How did it happen that Christ was removed from Christmas (Christ Mass) to become a holiday about snow, reindeers, jingling bells, and fireplaces?

"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die."

~G.K. Chesterton

@ImperivmRenaissance

The vaccine is essentially the pinch of incense to Caesar of this age.

Vaxfags get rekt.

“In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.”

~Dorothy Leigh Sayers

@ImperivmRenaissance

Free pdf of the Institutes of The Christian Religion.

Neither natural capacity nor the letter of the holy law delivers anyone from this sin that fleshly birth introduces originally, but only the faith of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who came “to seek and to save that which had perished.” He “died for the ungodly,” giving “himself for us,” as the Apostle says, “as an offering and a sacrifice to God, as a sweet-smelling savor.” In this mediator between God and men, the status of human nature has been restored and the work of fulfilling the law has been accomplished; for the weakness of nature has in no way been able to stand up to his power. Since “all our days have passed away, and we have passed away in [God’s] wrath,” this weakness is deprived of both illumination and power, it sins blindly apart from the law, and, as a result, it does not know it is sinning. For this reason it is said: "I would not have known covetousness, unless the law had said, ‘You shall not covet.’"- St Fulgentius

"By what standard do you base your drip on?"

Especially chapters 8-10 @calvinismmemes

It's worth noting that modern baptist theology originated only after individualist Enlightenment values gained traction. Furthermore, the only cultures where b*ptist "theology" holds any sway are hyper-individualistic Anglo cultures. And frankly, their biggest issue isn't that they don't baptize their children, but that this hyper-individualism has become the lens through which they interpret all of Scripture.

"I don’t understand why churches specifically hold “racism” to be sinful. It’s the only concept that Leon Trotsky almost fully developed that modern churches agree wholeheartedly on."

The other bit of Trotskyism that both Christian Right and Left support is endless campaigns to spread global democracy by force.

https://twitter.com/TurnipMerchant/status/1473096569251639299

When it comes to Christians’ view of money and material blessings, two errors predominate. On the one hand, there are the prosperity gospel charlatans. On the other hand, there are ascetics who view money as a bad thing, or perhaps as a dangerous but neutral thing. This second view, which constitutes the overwhelming majority of evangelicals, is a doctrine just as unbiblical as the prosperity gospel, but far more subtle.

The biblical view of material blessing is that such blessings are, in and of themselves, good things for which we should give thanks (contra the modern evangelical ascetic view). These blessings are given by God in his own good timing and in response to faithfulness and covenant obedience (not simply “faith” as the prosperity gospel peddlers say, which is why their doctrine is sometimes called “word faith” or “word of faith”).

If people want to hear more on this, I may consider writing a fuller blog post.