Seth Pye

Wrapped in a cloak of story.

@troywojick @BlazeBinges Both in theaters

@BlazeBinges Neither in theaters

Be honest... which movie are you watching this summer?

@rootcausesleuth This is how I know there are no modern apostles, because if there were, one of them would have most definitely smitten Joel or Dale with blindness by now, like Paul did to that Bar-Jesus guy.

Women can’t think or lead. That’s why stay at home women just eat and drool while their children run around wild. And the women you see in public are just Stepford women; they’re not real. 😂🫣

@Jondaphemp @rootcausesleuth I mean, I know a book that tells the same story 66 different ways. 😉

@rootcausesleuth @sethpye Its hard. Because its the same story 6 different ways

Just musing, but it occurs to me that if Michael Heiser is remotely correct, The Silmarillion actually presents a more realistic view of the spiritual plane than a huge swath of serious theological works on the subject.

@joebranca & I can't make any categorical claim that you or Heiser or anyone else is right or wrong. I've honestly barely put my toes in. But it's intriguing, and I am in full agreement with the tragic Dane who says there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in philosophy.

@sethpye Certainly. The humble claim is the OT narrative traces the human covenant promise line, and the tyrant line. Gen 6 fits better thematically as pre-Pharaoh, pre-Beast tyrant "sons of God" relying on divine kingship claims (ANE!), butchering the weaker and seizing women at will.

@joebranca I think you meant to say, "the OT [as I understand it]". Discerning the themes of scripture is a literal lifetime worth of work, and there will be disparate vantage points on these issues. We do well to hold our preferred perspective humbly.

@sethpye He pushed claims within a broader truth of real conflict b/w holy and rebellious realms. Various myths (Norse, Germanic, Greek, Meso, etc) highlighted agency of semi-divine pantheons, but the OT focuses on spiritual conflict within humanity b/w promised seed & the serpent seed.

Servants of the secret fire approve.

@MapEffects These first 24 hours following each other have been most gratifying.

@sethpye Agreed

@ErbunnNinja I'm genuinely interested in hearing you expand on that thought...

@sethpye There’s a reason for that.

@MapEffects And then follow up Heiser and JRR with Jack's sci-fi trilogy, with particular emphasis on 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡.

@sethpye I’ve been saying this for years. Read Heiser, and then read The Silmarillion and you’ll never see it the same way again. Obviously Heiser isn’t making things up either when Tolkien predates Heiser and is clearly pulling from older sources than to write his legendarium.

I can't imagine ever not loving this song. It gets more real with every listen. youtube.com/watch?v=lQS-Rc…

@MapEffects @JoshuaBarzon Use of this meme merits a follow.

You get to pick one book to never have been written. Which one are you picking?

@Strangeland_Elf @thescottbarber No. It's Jack Allen. This is set in that time period after Whit abruptly left to go to the Middle East. Tom Holland is playing Eugene.

I don’t understand this adaptation of Adventures in Odyssey at all. Is this supposed to be Mr. Whittaker?

I keep hearing people all around me exclaiming about the Yellowstone tele-matic universe ... Is it really that good, or just a soap opera with production value?

You don't actually want Jesus to show up to your Rededicate 250 nonsense. He would yeet all the equipment off the stage.

@RevReads289 Only if one concedes Augustinian anthropology.

My departure from Calvinism began when I decided to examine the proof texts for Irresistible or Effectual Grace. I came to the conclusion that no passage directly taught it but I still accepted it because I believed it was a logical necessity even if it wasn't found in the Bible.

@NickQuient @DPGBehler I recently heard Nijay Gupta @eng_Scrptr say that he wants to "make ecumenism great again", meaning we should strive to embrace other traditions if we see they're pulling in the same direction: Towards the Royal Court and presence of King Jesus.

“Submit to my church tribe” Or what? —— This is not the same as good faith welcome and invitation.

@AndyHogue @NickQuient Came here to post this exact gif. 😆 (Also, I re-watched this recently, and it's better than I remember or it generally gets credit for being.)

@NickQuient Ezekiel might beg to differ.

Demons don’t need spaceships. Iykyk.

@DPGBehler @BillArnoldTeach If I'm being honest, I thought the OP was promoting a restoration of a Hammer Film...

@BillArnoldTeach Therefore Catholicism is true and Protestantism false. Pack it up, fellas. We lost to this ironclad argument.

Nobody kneels like this for grape juice and metaphors.