Theophan the Recluse Fan

Principles for Orthodox apologetics. 1 - Before anything, revere God in your heart. This involves prayer, attending services, and seeking God with all your heart. This is only found on your knees in prayer. 2 - Be prepared. For Protestants this "preparation" centers around knowing the Bible very well. If you are going to debate a Sola Scriptura person you need to be prepared to answer them on their terms - from Scripture, not tradition. And Scripture supports Orthodoxy because it came out of the Church. But the Bible also tells us that we are not to prepare a defense in advance. Luk 21:14-15 But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. This means we are to be guided by the Spirit. 3 - When apologetics is done right, it's done with ""gentleness and respect". Pride and arrogance are the downfall for all of us. Talking over the other person is one evidence you are not acting with respect. The other person is allowed to be rude. The Orthodox Christian is not. They are allowed to be arrogant. The Orthodox Christian is not.

It's been two whole hours. Time to get them out of bed again?

@FORTRESSMAXXING Mosab actually wrote this but I think it was AI.

Worst self-hating Palestinian Ever Award? Tough competition. Reply who you think: - Kat Abughazaleh - Omar El Fares - Nayeb Bukele - Mosab Hassan Yousef - Richard Hanania - Yoseph Haddad - John Aziz - DJ Khaled If other, reply below

My family built this house in Israel 126 years ago, and still live in the same spot. Post whatever you want on social media, your posts will not move them one inch from the land they have been cultivating for 5 generations. Am Yisrael Chai.

Today, dead Netanyahu gave the world the inspiring message that evil can, through hard work, triumph of over good.

@FaimaySabre @VaticanNews

@VaticanNews Where is that idiot Ambassador Huckabee who worships Israel?

Israeli settlers escalate their incursions into Taybeh, the West Bank’s last fully Christian town, raising concerns over further land appropriation. The parish priest, Father Bashar Fawadleh, appeals for international intervention, as residents face mounting restrictions and call for peace, justice, and protection. vaticannews.va/en/church/news…

@brenda_wny @VaticanNews

@VaticanNews First of all, no such place as West Bank, it is Judah and Samaria part of the Promised Land God gave to Israel. Israel has no problem with Christians living in Israel - they have their own quarter, just like the Arabs and Armenians.

I bet they get paid more than $7000 for that.

@Antonscoinflip @GodlyAction How did you get that from what I wrote?

@LowStudies @GodlyAction So an uncircumcised man went to hell because his dad didn’t snip him when he was 8 days old? Got it!

Baptism is not required for salvation.

The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), comprised of the USS Boxer (LHD-4), USS Comstock (LSD-45), and the USS Portland (LPD-27) with the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Group (MEU), is on its way to the Middle East after departing the U.S. west coast for deployment.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 US war with Iran has now cost an estimated $25,000,000,000

@Saved5872 @TheStaad Reformed theology is so twisted that it has to make God not good and gracious.

@LowStudies @TheStaad Right...it's GOD that grants repentance to those He chooses to. That scripture is talking about what God does. It has nothing to do with what people do or don't do.

I kind of want to stop saying “Lord, have mercy” and start saying, “Lord, rain down your holy vengeance,” but I’m afraid I won’t know the enormity of what that petition would bring It terrifies me

@ChrisStigall @RepThomasMassie @Patriot4444 @CarriePrejean1 Her "Jewish colleague", Paula White. She's supposedly a Christian.

@RepThomasMassie @Patriot4444 @CarriePrejean1 What exactly was her heroism? Mouthing off to a Jewish colleague on a volunteer board gathered to discuss faith?

I support Carrie Prejean Boller 💯! She stopped by my office today with her husband, and I gave her one of the debt badges that I invented to show my appreciation for her bravery with respect to the White House Religious Freedom Commission. I’m inspired by her resolve.

@realJennaEllis @RepThomasMassie @CarriePrejean1

@RepThomasMassie @CarriePrejean1 Nope.

Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 1 John 2:22

@Saved5872 @TheStaad "The goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance."

@LowStudies @TheStaad I hate it when so called Christians use a verse out of it's context and claim it means what it doesn't. God only has mercy and shows grace to those who put their faith and trust in Christ's redeeming work on the cross. Not because of anything we do or don't pray.

@Handenhalla2 @RepSummerLee Our kids/grandkids are being robbed.

@LowStudies @RepSummerLee The truly sinister part here is what happens to Americans down the road. Once they've squeezed all they can from us, our 40tn debt comes crashing down on the American public. The international bankers, the epstein class, they move on like locust. The public is left with the bill

Our tax dollars are paying for bombs dropped on civilians from Gaza to Iran to Lebanon, and we're supposed to just sit back and watch full homes blown up on social media. It's sickening. No more weapons to Israel or bombs sent abroad, period.

@The_Autochthon @Michaeldudufudu There's very little to Protestantism in terms of cohesive principles other than anti-Catholic/anti-Orthodox.

@Michaeldudufudu I think you just hit the nail on the head as to why RedeemedXoomer is so popular. He just does this non-denominational/ ecumenist grift of treating every single "denomination" or "branch" of Christianity as a videogame guild or clan. Simply about aesthetics.

Why do they choose religions like they're choosing a video game to play?

We finally have the Israeli mentality distilled to a single line: