This is what’s wrong with the Christian church today: we don’t know who God is. And we don’t know who we are.
What’s wrong with you people? — R.C. Sproul
"We're absolutely not airing this commercial," they told us. For what - being TOO patriotic? We were stunned - these were supposed to be "our people".
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I'll echo my friend's invitation. If you're in the market for a podcast, or you're just looking for a fun story and some good laughs, I think you'll enjoy this episode.
America's dying hinterlands are depressing to some. To me, they appear to offer the greatest opportunities ever afforded a single generation in our nation's history - if we move carefully and deliberately.
(a hopeful thread)
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In 2023 the great biblical alternative to walking, standing, or sitting in sin is not a different *action*! But a different pleasure.
“His delight is in the law of the Lord.” Psalm 1:2
This is the great battle of the year.
100 times more important than any political contest.
God is holy & can’t tolerate sin. We are sinful & can’t make ourselves acceptable to God. To be accepted by Him, our sins must be paid for & our slate wiped clean. So Jesus, God-made-flesh, paid for our sins, so that by grace through faith we could be reconciled to God forever 🎄
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There once was a certain kind of evangelical Christian I felt free to make fun of. I was pastoring a fast growing church in an urban environment, and a spirit of elitism had infected us. No one would correct me on it because they made fun of them too.
@TXOdysseus So the plan is clearly to reduce the number of people with access to personal transportation, especially with enough range to give them control over careers and lifestyles. The lower classes will move around less. They'll use public transport. More of them will cluster in cities.
🧵 Lamentations is a book of pain & sorrow.
Yet amidst its pain, somehow, is beauty,
& its sorrow is underlain by hope, which briefly (& triumphantly) rises to the surface.
Moreover, the book’s lament provides us with an exquisite picture of the work and woes of the Messiah.
A Cambridge student's inspection of an Egyptian manuscript revealed hidden star coordinates believed to be from ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus’ Star Catalogue in 129 B.C.
Heather Frank has the details:
https://t.co/yHPgoXckLR