Marijuana use is skyrocketing in the U.S. It is more important than ever now for the church to reiterate the sinfulness and harm of marijuana, especially given the now very well proven links to psychotic episodes.
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The recent Tucker interviews with Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, and Doug Wilson show that the pro-Israel side is completely incapable of winning a debate.
Even though his arguments are frankly lackluster, it is obvious to any observer that the pro-Isael side is bankrupt.
Where do we go from here? First, press the advantage. Second, use the victory to refocus on replacement, which is the primary issue. And third, pray for our own souls that we will never be so blinded, blackmailed, or bribed as these men are.
Even though his arguments are frankly lackluster, it is obvious to any observer that the pro-Isael side is bankrupt.
Where do we go from here? First, press the advantage. Second, use the victory to refocus on replacement, which is the primary issue. And third, pray for our own souls that we will never be so blinded, blackmailed, or bribed as these men are.
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Data distribution center
Fertility and Family Labor Supply https://www.chicagofed.org/publications/working-papers/2025/2025-26 https://x.com/MoreBirths/status/2026093209172992040 ----------------------------------------------- #fertility
If someone is lamenting falling fertility rates and they are unwilling to address this very obvious and well documented fact, they are not serious about solving the fertility crisis.
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Interracial or interethnic marriage falls into the same biblical category as divorce and polygamy. As in:
They are contrary to God's natural design, nearly always result in disaster, and are things that God hates. But because of the hardness of our hearts, they are permitted under tightly limited circumstances.
They are contrary to God's natural design, nearly always result in disaster, and are things that God hates. But because of the hardness of our hearts, they are permitted under tightly limited circumstances.
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Presbyterian and Reformed
Baptismal Regeneration and the Death of Assurance Regeneration is no slight matter. It is a new birth; a new creation; a resurrection front spiritual death to spiritual life. It is a change, wrought by the exceeding greatness of God’s power, analogous to…
The consistent desire of anti-sacramental Presbyterians to separate the sign and the thing signified is actually the very "superstition" they claim to hate.
By attempting to connect regenration to either conversion, preaching, altar calls, or anything else, they want to gain control over regeneration in the means they prefer rather than regular sacraments (baptism at birth and weekly communion).
It's also a desire to excuse parenting failure. If the baptized child really is regenerate and ends up a profligate, that's a parenting failure. But if blame can be shifted to God ("Is this not the viper in a diaper you gave to me?") then they are excused.
This also explains why Puritans so quickly and colossally lost their culture. What was the heart of English Puritanism in Massachusetts became Libtard Central in about 150 years.
By attempting to connect regenration to either conversion, preaching, altar calls, or anything else, they want to gain control over regeneration in the means they prefer rather than regular sacraments (baptism at birth and weekly communion).
It's also a desire to excuse parenting failure. If the baptized child really is regenerate and ends up a profligate, that's a parenting failure. But if blame can be shifted to God ("Is this not the viper in a diaper you gave to me?") then they are excused.
This also explains why Puritans so quickly and colossally lost their culture. What was the heart of English Puritanism in Massachusetts became Libtard Central in about 150 years.
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Forwarded from ⚜️History In Art & Photos 🖼
🇺🇸 Two armed American border guards deter a group of illegal immigrants from attempting to cross a river from Mexico into the United States, 1948.
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The Very Lutheran Project
In context, Christ gives us this teaching *right after* telling us to not covet another woman in our hearts. This is very important to notice! There must have been someone the crowd, hearing Christ speak about coveting women and committing adultery with our hearts, trying to weasel his way past Jesus's words. "Ah," he told himself, "I'll just quietly divorce my wife, and then I'll be free to pursue any woman I want!" Our Savior does not let such a man get away with it.
This is a critical element of the text I rarely see mentioned. That Jesus prohibits divorce except for adultery rules out all other possible justifications.
Divorce is not permissible for abuse, addiction, "financial infidelity," or dissatisfaction.
That doesn't mean these things can't be solved. On the contrary, pastors and family members should absolutely step in to help solve. But they do not dissolve the sacred bond of marriage.
Divorce is not permissible for abuse, addiction, "financial infidelity," or dissatisfaction.
That doesn't mean these things can't be solved. On the contrary, pastors and family members should absolutely step in to help solve. But they do not dissolve the sacred bond of marriage.
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Forwarded from European Reformation Heritage (Maxime PLF)
"One does not need to know the exact hour of one's conversion... To demand from everyone a 'penitential struggle' and 'breakthrough,' a period of dread and despair and a sudden subsequent surge of peace and joy, is to call into question God's covenant promise and weaken the meaning of baptism... It robs the school and education in general of their significance and, by forcing on a sudden crisis, an intense emotion or conscious turnaround, gives an unnatural character to Christian nurture, making children anxious, fearful, and nervously introspective. The children of believers are to be regarded and treated as heirs of the promise until the contrary is clearly demonstrated by their 'talk' and 'walk.'"
- Herman Bavinck, A:545
- Herman Bavinck, A:545
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Protestant Post
This week supposed "right wingers" have been telling me that AKSHULLY Somalis and Venezuelans are BASED and REDPILLED and America is a big bad bully meaniepants. Guess what, nerds? America is freaking awesome, the third world freaking sucks, and you're freaking…
You can just add Iran to this list.
> "bUt WeEe DoInG tHiS fOr IsRaEl!!11"
I think America has every right to take out the Iranian regime whether or not it aligns with Israel's interests.
> "bbbbbbbut muh international law"
Pal. Please. If you're a liberal who believes in "international law" that's fine, just don't call yourself right wing. The only true international laws are blood and bullets.
> "bUt WeEe DoInG tHiS fOr IsRaEl!!11"
I think America has every right to take out the Iranian regime whether or not it aligns with Israel's interests.
> "bbbbbbbut muh international law"
Pal. Please. If you're a liberal who believes in "international law" that's fine, just don't call yourself right wing. The only true international laws are blood and bullets.
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Forwarded from An Appeal To Pragmatism
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Trump Throwback, over the phone : “[Iran] has been put on notice. If you fuck around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before.”
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People will lamemt the fertility rate collapse and propose a thousand overengineered solutions to fudge TFR up 5 basis points.
The reality is banning contraceptives and abortion after the first trimester would put Whites well above replacement rate.
The reality is banning contraceptives and abortion after the first trimester would put Whites well above replacement rate.
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Protestant Post
Interracial or interethnic marriage falls into the same biblical category as divorce and polygamy. As in: They are contrary to God's natural design, nearly always result in disaster, and are things that God hates. But because of the hardness of our hearts…
At the beginning of creation, God's first act was to segregate light and darkness, daytime and night, in perpetuity. God established that His creations would reproduce "after their kinds." God divided the land and sea dwelling animals, the earth from the heavens, etc.
Woven into the very fabric of God's design of the universe is His love for true diversity, that is, preserving the uniqueness of each aspect of His handiwork as He designed it.
Woven into the very fabric of God's design of the universe is His love for true diversity, that is, preserving the uniqueness of each aspect of His handiwork as He designed it.
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Forwarded from Samuhel
I’m still waiting for the people who said Venezuela was gonna be another ‘forever-war’ like Iraq to admit they were wrong.
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Forwarded from The Very Lutheran Project
I speculate that winter is meant to be a kind of seasonal sabbath, where people are forced by the weather to be less active. But once God's done making us cold, He lets us go out and do stuff with all that big, beautiful light outside.
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Protestant Post
Interracial or interethnic marriage falls into the same biblical category as divorce and polygamy. As in: They are contrary to God's natural design, nearly always result in disaster, and are things that God hates. But because of the hardness of our hearts…
The narrative of Noah and Babel shows how seriously God takes this principle. Whatever your take on the Nephilim, clearly God takes issue with the illicit mixed unions involved.
To solve this penultimately primordial sin, He kills all the offspring of these unions, washes the Earth, and establishes a sort of second Adam in Noah.
To mitigate the corruption of mixing, God assigns separate lands for each of Noah's sons and their descendants (the Table of Nations gives great detail here). St. Paul references this holy gift in Acts 17.
Against His decree, mankind, led by Ham's sons, begin congregating together to build a massive tower "lest we be scattered" as God intended. So God confused their langauges to force their hand.
Again, these early chapters of Genesis highlight how important holiness (which is separation) is to God.
To solve this penultimately primordial sin, He kills all the offspring of these unions, washes the Earth, and establishes a sort of second Adam in Noah.
To mitigate the corruption of mixing, God assigns separate lands for each of Noah's sons and their descendants (the Table of Nations gives great detail here). St. Paul references this holy gift in Acts 17.
Against His decree, mankind, led by Ham's sons, begin congregating together to build a massive tower "lest we be scattered" as God intended. So God confused their langauges to force their hand.
Again, these early chapters of Genesis highlight how important holiness (which is separation) is to God.
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