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Look, I think we have a lot to learn and appreciate about the ancients. But this genuflecting to Ancient Rome — an empire that loved foreign wars more than any “neocon” ever will, considered slavery central to their way of life and economy, and persecuted Christians (you can look it up) — is sometimes too much to take from self-proclaimed Christian moralists.
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“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it.” — Ronald Reagan
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The top 1% of income earners already pay 40% of the income tax, and their share has been gradually increasing over time.
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This might the heart of the difference in what Protestant and Catholics teach about salvation. Contrary to what this priest (I assume that’s what he is) says, in Romans 10 Paul says “the word of faith is near you, in your mouth and your heart.” Not as near as your nearest sacrament dispenser, but literally as near, Paul says, as your own mouth and your heart are to you. “For if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:8-10). Contrary to this priest’s analogy, grace is not an heavenly substance dispensed in “medicinal-like capsules” from a priest like a doctor gives out medicine. God’s grace is his declaring us righteous because of our faith in the finished work of Christ (Romans 4:5). Literally, Paul says, faith is “counted as” righteousness. God’s grace is not a substance; it is himself as he unites himself to us, making us righteous and alive in him as he puts his Spirit into us (Gal 2:20). And how are we united to him? By faith (Gal 3:1-3). “O foolish Galatians! Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith?” Having been justified by faith and filled with the Spirit by faith, connecting to the church—and hearing the word preached, participating in the ordinances, etc—these don’t bestow additional grace, but are means by which God stimulates the outworking of the Spirit he’s put into us. God is his own best gift. God himself is the gift of the gospel. I’m not trying to pick on this priest, but clarity on the gospel is crucial. It is everything.
Protestants reject God’s grace…
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Good. SALT subsidizes high tax blue states. If people in those states don't like their high taxes, they should vote out Dems, not beg for a federal deduction.
TRUMP has completely flipped on salt. He says raising the cap benefits democratic governors. “We don’t want to benefit democrat governors,” Trump said in response to my question.
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According to MAGA's logic, if Russia invades and tries to annex Alaska, we should just let them have it to avoid "needless bloodshed" and hypothetical WW3
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Completely agree. @NancyAFrench deserves tremendous credit for her indefatigable reporting.
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This is pinging around, and it’s great advice.
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1/ Finland's national broadcaster Yle has published an interesting interview with an explosive ordnance disposal expert, retired Major Myka Tyry of the Finnish Defence Forces, on the Crimea Bridge blast. He makes a number of points I've not seen elsewhere.
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The USA is obviously not a perfect country, but if the question is whether America or Russia is the better nation and one we should wholeheartedly support, there’s CLEARLY no debate. And if you are debating it, you’re the fool.
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National conservatism is repackaged authoritarianism and has little to do with constitutional or fiscal conservatism. The ideology fundamentally rejects individualism and property rights and thus has more in common with socialism than with libertarianism or classical liberalism.
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Tolkien knew that the grasp for ultimate power meant that the contest between good and evil would be transformed into a contest between evils. The raw quest for power—even for allegedly virtuous ends—will corrupt all it touches. frenchpress.thedispatch.com/…
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Until then, your presence is enough. Until then, your grace is enough. Until then, your are enough. You are enough. You are enough. You are enough. You've always been more than enough In the suffering, in the joy, in the chaos, you are enough.
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Good morning to no one but @Liz_Cheney. History will remember you fondly, no matter what happens today.
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