Thomas W Edwards

True repentance. In turning from sin, the heart looks not back with longing at what has been left behind. “Remember Lot's wife.” Luke 17:32.

Sin deceives as Jael did; first it brings delight through delicious milk; then it drives a tent peg through the skull. First it courts, then it kills. Doctrine of Repentance - Thomas Watson

The Left: having a baby could destroy a young woman’s life. The Right: having a baby will ground you and make you a better person. We are not the same.

@Rainmaker1973 You lost me at concerns over the effectiveness of mRNA vaccines

Your tattoo isn’t just decorative ink: it’s a permanent trigger that keeps your immune system locked in a lifelong cycle of chronic inflammation. As soon as the ink is injected into your skin, your body recognizes the pigment particles as foreign invaders. Immune cells called macrophages immediately swarm the area and attempt to swallow them up. But because they can’t actually break down the ink, the macrophages eventually die, releasing the pigment back into the surrounding tissue — only for a new wave of macrophages to arrive and repeat the process. This endless cycle is what keeps the tattoo permanently visible, while also maintaining a state of ongoing, low-level inflammation in the skin. Over time, some of these ink particles migrate through the lymphatic system and accumulate in the lymph nodes, placing constant stress on the body’s defense mechanisms. Emerging research suggests this internal ink buildup may interfere with normal immune function, potentially reducing the effectiveness of certain vaccines, including mRNA types. Additionally, many tattoo inks contain heavy metals like nickel and cobalt. Combined with the chronic inflammation, this has been linked to a modestly elevated risk of lymphoma and skin cancer. While tattoos remain a powerful form of self-expression, they represent a complex, decades-long biological conflict between your immune system and foreign substances embedded in your skin. [Nielsen, C., Jerkeman, M., & Jöud, A. S. (2024). Tattoos as a risk factor for systemic lymphoma: A population-based case-control study. eClinicalMedicine]

@EditrixLane @MattSwiftyPerry @virgilwalker “To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.” 1 Corinthians 7:10-11.

@ThomasWiEdwards @MattSwiftyPerry @virgilwalker Oh, honey. Just own what you want! Because separation isn’t really in there either! Who’s to say that beating your wife and kids isn’t love to get her to obey? If he thinks it’s love, it’s love, right?

No-fault divorce has wrecked more families than almost anything else in the last 50 years. Agree or disagree, and why? Christians, let’s talk real solutions.

@ellelledeell @virgilwalker Women want a husband that loves in a I Corinthians 13:4-8 and Ephesians 5:25-27 fashion, and that is what I offer my wife. A woman should be careful to look for the love of Christ in her potential spouse before entering into a covenant with him.

@ThomasWiEdwards @virgilwalker Women don’t want what you’re offering It’s creepy and bad for children

@ellelledeell @virgilwalker No one has said it’s okay to physically abuse your spouse. Separation should immediately occur in that situation. More likely than not, the physically abusive spouse is also committing physical adultery, which provides grounds for a divorce. The point is about scripture.

@ThomasWiEdwards @virgilwalker Wife-beating is a crime But thanks for revealing the real reason y’all can’t stay married

@EditrixLane @MattSwiftyPerry @virgilwalker Separation is advised and permissible. But please give scriptural support for anything beyond separation.

@ThomasWiEdwards @MattSwiftyPerry @virgilwalker So the abusive spouse can remain abusive. Y’all should just be honest you want a return to coverture and stop with the rest. It’s what you want, just own it. It’ll save you the lies.

@Kohotek71 @MattSwiftyPerry @virgilwalker So you don’t think God giving the one exception for divorce is God giving us His instruction on how to handle divorce? You’re adding an exception that has no scriptural foundation so far. Do you have scripture to support your position?

@ThomasWiEdwards @MattSwiftyPerry @virgilwalker “ I get that you don’t agree. Let the spouse who divorced in order to get away take that up with God.”

@ellelledeell @virgilwalker So no verses that permit divorce from “controlling or abusive” spouses?

@ThomasWiEdwards @virgilwalker Yeah it’s time to be done with blaming the women for choosing bad men, instead of just holding the bad men accountable

@ellelledeell @virgilwalker That protection is called: “do not be unequally yoked” and be careful who you covenant with. Please show the verse that permits divorce from “controlling or abusive” spouses?

@ThomasWiEdwards @virgilwalker Women need to have protection from controlling or abusive spouses.

@Kohotek71 @MattSwiftyPerry @virgilwalker “and show which verse states a spouse may divorce an abusing spouse?”

@ThomasWiEdwards @MattSwiftyPerry @virgilwalker Physical abuse. I think a physically abusive spouse has abandoned the marriage and broken the covenant. They aren’t believers. I get that you don’t agree. Let the spouse who divorced in order to get away take that up with God.

@MattSwiftyPerry @Kohotek71 @virgilwalker and show which verse states a spouse may divorce an abusing spouse?

@ThomasWiEdwards @Kohotek71 @virgilwalker “Yall”? I said it one time. Physical, Verbal, Sexual abuse all of this is never okay.

@Kohotek71 @MattSwiftyPerry @virgilwalker Ya’ll throw the term “abuse” around like the Bush administration threw around the term “terrorism” - define “abuse” and show which verse states a spouse may divorce an abusing spouse?

@ThomasWiEdwards @MattSwiftyPerry @virgilwalker An abused spouse staying legally tethered to the abuser wouldn’t work. The abuser broke the covenant.

@smith_john20233 @HarrenGWarding @virgilwalker Does scripture say: “if your spouse beats and rapes you, that you can divorce your spouse?” You can separate.

@ThomasWiEdwards @HarrenGWarding @virgilwalker This guy thinks you should be able to beat and rape your wife

@Elcee373095 @virgilwalker Separation

@ThomasWiEdwards @virgilwalker Have you ever been betrayed? Oppressed/abused? Deceived by a spouse living a double life?

@MattSwiftyPerry @virgilwalker Separation

@ThomasWiEdwards @virgilwalker abusive relationships?

@Faithful2Pray @HarrenGWarding @virgilwalker “These people” believe scripture says you can separate, but not remarry absent adultery. The likelihood of having a physically abusive spouse that is also an adulterer is high.

@HarrenGWarding @ThomasWiEdwards @virgilwalker Agreed. I don’t believe in these hardline ‘divorce is only acceptable in _____’ cases. This tells me these people have never experienced an abusive spouse, or a narcissist spouse that knows exactly how to make your life a living hell.

@HarrenGWarding @virgilwalker I never said they have to stay with them - they can separate and should separate from a physically abusive spouse.

@ThomasWiEdwards @virgilwalker So, victims of domestic violence and child abuse just have to stay and tough it out? That’s quite literally insane,

@HarrenGWarding @virgilwalker “Sexual immorality” is the only ground permitting you to divorce your spouse. “Abandonment” is done by an unbeliever; and it is not you divorcing your spouse, but the unbeliever divorcing the believer. The believer is not to initiate divorce. Can you elaborate on the third?

@ThomasWiEdwards @virgilwalker In the NT “Sexual immorality” (Mt. 5:31-32), “Abandonment” (1 Cor. 7:15) and “hardness of heart” (Mt. 19:8). I’m sure you’ll want to pick and choose which ones you think still apply so go right ahead.

@carlaskaufel @virgilwalker You keep giving man-made, arbitrary justification for why people believe they’re in the right to take an extra-biblical stance against God’s position on divorce and leave their spouse. My question, which you are ignoring is, what does the Bible say: when is divorce permissible?

@ThomasWiEdwards @virgilwalker Most people don’t treat their spouse the way God teaches us to treat others. Marriage is forever.. but also it’s loving & kind, etc. Too many are skipping the loving & kind part then act all shocked & surprised & confused that their spouse wants out.