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“May God enable me to have a single eye and a simple heart, desiring to please God, to do good to my fellow creatures, and testify my gratitude to my adorable Redeemer.” -- William Wilberforce

Pride is the only sin the enemy never makes you feel guilty about. #derekprince #wisdom #pride

1 Corinthians 1:12-13 NLT Some of you are saying, “I am a follower of Paul.” Others are saying, “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Peter,” or “I follow only Christ.” Has Christ been divided into factions? Was I, Paul, crucified for you? Were any of you baptized in the name of Paul? Of course not!

Lutheran = Follower of Martin Luther Calvinist = Follower of John Calvin Catholic = Follower of the Pope Bible-believing Christian = Follower of Jesus

@5FITCEO May God bless you greatly!

@RootedLight Thank you so much

Be totally honest, what will you tell a newborn believer to do immediately after salvation???

Hi Wes, I am an admirer of your work. Thank you for taking the time to dive into the word for tongue. Could you share your thoughts on what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 14:2? Paul is referring to a language that only God understands. 1 Corinthians 14:2 NLT [2] For if you have the ability to speak in tongues, you will be talking only to God, since people won’t be able to understand you. You will be speaking by the power of the Spirit, but it will all be mysterious.

Seeing some response to my statement on @MikhailaFuller's podcast about speaking in tongues. Some potentially helpful clarification: First, I am not a cessationist (though I see myself being accused of it). I state in the interview that I believe that the spiritual sign gifts (tongues, prophesy, healing) still take place today, just not normatively like they were in the Apostolic era. Nonetheless, I hold to the standard exegetical position that biblical tongues refer to known languages. In Acts 2, the foundational instance, foreign speakers understood the disciples in their own native languages, establishing the clearest precedent for interpreting the phenomenon throughout Scripture. Secondly, while bliblical specialists and theologians debate whether tongues encompass human languages alone or include angelic speech, the consensus recognizes that a tongue functions as a language -- either immediately intelligible to hearers or requiring interpretation. The requirement that Paul places on interpretation in 1 Corinthians 14 indicates that tongues contain objective, propositional meaning subject to translation, and his statement that “every valid instance of tongues contains intrinsic, propositional meaning" reinforces this understanding. A prominent scholarly argument identifies glossolalia as “the miraculous ability to speak unlearned human and (possibly) divine or angelic languages,” with the most common usage of “tongues” referring to ordinary human languages. The term γλῶσσα throughout the NT carries two primary meanings: the human organ or a human language, and careful word studies demonstrate that it never denotes non-cognitive utterance. However, scholarly consensus isn’t absolute the core agreement across interpretations centers on cognitive content: tongues communicate meaningful, intelligible information rather than incoherent utterance. Third, the early church evidence after the Apostolic era is virtually unanimous: the Early Church Fathers consistently interpreted the gift of tongues as the capacity to speak the many languages used across the earth. Their writings indicate the gift served an evangelistic purpose enabling communication with non-Christian populations. The Patristics universally understood “tongues” in Acts and 1 Corinthians to refer to human languages, and ancient Christians understood the biblical gift of tongues as a miracle involving intelligible human languages. When the fathers described the phenomenon, they used concrete language: John Chrysostom wrote that believers “would suddenly speak in Persian, another in Latin, another in the language of the Indians or of some other people” (Homilies on First Corinthians, Homily 35), and Augustine stated that disciples “spoke in the languages of all the nations” (Sermon 269, Sermo CCLXIX. The most significant, and almost exclusive, early figure associated with ecstatic speech for tongues was Montanus, a 2nd-century prophet whose followers emphasized speaking in tongues; he was actually excommunicated (not necessarily for his position on tongues) around AD 177. By the late 2nd century, ecstatic interpretations of tongues were present but only in context of ecclesiastical concern. One interesting nuance appears with Philastrius in the 4th century, who understood angels as capable of conversing in all languages and believed the apostles received this same ability at Pentecost. However, this doesn’t represent a departure from the “knowable language” framework rather, the Early Church Fathers understood the gift of tongues as the ability to speak all languages spoken by people. The Church Fathers agreed the gift was the ability to speak all languages known to humankind, an ability they ascribed to angels, suggesting the “languages of angels” would not refer to a distinct heavenly language but rather to the capacity to communicate with anyone encountered. The historical record shows no discussion among the fathers of ecstatic utterances, unknown languages, or supernatural unintelligible speech. The gift remained firmly anchored to practical, learnable human languages throughout Patristic interpretation. So if you've stuck around this long, I think my position is both exegetically and historically sound.

@CSLewisDaily The essence of Christianity!

“The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.” - C.S. Lewis

@nekaishi Father, draw Justin to Your Son and grant him full sanctification. We give You praise. Amen.

Not gonna lie, if Justin Bieber dropped an album focused on Jesus and his own journey and struggle, I honestly think he’d single-handedly start a phenomenon Many of us grew up bashing Bieber, not knowing the horrors he was going through in his life. I don’t think most of us can even imagine the suffering this man endured To turn around, find Christ, and strive to become a better version of himself through everything he’s been through… I think he could truly make a huge impact on not only Hollywood, but Western culture as a whole Justin Bieber could single-handedly move the entire Western world if he used the voice God gave him for the purpose he was always meant for

John 15:13 NLT There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

I fell in love with this scripture: “There will come a time when your tears will fall, not because of your troubles, but because God has answered your prayers.” — 𝖧𝖠𝖡𝖠𝖪𝖪𝖴𝖪 𝟤:𝟥

@beyoumf Steve Irwin?

gun to your head name an australian

@RangerApologist Uh Trout???

How good was your teams best player ever ?

@TonyHinchcliffe when's Dave chapelle coming on kill Tony??

@seezyou Well said!

The plan is to MOVE. Move out. Move on. Move forward. Move up. Move smarter.

@sola_chad Zechariah

What’s an underrated book of the Bible that needs to be preached from more often?

Psalms 139:17-18 NLT How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me.

@steusmotus Movies have definitely regressed

Krypton space suit in 2026 vs Krypton space suit in 2013

@SambranoUlises Rooting for them! Let's gooo

Any other MLB team goes 22-4 and it would be the number 1 sports story.

@churchtalkative So good! He is everything!

Jesus in every Book of the Bible: Genesis – The promised Seed of the woman Exodus – The Passover Lamb Leviticus – The Perfect Sacrifice / High Priest Numbers – The Bronze Serpent lifted up Deuteronomy – The Prophet like Moses Joshua – The Captain of salvation Judges – The Deliverer Ruth – The Kinsman-Redeemer 1 Samuel – The Anointed King 2 Samuel – The Son of David 1 Kings – The Righteous King 2 Kings – The Everlasting King 1 Chronicles – The King of glory 2 Chronicles – The Temple builder Ezra – The Restorer Nehemiah – The Rebuilder of broken walls Esther – The Protector/Advocate Job – The Redeemer who lives Psalms – The Good Shepherd Proverbs – The Wisdom of God Ecclesiastes – The Meaning of life Song of Solomon – The Bridegroom Isaiah – The Suffering Servant Jeremiah – The Righteous Branch Lamentations – The Man of sorrows Ezekiel – The Son of Man Daniel – The Fourth Man in the fire Hosea – The Faithful Husband Joel – The Baptizer with the Spirit Amos – The Burden-bearer Obadiah – The Mighty Savior Jonah – The Risen Prophet Micah – The Ruler from Bethlehem Nahum – The Avenger of evil Habakkuk – The Justifier by faith Zephaniah – The Mighty to save Haggai – The Desire of nations Zechariah – The Pierced One Malachi – The Sun of righteousness Matthew – The Messiah, King of the Jews Mark – The Servant Luke – The Son of Man John – The Son of God / Word made flesh Acts – The Risen Lord in the Church Romans – The Justifier 1 Corinthians – The Resurrection 2 Corinthians – The Comforter Galatians – The Liberator Ephesians – The Head of the Church Philippians – The Joy Colossians – The Fullness of God 1 Thessalonians – The Coming King 2 Thessalonians – The Judge 1 Timothy – The Mediator 2 Timothy – The Faithful Witness Titus – The Blessed Hope Philemon – The Friend closer than a brother Hebrews – The Great High Priest James – The Living Faith 1 Peter – The Chief Shepherd 2 Peter – The Returning Lord 1 John – Love incarnate 2 John – Truth 3 John – The Way Jude – The Keeper Revelation – The King of Kings and Lord of Lords

@IsTruth86582 Uh how about both

Skip church and read your Bible.

@NoahKingJr Cook

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