Ontogenesis

For the ones who are tired of holding everything together.
Honesty. Rest. The slow return to what’s real.

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@Vincent83064086 @TheNotoriousMMA The guilty seeking redemption is not hypocrisy... pretending only the innocent deserve it is.

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@TheNotoriousMMA Everything hinges on one historical claim... did Jesus rise?

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The foundation is chosen long before the storm arrives.

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Whatever carries your hope will eventually bear your weight.

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@TNTJohn1717 What you trust in silence is what you stand on in the storm.

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@Dnd0xx The soul heals when it stops circling itself and starts seeing what grace has placed before it.

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@JudahMaiye Fear builds on sand, but Christ keeps calling us back to the Rock.

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@Ihunanya_chi Don’t let broken people make you abandon the unbroken Christ.

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@sola_chad @Mormonger God gave us minds to use, not thrones to sit on.

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@Sincerely_AO Daily surrender. Eyes up. Christ is enough.

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@farmingandJesus The paradox is my flesh still expects more from me, while Christ keeps reminding me He already did enough.

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@churchtalkative I think that's because we become what we worship. The closer we draw to Christ, the more everything else finds its proper place.

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@somanyscrimblos @Kitsol20XX Will do brother. Ironically, I was thinking about this parable a day ago. The younger brother weighed down by shame, but it was the older brother unable to rejoice in his father’s grace that hit me most. Maybe my own heart has hardened lately. Thankfully the Father pursues both.

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@somanyscrimblos Nah you didn’t, my fault... the handle was from an old AI project. I should’ve changed it a while ago. Hope you’re both doing well. God bless.

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@memsman09 @_OKJ__ What do you mean by huge ego? Is there something specific you mean? I'd rather understand your point than respond to something you didn't intend.

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Feelings can be loud, especially when we’re weighed down by sin. Emotions are temporary like the tide... they come in and go out. But resting your assurance on emotions isn’t the same as surrendering them to Christ. Bring your sin and pain to Jesus. He died for your sins and has already paid the price, so you don't have too. Don’t let sin become bigger in your eyes than Christ. He is the Rock. Build on Him, not the sand of feelings. Keep coming back to Him, even when you don’t feel Him. Matthew 7:24–27.

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Christians aren’t saying God is beyond logic, but beyond total human comprehension. Logic reflects God’s rational nature. The claim is that an infinite God can't be exhaustively comprehended by finite minds. We already accept limits elsewhere... consciousness, the laws of nature, and why mathematics describes reality so well. Mystery isn't contradiction. Christianity stands or falls on Jesus’ resurrection.

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@lonli4y @_OKJ__ Regarding an omnipotent God, arguments from contingency, fine-tuning, morality, consciousness, and intelligibility can point towards a Creator. But for me, Jesus is the clearest starting point. If He rose from the dead, His character and words about God carry unique authority.

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@lonli4y @_OKJ__ I’d start with Jesus’ resurrection. If a first-century carpenter, from nowhere significant, opposed by religious leaders and executed by Rome, literally rose from the dead, and the evidence supports it, then I'd listen very carefully to what He said, His words about God matter.

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@FriedmanGenius @calvinrobinson I understand the struggle. But I’d anchor myself in Jesus before any finite human institution. Human leaders and institutions will always disappoint us, Christ won’t. Keep your eyes on Him, His character is the same yesterday, today, and forever.