Banned King 👑

From one man called out of Ur, God built a nation. Abraham's family tree produced the twelve tribes of Israel, and from the tribe of Judah came the line that led to Christ. Ishmael, Esau, Moab, and Ammon also appear here. The genealogy of Abraham shaped the entire ancient Near East.

I am legit going to be sharing my testimony in solidarity, but also because sharing our testimonies is something God calls us to do. To the Pharisees who used a single post to reveal how easily they are sifted like wheat and that they lack biblical understandings/ the call to openly share testimonies that are meant to uplift and encourage men and women in and out of the church, shame on you. I hope you come to truly know the biblical Christ, not your opinionated build-a-bear version of Him that was concocted in your minds.

Governor Gavin Newsom is sparking widespread mockery after "bizarrely" comparing his own look to the fictional serial killer Patrick Bateman. Newsom posted a split-screen photo on X with actor Christian Bale’s portrayal of the notorious "American Psycho" character. The post immediately became the subject of intense ridicule as critics lined up to take a swing at the Governor for the strange comparison.

Facebook group suggestions are so odd. I've never driven for doordash but I keep getting these glimpses into the life:

34-year-old Homer Peel kisses his 12-year-old bride Geneva on the courthouse steps in Madisonville, Tennessee, June 25, 1937.

Adam Neumann on the quiet revolution: “Young people are interested in going to church. For years and years and years, the people who went to church were getting older and older, and the amount of people was declining, declining, declining, declining. And something happened, in the last few years, where young people are interested in going to church. More Bibles are being sold. Something’s happening. 100%. It's everywhere you go. People are more open. People are ready for it. It's natural. As technology is going to make us more and more digitally connected. We are going to feel more and more disconnected. The more disconnected that we feel, the more we’re going to crave a real connection. A real connection will never come by buying another car or buying another house, or owning another material. A real connection comes from the inside. A person who has unity from the inside, has unity to the outside.”

My wife was formerly promiscuous. I was a virgin. She was then radically born-again. Committed to church, evangelized constantly, Puritan books in her bedroom, prayer journals, grief over past sexual sin, etc. We got to know each other well for over a year, dated for four months, engaged for two and a half, and didn't sin sexually with one another. Our first kiss with each other was at the altar on our wedding day (reaction pic attached!). We've been married for over five years now, and she's been the most wonderful and godly wife, mother to our three children, and homemaker you could imagine. She's more pure than most virgins, as biblical purity has less to with past sins (though they certainly matter) and more to do with one's current posture of the heart and daily decisions to honor the Lord (Matt. 5:8). We're far too quick to forget the story of the woman labeled as a known "sinner" (likely a prostitute) in Luke 7:36-50 who was washing Jesus' feet with her tears while kissing them too. The Pharisees were shocked that Jesus let a public sinner do this. Jesus responded with a parable about debts being forgiven and ended with this powerful conclusion: "Her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little" (Luke 7:47). Everyone seems to highlight the benefits of virginity, and it certainly is a blessing. But we forget to highlight the benefits of being forgiven much as well. My wife knows the depths of Jesus' forgiveness more than most people, enabling her to more easily live out a life of passionate love for her Savior. A woman or man's past sexual sin matters. But what matters far more when it comes to deciding who to marry is if the person is truly born again, if their repentance is real, if they truly have a heart for Christ, if they truly follow Jesus and obey his commands. "God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world ​— ​what is viewed as nothing ​— ​to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, so that no one may boast in his presence. It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us ​— ​our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, — in order that, as it is written: 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'" (1 Cor. 1:27-31) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" (2 Cor. 5:17)

How is sex a sin if it leads to the creation of life.

Why will Satan torture people in hell for disobeying the same God he disobeyed ?

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