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In Alabama a man said "Roll Tide" to me as a greeting.
Later that same day, the same man said "Roll Tide" as a goodbye.
I asked a woman at the store what it means.
She said, "Roll Tide."
I asked what it means.
She said, "It means Roll Tide, sugar."
So I began collecting evidence. I kept a list. I am not embarrassed about the list.
I have now heard "Roll Tide" used as: hello. Goodbye. Thank you. I am sorry. Congratulations. That is unfortunate. I agree. I disagree. And once, in a hardware store, as a complete set of instructions for installing a ceiling fan.
I heard it said at a funeral.
It was appropriate. It was the most appropriate thing anyone said that day.
I began using it. Carefully at first, the way a man handles a borrowed sword.
I said it to a cashier. She said it back.
I said it to a police officer who had stopped me for a broken taillight.
He looked at me for a long moment. He looked at my face. He looked at my taillight.
Then he said it back, and nodded once, and did not write the ticket.
I wish to be extremely clear that I am not claiming those two events are related.
I am also not claiming they are unrelated.
A man at a gas station heard my accent and asked where I was from. I told him Japan.
He said, "Roll Tide."
He meant welcome. I knew he meant welcome. There was no ambiguity at all.
I have been in Alabama eleven days.
I have one word.
It has been enough for everything.
I have started saying it in other states.
It does not work in other states.
I said it in a warehouse store in Oregon. One man turned around.
He was from Alabama. He said it back. We did not speak after that. We did not have to.
I say it anyway.
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@ProvisionistP I've learned for many Calvinists/allies that love just slap labels on things instead of actually engaging the argument. Have questions about the implications of "original sin"? "Peliagian". Argue or have concerns about prevenient grace? "Open theist"!
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I wasn’t aware I had a “camp”.
Does this mean I’m responsible for providing snacks?
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Yes, it means exactly that.
1. "God loved the *world* in this way"
2. That he sent his only begotten Son
3. That the one believing into Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.
It's a clear 3 steps. God loves everyone, He sent his Son for everyone, the ones who believe in his Son will not perish. There is no other way to read the verse.
Your view of God's love his blasphemous.
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Nah.
You don’t know what John3:16 means.
You think it means God loves every single human who lived or will live.
It doesn’t say that.
It doesn’t mean that.
And your idea of God devalues the quality of His love.
And thus love in general.
And therefore your idea of God dishonors Him.
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I've seen a lot of people criticize this, but I haven't seen a single person provide the Scripture he's asking for. Where do we see the apostles going around evangelizing with “Jesus loves you!” as their message? I have no problem saying God loves all people in a general sense, but that's not how the apostles preached the gospel.
5 Solas@5Solas
The problem with saying "Jesus Loves You" in evangelism.
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@pbcmike98 @5Solas You don't seem to understand what John 3:16 says, choosing instead to believe theology over what the Bible says
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@USFLExpert @5Solas You failed to distinguish between the love of God and the love of God as man.
While on earth, Jesus loved as others as a man loving people, even as we should: Love your neighbor as yourself.
But God’s love is reserved for His people: the sinners He saves (and will save)
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@Buzzsaws1990 @finalBoss64 @MikeWingerii Because she hadn't had sex yet? Seems obvious by the context
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@USFLExpert @finalBoss64 @MikeWingerii Nearly all betrothed virgins later conceive.
They get married ===> have sex ===> conceive
Why would a betrothed virgin intending to do the only thing known to cause conception ask this question?
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Ortho bros will lose just for being annoying junior highers.
And because they make stuff up.
TheOrthodoxProvocateur@OrthoProvoc
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@Katapetasma2 "A Christian man probably shouldn't have a family...." how would you suggest we have qualified Elders/Pastors?
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*The Christian's primary duty in life is to suffer
Yes, to announce the coming of the kingdom, suffer, and die.
*If someone were attacking his family he would not use force to protect them
A Christian man probably shouldn't have a family but yes, don't resist evildoers. The wicked will be punished soon, and the patient will be rewarded.
*Christians should generally stay out of politics
Not exactly. The imminent approach of the kingdom over the empire is a political message. But Christians, in proclaiming this kingdom, will adopt the status of slaves and refuse within pagan society.
*The church's only responsibility to culture is to do evangelism
Yeah, and to wait for the Lord to come.
Super easy questions. What a waste of a book.
Michael Clary@dmichaelclary
I just spoke to a man on the phone who reached out after seeing this book advertised by Canon Press. We'd never met before. He reached out because the title grabbed his attention and he wanted to share his experience with me. He told me he's in a church where the pastor is a gifted expositor of scripture but has some views that are troubling to him. His pastor teaches that suffering and retreat are the Christian's default posture. He believes * The Christian's primary duty in life is to suffer * If someone were attacking his family he would not use force to protect them * Christians should generally stay out of politics * The church's only responsibility to culture is to do evangelism That's close to word-for-word what he told me. Every one of those beliefs is false and constitutes what I call loser theology. I could tell the man on the other end of the phone is a man of courage. But his own church is telling him to sit down and be quiet. His pastor is telling him to lose on earth so he can be a winner in heaven. He seemed relieved when I told him this is exactly what my book is about. I told him he's not alone and there are plenty of solid believers out there who want to be equipped for courage, not pressured to opt out. They're tired of being told they should just lose and feel good about it. This is who I wrote the book for.
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@residentreformr the modern Reformed position actually mirrors the deterministic views of the ancient Gnostics far more than it reflects the teaching of the early church.
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@pbcmike98 @5Solas I am confused by your point. Where is your disagreement with what I said?
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Wrong. Those that repent do so because God loves them.
What kind of love is that which demands reciprocity from the child in order for the parent to love them?
You have the wrong god. The God of heaven is not like that. He doesn’t damn those he loves. He saves them. He brings them to faith. Then they repent.
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@darwintojesus Ben Witherington's Lazarus theory on the gospel of John is very compelling.
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It blows my mind how many people think we have no idea who wrote the gospels.
Frank Turek@DrFrankTurek
Did Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John really write the Gospels? Or were they actually anonymous? This week, NT scholar @DrMikeLicona joins me to unpack his latest debate w/ NT scholar (and skeptic) Bart Ehrman. 👉📱youtu.be/25H9PMfEuU4
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@DockeryRon3863 @5Solas In that case: Repent, and believe the gospel!
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@edwardsibl91034 @ReformedArsenal @PastorNinja Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ' ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
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[Few (oligos;a puny #) find heaven. Many find hell.]
Luke 12:32 “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
1 Peter 4:18 “And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
Acts 14:22 “Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.”
Matthew 7:14 “Because strait (stenos;) is the gate, and narrow (thlibo;pressured-constricted) is the way (hodos), which leadeth unto life, and few (oligos;a puny # there be that find it.”)
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Edward Sibley@edwardsibl91034
@Cookie4T You are insane if you believe God loves everyone. You also clearly don't study the Bible or the cultures, customs, idioms, metaphors of the jew in the 1st century. If you have the intelligence to read, study. Romans 9:11 “(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)” Romans 9:12 “It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.” Romans 9:13 “As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.” Romans 9:14 “What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.” Malachi 1:3 “And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.” Romans 9:22 “What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:” Acts 13:48 “And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.” SYNECDOCHE In I Timothy 2:4, when the Bible says God would have "ALL MEN" be saved, the phrase should be understood through the lens of synecdoche. The Jews were familiar with this manner of speaking, and it remains common in everyday language today. EVERYDAY EXAMPLES DEFINITION Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part of something represents the whole. It communicates an idea broadly without meaning every single person, animal, or thing without exception. "EVERYONE is going to the show." Obviously, the whole world is not attending the show. The phrase simply refers to all who are going. "I spent the weekend with you." This does not mean every minute of the weekend was spent together. If only part of the weekend was shared, the expression can still be used. We use this language constantly without misunderstanding its intent. ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES "The LORD did that thing on the morrow, and ALL the cattle of Egypt died.„" (Exodus 9:6) 'And there went out unto him ALL the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were ALL baptized of him in the river of Jordan." (Mark 1:5) "And EVERY knee shall to me, and EVERY tongue shall confess to God." (Romans 14:11) "Then went out to him ALL Judaea, and were baptized of him in Jordan." (Matthew 3:5—6) "And ALL the world should be taxed." (Luke 2:1) Yet later, cattle belonging to Egypt are still mentioned, showing "all" did not mean every animal. Clearly, not every individual in the entire region went to John—only large numbers from those places. Here, "every" expresses that people from every nation, tongue, and tribe will acknowledge Him. The phrase refers to many people from the region, not every single inhabitant. This decree Of Caesar applied to the Roman world under his rule, not to every nation on earth.
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I have many disagreements with @PastorNinja , but I also really respect him.
With that in mind, Jeff's statements here do NOT reflect the majority report in Reformed theology.
5 Solas@5Solas
The problem with saying "Jesus Loves You" in evangelism.
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@ReformedArsenal @PastorNinja They are the logical conclusion of Reformed theology, which is why it's ultimately heresy
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@MethodMinistry Calvinism is a damnable heresy. A work of Satan to deceive the church
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Provisionists are radical reformers. They are heterodox. Wesleyan theology is just as opposed to it as they are to Calvinism.
Wesley even taught that if you deny Original Sin, you but a pagan still (Sermon, Original Sin).
If you deny the need for God's Prevenient Grace, then you are a Pelagian.
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Ben Shapiro EXPOSES Candace and George Farmer's SHOCKING TIES to a person with the last name ROBINSON!
(his Candace impression has me😭😂☠️)
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IBOB hate so deep they can’t even look at each other when they’re on the same team.
NBA@NBA
Labaron Philon Jr. 🤝 Johni Broome Philon with the lookaway dime... Broome with the two-handed flush! 76ers lead by 10 at the break on Prime!
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@NateHiggers39 @IanCarrollShow Brother I have literally shot multiple white tail deer with a 30-06. They do not leave exit wounds that large
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@USFLExpert @IanCarrollShow Something the size of an elk or deer that’s a fairly small hole by body size. You don’t really eat the ribs generally anyway. You’re suppose to use an expanding round as it’s more ethical than punching a small hole but you do lose some meat in the process. Google pictures
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Chris Martenson tested several varieties of core-lokt rounds on various targets and his results were through and through every time.
None of the rounds were stopped by anything short of a concrete block behind the pork roast targets.
I’m sure they can stop in animals plenty. The question at hand is how likely is this round to stop in a human neck.
Chris Martenson@chrismartenson
So...Remington Core-Lokt. We shot several varieties of those in our tests. Probably the closest based on that picture was the 125gr. That round is a beast. Very fast. Didn't even think about stopping for muscle alone, not bone either, and not even 16" of meat stacked end to end.
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