@AtheistTakes 3. This seems arbitrary but miracle claims that are medically verified are numerous in the literature, combined with the millions upon millions of miraculous experiences reported by Christians.
@mugjudge Prayer to God alone guards against scrupulous fear that Christ does not intercede, and that the Holy Spirit does not give utterance to groans beyond words.
It is Him who we have offended, to Him we go in repentance, and it is Him alone who makes us worthy. He calls us friend.
Lutheranism is the only I really saw that had the consistency of saying “it was Christ at your baptism, it is Christ in your repentance, it is Christ for you, always.”
One of the things that compelled me to Confessional Lutheranism was that it was really the only place that offers the same fullness of grace for repentance that we experience in Baptism for the rest of Christian life.
In all my study, I couldn’t shake this feeling that most (if not all) other expressions have some catch, some caveat, some rule, that amounts to “ok, you were the prodigal and Christ saved you- now the meter’s running kid.” As if that grace has become contingent.
@WordProvesTrue@EcciusMaximus He means the grouping of them together and formulation as “Five Solas” their association together as a nearly creedal list is new
@AugustinEnjoyer It’s ability to compel rests almost entirely on how interested an individual is in the quirks of how it works.
For me, it’s exactly the kind of thing I’d expect to find if there is a God.
@theobronzor If I never get a book back it means that medicine I found within its pages was useful enough to another that they couldn’t part with it, typically.
The highest compliment.
@ColinGBooth PLEASE do continue to tell parents the State has a stake in how their children are raised. PLEASE please please keep saying it. I’m tired of having to prove it’s what you all think because normies find it too batshit and accuse me of lying or exaggerating to make you look bad.
It’s actually not that hard or burdensome. You sort of follow it by accident if you just use Scriptural reasoning.
No idea why they act publicly as though it’s some burdensome thing.
I keep seeing Roman Catholics wearing their *allegedly* offensive sex ethic as a badge of honor because it causes so many people to leave Rome (no idea if this is true or just anecdotal cope which is more likely).
I follow the Romanist rules better than 80% of Catholics.