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@dave_kellogg

Conservative libertarian, music junkie, & Red Sox fan

Indiana ๊ฐ€์ž…์ผ Ocak 2009
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@CherylSchatz I've seen Leighton Flowers and others cover this a good number of times. This is the kind of thing that most certainly turns people off to what White thinks is the God of the Bible.
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Cheryl Schatz ๐Ÿฉธ@CherylSchatzยท
James White takes issue with John MacArthur's position that all infants and unborn children who die go to heaven. White argues that the same election that applies to adults applies to infants, meaning there are elect infants and non-elect infants. In his view, God makes no exception for the unborn or the very young when it comes to election and its consequences.
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Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren@SenWarrenยท
BREAKING: A conservative court packed with Trump-appointed judges just ruled to ROLL BACK access to the abortion pill. This is a page straight out of extremist Republicansโ€™ anti-abortion playbook. Let me be clear: the abortion pill is safe and effective. We must fight back.
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Candace Owens
Candace Owens@RealCandaceOยท
Hearing that the Daily Wire laid off over 50% of their staff today. As much as I positively despise what their execs put me and my family through there are a lot of good people that work there with families to feed who could use a prayer.
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Right Wing Watch
Right Wing Watch@RightWingWatchยท
Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon says that since people will never give up democracy and the right to vote, they must be taken away by force: "Virtuous, ambitious, masculine men have to climb the ladder of power and forcefully take away from the people that which is their detriment."
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Chris Cotillo
Chris Cotillo@ChrisCotilloยท
Nate Eaton was optioned back to Worcester, clearing the way for Jake Bennett to start tomorrow.
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Soteriology101 ๐Ÿฉธ@Soteriology101ยท
I asked Grok this crucial question about Romans 9: โ€œIn Romans 9 when Paul poses the question, โ€œWho are you oh man to talk back to God,โ€ is he most likely referring to someone created by God for damnation questioning why God made them this way? Or is Paul most likely referring to an Israelite who has grown hardened despite Godโ€™s patience toward him who God is now molded for an ignoble purpose, like crucifying his own messiah so as to engraft the gentile people?โ€ What do you think of the answer: Paul is most likely referring to the second option: a hardened Israelite (or the Jewish objector representing that group) questioning Godโ€™s right to mold him for an ignoble historical purpose, despite Godโ€™s prior patience. This fits the immediate literary context of Romans 9, its Old Testament background, and the larger argument of Romans 9โ€“11 far more naturally than the first option (an individual created from the start for damnation). Hereโ€™s why, step by step from the text itself. 1. The immediate question and objection (Romans 9:19-20) Paul has just explained Godโ€™s sovereign choices in redemptive history: Isaac over Ishmael, Jacob over Esau, and mercy on whom He wills while hardening Pharaoh (vv. 6-18). A hypothetical objector then pushes back: โ€œWhy does He still find fault? For who can resist His will?โ€ (v. 19) Paulโ€™s reply is exactly the line you quoted: โ€œBut who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, โ€˜Why have you made me like this?โ€™โ€ (v. 20, ESV/NIV similar). The โ€œyou, O manโ€ is addressing the one raising the objectionโ€”someone who feels God is unfairly blaming people for a resistance that God Himself willed/hardened. In the flow of Romans (a letter full of imagined Jewish interlocutors in diatribe style), this objector represents the unbelieving or hardened Israelite who is grumbling about Godโ€™s current dealings with ethnic Israel. Paul is not picturing a generic person predestined to hell from eternity past wondering why God created him that way. He is rebuking the attitude of the very group Paul has been grieving over since 9:1-3 (his โ€œkinsmen according to the fleshโ€). 2. The potter-and-clay metaphor comes from the Old Testamentโ€”and itโ€™s about Israel as a nation, not individuals created for damnation Paul draws the image primarily from Jeremiah 18:1-11 (and echoes in Isaiah 29:16, 45:9). In Jeremiah, God sends the prophet to a potterโ€™s house: โ€ข The potter is working with a lump of clay (explicitly called โ€œthe house of Israel,โ€ v. 6). โ€ข When the vessel is marred (spoiled by the clayโ€™s own resistance), the potter remakes it into another vessel โ€œas it seemed good to the potter.โ€ โ€ข God then applies this directly: He has the sovereign right to reshape nations (especially Israel) based on their response, but the clay can be โ€œremadeโ€ if it repents. The metaphor emphasizes Godโ€™s authority and the clayโ€™s accountability. Paul is not inventing a new picture of God arbitrarily creating some people as โ€œtrash vesselsโ€ from the outset. He is applying the familiar Jewish image: Israel is the clay. It has become hardened/marred in rebellion (see also Acts 28:23-28, where Paul quotes Isaiah about Israelโ€™s calloused heart). God therefore has the right to mold part of the same lump (ethnic Israel) into โ€œvessels for honorable useโ€ (believing remnant) and part into โ€œvessels for dishonorable useโ€ (hardened majority prepared for judgment/destruction). The โ€œmaking like thisโ€ is remolding a previously patient, longsuffering people for a new redemptive purpose. 3. Verses 22-24 confirm the โ€œpatienceโ€ and redemptive purposeโ€”exactly as you described in option 2 โ€ข โ€œEndured with much patienceโ€ directly echoes Godโ€™s historical longsuffering toward Israel (see Romans 10:21, quoting Isaiah: โ€œAll day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary peopleโ€). This is not language of โ€œI created you evil from the womb.โ€ It is the language of a potter who has patiently worked with marred clay
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conversationpc ๐Ÿ“ข@dave_kelloggยท
Amongst starting pitchers with at least 5 starts so far this season, Brayan Bello has the 2nd highest ERA at 9.12. Only Max Scherzer has a higher ERA @ 9.64. #RedSox
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@paramounttactcl She basically said as much as she possibly could to indicate Erika was involved in the murder without actually saying it but certainly 100% implying it.
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Paramount Tactical - Gary Melton
Paramount Tactical - Gary Melton@paramounttactclยท
This is exactly what you say when the lawsuits hit and youโ€™re suddenly a lot less excited about โ€˜discoveryโ€™ than youโ€™ve been pretending to be.
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Codify
Codify@CodifyBaseballยท
How Often MLB Starters Pitched 7+ Innings: 1988: 48% 1989: 44% 1990: 41% 1991: 42% 1992: 44% 1993: 41% 1994: 41% 1995: 37% 1996: 37% 1997: 38% 1998: 38% 1999: 34% 2000: 36% 2001: 34% 2002: 35% 2003: 33% 2004: 32% 2005: 35% 2006: 31% 2007: 29% 2008: 29% 2009: 29% 2010: 34% 2011: 34% 2012: 30% 2013: 31% 2014: 31% 2015: 29% 2016: 23% 2017: 19% 2018: 18% 2019: 16% 2020: 11% 2021: 13% 2022: 14% 2023: 12% 2024: 13% 2025: 11% 2026: 9%
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conversationpc ๐Ÿ“ข@dave_kelloggยท
@InterTFC @CodifyBaseball It's just the opposite. Guys want to risk blowing their arm out so they can max out their velocity and increase their chances of advancing through the minors to make it to the big leagues.
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Damo
Damo@InterTFCยท
@CodifyBaseball Nobody wants to blow out their arm anymore
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conversationpc ๐Ÿ“ข@dave_kelloggยท
@ColVanderLoon @CodifyBaseball I would make it 5. Teams are going to take advantage of the rules and more and more of them are now going with an "opener" and then a "bulk" pitcher rather than starters who an actually throw innings. Some teams barely have a pitcher who even qualifies for the ERA title anymore.
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Colonel VanderLoon
Colonel VanderLoon@ColVanderLoonยท
@CodifyBaseball We need a rule where the starter goes 6-innings (or 100 pitches), or else you lose the DH for the rest of the game.
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Esteban Magallanes
Esteban Magallanes@EMag_7ยท
@CodifyBaseball @Buster_ESPN Even if the modern arm COULD go 7 innings regularly, seeing hitters a 3rd time is harder than ever. Analytics/scouting reports help hitters more than pitchers, Trajekt Arc, the ban on sticky stuff, banning extreme shifts. Every rule/advancement in baseball is tailored to offense.
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@TimothyRoot11 @CodifyBaseball I hate it. I saw a highlight recently of a team's pitchers celebrating after throwing a combined no-hitter. There were four or five pitchers involved. Maybe it's just me but a combined no-hitter doesn't thrill me at all.
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Timothy Root
Timothy Root@TimothyRoot11ยท
@CodifyBaseball I hate baseball now. Guy can have a one hitter or even no hitter going and they just yank him.
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conversationpc ๐Ÿ“ข@dave_kelloggยท
So far in 2026, MLB is at an all-time low in starters going at least 7 innings per start. Pathetic. 2016 was the last season where at least 20% of starters went 7+ innings. #MLB, please do something. The push for pitchers to throw with more and more velocity is the cause for this AND for the plethora of injuries these guys are experiencing. It's not good for the long run for the game.
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How Often MLB Starters Pitched 7+ Innings: 1988: 48% 1989: 44% 1990: 41% 1991: 42% 1992: 44% 1993: 41% 1994: 41% 1995: 37% 1996: 37% 1997: 38% 1998: 38% 1999: 34% 2000: 36% 2001: 34% 2002: 35% 2003: 33% 2004: 32% 2005: 35% 2006: 31% 2007: 29% 2008: 29% 2009: 29% 2010: 34% 2011: 34% 2012: 30% 2013: 31% 2014: 31% 2015: 29% 2016: 23% 2017: 19% 2018: 18% 2019: 16% 2020: 11% 2021: 13% 2022: 14% 2023: 12% 2024: 13% 2025: 11% 2026: 9%

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