Mons Faber

Regardless of your ardent support for LGBTQ+ rights, people who hold traditional religious beliefs that consider this lifestyle a sin, deserve to be treated with dignity, equality and respect. And not fired from their job because they believe what the bible says about sexual sin. Agreed?

Regardless of your religious beliefs, LGBTQ+ folks deserve to be treated with dignity, equality, and respect. Refusing to do so doesn’t diminish them. It diminishes you.

@jemelehill What is your point? The magic and the bulls are two different organizations with obviously different values. I promise you Isaac wouldn’t be cashing checks in Chicago. The bulls value lgbtq uber alles. And many don’t like what they have done to Ivey. It’s that simple.

The people rallying behind Jaden Ivey claiming he’s being persecuted must have forgotten about the Orlando Magic’s Jonathan Isaac, who is anti-BLM, didn’t stand for the national anthem when his teammates took a knee, developed a clothing line that he said was an alternative to “woke” companies like Nike (his words), publicly criticized the White House under Joe Biden for Transgender Visibility Day and even spoke at Charlie Kirk’s Believer’ Summit. Still cashing NBA checks.

@RealBrysonGray I have a question for you too: assuming you now consider yourself justified in the sight of God, how did you become justified? Depending on your answer,I’ll answer your question.

So, since Jesus “fulfilled” the law, we can dishonor our parents and cheat on our spouses, right?

@RealBrysonGray @Apostle_David I guess Paul who wrote most of the New Testament was nonsensical then.

@Apostle_David I’m proving that main stream Christian doctrine is nonsensical and self-contradictory

@DezBryant This is on point Dez. I have followed you for years and it seems like the Lord is moving in your life. 🙏🏽

The Bible openly acknowledges the tension of seeing wicked people prosper while the righteous suffer. In passages like Psalm 73 and Jeremiah 12, people question God honestly and feel discouraged by this apparent injustice. The turning point is realizing that this success is temporary, while faithfulness has lasting, eternal value. Jesus reinforces this in Matthew 5 by redefining “blessing” beyond immediate, visible outcomes. what you see now isn’t the full picture..justice and meaning unfold over a longer timeline. 🙏🏿

Wait for it ….. 🤣

Matt, once again you are presenting a straw man argument. No one wanted to go to war with Iran (besides Lindsey Graham). But the president has made this decision based on the best information available and has concluded that Iran is a threat. I’m willing to support him and our troops. At a minimum, we should have a wait and see attitude. Most I talk to are cautiously optimistic that things will work out. They believe Trump earned the benefit of the doubt here. Your knee jerk reaction to oppose the war was a head scratcher for me. I hope you recover.

I’ve never seen such a disconnect between the commentary on this site and what I hear in the real world. I’ve talked to dozens of normal conservatives in real life about the Iran War and I haven’t met a single one who’s actually enthusiastically in favor of it. At best they’re warily optimistic. In most cases they’re opposed. In some cases they’re not only opposed but deeply furious. And yet here if you utter a word of criticism about the war you’ll be shouted down by throngs of alleged American conservatives who allegedly have wanted nothing more than for America to go to war with Iran. It just doesn’t reflect what I see on the ground. That’s not just cope because my position is unpopular with “my side.” I’ve held plenty of unpopular positions. I really don’t care. But in this case the social media vs real world divide is stark and unlike anything I’ve seen before.

@SpeakerJohnson Praying for the president’s salvation 🙏🏽

On this Palm Sunday, President Trump shared his letter from Franklin Graham explaining the only path to Heaven is through Jesus, our Savior.

@Liz_Wheeler Huh? That’s a quite a pretzel you are having to twist yourself into.

When the Pope makes questionable comments, it makes me GRATEFUL to be Catholic. Because the Pope has no authority to unilaterally change Catholic dogma with his pastoral comments. The Pope speaks in two ways, pastorally and rarely, infallibly (called ex Cathedra, which requires a certain set of specific circumstances as the Pope acknowledges, not invents, a doctrinal interpretation). The latter almost never happens. That’s important— His comments today are in his pastoral capacity. He wasn’t speaking ex Cathedra. Catholics aren’t required to agree with his opinions. It’s annoying for sure, I wish the Pope was a wiser leader on matters of politics. But I’m SO grateful to be Catholic because imagine he were the leader of a Prot church—he could change doctrine based on his own faulty opinions at a whim. That’s not the case with Catholicism. Grateful to God for His Church that remains as it always was and always will be despite the turmoil of the world and the sins of man. 🙏🏼

@ashleyschendel @AdrianneCurry You are a total idiot. Is there a shred of decency in you? Do you know how she is grieving in private? Is there a certain way to grieve? People who know her personally have reported that she is broken into a million pieces over this. Does that make you happy?

@AdrianneCurry I think it's because she's not acting like her husband's neck got blown off in front of the entire world.

Can anyone help me understand why dog piling a now single mother who watched her husband's neck get blown off is now a thing? Humans used to at least PRETEND they weren't cruel and evil. Now they are seemingly proud of it.

Things are going well as can be expected for a war. We are ahead of schedule in terms of accomplishing our objectives. The Straight needs to resolved but no conflict of this magnitude is problem free. So far, you were wrong and irrational in your critique. You put yourself in a position of looking bad if your country and it’s military are successful. I thought that position was reserved for the radical democrats - but here we are.

Some of us expressed great concern about the Iran War when it was first launched. We were shouted down and condemned as “panicans” and “blackpillers” and even Islamist sympathizers. But it’s pretty clear from how things have gone that our concerns were absolutely reasonable and legitimate. Maybe Trump will get us out of this thing soon and it still won’t spiral into a long and drawn out war. But even if that happens — and I’m not convinced it will — no thoughtful person can deny at this point that the spiral and long war scenario is very much a possibility. No reasonable person, at this stage, can say that our concerns were irrational. What looks irrational now — and always did — is the demand for blind allegiance and unthinking “trust” in our elected leaders, as though we are called to have faith in politicians like we have faith in God.

@SteveDeaceShow Well said brother.

Couldn’t agree more. The ongoing tormenting of the widow of our assassinated martyr/brother is the most wicked and vile thing I’ve ever encountered in 20 years of serving on the front lines of the culture war. It violates every morsel of God’s Word. It is unholy. It’s like being dropped into the middle of a demonic orgy of godlessness. It is foul. It is rank. It is — once more — unholy. Not just our sinfulness lacking in holiness, but the rejection of it altogether. Nothing I’ve witnessed has done more to make me ponder this civilization is toast, and maybe deserves to be. Nothing has caused me to reconsider relationships more moving forward. And you will publicly see the result of that moving forward, I assure you. It is Romans 1 come to life, and reveals the wrath of God upon a culture. Six months ago, after Charlie’s memorial produced the most witnessed Gospel presentation in human history, I would’ve never predicted something this wicked was on the horizon . And the fact it happened so fast, and metastasized so quickly, sadly confirms how many of our countrymen’s souls are truly in peril, as well as the darkened souls of several “influencers” — who are really deceivers. All while wearing our uniform. “There are many sheep without, and many wolves within.” Augustine

@BlakeBednarz I listened. What the heck are you talking about! What did he say that leads you to that conclusion? I’ll answer: NOTHING!

Frank Turek returned to UVU tonight. Listen to this bullshit and tell me they weren’t ALL IN ON IT! Charlie was set up & Frank is a guilty son of a bitch!!

@pearlythingz I wish you had a husband so he could tell you the same.

Her husband needs to tell her to shut up

@EmmanuelAcho Since comedy has no boundaries, black face is fine then. Right? I don’t want to ever hear you, or anyone who agrees with you, complain about black face or monkey depictions again.

Druski mocking the black church by caption and actions just 2 months ago. Druski’s comedy goes at everyone.

If you’re offended by Druski, block him. It’s simple. He makes fun of everyone. Also, please do some historical research before comparing what Druski did to doing “Black Face.”

@DreAllDay Just followed you, now unfollowed I misjudged you. Sure, the attention will come with being a public figure. But you found it “genuinely funny”. That says a lot about you and your inability to have empathy for Erika given what she has endured.

I first saw this with the sound off, and immediately got the reference within 3 seconds. This is genuinely funny. When you are in the public eye, you get ALL the attention – not just the attention that you like.

@smashbaals What an idiotic post. You know nothing about her or what god is doing in her life. Sit down.

Seeing this happen more and more: 1. Women become big on OnlyFans 2. Realize how horrible it is 3. Get saved 4. Pivot to becoming a Christian influencer The issue is this is actually encouraged in the modern Evangelical church The “bigger the sin” the more impressive the testimony is Instead of living in genuine repentance many have found they can monetize their past sin while simultaneously being morally superior to others It is a humiliation ritual for young Christian men to be told they should pick the promiscuous girl because “Jesus wants the rose” and trot out their wife’s past sin like a trophy Praise God many are being brought to repentance but to immediately pivot to becoming a Christian influencer and platformed because of their past sin is an issue we need to fix in the church

@WhitlockJason You are easily impressed. Matt did not respond with biblical truth but with his opinion. This topic requires a biblical worldview.

This is a fascinating, provocative take with something I've been wrestling with. Thanks for sharing.

@MattWalshBlog I noticed how you responded with your opinion while Trevor responded with biblical truth. I’ll take the latter.

The truth is that your story of past misdeeds is only really a good teaching tool and cautionary tale, and therefore edifying, if your life is right now currently in shambles. But inevitably that’s not the case for most of these “testimonies.” Most of the time it’s someone who is very happy, living a wonderful and contented life, often financially stable if not wealthy, telling us how sinful they used to be. I’m glad things worked out for you. I truly am. But “I sinned a lot and now I’m happy and not suffering any significant consequences for my evil behavior” just isn’t a very useful moral lesson for most people, ESPECIALLY children. That doesn’t mean you should feel bad about being happy now. It just means that the world — and your kids — don’t need to know about your prior indiscretions. Keep it to yourself, give glory to God for rewarding someone so unworthy, and move on.

My take on the current discourse about the Christian man with the formerly “promiscuous” wife is that many of the comments towards the man and his wife have been uncharitable, cruel, and certainly un-Christian, but also that Christians these days often tend to be far too eager to tell the entire world about their past sins, which in most cases shows a lack of discretion and a certain lack of the sort of shame one should feel even for repented sins. Also, as a parent, I strongly believe that you generally should avoid telling your kids about your own wayward youth, because the kids will take such stories as an indication that they too can go off and have fun sinning and things will turn out okay, just as they did for you. Also you undermine your own moral authority when you instruct your children not to do the very things you have admitted to having done yourself. Finally, the man’s line about how his wife “is more pure than most virgins” is prideful and shows a kind of competitiveness and vanity that should simply not ever appear in any Prodigal Son style testimony. Imagine if the Prodigal Son had returned and announced himself not only repentant but “more pure” than the brother who stayed? It would kind of destroy the point of the story. So in summary I basically disagree with everyone on this.

@TrevorSheatz @MattWalshBlog Thanks for this gracious and biblical response brother. You did nothing wrong. All glory to God!

Matt, thanks for the post, friend. 1. I appreciate you calling out the harmful remarks to me and my bride. We don't hold it against them. We're also far worse than they know. 2. I agree that some Christians are far too eager to share the details of their past sins with others, and that often, it can be unwise. And I agree that discretion is important, and there's a place to not share details of past wrongs (Prov. 11:13). But sharing details of our lives before Christ and how he's transformed us is biblical and brings great glory to God. If you open up Acts chapter 26, Paul wrote paragraphs about his life before Jesus, going into great detail of the shameful things he had done (Acts 26:4-11). He then shared how Jesus marvelously transformed his life (v. 12-15), and then tied it into the gospel, hoping that God would "open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins" (Acts 26:18). Or consider the woman at the well that Jesus evangelized to. Her sexual immorality before Christ is etched into Scripture for all eternity: "'For you’ve had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband'" (John 4:18). After her interaction with Jesus, verses 28-29 say, "Then the woman left her water jar, went into town, and told the people, 'Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?'" Revelation 12:11 says, "They conquered him (the Accuser) by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony." There's more examples in Scripture of godly men and women's sins being explicitly written down, including sexual immorality, fornication, harlotry, etc. My point is that if God through the Scriptures brings up the past sins of godly people to edify the saints, and if godly people in the Bible itself shared their past sins before Christ and how the gospel transformed them, how is it any different, or inappropriate, for my wife and I to agree to publicly share how she once was promiscuous, but has now been saved and redeemed? 3. Lastly, I unquestionably struggle with pride and vanity. That much is true. And I'm a great sinner, so I wouldn't be surprised if vanity and pride was in my heart as I wrote out that line about my wife being purer than most virgins. But pride has more to do with praising oneself, whereas praising another is biblical: "Let another praise you, and not your own mouth — a stranger, and not your own lips" (Prov. 27:2). Proverbs 31 even includes an explicit example where a godly woman's husband says she's better than every other woman, and it's highlighted as a great thing, not pride or vanity: "Her husband also praises her: 'Many women have done noble deeds, but you surpass them all!'" (Prov. 31:28-29). So praising my wife by saying she's more pure than most virgins is in line with that the Scriptures say actually happens to a godly woman. Most importantly, the principal desire in my heart upon writing that she's purer than most virgins was to underscore this key truth: that biblical purity is much different than the world's understanding of purity. Jesus said, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God" (Matt. 5:8-3). Or consider 1 Timothy 1:5: "The goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith." While sexual purity matters and is commanded (1 Cor. 6:18-20), and all Christians should strive to remain virgins and will be blessed for that, the purity that God looks for and cares about the most is found in the heart. And as I've now seen first-hand the glorious and redemptive work of Christ in the life of my wife, I can most certainly say that she is more pure than most virgins, since most virgins are unfortunately lost and without Jesus. And a Christian with a promiscuous, forgiven past who loves Jesus has a heart that is far more pure in the eyes of God than a virgin who isn't in Christ. This viral debate has shown me that people greatly struggle to separate one's life before Christ from their life after Christ. The world can't fathom that such change can happen. But the Bible is clear: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" (1 Cor. 5:17). Or consider Galatians 2:20: "I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." That old Ashley is dead. It's because of these truths that my wife and I choose to boldly, confidently, and without giving loads of explicit details, share the sins that stained us before Christ with others. Not often, but at times and when fitting, so that other believers can be encouraged, other sinners can be given hope of redemption and forgiveness, and the lost can hear the good news of the gospel, that though all are headed for Hell for their sins, anyone who repents and places their trust in the resurrected Christ will be saved (John 3:16, 18). Regardless of how much you've sinned, you can't out-sin the mercy of God. You can be washed clean, your shame and guilt removed, and you can have a brand-new identity in Jesus Christ. Hallelujah! God bless you, Matt.