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@brmorris It is hard to feel the need to refute someone who says there were no women pastors. It is not a serious argument. On the other hand the book "Tell Her Story" by Nijay Gupta is worth a read for anyone who wants to engage this topic.

Would anybody care to refute John MacArthur here? I’ll post some counter views soon. 1/ gty.org/library/sermon…

@LivingGodsTruth And that doesn’t mean there is no place for addressing sin with kindness. But I see so much inconsistency in how speaking truth applied is applied to selective issues. And with evangelism is inverted where actions not belief have become the focus and talking point.

@LivingGodsTruth I can’t belive all the bad takes on this. He said “we are seen” he doesn’t say it’s his personal critique. And in response… so many defensive double downs that “shouting” repentance is loving. But it’s Gods kindness and patience that leads to repentance.

It will be people who claim to be the most loving Christians who lead the charge for persecuting the true church. They will side with sinners who hate the true and living God before they pick up their cross and truly follow Christ.

@kevinmyoung Richard Beck’s book Unclean is such a worthwhile read on this topic. He examines the psychology of disgust and how it takes over our ability to see another as beloved by God.

MY CHRISTIAN FRIENDS: Going forward, all Christians are now seen as to blame for all anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crimes. YOU MIGHT DISAGREE, BUT: We said "Love the sinner. Hate the sin" ... but we never truly loved, in any way, AT ALL. Shouting "repent sinner" is NOT love. We own this.

@DaveFalk81 @jashthewordy @JoshuaWehrmeier @amanda_kongvold @kevinmyoung As @faithimprovised states, a better translation without changing the form of the original words would be “truth-ing in love”. Like, we live in a way that is true and do it in love. (The verb speaking is added in translation)

@profsamperry Wait jail, did he say jail? youtube.com/watch?v=eiyfwZ…

@bobstevenson Does he address how this would be different than the papacy?

@Faieby @AlsoACarpenter I wish it were so. But our Christian values are way too subjective and too attached to polarized narratives. Is owning guns a God given right, or anti-biblical? Is it more a Christian value to not be racist or to be anti-woke; to promote full religious liberty, or Theonomy?

@michaelahale @profsamperry Iran enforcing their interpretation of "God's law" is chilling.

@profsamperry Imagine the government enforcing God’s law. Penalties for murder, theft, adultery, bearing false witness, blasphemy. Can you imagine all that evil being restrained? Just chilling!

@julioorodgz @ZachWLambert Can one have strong convictions and not be dogmatic about them? I think that might be a bit more what he is getting at it. I have often heard these these terms used in that way to end conversation. Have you heard them used that way?

@ZachWLambert Summary: Don’t have strong convictions.

Please stop using “biblical” as synonym for your personal opinion. Please stop using “God clearly says” as a synonym for what your church teaches. Please stop using “orthodox” as a synonym for what your denomination believes.

@bobstevenson Power in Weakness by @faithimprovised goodreads.com/en/book/show/5…

@basedpublic @masonmennenga Yes it is. And that might be better! @grcastleberry exegesis is based in modernism where the objective was to remove God. Whereas postmodernism is in many ways a push back to the pre-modernism that is more similar to the biblical writers. It’s not the boogiman it’s made out to be

@masonmennenga Your hermeneutic is based on a post modern eisegesis.

evangelicals and their amelia bedelia hermeneutic:

@DavidAFrench Maybe… you put it nicely. But it might also be just a move to ignite grievance in the heart of individualist Americans. It isn’t becoming of us to always see help to another as a threat to our security. There’s something dark about stoking that flame for political posturing.

I think a lot of folks on this website don't appreciate the level of sacrifice that many folks endured to pay off or not take on student debt. And now to be asked to pay off other folks loans, including folks who are quite prosperous (or will be soon)?

@DavidAFrench Um I don’t think you are right about that! COVID Student loan payment pause ends this month right when debt forgiveness is announced. Unless I am missing something this seems like direct way to address what was an ongoing COVID relief that needed to end.

This should go without saying, but PPP loans aren't the same as college debt. We faced a natural disaster (pandemic) compounded by government shut-down orders that blocked people from working. PPP is better viewed as a form of disaster relief.

@moonlight_reads @McLengthyName @AlyssaKayeB @fixities @KatelynBeaty Dave Ramsey is going to force me to pay for those envelopes!

@PilgrimTweeter @TrueConsolation

@ZachWLambert When my conservative economic theory redefines this as “not forgiveness” no sweat is needed. Its obvious I’ll pay 2k to those irresponsible free loaders. So those * verses/parables don’t apply. Its only the evil liberals who read the Bible though their political lenses and not me

Has anyone done this yet?

@ElPichi931 @TylerHuckabee They have read the Bible... But it conflicts with conservative economic interpretation… so the Bible needs to be reinterpreted.

@TylerHuckabee It’s almost like most of them haven’t actually read the Bible. Weird

Christians on this website are literally like "we can't just FORGIVE our DEBTORS"

@PPWBPodcast Y’all need to give a listen to Tim Gombis @faithimprovised. Or better yet have him on the show. His study of Romans and specifically chapters 1/2 flips the whole thing on its head!

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