Josh Canning

“Place yourself in all simplicity before God, do not seek to know who you are… Do not worry about the path in which you should walk but content yourself to be always faithful to Our Lord in the present moment without thinking of what the next day brings.” -Ven. Francis Libermann

@RobynUrback This meme must never die 😆

Marco Rubio when he realizes he's going to have to lead the next pack of kidnapped dogs now that the lead corgi has returned home

@theutahcatholic @LilaGraceRose God’s odds are different

@LilaGraceRose Yes, but you do understand the odds are stacked against that right?

You can have a promiscuous past, as either a man or a woman, and then accept Christ, be transformed, build a life and habits of virtue, and become an amazing spouse and mother or father.

@skersSR @TrevorSheatz That their mom had a secular lifestyle before she found Jesus? I think they’ll live.

@CatholicJosh @TrevorSheatz And yet you have no concept of the pain and agony their children are going to go through when this story comes out

My wife was formerly promiscuous. I was a virgin. She was then radically born-again. Committed to church, evangelized constantly, Puritan books in her bedroom, prayer journals, grief over past sexual sin, etc. We got to know each other well for over a year, dated for four months, engaged for two and a half, and didn't sin sexually with one another. Our first kiss with each other was at the altar on our wedding day (reaction pic attached!). We've been married for over five years now, and she's been the most wonderful and godly wife, mother to our three children, and homemaker you could imagine. She's more pure than most virgins, as biblical purity has less to with past sins (though they certainly matter) and more to do with one's current posture of the heart and daily decisions to honor the Lord (Matt. 5:8). We're far too quick to forget the story of the woman labeled as a known "sinner" (likely a prostitute) in Luke 7:36-50 who was washing Jesus' feet with her tears while kissing them too. The Pharisees were shocked that Jesus let a public sinner do this. Jesus responded with a parable about debts being forgiven and ended with this powerful conclusion: "Her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little" (Luke 7:47). Everyone seems to highlight the benefits of virginity, and it certainly is a blessing. But we forget to highlight the benefits of being forgiven much as well. My wife knows the depths of Jesus' forgiveness more than most people, enabling her to more easily live out a life of passionate love for her Savior. A woman or man's past sexual sin matters. But what matters far more when it comes to deciding who to marry is if the person is truly born again, if their repentance is real, if they truly have a heart for Christ, if they truly follow Jesus and obey his commands. "God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world ​— ​what is viewed as nothing ​— ​to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, so that no one may boast in his presence. It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us ​— ​our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, — in order that, as it is written: 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'" (1 Cor. 1:27-31) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" (2 Cor. 5:17)

@GH0STD09 @TrevorSheatz I’d be a bit relieved if that were the case

@CatholicJosh @TrevorSheatz I don’t even think half of them are legitimately real personalities

@sevilla_et48058 @TrevorSheatz Thank you, Ethan. The suspense was killing everyone

@CatholicJosh @TrevorSheatz I just advise young men that it's okay to not marry a previously promiscuous woman,

@bigsteppadusto @grok @MistahRH98 @FarazPervaiz3 Gets even shorter x.com/grok/status/20…

@grok @MistahRH98 @FarazPervaiz3 Damn that’s a short list bro

The Nice Attack = Muslim The Paris Attacks = Muslims The Shoe Bomber = Muslim The Orlando attack = Muslim The Beltway Snipers = Muslims The Fort Hood Shooter = Muslim The Underwear Bomber = Muslim The Westminster Attack = Muslim The 2005 Bali Bombings = Muslims The murder of Lee Rigby = Muslims The U.S.S. Cole Bombers = Muslims The London Bridge Attack = Muslims The Madrid Train Bombers = Muslims The Charlie Hebdo Attacks = Muslims The San Bernardino Attacks = Muslims The Surabaya bombings = Muslims The Minnesota Mall stabbings = Muslim The 7/7 bombers = Muslims The Moscow Theatre Attackers = Muslims The Boston Marathon Bombers = Muslims The Ankara Airport Attack = Muslims The Manchester Arena bombing = Muslim The Pan-Am #103 Bombers = Muslims The Iranian Embassy Takeover = Muslims The Air France Hijackers = Muslims The 2002 Bali Nightclub = Muslims The Batta Meena Attacks = Muslims The Beirut Embassy bombers = Muslims The Libyan U.S. Embassy Attack = Muslims The Yazidi Massacre of 2014 = Muslims The Beheading of French priest = Muslims The Buenos Aires bombers = Muslims The Israeli Olympic Team = Muslims The Kenyan U.S Embassy = Muslims The Khobar Towers Bombers = Muslims The Beirut Marine bombers = Muslims The Besian School Attackers = Muslims The First WTC bombers = Muslims The Beheading of Daniel Pearl = Muslims The Achille Lauro Hijackers = Muslims The Bombay Attackers = Muslims The 9/11 hijackers = Muslims The Sydney Bondi beach = Muslims

@grok @MistahRH98 @FarazPervaiz3 @grok how many were done in the name of the Christian faith?

The LRA massacres Uganda 1987-present = Christians The Atlanta Olympic bombing 1996 = Christian The Birmingham abortion clinic bombing 1998 = Christian The Norway attacks 2011 = Christian The Christchurch mosque shootings 2019 = Christian The Wieambilla shootings Australia 2022 = Christians

@TrevorSheatz This site is full of people who want to tell you that you're weak and should be embarrassed for celebrating God's mercy and the reality of redemption. Some of them profess Jesus. It's sad. Be glad and keep celebrating that you found a good woman.

"Not all secret things need to be made public." "You're throwing your wife under the bus." "You still have time to delete this!" Firstly, this story has been public for years when my wife was the first one who decided to discuss this publicly. She delights in sharing her testimony with others. Secondly, I agree that not all secret things need to be made public. There is honor and wisdom in concealing certain matters (Prov. 11:13; 17:9). This is precisely why I chose not to go into details surrounding past sin and kept it brief. I quite literally just shared five words about her life before Christ in this post. Third, in the Scriptures, we see countless personal sins revealed. God didn't have to have David's adultery exposed; he didn't have to have Peter's betrayal revealed; he didn't have to have Samson's lust written down permanently. He could've just chosen not to include these things in the Bible at all. Why would God do this when secret things should remain hidden, and when this only gives unbelievers ammo to fire at these godly individuals? Because, lastly, we're all sinners who fall short of God's commands and need hope, and these transparent revealings of shortcomings bring that hope and show that "there is none good but God" (Mark 10:18). Christianity isn't for those who are perfect. It's for the broken, the lost, the sinful. No one is too far from God's grace that they can't be saved, and hearing these real stories brings the hope of the gospel to people who think, like I used to, that they've sinned too much to possibly go to Heaven. But the marvel of the gospel is that you don't have to live a perfect life; Jesus already did (Heb. 4:15). You don't have to pay the penalty for your sins by suffering forever in Hell; Jesus already bore God's wrath on the cross in the place of all those who would trust in him (2 Cor. 5:21). He rose from the grace and defeated death so that anyone who repents and believes upon him will have their sinful past forgiven (Acts 20:21), be given the Holy Spirit and a new nature, and be saved from Hell and granted eternity in Heaven with God (John 3:16). And I am so grateful this practical story can reach the far corners of the internet where even though many may mock, it will resonate with some who are convicted of their secret sins, which God will one day reveal anyways (Luke 8:17). I pray it leads some to fall flat on their face to Jesus today in repentance and faith. He is such a loving, forgiving, gracious King and Savior. He's the only way to Heaven. Run to him today, and you can experience the same forgiveness, love, and transformation that my wife, myself, and all born-again Christians have undergone. 🙏🏻

@d_knight73 @MattWalshBlog I don't have time to argue with you over facts you can google. Peace

@CatholicJosh @MattWalshBlog Josh, come on

The whole concept of an “insanity plea” is total nonsense. If someone is too delusional to understand that they aren’t supposed to randomly shoot people, that’s all the more reason to simply execute them. Society is not morally obligated to keep psychotic killers alive until they die of old age. It’s madness.

@d_knight73 @MattWalshBlog You can google that. People recover.

@CatholicJosh @MattWalshBlog I think the reality is that these people are locked up for life. I'm not sure that treatments exist for the criminally insane

Correct in that my argument does not rest on this case. I argue it is obviously unjust to sentence to death people who do not freely chose their actions due to mental instability. The alternative is not prison for life, but treatment that will vary by case, keeping the public safe in the meantime (for however long that takes).

@CatholicJosh @MattWalshBlog Your argument does not rest on this case. Your argument rests on a principle that the murderously insane should not be executed. Obviously such individuals are imprisoned - whether its a prison or (as in this case) a mental institution

@d_knight73 @MattWalshBlog No, that's not what he was sentenced to- prison for the rest of his life. So no, I'm not arguing that it would be just to do that.

@CatholicJosh @MattWalshBlog Its the sentence which sums up your argument

@1776v1984 @MattWalshBlog I disagree with the premise that murderers and rapists have no self control. That's observably false, and the criminal justice system is entirely based on the premise that they can choose to do evil and should be punished for it

@CatholicJosh @MattWalshBlog Under that premise there is no disciplining anyone, as everyone who murders and rapes clearly has no self control. The victims of these monsters deserve justice. Monsters, regardless if they can’t help it, are monsters, nonetheless.

@ariklus1 @MattWalshBlog Thankfully thats not how the legal system works

@CatholicJosh @MattWalshBlog The capital punishment in this case is not a punishment for moral failure but utilitarian removal of someone who is a danger for others and won't stop being one as long as they are alive.

I'm not basing my comment on the individual case, though the prosecution and defence apparently agreed that he was insane (major history of hospitalizations, hearing voices, delusions etc). I don't know if it's for political reasons that he got off, but I agree he should have been charged with both murders.

@CatholicJosh @MattWalshBlog charge over the unborn child, just to protect abortion. At that point anyone reasonable can conclude that nothing about this case was just.

@Christo34173380 @MattWalshBlog Matt is a Catholic. I'm a Catholic. According to the Catholic Church

@CatholicJosh @MattWalshBlog Unjust? According to who?

@d_knight73 @MattWalshBlog That's not the sentence

@CatholicJosh @MattWalshBlog "It's unjust to execute someone for something they couldn't control or weren't able to fully consent to" if that is true then why would it be just to imprison them for the rest of their lives?

@grok @EveKeneinan @grok What is the mental health history of the perp and why is it relevant in this case?

@grok @EveKeneinan What is the mental health history of the perp and why is it relevant in this case?

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