Lance Christensen

“And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, Book 2, Chapter 3

@adamcarolla Ro should do South Central next.

But nothing ever happens. You were scared but nothing ever happens

@latterdaylaura The only change in that map for one of my sons was a long stay in one dark primary room without lights on sitting atop a high stack of chairs until he calmed down after a few laps around the building.

Second hour with a 15 month old

@MarkMeckler Thank you for this, brother.

Last night at dinner, my wife and I and another couple spent the evening discussing why Christians attack each other over denominational theology. I get that we have real differences, but I think it’s crazy. We have way more in common than not. The enemy is real and relentless — and he’s loving every second of our division. Yes, there are important doctrinal differences. But are they truly more important than the love and acceptance of Jesus Christ that makes us all part of His Church? I’m not a pastor or priest or even an amateur theologian, but I don’t think so. And I’m happy to take the heat for this opinion. As Ephesians 4 reminds us: ‘Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit… one Lord, one faith, one baptism…’ Let’s fight the actual battles together instead of each other. What unites us in Christ is far stronger. #FaithOverDivision #OneBody #LoveLikeJesus

@GoWithJordan_ Brother, it's a sin to bear false witness against your neighbor.

Why Mormons hate reformed theology Mormonism is man centered. God is a man and you can become a God like him. There is no otherness. God is one of us! Reformed theology is God centered. God is completely other than you and is completely sovereign over all things and man is spiritually dead and wicked. Mankind in its fallen state loves to elevate themselves rather than God.

"Mormonism's critics said modern scholarship would dismantle the claims of the Church. That has not happened. Mormon studies is embraced in academia, and the claims look better with age." They assumed the claims would collapse under a microscope. The opposite happened. Mormon studies went mainstream. The world’s top academic publishers print it. Major universities teach it. Scholars outside the faith take it seriously. That was not supposed to happen. Take the Book of Mormon. Critics called it an obvious fraud, the work of a conman. Now serious scholars, including non-Latter-day Saints, analyze it as a complex and sophisticated work. Literary structure. Naming patterns. Ritual forms. The conman theory is dead. Take the theology. God with a body. The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as separate beings. Critics called these ideas wildly unchristian. The Harvard Theological Review published the research showing many early Christians believed exactly these things, centuries before later councils ruled them out. Take the temple. Critics called it invented and bizarre. Then a Methodist biblical scholar built her career mapping ancient temple worship, and the parallels were hard to miss. Covenant-making. Ritual clothing. Symbolic progression. These patterns are ancient, not modern. Take the Book of Abraham. Long treated as the weakest link. Then ancient Abraham texts surfaced decades after Joseph Smith died, telling details of the same story. Details found nowhere in Genesis. A Yale scholar reviewed it and said it recaptures archaic Jewish religion with enormous validity. Whatever Joseph was doing, guessing doesn’t explain it. A frontier faith with a founder who had an elementary education and spent his life in near poverty was supposed to wither under modern scrutiny. Instead it earned a seat at the academic table.

@TomBevanRCP Yes. “De mortuis nil nisi bonum”

Pro tip: celebrating another person's death says a lot more about you than it does them - and not in a good way. x.com/AnaKasparian/s…

California Secretary of State Shirley Weber just certified the June 2, 2026 Primary Election 38 days, 5 weeks after Election Day. Nothing to see here... move along.

@RykerJackson97 It's an amazing temple.

The Celestial Room doors in the Feather River California Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

So you want to give Democrats more seats because of this vote? How will that make anything better? I would hope people spend their energy getting Sonja over the finish line & let the legal process play out, rather than undermine the few friends we have in the legislature over a vote or two we didn't like.

The fact that only 1 republican has decided to speak out publicly about why he voted for this garbage angers me even more. It’s bamboozling to me that politicians think we need to get in line and be OK with their bullshit when It’s the other way around. They should be paying attention to their base because people like me do not care about losing a seat when that seat does not represent conservative voters. I feel like I have time for this.

@LauraPowellEsq Can't get to work? No worries! Gavin's building a choo-choo train for a quarter trillion dollars that won't be completed in our lifetime!

Democrat voters in California are so blinded by TDS that they can be convinced to blame a White House ballroom for the state’s cost-of-living crisis instead of the governor’s tax hikes, minimum wage mandates, and excessive regulations.

California lawmakers just approved the state’s “largest tax hike in history.” Joel Pollak breaks down just how much this could cost each of us. trib.al/H1PdaNv

Not only is LAUSD's budget completely out of whack, the new superintendent is related to the union leaders who negotiated them into this problem. And that doesn't even begin to describe the $11.4 billion in unfunded liabilities that they have on their books. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202… cc: @jenvanlaar

@djddavies @scottyd121 It would technically be under the LA County Board of Education, but yes, same difference.

@scottyd121 @lancelands Putting LAUSD under the control of the famously briiliant County board of Supervisors is a brilliant idea.

The Los Angeles Unified School District could run out of money within about a year and is showing severe signs of financial distress, according to county education authorities. The nation's second-largest school district, which serves more than half a million students, is facing possible insolvency. abc7ne.ws/PojTHl

PALANTIR CTO: “FOR $10 BILLION, ELON MUSK PUT 300 ROCKETS IN ORBIT.” “FOR $11 BILLION, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS BUILT 1,600 FEET OF ELEVATED RAIL... WITH NO RAIL.”

Here is my latest column in the Sacramento Bee.

“And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” -C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, Book 2, Chapter 3

We called it! Back on June 16 when LAUSD’s Board approved the Fiscal Stabilization Plan and the Collective Bargaining Agreements with UTLA, SEIU 99 and others, @ubirevera1 called out LAUSD’s fiscal mismanagement, and today LACOE’s letter in agreement was made public. “Lack of Going Concern” designation assigned, as well as a Fiscal Expert, under threat of escalation to a Fiscal Advisor which would have Stay and Rescind authority over Board actions. 4.files.edl.io/1d56/07/08/26/…

@OleadaParents You have been a prophet crying in the wilderness. Keep on speaking! 🔊

@lancelands Not saying we psychic here, we just read the financial documents. And we can add and subtract. x.com/oleadaparents/…

@scottyd121 The sheer incompetence of LA elected officials at just about every level of government is stunning. It's schadenfreude on steroids.

@lancelands This headline should be terrifying to any Angeleno, but it likely won’t change any of their votes for school board in November.