James Hendrix Jr.

BYU Cougars fan. Liverpool - YNWA. Retired CPA. Loves the Saviour Jesus Christ, member of His Church.

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

@TerryK1618699 @FischerKing64 Can you give an example when they “found a new revelation “ and changed their promises? That’s silly.

[Clint Teeples @TeeplesCY]

"You aren't a Christian if you don't accept the Trinity."

The history of that statement is quite shocking, and almost nobody who says it knows that acceptance of the doctrine of the Trinity was once enforced by exile, fire, and death.

Here is what happened.

For the first 300 years after Jesus, Christians did not agree on how He related to God the Father. They argued about it constantly. There was no official rule. That was just normal.

Then a priest named Arius said the Son came from the Father and was beneath Him. Not equal. Not eternal. A lot of Christians agreed with him. A lot. This was not some fringe group. For stretches of the next century, his side was winning.

Other Christians said the opposite. The Son was fully God, equal to the Father, no beginning. Two camps, same Bible, opposite conclusions.

The fighting got bad. Riots. Mobs in the streets. Christians brawling over the nature of God.

So the Roman emperor stepped in. Constantine. He had just won a civil war and he wanted his empire to stop fighting. He was not even baptized. He did not care about the theology. He cared about order.

In the year 325 he called the bishops to a town called Nicaea. He paid for it. He ran the meeting himself. And they voted. They ruled that the Son was equal to the Father, fully God, one substance with Him. That ruling is the core of the Trinity. It got settled in that room, by that vote, on one word that is not even in the Bible.

They wrote the ruling into an official statement of belief. A creed. Every bishop was expected to sign it.

That is the part people think is the story. It isn't. The shocking part is how they made everyone accept it.

Constantine made the bishops sign the creed. The few who refused, he banished.

Then he ordered every book Arius ever wrote to be burned.

Then he made a law. If you were caught hiding one of those books, you were put to death.

Even after all of that, the Trinity did not win for good.

A few years later Constantine changed his mind. He brought Arius back. And he exiled Athanasius, the bishop who had won the argument at Nicaea. That man got banished five separate times in his life for believing the thing the church now says you have to believe.

For the next fifty years it flipped back and forth. One emperor said Trinity. The next said no. Whoever sat on the throne decided what was true. The official belief about God changed every time power changed hands.

It finally got locked in by another emperor named Theodosius. He made the Trinity the law of the empire. Disagree, and you were a heretic. Not in some spiritual sense. By law. Backed by soldiers.

A few years after that, the empire executed a bishop for his beliefs. The first time the state put a Christian to death over doctrine. It would not be the last.

Then came the document that says it out loud. A creed written around the year 500. Almost five centuries after Jesus. They named it after Athanasius, that same bishop. He did not even write it. They put his name on it for the authority.

It opens by declaring that anyone who does not hold the Trinity, whole and complete, will perish forever. Believe it or be damned. Put in writing, and made the test of who gets saved.

So that is where the line comes from. Not from Jesus. Not from the apostles. From emperors and councils who needed a divided empire to fall in line.

The Trinity did not become the rule because the argument was settled. It became the rule because the side that held it had the throne, the law, and the sword.

The next time someone says you aren't a Christian unless you accept the Trinity, remember what it took to make that rule stick. Exile. Fire. And death.

[Glenn Beck @glennbeck]

Last night, I got a call from President Trump. During the call, I asked about how the Pentagon had reclassified my faith. He said he would look into it. This morning, he told me it had been fixed. Thank you, President Trump.

We can disagree on whether "Mormons are Christian." That's not what disturbed me about this. I don't want the GOVERNMENT classifying religions. That creates a dangerous tool that shouldn't be in the hands of ANY government.

I don't believe that was Hegseth's goal. But what happens if the power shifts and the "Jesus was nonbinary" camp takes over? Will they recategorize conservative Christians? The Biden administration already tried to link Catholicism to domestic terror.

If that possibility troubles you, then you understand my problem with this whole thing. I don't want the government to declare me a Christian. I want them to stay out of it.

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

@fredgoff @AndrewKolvet How many “trulluon” did Biden waste without accomplishing anything?

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

@CoRiverKid @AndrewKolvet Hello Mr TDA man. How’s the brain today?

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

@Mrbandot1 @AndrewKolvet You’re not a “doctor” of logic or English, are you? Learn the difference between deficit and debt. It’s not complicated. TDA moron.

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

They should keep Andy! Reds are letting too many proven winners leave the team!

[🇺🇸Ben Owen™️🇺🇸 @hrkbenowen]

Retweet if you’d like to see @JimmyKimmelLive fired.

@ABC and @Disney are tagged.

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

@nerd_dad_4life @KUTV2News You don't know what you're talking about.

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

@KUTV2News BIG MISTAKE, UTAH! Please research this. You can look next door to Colorado or Arizona. It's time to stand up for common sense and public safety.

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

@LDSLaw Why would DOJ be willing to settle? If convicted, could SPLC be dissolved?

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

@aheartforgod @prageru @ShabbosK This guy isn't going to consider EVIDENCE AND REASON TO THE CONTRARY of his current beliefs.

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

Not a joke. TRUE.

[Alex Goldin @alexgoldin74]

@EricLDaugh @GreenBelinda

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

The Pope cites Lebanon as an example of peaceful “coexistence” between Christians and Muslims.

Fun fact: Lebanon was literally created to be a homeland for persecuted Christians in the Middle East. And it was for a few decades.

The moment Muslim invaders thought they had the numbers, they started a civil war that lasted 15 years because they didn’t want to live with the same Christians who made them part of the country.

Thousands of Christians were massacred, Muslims became the majority, Hezbollah took over, and the country hasn’t known peace ever since.

Lebanon is the first and ultimate example that coexistence between Christians and Muslims is quite literally impossible.

It’s mind-blowing that anyone would use it as an example of coexistence, let alone the Pope.

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

@ByuSome Because it's not a money thing, just make sure the new offer is going to be a better situation. Due diligence, due diligence, due diligence (prayer is part of it!).

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

@Emailmaga2024 @JackPosobiec @LindaNDanny Love your enemies. Who said that?

[Larry Elder @larryelder]

#NoKings

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

@jozefi @JonnyRoot_ @EricLDaugh “Should be obvious.” No sir, not even a little.

[James Hendrix Jr. @true_blue_yeah]

A wise man.

[Nick Huber @sweatystartup]

Do not put your kid in a subcompact car when they get their license.

Corolla. Civic.

I wouldn’t even put them in a sedan.

Do you want them to survive their first accident or not?

My son will drive an F150 and my daughter will drive an Expedition.