Walter Sales

"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” -- "The Great Gatsby"

@CharityBallew @kay_nuel9927 @thewoman62 @TheresaArueyin1 But if he is omniscient then he knows beforehand the evil we will do and he lets it happen. This does not make him just. We have no free will if God knows our evil ways beforehand. If he does not then he is not God at least not the God of any of the scriptures.

@WalterLapp @kay_nuel9927 @thewoman62 @TheresaArueyin1 Also God is not a dictator he gives you free will to choose your path. And God is a just God and he is not holding you accountable for the knowledge you don’t have. You can’t blame God for the evil in this world. He gives us instructions on how to live but we choose to sin.

When I say Jesus is the only way to Heaven what would you say?

@thewoman62 @TheresaArueyin1 That is not free will. If we are made by God then the choices and the predilections we have are known by God which means that several billions or hundreds of millions of people who are damned was predetermined by God. He knew us, made us, and condemned us before we were born.

NO, during the tribulation and before the second coming of Christ there is going to be an outpouring of the spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to All Nations into every corner, crevice, to every group of people, Culture, tribe and language, especially in every part of Asia, Africa, Middle East, and all others countries that's never been able to hear the Gospel will have the opportunity to hear it, and have the chance to accept Christ as their Savior. And this will last about 3 1/2 yrs, to which millions of people will be saved, especially in places that never had the chance to hear the Gospel before. After this time there will come the Great White Throne Judgment to which those who have not received Christ as their Savior will receive a final judgment of eternal damnation in the lake of fire forever, and those saved during the tribulation will be caught up in the air with Christ and taken to receive their rewards in Heaven.

@kay_nuel9927 @thewoman62 @TheresaArueyin1 A 12 year old kid in Sudan who is uneducated and knows nothing of Jesus dies of starvation and for his sin of ignorance is condemned to hell. Well, I could never worship a dictator who created that kid knowing his life would be suffering as would his afterlife. That is pure evil.

@WalterLapp @thewoman62 @TheresaArueyin1 THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORK. IGNORANCE IS NOT AN EXCUSE.

@thewoman62 @TheresaArueyin1 So for the most part geography determines salvation. All those people in Asia and Africa that have never been exposed to Jesus Christ and nonetheless live good lives are condemned to eternal torture?

I AM the way, the truth, and the life, NO ONE comes to the Father except through ME. John 14:6 And there is salvation in NO ONE else, for there is NO OTHER name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12 For there is ONE God, and there is ONE mediator between God and man, and His name is Jesus Christ. 1 Timothy 2:5

@awstar11 But, in the hands of an incompetent leader it can be tragic for all involved.

The attack on Iran may be the most well justified military action since WWII

@awstar11 @scarlson99 @foster_type Long term most of those so called agreements don’t last and cause more damage. NATO increased spending is due to Russian invasion of Ukraine. Toppling Cuba is hardly done and if it results in it being like Haiti it will be a huge mistake. Most trade agreements are inflationary.

@WalterLapp @scarlson99 @foster_type Abraham accords, NATO countries meeting spending for the first time since the USSR fell, renegotiated trade agreements, numerous negotiated peace agreements, South &. Central American moving away from socialism, Cuba toppling, etc.

I'm seeing a lot of my friends take this position but I think three things: 1) it's revisionist and an attempt to resolve cognitive dissonance over one of the most inexplicably bad things the administration has ever done. 2) it's a canard to say "the invasion threat wasn't serious, therefore this is a non-issue." The threat was a huge issue whether it was credible or not. 3) Denmark was absolutely right to take it seriously regardless, and their moves to that effect helped force the administration to back down, not out of fear of losing an armed confrontation, but by forcing key contingents who were quietly tolerating Trump's antics to get serious about pushing back

@scarlson99 @awstar11 @foster_type I understand his style; I question its efficacy especially when it comes to foreign affairs.

@awstar11 @foster_type I am continually baffled that people don't understand Trump's style. He's been doing it for decades.

@HawkEmDownChris Otto Graham and Johnny Unitas.

Age yourself by naming an NFL quarterback you grew up watching. I’ll start: Peyton Manning.

@eunotanamerican @DCGILBERT2025 @Oceanbreeze473 That would not have occurred without US arms shipments to the Soviet Union.

@DCGILBERT2025 @Oceanbreeze473 It was the Russians that conquered Berlin

I bet the French were glad the US didn’t say that in 1941. 

@VinnysCorner1 Warren Spahn and Don Newcombe.

Age yourself by naming a MLB pitcher you grew up watching. I’ll start: Roger Clemens

@EruditeTogether My wife and daughters were/are public school teachers and great at what they do. My grandchildren are in public schools in two different parts of the country and getting excellent educations. Thank you.

I am a Christian, and I have two daughters. Both my daughters attend public school. When my daughters were old enough to go to school I felt so much pressure from the Christian culture to homeschool them. I went to public school and had a really good experience, but everyone was treating public school like it was the devils playground. I tried to homeschool my oldest in preschool and I realized how terribly unequipped I was to teach. I didn’t have the discipline, nor the mental capacity to teach from home. I think public school is great. The teachers are all so intentional, the school counselors are lovely, and their principal remembers their names and things about them. We are very involved parents. We go on field trips, take them to school events, and go to all their conferences. Honestly, public school gets way too much hate.

@1414Maple She looks great. Why is that question even asked?

Why not. For one thing she knocked it out of the park. For the second thing it’s none of your fkn business.

@VinnysCorner1 Ted Williams.

Who was your favorite MLB player when you were a kid? I’ll start.. Don Mattingly

@AlTheBoss03 Forbes Field in 1960 for Mazeroski’s walk off home run. I watched it on tv.

If you could time travel for ONE game in baseball history… where are you sitting? 👀⚾ Game 7 of the 2001 World Series? Game 6 of the 1986 World Series? Or Kirk Gibson’s 1988 World Series home run? Drop your pick - let’s see the all-time list unfold.

@UnimpressedTX None of that matters. Oil is a world wide commodity. It’s scarceness globally and taxes determine price. Even if we were totally energy independent we would suffer in a world wide recession or inflation due to oil scarcity.

Hey everyone. Anyone telling you the Keystone pipeline at 830K bpd was going to make a material impact when we import 10 times that amount is someone to block immediately.

@1414Maple @JoyceWhiteVance Trump always lies.

@WalterLapp @JoyceWhiteVance Come on. You are not suggesting. TRUMP LIED

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@1414Maple @JoyceWhiteVance No. War is nasty. History proves we must fight it sometimes. This war is stupid because we were ill prepared and are led by politically incompetent people. We could argue that the war with Iraq and in Afghanistan were ill advised. At least we had politically competent people.

@WalterLapp @JoyceWhiteVance Are you sticking up for this moron.

This post is perfection.

@1414Maple That looks great Robert.

Dinner is ready. Shrimp Skewers Veggie Rice garlic butter. Simple. Oh and a large glass of white Okanagan wine