@sarahsalviander I have literally never pre-ordered a book prior to this one. You've been one of my favorite contributors here on Twitter/X, and have materially bolstered my faith and my love for His works. Well done.
@EugeneREQUIEM5@arico_jimmy The Fever's record:
2023: 13-27, missed playoffs
*Clark drafted*
2024: 20-20 lost first round
2025: 24-20, lost semis (much w/out Clark)
2026: 28-16
I don't know what you thought you were doing with your "context" argument.
@EugeneREQUIEM5@arico_jimmy Sky's record:
2023: 18-22, made the playoffs, lost in R1
*Reese drafted*
2024: 13-27, missed playoffs
2025: 10-34, missed playoffs
Atl Dream were 30-14 last year, 30-14 this year
Trump is a failure
Full stop
The Right will never succeed until the spell is broken and people demand someone with real character and integrity, not a fat backstabbing degenerate
in retrospect cheating on his wives and sleeping with hookers should've been a clue
My strategy for combatting the dissident right is exactly the same as my strategy for combatting the woke left:
Expose beliefs and behaviors that are obviously unbiblical and indefensible.
People then have a choice to make: distance themselves. Or circle the wagons.
Many years ago, an acquaintance described meeting an ex-President, someone known for his charm and charisma. He still had a lot of political power and was also of course wealthy. She wasn’t a political person, but said she immediately felt his “animal magnetism” and was very drawn to him.
People will worship those with power, charisma, and intelligence. They may even be faithful and self-sacrificing in their devotion to such people. But it’s not an agape sort of love. It’s not a love of goodness. It’s more like a compulsion. I think this is a major reason God “hides” himself.
God could easily overwhelm us with his power, magnificence, and beauty, but he doesn’t desire that kind of worship - he desires real love from us.
Life on this little rock in space, where we experience a multitude of hardships, where devotion to God doesn’t mean people gawk at us enviously as we tour the universe in his entourage, is the only opportunity we have to love God freely. To choose him even when it doesn’t materially benefit us. To choose him without the compulsion of the pure electric power of his presence. To choose him for no other reason than that we desire goodness.
I remind myself of this every time I feel God is far away. His divine hiddenness reflects the sort of relationship he wants with us.
@AzPetrich 1. American sports culture grew and developed its own men's games while Europe and its former colonies developed soccer.
2. The USA aggressively subsidized women's sports much earlier than the rest of the world.
US women's soccer got a head start. The men lagged behind.
@heisHIM3694 Bro, just do a little fact checking first. This isn't true. It immediately felt off for me, so a 2-second Google search contradicted it.
Is baseless incel p*** is gross.
@pastorjgkell If you manage to get through Shittim unscathed, you've still got to deal with "whoredom" in 1b. We commend you too the grace of God, brother.
(Also, props to your obvious commitment to exegetical preaching.)