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If you're right, but you're wrong in the way that you're right...you're wrong....even if you're right. - JM
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Jon Groves
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Jon Groves
@JonLGroves
Helping believers find clarity in their faith so they can grow strong, lead boldly, and live powerfully. 📖 Honor Church’s Pastor • Ali’s Husband • Siena’s Dad
Orlando, FL Katılım Mart 2009
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Nothing after this line matters.
There is no reason, ever, under any circumstances, in any universe, where it is appropriate for a man to make this statement about his wife.
True or not.
With or without her permission.
This is her story, not “theirs.”
THIS is what is wrong with Evangelicalism.
Trevor Sheatz@TrevorSheatz
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)
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Iran publicly executes a teen champion wrestler for participating in protests against the Khamenei regime. tmz.me/S0UJCid
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There was no secret chord that David played that pleased the Lord.
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What is one hard truth in the Bible that many people avoid talking about?
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koh amar YHWH
qedosh yisra’el veyotzero
ha’otiyyot she’aluni
al-banai
ve‘al-po‘al yadai tetzavvuni
Isaiah 45:11
“Thus says the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:
Ask me of things to come;
will you command me concerning my children
and the work of my hands?”
I love Isaiah 45:11… growing up in a king James version only Church allowed me to hear it mispreached dozens of times. It is not an invitation to command God. It is a rebuke of people who presume to question or instruct Him.
Translated, You may inquire of me.
But you do not command me.
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1. “Rebuke our disease”
Luke 4:39 (King James Version)
“And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.”
Jesus rebuked sickness directly.
Also:
Luke 9:1 (King James Version)
“Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.”
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2. “Cast out our problems”
Believers were explicitly commanded to cast things out.
Mark 16:17 (King James Version)
“And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues.”
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Matthew 17:20 (King James Version)
“For verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.”
Mountains represent problems or obstacles.
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3. “Speak into our trials”
Jesus specifically taught speaking to situations.
Mark 11:23 (King James Version)
“For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.”
Faith is expressed by speaking.
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4. “Claim our success”
Scripture repeatedly teaches confession and expectation of victory.
2 Corinthians 4:13 (King James Version)
“We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak.”
Also:
Joshua 1:8 (King James Version)
“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night… for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”
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5. “Demand God to do something”
Scripture actually invites bold requests.
Isaiah 45:11 (King James Version)
“Thus saith the Lord… concerning the work of my hands command ye me.”
Also:
Hebrews 4:16 (King James Version)
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
J.C. Ryle@JCRyle
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Can Christianity Be Proven? The Burden of Proof Explained x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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@StrongMarriage5 @JoshuaBarzon I have searched high and low for an ESV in dark mode and cannot find it anywhere
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@JoshuaBarzon No ... because they only have KJV.
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@JohnPiper Are you running for Minnesota governor now? Have the same people who paid off Andy Stanley now purchased your platforms?
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“You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” Leviticus 19:34
Christians know the miserable bondage we were all in.
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@HouseDemocrats Zero AMERICAN communities at risk.
But you are right on costs… my car used to hold $60 of gas and now it can only hold $40.
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Donald Trump’s presidency has been an absolute disaster for the American people.
Costs are skyrocketing. Access to affordable health care is disappearing. And Kristi Noem’s ICE is brutalizing American communities.
You deserve better.
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@GovTimWalz I think we’ve seen more issues from non-binary triggered…
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Today I’m proposing a ban on assault rifles, high-capacity magazines, binary triggers, firearms without serial numbers, and more.
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"Effective immediately, all National Security TARIFFS, Section 232 and existing Section 301 TARIFFS, remain in place, and in full force and effect. Today I will sign an Order to impose a 10% GLOBAL TARIFF, under Section 122, over and above our normal TARIFFS already being charged..." - President Donald J. Trump
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It’s absolutely important that people know the truth about sin, God, redemption, conversion, and the Christian life. But that doesn’t automatically make TULIP the measuring stick of truth.
Scripture defines those truths, not a 16th-century framework. The Bible teaches human responsibility alongside God’s initiative. People are genuinely called to repent and believe (Acts 17:30). Christ died for the world, not a secret subset (John 3:16, 1 John 2:2). Grace is resistible, because people are warned not to harden their hearts (Hebrews 3:12–15). Faith is not a work that earns salvation, but the God-ordained means of receiving it (Ephesians 2:8–9).
So yes, truth matters. But the truth Scripture emphasizes is that God lovingly offers salvation for all, genuinely invites all, and holds people accountable for their response. That’s not a denial of grace. That’s the biblical tension between divine sovereignty and human responsibility.
Preach the Word
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You don’t have to tiptoe through the tulip once you stop and smell the ROSES pastor! 🌹
R • Responsibility of man
God commands all people everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30). Commands imply real responsibility and real ability to respond (Deut 30:19, Josh 24:15).
O • Offer of salvation to all
Christ died for the world, not a preselected few (John 3:16, 1 John 2:2, 1 Tim 2:4–6). The invitation is genuinely universal (Isaiah 55:1, Rev 22:17).
S • Salvation conditioned on faith
People are saved through trusting Christ, not by being secretly regenerated first (John 20:31, Romans 10:9–13). Faith is the means God ordained (Eph 2:8).
E • Enabled by grace, not coerced by it
Grace draws, convicts, and enables, but can be resisted (John 12:32, Acts 7:51, Matt 23:37). Love that cannot be refused is not love.
S • Security in Christ
Believers are secure as they continue trusting Christ (John 10:28–29, Romans 8:38–39), but Scripture still warns against unbelief (Hebrews 3:12). Assurance rests in abiding faith, not fatalism.
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Is it important that people know
the truth about sin?
The truth about God?
The truth about redemption?
The truth about their own conversion?
The truth about the Christian life?
Then TULIP is important.
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Exodus 34:28 “So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.”
1 Kings 19:8 “And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God.”
Matthew 4:2 “And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.”
GIF
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There are no examples of fasting for 40 days anywhere in the Bible
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@prinkasusa Agree!
And death penalty for rapist rather than for the baby.
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if abortion is ILLEGAL, men abandoning their pregnant partners should be ILLEGAL too. if women can’t opt out of PREGNANCY, then men shouldn’t be able to opt out of FATHERHOOD either!
ً@prinkasusa
what unpopular opinion can put you in this position???
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Happy Sunday, America.
May God continue to shed His Grace on our Great Nation.
‘The Church Supper’ —James Baare Turnbull
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