Ted Fine
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Ted Fine
@tsfine
Serving God whenever and wherever He sends. I love you God.
Clinton, LA เข้าร่วม Nisan 2009
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Too many people want to point out all the fallacies and evil of the other while completely ignoring their own fallacies and evil.
The older I get the more I realize the problem…as TS sings, “ITS ME! I’m the problem.”
If your theology doesn’t start there it’s probably wrong.
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NGL.
I was filling up my car yesterday and thought about this. The same folks who complained about Biden and gas prices are absolutely silent when it’s Trump and gas prices.
Why do we critique those on the opposite side, but won’t say anything when it’s people on our side?
Ryan, Perdido en TX@RyanLostinTX
This meme was 100% made by someone who put those Joe Biden “I Did That!” stickers on gas pumps like 6 years ago.
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@revruck I can think of 2 reasons. One, there is an undeniable connection of the higher prices to the Iran conflict, which leads to number two, that the right is willing to give Trump the benefit of the doubt that this will be a relatively short lived conflict after which the prices will
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What helps the most is reorienting the budget towards things that affect growth.
Outreach, missions, community facing.
The issue here is that often those funding the budget feel like they aren’t getting their way and become disconnected from the church.
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Every single struggling church I know tries to somehow manage shrinking finances by cuttinge the budget.
That somehow spending less money is a recipe for long term success.
Hint - It never works.
Struggling churches cutting the budget usually end up in a death spiral.
Billy Binion@billybinion
I wanted DOGE to succeed. But this exchange sums up its legacy. “You don’t regret that people may have lost important income?” “It was more important to reduce the federal deficit from $2 trillion to close to $0” “Did you reduce the deficit?” “No”
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The absolute funniest thing I’ve seen from SNL in a LONG time.
I laughed way too hard at this.
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Ted Fine รีทวีตแล้ว
Elon Musk has been calling for the Epstein files to be released and for offenders to be prosecuted for years.
Last year, today, same stance.
Prosecution of the worst offenders.
Why is no one else pushing this hard for prosecution?
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@tsfine What’s your paperwork level at now compared to the UMC?
Charge Conference? ✅
Pastor Evaluations? ✅
Annual Audit? ✅
If you really look at it, they just copied the forms of the UMC and changed the letterhead.
Now they are forming committees. 🙄
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It’s inevitable, some of my friends in the GMC are already beginning to see denominational bloat creeping up.
Networks are the future, but I do wonder about the accountability piece of networks.
How do you have accountability in independent networks?
Evan Sustar@EvanSus96
Very interesting. People care less and less about denominations. Local churches are king right now. I wonder if we’ll see the rise of smaller denominations/networks?
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@JonHaidt @DrewBMcIntyre Restrictions for children. It's an important distinction.
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Here is another consensus study showing widespread support for age restrictions on social media.
Americans are divided on most things, but not this:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…
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My kids have been listening to Harry Potter audiobooks on our road trips. It’s a great way to travel.
Hannah Miller King@revhannahking
Being grown up just means I get even more excited about kids books.
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@revruck @DarnTough @GORUCK @WeberGrills I bought an American made car for the first time in 20 years and am very pleased with the quality. We CAN make good stuff. Just gotta have the will.
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I buy some things that are made in the USA…
1. Socks (@DarnTough)
2. Bags and Clothes (@GORUCK)
3. Weber Grills (@WeberGrills)
Why?
Because of quality. I will typically buy quality over price if it is justifiable.
Ramon van Meer@ramonvanmeer
Everyone says they’d pay more for “Made in the USA.” I tested it. We make a $129 filtered showerhead manufactured in China. With tariffs surging to 170%, we explored reshoring. We found a U.S. supplier. Our costs nearly tripled. I ran a clean A/B test: 👇
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Ted Fine รีทวีตแล้ว
Political violence - by the left or right - has no place in society and should be unequivocally condemned as antithetical to human decency and democratic norms.
If we condemn it only when "our side" is affected, we contribute to the diminishing of the republic.
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@hesychasthermit @DrewBMcIntyre Why do you think you are a sinner? Even though you have sinned, Jesus made you righteous by his grace. What Jesus did as the second Adam is greater than what the first Adam did. Think about it.
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Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
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