@NESNAugust @AdLucem7 No, no we wouldn't. But as an ex-Catholic, I can tell you that the apostacy in the Roman church is much faster than within Evangelical Protestantism.
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Ian Smith
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Ian Smith
@mithSIM
Husband. Father. Pastor. PNW native. Christian missionary to rural Japan. Opinions are my own. https://t.co/DlRQPpLsMi .
Olympia, WA Sumali Aralık 2008
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The UK will be converted to Catholicism because of the sheer cringe of the alternatives
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NOW - Dame Sarah Mullally is officially "enthroned" as the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, becoming the first woman to take the role in 1,400 years.
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@aReformedGuy @JoelWebbon Defining feature of the absolute worst kings of Israel and Judah was their willingness to sacrifice children.
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@JoelWebbon No greater crime on humanity then child sacrifice.
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New: Pete Hegseth’s pastor and close spiritual advisor says he wants Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico to die.
“We want him crucified with Christ,” Brooks Potteiger said of Talarico, as the podcast host said he prays “that God kills him.” huffpost.com/entry/pete-heg…
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I want my kids to have a boring testimony. That means I have done my job as a parent.
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Publicly parading your past sin is not the disposition of someone who is repenting in sackcloth and ashes.
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Could you imagine the letter the Apostles would’ve written…
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NOW - Dame Sarah Mullally is officially "enthroned" as the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, becoming the first woman to take the role in 1,400 years.
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Honestly, we need Pastors telling us there’s grace and hope despite sin and its effects right now.
We should be ashamed of past sin. Christ took that shame with Him to the cross along with our sin though.
I’m disgusted by the attitude that says it’s game over. No, it’s time to sin no more and see how God uses a trophy of grace.
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Its like we're stuck on repeat with eve being deceived and Adam not saying no
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NOW - Dame Sarah Mullally is officially "enthroned" as the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, becoming the first woman to take the role in 1,400 years.
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Would that God struck her down then and there.
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NOW - Dame Sarah Mullally is officially "enthroned" as the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, becoming the first woman to take the role in 1,400 years.
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@MurrayRundus I can assure you there aren't any independent fundamentalist baptists there.
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The Orthodox and the Catholics can share a moment of fraternity in the fact that their presence at such a sham enthronement is mutually embarrassing and humiliating
Adrian Hilton@Adrian_Hilton
An ecumenical moment with Richard Moth, Archbishop of Westminster.
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A few of the things she says aren't necessarily wrong. Frequently public bathrooms in Japan lack soap--meaning most people, if they do wash their hands after going to the restroom are just rinsing them.
Blowing your nose in public is considered rude, meaning that people would rather sniffle for hours on the train rather than blowing their nose once. Also, coughing without covering your mouth historically hasn't been seen as rude or gross. By Western standards, Japanese actually have a lower bar for hygiene when it comes to coughing and sneezing than many people in the West.
Although my wife is a bit of a germaphobe and literally brings wet-wipes to the grocery store to wipe down the cart before using it. She doesn't like handling money, as its 'dirty,' and frequently complains about the state of the public bathrooms. She will often change our daughter's diapers in our car or in her stroller rather than using the changing table in a public restroom. With a population of a 100 million, you're going to run into a lot of people with different hygiene standards here the longer you're in Japan.
Also, I was in Japan during COVID, and the mask protocol was pretty bad--some people wearing the same mask every day for months (even with blotches of lipstick and snot stuck to it).
Worst B.O. experiences in Japan are a toss up between homeless, clearly mentally ill Japanese men, and some S Asian migrant laborers.
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Ah yes, Japanese people are famously known for smelling bad and having bad hygiene.
If I was Japanese, I'd just deport this lying ingrate immediately.
鈴森はるか 『haruka suzumori』 🇯🇵@harukaawake
🇯🇵 A black lady living in Japan claims that Japanese people don't wash their hands, smell bad on the train and only care about "neatness" but not hygiene. As expected, everything she is saying is a lie.
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Are there any candidates other than JD who would be better for 2028?
Cause if it's Vance, not sure how much we have a chance at winning in 2028 at this rate…
Polymarket@Polymarket
BREAKING: JD Vance’s 2028 odds crash to an all-time low of 18%.
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@scumbagovitch @MarcusGustavus For his part, he is also Asian, but now is married to a white woman.
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If you don't want to marry a former porn actress, you don't believe the Gospel and you're not even a Christian.
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@kangminlee Historically, other women policed aberrant female behavior. That is what is missing.
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If pastors remain terrified of calling out the sins of women, holding women accountable for their behavior, and enforcing biblical standards for women, our society will continue to rot and die
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Most people think evangelicalism is conservative but, in fact, large swathes of it are radically anti-traditionalist and, in their way, liberal.
Many evangelicals see traditional social virtues like modesty, propriety and prudence as hindrances to the practice and proclamation of the gospel and therefore congratulate themselves on violating these norms if, in their minds, doing so "brings glory to God".
That's exactly what's happening here. A man and his wife throw sensitive personal information into the social media gutter without thinking for a moment about dignity or social appropriateness and then, when people object, claim that people who value the social virtues they've discarded care less about God.
Trevor Sheatz@TrevorSheatz
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)
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