This guy could be the next Bismarck.

Pentecost Poast 1: The Sin of Babel

Frequently, the sin is assumed to be building a tower to heaven. And we may infer this was sinful. But what was the root sin? Why did they want to build a city and tower?

And they said, "Come, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."

The tower was designed to keep man as one people, and this was the sin of Babel. The modern equivalents of this sin should be more than obvious to all.

Consider also the narrative structure: We have just read about God intervening to cut down man's iniquity through the flood. After reading about Noah's descendants, we now see God doing something similar.

Historically, many Christian thinkers have held Shem, Ham, and Japheth to be the sources of the races, and to be assigned to a continent or area to live. The narrative focus of man again rebelling against God by refusing to live separately lends credence to the notion that God intended Noah's descendants to live separately. The zoom into Abraham thereafter shows God has now dampened the depravity and will move towards redeeming us.

Someday soon.....

Oh no, Christ-hating sand people are killing other Christ-hating sand people. Anyway....

One thing the Mahler / Woe duo need to improve on is not sounding like arrogant redditors whose firmware malfunctioned and turned them right wing. Would really help their branding.

Super Lutheran is doing great work, and so is Stone Choir. This doesn't need to be a johnson measuring contest, seriously folks.

Penetcost Poast 2: Reversal of Babel?

It's common to hear that Pentecost was a reversal of Babel -- instead of God dispersing the nations and confusing their language, He brought them together and they all heard God's word together.

However, the better way to think of Pentecost is a redemption of Babel, not a reversal. When Adam brought death into the world, God's solution wasn't a cosmic Cntrl+Z; it was to use the very fact of death to redeem the world.

By the same token, when the sin of Babel brought langauages and permanent separation of nations, God didn't erase this separation but rather sent His word into each nation and people.

The culmination seen in Revelation 5 is a congregation "of every nation, tribe, and tongue," showing clearly these seperations extend into eternity, yet in no way prevent us from peace and communal worship.

Tucker Carlson wrecks Ted Cruz here; he should've dropped in Galatians 6 where St. Paul calls a mixed Jew and Gentile church "the Israel of God."

While it should be apparent to all why Dispensationalism is wrong, why is it so popular?

Darby and Scofield capitalized on the lack of basic catechesis of Baptist and Methodist laity. Even a young child who knew the Heidelberg Catechism would very quickly point out that Israel was designated by God for the purpose of brining the Christ child into the world.

They would recognize the purpose of historical Israel had already been served, and the state now wearing the name as a skinsuit is merely an ethnostate designed to serve as a memorial against the Moustache Man.

Trump may have mistepped several times in the last few days, but he's corrected and appears on the right track.

We should always be praying for our natural heads (1 Tim. 2), but now is an especially appropriate time to do so.

Another reason Dispensationalism is so popular is its connection to end times fervor. The majority of Christians believe Christ will return within 40 years (and make no mistake, that cohort is almost entirely boomers). This gives a relgious justification for their generational high time preference -- as seen in their unwillingness to sacrifice for later generations.

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, guide, we beseech thee, the Nations of the world into the way of justice and truth, and establish among them that peace which is the fruit of righteousness, that they may become the Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

I don't care if the federal government wants to sell off a few desert parcels or let a company buy some useless federal buildings in urban areas.

But the federal government has an absolute mandate to preserve wild areas; in fact, I think the federal government should regulate tourism and intra-U.S. migration to protect our shared inheritance.

People are acting like the PCA resolutions promoting MLK-esque "colorblindness" are newsworthy. Any denomination where figures like Ligon Duncan and co are leaders is obviously pozzed in some way. Did anyone honestly think this wasn't where the denomination was at, even after Revoice?

With that being said, denominational stances are almost irrelevant -- each congregation can be assessed individually and many are quite solid even on political issues. Pray for the PCA and the whole church of God as always.

Mother-in-Law implies a helpful, more forgiving Mother-in-Gospel.

Is Using Marijuana Sinful?

Unequivocally, yes. There is no way to consume which does not result in intoxication. Unlike alcohol, caffeine, and other substances. In other words, it's very purpose sinful. It's not like smoking cigarettes or tobacco which, though a vice, is not inherently sinful.

St. John Chrysostom drew this distinction against contemporary teetotalers:

[Some say], "Let there be no wine." We should say then in answer to such, "Let there be no drunkenness; for wine is the work of God, but drunkenness is the work of the devil. Wine makes not drunkenness; but intemperance produces it."

The sin is linked to the excess which is measured by being out of one's right state of mind. We may apply the same standard to all other substances.

For instance, there are medicinal uses of the marijuana plant which, though I'm skeptical of them, are not reliant on THC and do not induce an altered state of mind. These would be permissible (though stupid).

America lost the Cold War. It simply does not follow that, after "winning," we would then be subjected to the same ideology, only faker and gayer, in our nations.

The merit of the communist states was that they kept their people in. Make no mistake, if the iron curtain had not fallen, the 3rd world invasion of our nation would not be happening (excepting Latin migration, which is far perferable to Indians and Arabs).

This Independence Day, let's thank God for the many blessings America has brought to us, and also pray for friendship and peace between all European nations and that they turn to Christ again.

> ICE has more funding than most countries' militaries isn't that terrible?

> Yes, it's terrible that we need a second military to combat the invasion at our southern border. The first one would do just fine.

Addendum: The U.S. should first confiscate and sell all foreign-owned land (or at least Chinese-owned land) and any property owned by illegals.