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HT @JBStonestreet, basically just rephasing your TW&E Culture Friday segment. What a wonderful testimony and a convicting and inspiring example.

In another country (or state) & under a different worldview, someone like @BenSasse would be offered "death with dignity": taking his own life before natural death. Instead, he is showing what true death with dignity can be. You really have to consider yourself dead already.

@theblaze Give me the list of 10 things Rs would do without the filibuster. Then compare to what Dems would do. Assess whether this looks like “winning.”

I wish I could send this to my dog 😂

It’s 330am on July 5th, 1985, 18th inning of a game between the Mets/Braves. The Braves are down 11-10 and down to their last hitter. They send reliever Rick Camp, who had a batting average of .062. Beautiful call by legendary broadcaster, John Sterling. Rest easy, John

Wait....the Rubio DJ video was real? Maybe we are cooked, as the kids say.

Brevard Childs reportedly once told a student: if you want to become a better exegete, become a deeper person. Something similar could be said for so many aspects of our lives. Here's one: if you want a more Christian society, become a more deeply Christian person.

The Claude Delusion

@HannahGraceLong Winner

In a representative democracy, you eventually and usually get the leaders you deserve. There is a reason Ben Sasse did not last as long as he may have liked in the Senate. We did not deserve him. (but I am hopeful still that we can some day)

@PastorRyanA @richbarcellos *thought Sry. I thought this was a Barcellos T/F. Not that I think he posted it first.

@Brad_Cone @richbarcellos Hmmm... I don't recall seeing it. Time to search it up!

The holiness without which one cannot see God is strictly Christ's righteousness. T/F?

In elder plurality, every pastor has shepherds who watch over his soul. What a kind gift! But the benefit of elder parity is that every pastor has shepherds to whom he must submit (Heb 13:17).

@RevivedThoughts The more interesting case to me is Solomon.

This is controversial and I didn't realize it until today but here it goes: It is very unlikely King Saul is in Heaven. He murdered the priests of Nob, desolated the Gibeonites, tried to kill his son and David, and the day before God killed him he was breaking the command not to speak to a necromancer. He has no fruit of a godly life, and no evidence of a genuine repentance. He rejected God continuously, had the Spirit taken from him, and was tortured by a demon. His life is a tragedy that grieved Samuel and brought ruin to his family. Yes Jesus can love and forgive anyone. But there's no Scriptural evidence for it with Saul.

@mungowitz aka, it is fundamentally a cultural issue, not a purely economic one (as what typically gets the focus) The infant and maternal mortality rate alone is the proof. It is hard to imagine anything like 8-10% infant and dealing with all that brings.

And it's not close. The resources and conveniences are far greater than with any previous generation. It's still difficult, and young folks have been taught they are too fragile and damaged to do difficult things.

@mungowitz kinda like when Jackson left out the scourging of the shire

I read this. And then I had to go for a walk to calm down. The whole POINT of AF is destroyed to serve the Serkis political viewpoint. I can imagine him smiling and thinking, "There....FIXED it!"

@Bezner I may steal this illustration to open my Sunday School lesson on Colossians 3 this week.

Think of walking into a silent disco. Everyone is dancing, but you can't hear the music. You *want* to get a pair of headphones so you can join in. Christians should live in such a way that others want to hear the music.

After Seeing Ben Sasse's Incredible Faith And Character, Nation Understands Why He Had To Leave Politics buff.ly/jUgk9XJ

@ReformedArsenal He did include second person plurals tho and the English (modern understandings and renderings) obscures it. lets go yallversion.com

And yet the Holy Spirit did not see fit to transliterate Joshua into Greek. We should stop trying to be wiser than God.

@Bezner I will never forget Dever saying he preferred them to weddings. Stuck with me.

Teaching on funerals today. Any long-time pastor will tell you: It's a powerful ministry, and it's one that is often overlooked.