Christians (and I dare say pastors) don't know much Church history or doctrine and what they do know is relegated to the past 40 years and sanitized versions of past theologians
They would EASILY call figures like Martin Luther an insane, blasphemous, hateful bigot who does not understand the gospel if he were alive today lol
Look I don't believe in denigrating and being purposefully cruel to women because I believe in chivalry.
But Scripture itself calls a promiscuous woman a whore, and it is an accurate description of one. It also even identifies previous prostitutes as prostitutes (Rahab in Hebrews 11). We've softened language to satiate female sensibilities, excusing sin and downplaying its harm.
Words are symbols that shape how we see the world. They matter. Continue to wrap everything in nice packaging and people will not understand the depth and severity of sin.
Today, niceness has become the supreme virtue not only in politics and but in the Church. It neuters young men, effeminizes the Church, and renders it toothless.
If women want to continue participating in politics and theology (traditionally men's domain) they must stop hiding behind fragility and offense at mean words. Argue the actual points of contention, or maybe consider stepping out of the arena.
There is no sin Christ cannot wash away. But that doesn’t change the fact that this kind of post is yet another reason why so many young men are turned off by marriage. This is not an appealing display of the union between a husband and wife. Shouting about your wife’s sexual past seems like a humiliation ritual to young men who are already struggling to find a virtuous woman.
Also probably a good time to remind everyone that after St Mary of Egypt renounced her promiscuous ways, she retreated to the desert for 40 years in repentance, not took to the public square to share unnecessarily intimate details about her past sins.