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Emma’s Husband | Dad | Pastor-Elect at Athens Lutheran Church, Athens, TN | LCMS’s Biggest AI Hater | Artist | Zoo Enthusiast https://xitter.cf/t.co/LLCi8eQ7BN

Concordia Hawaii
Joined January 2020
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Check out my brand new website! I've put my whole Redbubble shop on there, and I've even opened up some commission options! I'm very proud of the page dedicated to my ecclesiastical art, so give that a special look! concordforge.com/
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Benjamin Heinz retweeted
BREAKING: Greek scholars announce an updated, more accurate translation of Jesus' Words in 1 Corinthians 11:25: “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, *drinking it every other week or rotating weekly between early and late services*, in remembrance of me.”
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Fellow Pastors: what do you do for Midweek Advent Services? How do you go about constructing a sermon series if you do?
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Look, I'm still not the kind of priest to say things like "they're putting demons in the robots," but the chainsaw-wielding black drones with eyeball horns are making it harder to argue my case
U.S. company Satyress is developing threehalves, a centaur-style robot designed for dangerous environments such as wildfires, rubble searches, toxic areas and confined spaces. The system combines a humanoid upper body with a quadruped mobility platform. #USA #Robotics #UGV #AI
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I started reading “The Once and Future King” this week— I am HOOKED. Never was invested in Arthurian legend before but I cannot wait to get through this lovely story.
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What I want to draw: animals, religious imagery, superheroes What my 2.5 year old wants me to draw: “Ightning Keen! Ightning Keen!!!!”
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My family welcomed our second son this morning! Thanks be to God!
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A sketch of John the baptizer for you this morning
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Benjamin Heinz retweeted
Happy Reformation Day!
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Not to be confused with @IssuesEtc
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A Playful Thought Experiment for my theologian friends out there—I don’t know if I’ve talked about this before but I figure this is as good a place to ask as any: Every once and a while, I think about the concept of “Lutheran Science Fiction—“
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Would we preach to them? Would we baptize them? They are not human, and so Christ did not come as them but as man. Did he die for them? Can an alien be saved?
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I want to have considered & answered these questions fully before I would actively add them into whatever story I’d write eventually. What are your thoughts? I’m looking for broad thoughts on the matter founded on scriptural, pastoral, & theological insights. What do you think?
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Benjamin Heinz retweeted
"Almonds consume more water" Almonds are food, AI is not.
NEW: Amazon reveals its data centers used 2,500,000,000 gallons of water worldwide last year.
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How do you even read things like this and not want them GONE?
A data center in Georgia used 30 million gallons of water illegally, and locals only noticed when their water pressure was abnormally low. The data center claimed it was an honest mistake, but locals were told by the town to conserve water while the data center kept running.
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On Thursday, we asked our community to stand with Nashville Zoo in protecting the animals, habitats and future of the Zoo from a proposed data center next door. Please keep sharing and contact your local representatives ➡️ c.org/KxhXznzBcD
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Stand with us to protect the future of Nashville Zoo. A proposed 69,000-square-foot data center is planned next to the Zoo, but no environmental impact studies have been conducted. Sign our petition to help protect the animals in our care ➡️ c.org/KxhXznzBcD
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Alright let’s see if the @TheDonStein hype is worth it.
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