DC Moody

I wrote an article that traces the antecedent of "one of them, a prophet of their own" and puts Titus 1:12-13 into the broader context of Titus 1:10-16 kuyperian.com/are-cretans-al…

@james_d_baird Is it that it failed or never worked? A compelling argument against Communism is that it never works. But Puritan New England worked for a time, right? It just did not survive corruption

“but Puritan New England failed!” if “this polity has never failed” is your standard, then you’ll place all your political hopes in the current regime b/c the current regime is the only one that hasn’t failed yet (by definition)

I agree with you The only men I know about who read 200+ books per year were Rushdoony & Al Mohler. I’m not sure if Mohler quite hit 200 a year but he read about 4 books a week back 25 years ago … at least that was the tale told about him Rushdoony kept a log of what he read & made notes in the back of the books. But that was how he told supporters that he was staying busy, dedicating himself to study When in seminary, I began to time the first ten pages to see how long the book would take. I would take like 15-20 hours to read them. Then I timed myself and found that *most* newly published nonfiction books could be read in 7-10 hours. If it’s your full time job, you could pull it off … maybe. It helped me to know that I could start a book at 7am on a Saturday and finish it around 3pm, which I did a few times But those who do it are *extraordinarily* rare. I don’t have time for it. I did proofreading for a time: many books, when proofreading, are 12+ hours, but I had to have no distractions So, anyways, I agree with you. The exceptions prove the rule, as they say

A funny story about how I accidentally ended my wife’s interest in BookTube. There was this girl she was watching that claimed to read 200-300 books a year. One of the books that came up in her list, somehow, was G.K. Chesterton. In her review, this girl said “It was good, I think, but I just couldn’t understand it.” I told my wife two things: (1) There is not one human that actually reads 300 books a year; and, (2) If anyone could read that much, they’d have no problem understanding Chesterton. I told her I bet that she just constantly had an audiobook on literally all the time playing at 2x speed like background noise. Within a week, my wife showed me a new video of this girl admitting that my prediction was dead accurate.

@farmingandJesus $3.95

Where do you live and how much is your gas? I want to see something. I’m in el dorado county CA and it’s 7.99 so let’s just round up to 8 bucks. 😏 You?

"He's finally lost the weight they were making fun of him for. He wasn't even that fat, but they acted like he was a literal humpback whale." "Now have them all start complaining that he's too skinny."

@hillbilly_828 Chesterton talks about a uniparty in Britain in the early 1900s (Hudge & Gudge). The uniparty has also been in America since Herbert Hoover. It is fairly normal for politicians to be in cahoots together against their citizens. That is not unique to boomers.

@twbryant88 @dcmoody718 @MallardReborn Boomers ARE the uniparty...... they are the ones that turned the two parties into this current mess

Notice to offended Boomers. I'm not a whiny, entitled Zoomer or Millennial. I am an Xer that landed on my feet. I am the father of Zoomers that will have a fraction of the opportunity and blessing that you had, because you hoarded and sold it all for yourselves. I'm angry for them, not for me.

Inflation *is* killing us. But that goes back to 1913 and the Federal Reserve. Ron Paul is a Boomer and he tried to wake up America as to what was going on. In the 1980s Boomers were warning about the housing market getting out of control (again due to the Federal Reserve). America was a nation of sheep who followed the Federal Govt without question in the 1920s-1970s. It was only the Boomer generation that started pushing for freedoms (Christian schools, homeschooling, end the Fed, etc). They were not successful in their day, but if we are waking up to anything, it was probably a Boomer who started sounding the alarm. But, yes, inflation *is* killing us.

@dcmoody718 @MallardReborn The soft on crime, immigration bullshit hits younger generations the hardest. We’re competing with the entire world just to work at hotels or gas stations. My uncle lived well being a manager at Dillards. That’s impossible now. Inflation is killing us.

There were dissenting voices. But Chesterton talks about the Uniparty in the early 1900s (Hudge & Gudge) in Britain, so this is not peculiar to Boomers: this is what our generation will be too. And debt is a problem, but certainly not peculiar to the Boomers We are in a bad spot, but I'm not seeing the Boomers as the cause. Things have been going badly for a *long* time in America.

@dcmoody718 @MallardReborn Boomers continually voted their entire lives for the uniparty. Who in turn provided their children and grandchildren with $40 trillion in debt that they benefited from and devalued their offsprings labor value, forever. It’s extremely simple.

@BasedQian True, a generation is defined by its largest cohort. But that speaks ill for *every* generation in America right now, doesn't it? I'm not seeing younger generations being less selfish, at the very least, but certainly worse in many ways. Or am I seeing things wrong?

@dcmoody718 For good or ill, a generation is defined by its largest cohort. It's the cyclical nature of humanity too. Boomers are like the bad generations in the Bible. Ultimately, their "gift" will be having done things so badly that it becomes a teachable moment for centuries.

@LWeytham They are too trusting of the government. Their parents were worse, but they had a respect for the govt & experts that is a problem. I guess I would not call that selfishness, but I would certainly criticize it

@dcmoody718 @MallardReborn I realize not all boomers are alike, but the majority of them sitting home on retirement were cheering the loudest in 2020 for the lockdowns and closures to protect “them”, while the younger generations burned. Lost all respect & opened my eyes to their selfishness.

That’s a very selective view of a generation. Boomers voted for Ross Perot who had some good ideas. Boomers voted for Ron Paul. Boomers voted for many good things. The political system in America is selfish. But that’s not boomers. That’s just how it has always been. Boomers’ parents & grandparents did much worse.

@dcmoody718 @MallardReborn They're selfish. There's probably something, but offhand I can't think of a single policy they've enacted via their political leaders that was designed to make the future a better place for their children and grandchildren. Every policy is now, now, now, me, me, me.

@BrandonLansdown Hirelings.

The time has come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church has clowns entertaining the goats.

“It is good to be a man.” ~ Augustine, Enchiridion @thisisfoster

@GeorgeSayour @ZacharyGarris Ecclesiastical trials are the most political. May the Lord grant that presbytery the mercy to run a just trial.

Travesty that a man sits w/ charges for over 1-2 yrs before church If guilty, u allowed an unrepentant to minister for extended period If innocent, the cloud/shame/stress hangs over an innocent man & there's no recovery of reputation Do better. Praying for @ZacharyGarris

@AJKocman Chiasmus, chiasmus everywhere

Everything is a chiasm if you’re committed

@SlowToWrite @farmingandJesus She’s guilty of murder. Murder is a death penalty offense (even in modern-day America). So, yes, death penalty offenses usually end in divorce in the New Covenant even if they don’t end in death under that country’s laws.

@farmingandJesus Separation? Yes. Divorce? As hard as it would be to experience that, the answer is no.

Christians, would this be grounds for divorce?

“The loss of sound theology in the church has led to the decay of Christian faith & life. The modern era has seen the growing irrelevance of Christian faith & doctrine to the world in general. Its presence is very real, but its influence increasingly weak & minor. The relationship of the Rev. Billy Graham to American presidents aptly illustrates that fact.” ~ Rushdoony

@nikitabier Thank you Nikita! This platform is incredible, not perfect, but I've already seen the benefit as a smaller creator on the platform. It's truly incredible work you guys are doing and it has an impact for sure.

@agenstriplex @DisgustedMerica @ket38111 And yet the examples are not analogous

@dcmoody718 @DisgustedMerica @ket38111 So you agree that there are extrabiblical distinctions we make on the basis of nature?

Matthew Henry was a Kinist.