@5Solas2 i used to wonder how anyone can support these types of people
...it’s people surrounding themselves with what they want to hear...those are the supporters
@JustinPetersMin@jackngraham oopsie
an opportunity to praise your actions and get some social media exposure...
yet your other actions are a FAIL and someone calls you out on it...
👍
Today, the calendar makes a right triangle, for the last time this century.
This Saturday is October 24, 2026.
Write it as 10/24/26 or 24/10/26, and the same beautiful relationship appears:
10² + 24² = 26²
100 + 576 = 676
But here’s what makes today special.
There are infinitely many Pythagorean triples. Only a handful fit our calendar.
Using the rule
month² + day² = (last two digits of the year)²,
the month cannot exceed 12, and the day cannot exceed 31. Those small limits leave exactly 12 qualifying dates in this century.
Today is the last.
The next will be March 4, 2105:
3² + 4² = 5²
That is a wait of more than 78 years.
An infinite family of triangles. Just twelve appearances on a century’s calendar.
Happy Pythagorean Triple Day.
@sola_chad let us be clear...the original autograph had 0 errors
translations may contain them
let us also not diminish the Holy Writ as God has preserved it for 1000s of years for us today 👍
@TruthSynod@look2Christ Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
— 1 Corinthians 15:50
Every time we “lock horns” with the brethren from the Provisionists' camp, they accuse us of repeating the same things like a parrot because of a “theological system.” Yet I haven't found anyone who will take the time to sit through applying consistent hermeneutics to the passages they so often contend with. The argument fails before we actually get somewhere.
Furthermore, it’s strange to me that they will go to positions more radical than theirs (i.e., Open Theism, Molinism, etc., etc.) to make a point the Scripture doesn't present. This confounds me, as people move further from the truth to claim they hold a truthful position.
Lastly, to our friends who hold this position and may be reading this post and comment know very well: when life’s muck, mire, and misery hit them hard, those who hold to God’s sovereignty and providence stay in the foxhole with them after the dust settles. By God’s grace, we know He’s working all things for our good, and ultimately for His glory. Yet I’ve yet to see the reverse.
Any doctrine without deed and doxology only goes so far. Wisdom is known by her children. And I must say that God never provides a “probability” for wisdom to bear children; all of God’s ransomed Church will be saved from sin because of Christ’s flawless and efficacious work on the cross.
This isn't providing a provision but completing something perfectly... the purchase of all who are His.
@apologistlayman not interested in debating but...
i'm probably against Christian nationalism if it means professing Christians in power over other professing Christians...it's been done & 👎
if it is professing Christians in gov pushing for moral laws, i suppose that's okay (could be now tho)
you've been warned
ai is going to thrash a lot of people 🤷♂️
it’s like giving people power tools
when they have no clue how to use them (how they work)
@levelsio ppl need to be careful when demonizing certain daemons (no pun intended) for diff types of access...i.e., "let's not expose SSH & do this other access method"...the other access method can be compromised as well & daemons like SSH were built 4 secure access (set it up correctly)
A privacy-first DNS resolver just chose to leave an entire country rather than lie to its users.
Quad9 is shutting off its free DNS service in France on November 24, after a French court ordered it to block domains that BeIN Sports claimed were facilitating sports piracy.
Quad9 refused.
"We categorically refuse to alter or lie to you about the DNS responses you receive in a way that opposes your expectations."
The court had actually reduced the fine to just €1,000 per day. Quad9 still walked away. Because the real problem was not the fine. It was the precedent.
Complying would mean either applying French copyright law to Quad9's global DNS infrastructure, or using geo-blocking methods that Quad9 considers technically unreliable and ethically compromised. Either way, the integrity of the service breaks.
This is what it looks like when a privacy tool takes its mission seriously. Most services would have quietly blocked the domains and moved on. Quad9 chose to exit instead 👏
@lukeappleton i'm not signing any creed or confession
i will confess with my mouth my faith in Christ and proclaim His word...i bow to and answer to the King (Jesus) directly and don't need anyone's
approval or disapproval (or judgement) to do so