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The horror in Waukesha happened over a month ago and yet there is almost zero national coverage of it today. No pieces profiling the victims, nothing on how the community is recovering. Nothing on the motivations of the suspect. It’s like it has been memory-holed.
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A youth pastor somewhere: "The President canceled student debt, but let me tell you about the One who canceled all of our debt . . . "
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Just want to say absolute panic would ensue if conservative churches did this. I’m not a fan of any side doing it, but it’s amazing how the conversation is different.
NEW -- More than 300 Black churches across VA will hear from @KamalaHarris btwn Sun. and November 2 in video message that will air during morning services as part of outreach effort aimed to boost @TerryMcAuliffe.
#VAGOV
Video first obtained by CNN
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My daughter just finished explaining to me what happened after One Direction broke up. Apparently this is how we got Harry Styles. So there’s that.
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This is why politicizing COVID is ridiculous. Here is a chart showing Hawaii and Texas: opposite approaches and yet same trajectory. Adjust your narratives accordingly
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I'm overwhelmed by the outpouring of support I've received. I'm grieved by the disunity among Christians. But I think this is a good opportunity to actively pursue unity among brothers and sisters in Christ. A few more thoughts on that here for @USATODAY usatoday.com/story/opinion/2…
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I wept when I saw those images of those precious people desperately clinging to that aircraft. Those of us who have had the privilege of being born in this country don't realize what we have. America has issues, but people are desperate to get here. We are often so ungrateful.
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When Nathan confronted David, he didn’t say “What about Saul?” Instead we got Psalm 51.
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I’m sorry so many of us Christians represent Jesus poorly. If you are not a Christian, I hope you can look past us toward Jesus who offers salvation and who defeated sin, death, and the grave.
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Don’t follow people into bathrooms. Don’t show up at their houses. Don’t disturb people in restaurants. Regardless of your politics. Not only does it cross a line, it makes people WAY less sympathetic to your position.
People outside Sarasota Sch Bd member Shirley Brown’s house tonight: “We see you in there, Shirley. We want you to come out for a redress of grievances. This is the line we will die on. Shirley, come out. We have some questions and we have demands that need to be met.”
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I keep reading folks calling Tim Keller “left wing,” which is a strange way to describe a pastor who planted a gospel preaching church in a progressive city and preached the exclusivity of Christ, Christian sexual ethics, inerrancy of Scripture and reformed theology, etc
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Sobering qualifications for pastors in 1 Timothy 3:1-13
- sober-minded
- self-controlled
- not violent but gentle
- not quarrelsome
In other words, can a pastor be an argumentative troll online and still be qualified? I don’t think so.
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I'm uncomfortable with the Alec Baldwin jokes. This is a really sad and tragic accident. A young woman's life was lost. A family is shattered.
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The celebration of the assassination of the United Health Care CEO is one of the most disgusting and dehumanizing things I’ve ever seen.
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I don’t understand people who want laws that protect babies at the border but not laws that protect babies in the womb. I don’t understand people who want laws to protect babies in the womb and not at the border. Do both! Let’s not pit one vulnerable group against the other.
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I first heard Tim Keller preach on Christ in Exodus. I’d never heard someone explain like that how the whole Bible fit together.
I read A Reason for God and grew in my confidence to share the gospel without defensiveness.
I read his books on marriage, preaching, work, justice, and other topics and grew from his wisdom and scriptural application.
Most of all, inspired by his mix of apologetics, pastoral heart, piety, evangelism and commitment to the local church.
When nobody raised their hand to go to NY, he went and committed himself to learning that city. God used him to bring many thousands to faith.
The heart of an evangelist. The approach of an apologist, the commitment of a pastor, the precision of a theologian. He was a brilliant scholar who never flaunted his intellect. He could he prophetic without being condescending.
I thank God for Tim Keller.
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One thing that liberates your daily Bible reading: realizing every day doesn’t have to be this big moment of inspiration. Sometimes that happens. But what’s more important is the rhythm of reading and rereading the Scripture. Over a lifetime, this ritual can shape the soul.
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Here’s a thought: your brother or sister in Christ might have a strong political opinion that you disagree with. So disagree without denigrating their character or making it personal. The level of our rhetorical venom reveals the level of our political idolatry.
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Heard an awesome story today at church. A church member told me his 81-year old father in law put his faith in Christ and was gonna be baptized. The family had been praying for this man for 45 years.
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This is horrific. He’s good enough to fight for freedom but not good enough to stay here with his family?
ICE has arrested a U.S. army veteran who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan and has two U.S. citizen children. His name is Miguel Perez Jr. and he has lived in the U.S. since he was 8 years old chicagotribune.com/news/loca…
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Blaming the Afghans seems cruel. They did fight for their country. Many many thousands died. And they fought for us after 9/11.
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Because this is what the Bushes do. They conduct themselves with class. Perot cost his father the presidency and yet W finds the dignity to honor him.
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The outcry at Tony Dungy for believing what Christians have believed for 2,000 years is instructive. Here is man who is a genuine American hero, who has used his resources to build up men to be fathers, who has adopted numerous children. 1/ 2
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What every Christian can do:
- Pray for peace
- Pray for our country
- Pray for our troops
- Pray for wisdom for our President and military leaders
- Pray for the people of Iran
- Pray for Israel and the peace of Jerusalem
- Obey James 1:19 and be slow to tweet
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Even if you are fully vaccinated the CDC recommends you still don’t add an “s” to Revelation or Awana.
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What we need on immigration:
1) Liberals to take seriously the crisis at the border that is overwhelming border towns
2) Conservatives to embrace legal immigration pathways for those who want make a better life
3) Both parties to come together to reform a broken system
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We have a serious conspiracy theory and radicalization problem that we have to confront.
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Vivek laughing while VP Pence talked about the horror of Putin’s atrocities was off putting.
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I just hate the term "pregnant people." It's so incredibly demeaning and dehumanizing to women and the sacrifices they make in childbirth and motherhood. The fact that our key institutions are using this is ridiculous.
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Interesting that Paul and Peter mentioned gentleness as a required trait for leadership. These were men who were so courageous they were martyred for their faith. Gentleness isn’t weakness. We are not more courageous in our rude tweets than the Apostles were in their martyrdom.
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One thing nobody is talking about but should be: Democratic Congressman Dan Lipinski is speaking this year at @March_for_Life despite being aggressively primaried by the pro-abortion lobby and by many mainstream Dems last year. This is courage.
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Some signs that your advocacy has become idolatry: your policy positions change based on who is in office; you are willing to excuse bad behavior by your team but condemn it on the other team; you are willing to bend your faith to adjust to your politics
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This is pretty cool
.@WinsomeSears was born in Jamaica, grew up in the Bronx, and served as an electrician in the Marines. She is the American Dream.❤️🇺🇸
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George W Bush said Jesus Christ was his favorite philosopher and credited Billy Graham with changing his life. Jimmy Carter taught Sunday School. Cmon.
President Biden is perhaps the most religiously observant commander in chief in half a century. A different, more liberal Christianity grounds his life and his policies. nyti.ms/2LYTf3x
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Harm to vulnerable people begins, not with violence, but with language we use to subtly make them seem less than human: unborn babies become fetuses, immigrants become invaders, the elderly become burdens. But God sees vulnerable people for who they are: His image-bearers.
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I attended Christian camps as a kid. I've preached at numerous Christian camps. I send my kids off to Christian camp. I can't imagine the grief and heartache and sorrow of hearing that your child will not come back. Let's pray for the families who will bear this.
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I just can’t get over the fact that we allowed a country to descend into chaos, abandoned to slaughter Afghans who helped us, and gave up a strategic presence, all because we just had to get 2500 troops out. Absolutely nonsensical.
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I just can’t imagine why evangelicals have a hard time voting for Democrats.
.@ewarren says she wore a pink Planned Parenthood scarf to @realDonaldTrump’s inauguration, and, “I’m going to be wearing that same scarf when I’m sworn in as president”
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We have lower standards for our public officials than we have for our news anchors, actors, and executives. This is profoundly sad. It reveals the tribal idolatry of our politics.
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Ten minutes into a Hallmark movie with my dear wife and you won’t believe this but the treasured old inn in the snowy mountain locale is in danger of being sold to a developer. I wonder how this will turn out?
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For every ten “can you believe this crazy pastor did this” national story, could we at least get one story on the way the SBC is mobilizing one of the largest disaster relief operations in the world?
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Mocking prayer is the worst way to respond to tragedy. Prayer is powerful. Prayer reaches the heart of God. We should act, but first we pray
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Romans 13 doesn’t simply mean we submit to the law. It also means, in a representative republic, that we are accountable for the laws we help shape. In a country “of the people, by the people, and for the people,” we are accountable to God for the way we wield this power.
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I don’t think we should make Kanye a spiritual leader but can we not rejoice at his apparent conversion? Must we always be so cynical? I find joy when someone declares Jesus Christ to be Savior and Lord.
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It’s almost like the advice in James to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger might be a good way to live in this social media age.
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This kind of forgiveness is otherworldly. It doesn’t make any sense. Unless you understand the forgiveness of God in Jesus Christ.
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There’s now visual and audio evidence that the explosion at the hospital in Gaza was a misfired rocket by Islamic Jihad and that it hit the parking lot and not the hospital itself. This might be the most significant media mistake in my lifetime. And it has inflamed tensions and hurt the cause of peace. Absolutely shameful.
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One of the ways we need to lower our political rhetoric is to stop seeing those who disagree with us ideologically as our enemies and to stop justifying incivility for the sake of our cause. Insults and rage and dehumanizing opponents are not courage. It's cowardice.
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- 60% of Democrats favor significant restrictions on abortion.
- nearly 50% of women are pro-life
- And yet every single Democratic candidate for President - 24(!) people - not only favor zero restrictions, they favor making our tax dollars pay for abortion.
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Given that we are going to experience energy shortfalls because of the Russia invasion of Ukraine, perhaps we might see if we can import energy from an ally like Canada? Maybe we could even build a pipeline? Just spitballing here.
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FYI: Christians not applying their faith to public life means:
- No MLK applying Scripture in the civil rights movement
- no Susan B Anthony applying her faith for woman's rights
- no William Wilberforce applying his faith to help shut down British slave trade 1/2
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#DaylightSavingTime - when thousands of Christians accidentally go to Sunday School.
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Completely and totally false. Ukraine has the largest concentration of evangelicals in the region and is often called the “Bible belt” of Eastern Europe. The Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary has 2,000 students and is led by a @swbts alum.
Tucker Carlson:
“Ukraine is at war with Christianity. Also, Ukraine has embraced transgenderism.”
Is there an international court where Ukraine could legally challenge such statements? Are there any experts in law here?
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The worst take. Caleb would be going to the best roster a #1 pick has gone to since Andrew Luck
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Parents, don’t worry about church becoming too routine for your kids. Worry about church not being routine for your kids.
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Nobody is as shocked and stunned as my kids are when I tell them it is bed time, the same bed time they have EVERY night.
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It's really interesting to hear @billmaher recognize these facts, which pro-lifers have been citing, but are rarely included in mainstream coverage. Credit to Bill for doing his homework:
Did you know the majority of pro-life advocates are women? Or that the United States is one of only seven countries in the world that allows elective abortion through all nine months of pregnancy?
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I’m still amazed that Sen Warren and Sen Sanders preached yesterday at churches-like shared their whole political platform on stage-and there is little to no reaction. No handwringing on Twitter. No opeds or worries about politics/religion. The imbalance of coverage is stunning.
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Please pray for our family. My mother has been suffering from dementia and is in her last days. Mom lead me to Christ and taught me how to read. I owe so much to her. She endured so many health issues and sacrificed much for us. I hate death but believe in Jesus’ promise of the resurrection.
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You have to be pretty committed to ending unborn life to veto funding for adoption and PRC's. To the point where you will deny help to women in crisis.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer set to veto funding for adoption, pro-life pregnancy centers
trib.al/OIZUFhi
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The loss of tax exemption by religious institutions would profoundly and deeply impact the poorest of the poor. To advocate it as a weapon in the culture wars shows a stunning indifference to the vulnerable and a detached elitism.
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This, and not the feigned toughness of a mean tweet, is what courage looks like.
⚡️Ukraine’s Zelensky posts a new video of himself and his team outside the presidential administration in Kyiv’s government quarter after rumors in Russian media that he’d fled. “We are here. We are in Kyiv. We are defending Ukraine.”
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I don’t understand people who use the occasion of someone’s death to make a political statement. It’s so petty.
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One thing that is striking about 9/11: I remember watching TV for like two days straight in an era where we still processed tragedy together before social media amplified our worst impulses.
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Well, Hamas broke the truce by continuing to send rockets and by slaughtering innocents at a bus stop. So by ceasefire, you really mean you don’t want Jewish people to defend themselves against attacks on them for being Jewish.
The images coming out of Gaza are horrific. Netanyahu has resumed his genocidal bombing campaign. We need a permanent ceasefire now. End the apartheid. Free Palestine.
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The idea that the current moment means we should jettison biblical traits like kindness, gentleness, unity, lack of quarrelsomeness, etc is foreign to the New Testament, written largely by men about to be killed for their faith to people about to be killed for their faith.
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It’s not weak to forgive. It’s not weak to love your enemies. It’s strength, the kind of supernatural, God-given strength that makes the demons tremble.
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Just listened to a sermon by Chuck Swindoll. At 84 years old he not only still had the fire but was full of grace and wit. And he urged people to be grateful, to resist bitterness, and he expressed gratitude for all his blessings. I hope to be this full of life when I’m his age.
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I disagree with her judicial philosophy but I celebrate the history of Judge Jackson’s appointment and am praying for wisdom and discernment as she serves on the highest court
🚨 HISTORIC: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is now JUSTICE Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Last night, the Supreme Court inched closer to recognizing what pro-life advocates have been saying, what the Bible tells us, what science has revealed: the humanity of the unborn. 1/4
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The Democrats slander Betsy Devos for giving to an adoption agency and wonder why they've lost middle America.
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Genuine courage and gospel hope that makes you weep. Lord give us this faith in the hour that we need it. And may many in Ukraine look upon folks like this and find Jesus.
A Ukrainian family sings “He Will Hold Me Fast.”
HT: @donald_cline
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Pet peeve: using “The SBC” when you mean a few awful leaders. “The SBC” millions of ordinary people in our churches who mostly want to fund missionaries, train pastors, send planters, and help you when a hurricane hits your town. People who don’t get caught up in the drama.
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Make 2019 the year you stop adding an "s" to Awana and stop pronouncing the silent "s" in Illinois. You can do this and we are here to help you.
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A public theology that sees the Bible as super vague on the sanctity of an unborn baby but super specific on national economic policy is working off of some serious eisegesis.
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“We are in charge now, but could you bring us lunchables” just doesn’t have the same revolutionary ring to it
Columbia students occupying Hamilton Hall are demanding the university provide them food so they can continue their occupation:
"This is basic humanitarian necessities we’re asking for."
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Wait, y'all are going after Tony Dungy for helping young men become good fathers? Yeah, don't do that. Dungy is an amazing leader and role model.
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For some of you, Father’s Day evokes deep pain. An unfaithful father. A father who abandoned. Maybe even hearing the word “father” makes you sad inside. I can tell you is that there is a Heavenly Father who is unlike your earthy dad. He loves you. He is fathering you in the gaps.
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Pray for Ukraine. Pray for the Baptists and evangelicals suffering persecution in Russian occupied territories. Pray for soldiers on the front lines. Pray for peace.
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Bible reading program is now in Leviticus. This separates the hard core from the instagramers.
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8-10 cases, three weeks later. Out of 20,000 people attending.
Are we doing this for full baseball stadiums and other large gatherings?
BREAKING: COVID-19 cluster sparked by Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting, a gathering of 15,000+ Christians in Nashville in mid-June. Attendees were indoors, seated close together and mostly unmasked. Story from me and @HollyAMeyer. tennessean.com/story/news/he…
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According to the pastoral epistles, quarrelsomeness, the chasing of endless controversy, and a lack of gentleness disqualifies one from spiritual leadership.
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When a certain former President (wrongly) insulted a member of the media, it was a five day a story about the erosion of norms and the end of democracy. When this current President does it, it’s a shrug. This kind of imbalance is why there is a loss of trust in institutions.
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So some personal news. I'm excited to join @SWBTS as director of the Land Center for Cultural Engagement and assistant professor of faith and culture at @TXBaptCollege. I'm thankful to @AdamGreenway for this opportunity. 1/3 nytimes.com/2021/10/25/us/fi…
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Your unchurched MAGA-loving neighbor and your unchurched NPR-loving neighbor are both a mission field. We can easily adopt a Jonah-mindset toward groups whose politics we might dislike.
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Nuance: You can be pro-vax and anti-federal mandate. You can be pro-racial reconciliation and racial justice and also be very concerned about some of the toxic elements of what passes for anti-racism (Kendi/DiAngelo, etc).
A lot of partisans want to conflate things.
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God used a flawed King David to lead Israel, but God did not spare the nation from the crippling fallout of David's moral failures and crimes. Scripture is not silent: character matters in leadership.
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There is no category in the New Testament for the posture of "the times are difficult, the opposition strong, so you can forget the fruits of the Spirit."
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