@beready4rapture Thanks for your hint because without it, I would have just believed what Scripture is plainly saying here that God did not reveal His arm to Israel and blinded/hardened them as He willed. Appreciate you adding your counterbiblical explanation to clarify. (Sarcasm)
@DineshDSouza All under Adam are children of wrath, not of God. Only those in Christ are GIVEN the right to be children of God. Did you choose to be born? No, and likewise nobody causes themselves to be born again. Let God define this for you in His Word, it is very clear in Scripture
@hamids The first four dominate their respective products and have a proven track record. Micron revenue crashes every 3-4 years (up until now) and does not dominate their industry. But still, there's probably room for them to double or triple again in the next few years.
@MarketMovesMatt Must be a good company so the stock doesn't crash and trap you. Selling OTM cash-secured puts on stocks that you'd buy today is a consistently solid strategy. On top, the cash also earns 3-4% interest itself while securing your short puts. Not hard to get 15%+ APY
@mcuban@nataliedavismd Health insurance is the bloated middleman sucking up tons of money and allowing healthcare companies to overcharge for some items/services. Eliminating insurance and certificates of need would blow up the economy, but it would be a necessary and good change.
@beready4rapture Romans 8-11 explains. There are many explicit statements about God's absolute sovereignty in salvation (Romans 8, Ephesians 1, Acts 13, MANY more). Don't throw out clear teaching just because you can't figure out two verses about God's emotions/desires (Matt., 2 Pet.).
@MasterMaliq Terrible logic. Islam has only been fastest growing for the last 20 years, all of history before that it was another religion. Less than 0.5% of new Muslims worldwide are willing converts - growth is entirely by birth, marriage, and force.
@davidguzik@ChristandGuitar "Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned."
@davidguzik@ChristandGuitar God made man, and His perfect character demands the consequences of Adam's sin being the bondage of mankind in sin, for all under his headship (all mankind). Are you saying God should not have made it so that Adam's sin led to the bondage of all mankind under sin?
@TestAllThings_@RickApplet0n Did he say that we should give the government authority over the church? God created the family, church, and government to all have distinct spheres of authority. Christ is over all. To suggest that nations shouldn't be Christian is exactly opposite of what Scripture prescribes
@DineshDSouza The problem in your argument is that your standard of what is "right" is from man, not from God. Nobody is "right" to reject God, and all have done so. God would be perfectly in the right if he decided that nobody at all would be saved. Thankfully, He chose to have mercy on some.
@mcuban This is confusing. For monitoring a disease, or what is this for? I think that making healthcare more impersonal is generally not the answer. LLMs should help people self-manage better, yes, but you shouldn't need to see a doctor to learn this.
Reminder: the Crusades were a response to over 400 years of Islamic aggression against Christians and Europe.
632: Muhammad dies.
635: Muslims conquer the Christian city of Damascus.
636: Muslims conquer the Christian city of Antioch.
637: Muslims conquer the Holy Land.
639: Muslims conquer the first Christian country Armenia.
641: Muslims conquer the Coptic Christian country of Egypt.
650: Muslim armies reach southern Italy and Cyprus, taking thousands of captives as "slaves" and "concubines."
711: Muslims invade Spain, and by 715, they have occupied most of it.
717: Muslims besiege Constantinople but are expelled.
730: Muslims invade France, only to be stopped by Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours.
792: The ruler of Al-Andalus calls for the invasion of France, and Muslim armies are assembled to attack it again, but they are repelled.
827: Muslims invade Sicily and Italy, persecuting monks. Sicily remains under Islamic rule until 1092.
846: Muslims invade Rome and force the Pope to pay tribute.
848: A third invasion of France occurs, and they are repelled for a third time.
909: Muslims occupy Sardinia.
937: The Church of the Holy Sepulcher is burned down by Muslims, and more churches in Jerusalem are destroyed.
1009: Destruction of the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem.
1012: Beginning of al-Hakimโs oppressive decrees against Christians.
1071: Turkish Muslims attack the Byzantines and occupy much of Anatolia.
1094: Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos asks Western Christendom for help against the Muslim Turkish invasions.
1095: Pope Urban II finally declares the First Crusade.
@mcuban And the money will vanish into the thin air of the bloated, self-serving California government. Then they will just demand even more taxes to waste again, killing even more of the free market.
@TheHustleCritic I'm not sure about at your church. But Christian men are plagued with laziness or passivity - taking the path of least resistance. Instead of working hard at killing sin, devoting to Christ and to church, leading family, discipling, etc.