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“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.” (1 John 2:15-16) “You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” (James 4:4)

@skdbama @calvinrobinson I utterly disagree - God is out there in the world as well as in churches. You're trying to pin down the Holy Spirit to your agenda - maybe the unforgivable sin?

Lukewarm effeminate homosexual Churchianity is over. The Church should not mirror the culture. The Church should call the culture to repentance. We should repulse each other. Masculine Christianity is back. Christian nationalism has arrived. Repent, or seethe & cope.

Jesus: “And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:46) same Greek word “eternal” for both heaven and hell. Paul: “They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord.” (2 Thessalonians 1:9) (the Greek word “destruction” can mean “ruin”, not “ceasing to exist”. A city can be ruined yet still exist.) John: “And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.” (Revelation 14:11) “no rest” means you don’t get a break ever, the suffering goes on and on and on.

@howertonjosh Well. Given that Paul and Jesus and John taught annihilationism, and the church blew up, the answer is simply yes.

Question for theology nerds / pastors: Has there ever been a revival or major advance / growth of the church where annihilationism has been dominant? (I obv know vast supermajority have not. I’m asking if there’s ever been one)

This is the best 3 minutes of preaching on HELL that you will ever see. R.C. Sproul 👇

From the archives: One of my earliest Christian webcomics. (Based on a true story.)

Public correction and apology: Last week we published a video about an Episcopal pastor exegeting John 4, where he insisted that the 'living waters' Jesus and the Samaritan woman were talking about were actually another word for 'semen' and that the two were flirting with each other. In the accompanying explainer article, while trying to track down the source, the writer made an error and mixed up the churches. He ERRONEOUSLY named The Rev. Bryan O'Carroll of Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in FL as the culprits, when in reality it was a church by the same name in a different state. We quickly corrected this, updated the article, issued a retraction, posted it permanently on our Corrections/Retractions page, and reached out to O'Carroll personally to apologize. While he graciously accepted our apology and request for forgiveness, the damage was done. He and his church received significant backlash as a result of our error, and "continues to receive extremely unpleasant feedback by office phone, email, and our social media platforms," to the point that some of his staff members fear for their safety or that someone may act out in a dangerous way. For this reason, we're pinning this post to the top of all our social media pages for the next week or so, as prominently as possible, to broadcast our correction of the error and mitigate some of the harm we caused.

Annual reminder that St. Patrick was not even Irish, but was one of the great missionaries in church history. Take a minute and watch the Veggie Tales story. youtu.be/O5bkx_1lY14?fe…

@HolyPost_Media @jamestalarico Here's a more honest response to Talarico by the always funny @LutheranSatire: x.com/HansFiene/stat…

Many pro-life Christians assume there’s no place for them in the Democratic Party. But @jamestalarico welcomes them, saying there may be more common ground than meets the eye. It's essential that Christians learn how to work together with others committed to justice, diversity, and equal rights, even when we don’t agree on every issue. That doesn’t mean abandoning our values and convictions. It means we're willing to work across differences and set tribal politics aside to serve the common good in a complex, pluralistic society. Hear @skyejethani's conversation with James on 🎙️Holy Post 684 (link in bio)

@HolyPost_Media @jamestalarico Imagine if this was the Civil War: "Instead of ending slavery, how about you join my party so we can still have slaves (but maybe fewer) while also protecting the rights of slaveholders. Because Christian unity."

Why must today’s pastors call out sins like: -Immodesty -Pagan Immigration -Feminism -Homosexuality -Cowardice -Pornography -Pagan Religions -Mosque and Temple Building -Sinful Tolerance Because the previous generation of pastors did not. Their silence has forced our noise.

Please join me in prayer tonight for the underground church and thousands of Christians in Iran right now that are braving the storm. We must pray for their protection right now. For them and the innocent.

"All suffering is worth it to follow Jesus. He is that amazing." —Nabeel Qureshi (former Muslim)

Thinking about this passage from 2 Chronicles 21 today: "And he departed with no one's regret..."

@HansFiene At first I read your tweet as, “the only kids who can’t learn hymns are kids who are hated by adults.”

It's really wild how the only kids who can't learn hymns are kids whose parents/teachers don't like them. Weird coincidence!

Respectfully, this is the pot calling the kettle black. I share your frustration with Big Eva leaders. However, you accused John Piper of false witness but then described the church protest as “kicking down the doors”, which is also false witness. If truth matters, it has to matter on both sides.

"When a mob smashed its way into a church and disrupted Christian worship, John Piper said nothing. No warning. No defense of the saints. No concern for the violation of God’s assembly. Silence. But a clipped meme video with two seconds of jungle imagery? That summoned the prophet. Suddenly it was time for moral outrage, public rebuke, and alignment with progressive taboos. A shepherd who stays silent when the church is attacked but finds his voice when elite sensibilities are offended has revealed the hierarchy of his fears. He does not fear God first. He fears the moral consensus of a woefully immoral age. Selective outrage isn’t a personality quirk. It's cowardice. And this, more than anything, is why Big Eva's leaders - these days - are leading almost nobody at all. We don’t owe any respect to leaders who enforce fake sins while ignoring real ones." Read more at Insight to Incite. Link in bio. Audio version available.

Yes Jesus was meek, but at times he could also be harsh (i.e. warnings about hell) and even offended people: “And they [the people of Nazareth] took offense at him [Jesus].” —Matthew 13:57; Mark 6:3 One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.” And he said, “Woe to you lawyers also!” —Luke 11:45-46a “Then the disciples came and said to him [Jesus], “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying? He answered, ‘Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.’” —Matthew 15:12-14 “When they heard these things [that Jesus spoke], all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. But passing through their midst, he went away.” —Luke 4:28-30 “So they picked up stones to throw at [Jesus]…” (John 8:59; again in John 10:31-33) Jesus repeatedly caused splits and divisions among his hearers, especially his enemies (John 7:12; 7:40-43; 9:16; 10:19-21). “Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.” (Luke 12:49) Jesus told his audience that they did not know God (John 7:28) and called them sons of the devil (John 8:44). Jesus warned repeatedly about hell and judgment. He told parables in which the King (God) cuts his enemies to pieces (Matthew 24:50-51), burns their city (Matthew 22:7), tortures them (Matthew 18:34), and Jesus said he himself will throw them into a fiery furnace where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 13:41-42). To be Christlike is to be meek but not tame. Christian meekness implies strength. It is like a strong man holding a baby. He has great power but keeps it in under control with humility and grace. To focus only on the gentleness of Jesus is to make a one-dimensional caricature. “Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.” (Luke 6:26)

I miss the Mr. Rogers type of Christian. The one that models meekness, kindness, gentleness, humility, and patience - basically the type of Christian man that would be considered a Beta male today.

@MarshallDActual @albertmohler @WNGdotorg

@albertmohler @WNGdotorg Seems like a better place to start would be the church.

"Our tragic crisis of dignity: We had better recover dignity fast—starting in the White House" — my column today @wngdotorg. wng.org/opinions/our-t…

Politics is downwind of culture, and our culture is awash in an orgy of sin. At this point any “dignity” from either party is merely performative. We won’t get our dignity back until we first have repentance, which starts with the church. Wake me up when evangelicals are ready to trade in their casual Sunday morning lattes for a holy fear of the Lord (Philippians 2:12; Hebrews 12:28-29). Then we can talk about dignity.

The whoredom must stop.