Orthodox Idol

All tweets are translated from Sanskrit by imaginary geniuses. Typos are punished by loss of pudding snacks. My wife oversees all punitive pudding actions.

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

Our perception of God can be varied depending upon our nature, but His nature does not change. Nor does His intent towards His creation, vessels of both Honor and Dishonor serve His purpose, till God is all in all.

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

@SlowToWrite Official? Why would our enemy leave trusted and official sources free of his influence? Principled behavior? Respect for structures of mankind which he lacks in regard to the structures of God Most High?

[Adam | Faithful Messenger @Adam_FaithfulM]

You've tried to change by sheer willpower.

Read the Bible more. Sin less. Try harder.

And it keeps failing because willpower was never designed to carry the weight of transformation.

Jesus pointed to something deeper in John 15.

And interestingly, what modern brain science observes about how habits form lines up with the pattern He described.

Not "science proves the Bible" but a striking overlap worth exploring. 🧵

[Kevin Sorbo @ksorbs]

Consider these words from 1920, written by French author Hilaire Belloc:

“The modern world imagines that it has outgrown religion. It has done nothing of the kind. It has merely forgotten it. And because it has forgotten it, it no longer understands itself. Men do not realize that the whole framework of their moral judgments, their political habits, and even their intellectual methods were formed within a Christian society and cannot exist long outside it. When that framework breaks, they will not find themselves enlightened, but bewildered; not free, but enslaved; not rational, but confused.”

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

@Sean_McDowell If we came to perfection lacking the experience of imperfection we could never be truly perfect. Rather nearly perfect idiots unable to see that perfection is hard, hell nearly impossible, and that it is not it something found in us. Trapped arrogant entitled teenagers.

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

@HeraldHarvest Paul tells us that the law is spiritual, so we can’t in good faith ignore it’s most basic principles when pondering the judgement to come. Either the proportionality of ‘an eye for an eye’ tells us something relevant about God’s judgment or it is rather less than spiritual.

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

@ZubyMusic He truly has overcome the world (which includes us all).

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

@darwintojesus I’ve never understood the desire to convince others that we live in a consequence free zone. It makes ‘Don’t get caught’ great practical wisdom. I get the desire to believe anything goes, but if I truly believed it, I’d promote religious morality all the more.

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

@SlowToWrite How then do we understand Moses? Most consider Old Testament punishments harsh, but if the real punishment for sin is something not indicated by the law,does this make Moses partly false (or perhaps more charitably negligent), having defined sin accurately but not punishment?

[Darwin to Jesus @darwintojesus]

This is what naturalists don’t want you to know.

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

@TheDemocrats Wait till you hear what Moses is calling for.

[Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY]

🚨When ex-FBI Director James Comey was indicted, the weeping and gnashing of teeth from the "nobody is above the law crowd" could be heard around the world.

Spare me your outrage about “political prosecutions.” No, this is not “unprecedented.” Choke on it.

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

If the actions of many seem irrational and inexplicable, bear in mind that the mental sway of mystery Babylon is called wine. Is it not becoming easier to spot the drunks? Perhaps we are nearing closing time.

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

@StephenKing Steve it’s a good thing that you’ve apologized for your factual mistake. Yet, the underlying intent to provide a justification for the assassination remains.

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

@MarkGrote This is simply the sad and sick result of divorcing God’s holiness from the proportionality which is required by that holiness.

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

@RonaldDPotts1 What continues to set off the mental screeching of chalkboard fingernails in my head even as I mellow with age and experience is someone using ‘ideal’ in place of ‘idea’.

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

@MarkGrote Among the many things happening all at once, He is being identified as the first dove of Leviticus 14. He is later identified as the second dove as well, in Revelation 19.

[Wes Huff @WesleyLHuff]

Today’s #manuscriptmonday is all about the book of Enoch (a 🧵)…

[Josh Barzon @JoshuaBarzon]

🧵/ I. A Fascinating Thread on “The Forgotten Footnotes of the 1611 King James Version (KJV) Bible”

You may have read the KJV. But have you read its forgotten footnotes?

When most people think of the 1611 King James Bible (KJV), they think of its majestic prose, theological legacy, and cultural influence. What they often miss is that this iconic translation also included thousands marginal notes that give us insight into the mind and theological culture of the Translators who brought the KJV to life. Below are just a few interesting and quick facts about the footnotes:

• The famous phrase “rock of ages” is not found in the text of the KJV, but rather in the margin at Isaiah 26:4.
• The very last marginal note in the 1611 was a typo at Rev. 20:13. For the word hell in the text, it had the marginal note “Or, hell.”
• There are no notes for the entire book of Philemon.
• At least 9 entire verses were rewritten in marginal notes.
• There are 6,565 marginal notes in the OT, and 777 in the NT, for a total of 7,342 marginal notes.

These notes, small and unobtrusive, carry enormous significance. They show the translators’ humility, academic honesty, and commitment to allowing readers to engage with the original texts of Scripture. Far from undermining the authority of the translation, these notes enhance it by showing where interpretive choices were made and where other viable options were possible.

This 🧵 explores the history, structure, categories, and lesser-known aspects of these footnotes. We’ll look at the five major types of marginal notes in the 1611 KJV, illustrate each type with multiple examples, and reflect on how they inform our reading of Scripture today.

[Orthodox Idol @orthodox_idol]

@darwintojesus Without the education provided by imperfection, each of us would inevitably assume ownership of the priceless attribute of perfection as something effortless which arose from within.