Matthew Dowd Fired from MSNBC For Vile Comments Blaming Charlie Kirk For Assassination
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Perhaps you could look at the OP post?Don't know who that is.
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Perhaps you could look at the OP post?Don't know who that is.
Carl I do think the Church were more community minded . Lots of visitations and social functions. People never had a thing called the internet. So in your time there was much more interaction and more meaningful experience between people forming more influence and bonding in the community. In your time I do sometimes hear that people once sought out each other’s company in fellowship and in pursuit of understanding scripture. They did search out the scriptures much more. It was nothing for the Jones or the Smiths to turn up uninvited for a chat over many topics and a good cup of coffee or tea. Today you need a appointment or you be carted away for trespassing : )
May I have your attention for a moment? I write as a lay person with a deep concern for Christianity in the modern world.
I am inviting comment and reflection, maybe some will share my passion, some may disagree. However, let us review how we practically live out our Christianity in this age.
Where do I begin? Back in the mid 70’s I made a very conscious decision to refer to the Christian scripture as the last word on matters of faith and reality. I had experienced a prodigal’s return and building on my Christian roots was crucial to the journey back to normality.
It became clear to me early on, that pride in its various forms was a very basic trap, so I resolved to keep matters simple. It was clear to me that our God does not judge on the basis of intelligence therefore the truth had to be simple and understandable.
If the bible was indeed God’s roadmap for life then its understanding was not confined to the scholars, but rather the keys for understanding were available to all.
From my learning about Church history I found that repeatedly, when God impacted a whole society and there was wholesale repentance, everywhere bibles were being dusted off, as everyone intuitively knew that when things got serious with God, the bible was the place to look for understanding.
And so it is today, we are in need of a fresh visitation; our society is progressively and rapidly rejecting Christian values and truths.
But it is us I would like to talk about. Brothers and Sisters in Christ, how does our mode of living compare to the simple teachings of the scripture?
There is general agreement that wherever Jesus reigns the Kingdom of God is present.
God in Jesus was quite specific about how we should recognise this. He sent word to John, in order that these would be no doubt, “the blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.”
Now the reality is that these signs of the Kingdom are almost totally absent in New Zealand Christianity today yet these signs confirm the presence of Jesus.
What then has happened? This evidence of Jesus was clearly present in the early church but is noticeably absent in modern day Christianity for the most part.
I have to say that there are some simple reasons for this.
Those committed to our church work have become sophisticated and professional. They are generally well trained, talented individuals, able to lead, good managers, but are usually unfamiliar with the power of Jesus at work.
Why has this happened?
Looking back on the last thirty years, the times when Kingdom miracle signs have been evident in New Zealand certain conditions have been met.
Firstly there has been a God given unity among the believers involved.
Management and motivation were not predominant but simple Faith and Love was.
There was generally a lay ministry flowing, the believers would come together to share what God had done, there was a credible manifestation of Jesus in everyday life.
Being part of such an exciting experience meant that things of earth did grow strangely dim… we held onto our possessions more lightly, and there was supply for those who stepped out in God’s purpose without visible support.
The body of believers owned the vision which was planted in their hearts by Jesus rather than being sold by the leaders.
It seems that in the absence of God’s power we have built better programmes to compensate, become better organised so much so that it would be business as usual whether Jesus turns up or not.
Of course we have modified our theology to justify what isn’t happening, but this only masks the problem.
How then do we return to a vibrant biblical Christianity with conversion growth, and transformed lives? We need to return to the early church model clearly represented in the first Jerusalem Church (Acts 2:42-47), and the writings of Paul.
Start small with your close friends, read the scripture together and give God a blank page and room to move. Say less and pray more. Believe and act on the words of promise in the scripture. Confess your sin to one another and pray for one another that you may be healed…
That didn't answer any of the questions in my post. And was there any information on when and where she did that? It wasn't in the original article as far as I saw looking through it again.His own mother petitioned to commit him and said he was violent!
What he has done is apparently takes side with the Gazan Palestinians against Israel. I don't care for that at all--seems too self-serving for Catholic self-interest in protecting their Middle Eastern peoples.Well, he is no Benedict, but no Francis either. I and many conservative Lutherans are watching him with a guarded sense of approval thus far. But he is not our Bishop, but he is a Bishop that we could work with, as was Benedict.
To be honest, I can't see why there is this reflexive reference back to old traditions. It sounds very much like the problem with Rabbinic Judaism, which was so transfixed on the old Law that they could not see past it to Jesus' New Covenant--his sacrifice, his priesthood, and his being the ultimate Temple of God?This is a problem. A lukewarm liturgy is a disaster, and this, as much as the liberalism, is what is killing the mainline churches. The mainline churches that are either less liberal than others in their denomination, or which have better liturgies, like St. Thomas Fifth Ave, or in a few cases, both (St. John’s Episcopal Church in Detroit, which I thought was Continuing Anglican and was shocked to discover it was Episcopalian), get better attendance. Those Catholic churches which either use the Traditional Latin Mass (which comes with a handy book called the Missal which translates everything) or the Novus Ordo Mass celebrated in a traditional way - ad orientem rather than versus populum, with Gregorian chant and traditional polyphonic music instead of modern music, and traditional vestments and incense, the “bells and smells”, pack a full house on Sundays, especially since Traditiones Custodes. Likewise with the more traditional Anglican and Lutheran churches.
Like I said, this is what "democracy" looks like.This tragedy has nothing to do with guns - but people feeling justified in committing acts of violence and murder due to nothing but disagreement.
What you said is truly vile. You need Jesus.
"stand up" in Daniel 8:25 is a phrase meaning makes war against. Antiochus IV did not attempt to make war against God.Dan 8.25 simply states that Antiochus 4 (in my view) opposes God, who is the "Prince of Princes." Specifically, I think it is a reference to God's Word, who later would come to be revealed as Jesus. The terms presents God as if He was above all princes in the time of Antiochus 4.
Black children are shot to death quite regularly in schools by other black children.American children are shot to death quite regularly in school or even church.... But now a line has been crossed.
I understand you think that Antiochus 4 does not fit Dan 8.25. But from my pov it easily fits. Not only does it fit, but it seems a required interpretation.Randy, the time of the end little horn person in Daniel 8 will stand up against the Princes of princes.
Daniel 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
The Prince of princes is Jesus. The little horn in his beast king stage will attempt to make war on Jesus at the end of the 7 years when Jesus returns.
Antiochus IV does not fit Daniel 8:25.
collectively they were infallible
This is true, but do not forget - God is infinitely loving - God’s wrath is not a mood he gets into, for Scripture assures us of the principle of Divine Immutability - God, being eternal, does not change and is not mercurial. This is said even of Jesus Christ, our Lord God and Savior, who is like His Father and the Holy Spirit in all respects except relationally and in terms of his having become incarnate as a man, where we are assured that He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
What this means, according to the early church Fathers, but really only the Eastern churches (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and the Assyrian Church of the East and the Ancient Church of the East) teach this in a consistent way, is that the wrath of God is the experience of the consuming fire of God’s love by someone who is opposed to God and hates God and refuses His uncreated grace. That is why the Orthodox Church focuses on preaching the Gospel in a way that promotes repentance and alignment with God, so that we are not burned by the fire of God’s love but rather like the Burning Bush are undamaged by proximity to His presence.
Indeed the Fathers insist that since He is infinitely merciful, the Outer Darkness is a final mercy for those who refuse Him - since being in the luminous presence of God in the New Jerusalem would be an unbearable torment to these people. St. John Chrysostom pointed out that the worst possible punishment would be the realization of what one had excluded oneself from (the bliss of the life of the world to come) through sin.
That is why the church must stress the need for people to repent in this life, lest they are, for their own good, eternally excluded from the life of the world to come and instead wallow in suffering in undying darkness, eaten by the undying worms of the memory of their own sin, consumed by malice and regret and resentment and hatred for God. Because the reality of Hell is far more terrible than the caricature of demons with pitchforks (indeed so too is the reality of demons, who are around us constantly; pneumatic beings, ruled by the Prince of Power of the Air, actively plotting new ways of bringing about our downfall every second of the day.
God have mercy, in the name of Thine only begotten Son Jesus Christ, send down Thy Holy Spirit upon us, and under his direction, conduct all of Thy heavenly host in defense of us against the Evil One, and forgive us our own sins, which are equally repulsive to Thee, but grant us instead through Thy infinite grace a spirit of repentance, love, chastity, obedience, mercy, reverence and charity.
It doesn't help your case when you start pulling numbers out of thin air.I dont know if tgey are inherently violent or not. But you do have about 5% of the population committing 50% of the violent crime.
What does the law say? I highly doubt the court has the power force people into care just willy nilly. I don't remember from this thread if the call was a felony or a misdemeanor case, but I doubt the court has the power to do that unless there was violance in THIS case. They can't convict or do something solely based on previous cases, it has to be relevant to what's in front of them at the moment.He has a serious mental disorder and he has been violent in the past and brandished a weapon...yes lets release him...
Conservatives have been saying that for years.People have lost their minds.
Randy, the time of the end little horn person in Daniel 8 will stand up against the Princes of princes.If you want to limit all biblical prophecy to eschatology then I suppose you don't want any discussion as to whether your interpretations *belong* in the eschatology forum? Go ahead and apply Jesus' 1st Coming to the 2nd Coming, and forbid anybody from questioning that "because it's the eschatology forum." Is that where you want to hide?
I'm very much interested in the eschatology of the Bible. But I need freedom to explain what prophecies belong to eschatology and what don't. Otherwise, only you get to decide what is acceptable as "eschatology" and what isn't.
I could easily say, for that matter, that use of your version of Dan 8 does *not* belong in an eschatology forum. Do you really want to go there?
Is this what "Democracy" looks like?![]()
BREAKING: Matthew Dowd Fired from MSNBC For Vile Comments Blaming Charlie Kirk For Assassination | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila
MSNBC fired far-left political commentator Matthew Dowd on Wednesday evening for his vile comments about Charlie Kirk.www.thegatewaypundit.com
MSNBC did the right thing here, this is a good sign. Conservatives have been urging people to pull back on the hatred and violent rhetoric.
Good scripture there for the millennium. Compare Micah 4: 1 - 3.AND I left my bible at work and in. Isa 2:4.
# 1 And HE SHALL JUDGE // SAPAL. is a verb in. the QAL , in. the PERECT TENSE , in. the Singular
# 2 AMONG //. BAYIN , is. a Proposition
# 3. THE NATIONS //. GOLY. , IS. A DEFINITE ARTICLE. , in. the Plural in. at the ABSOLUTE
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# 5. MANY. // RAB , is a PLURAL in. the ABSOLUTE
# 6. PEOPLE // AM. , is a PERPOSITION. , in. the PLURAL. is an. ABSOLUTE
Maybe will say more as I have work to. do and will answer more later tonight or tomorrow.
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What line are you talking about? You need to clarify what you meant with that remark. Whats different now?It's what I've observed. That's why it's a post.
Although, I wouldn't be too surprised if you're correct and after a few news cycles people move on as if it was just another day in America.
Hi CC,Yes, He knows. We don't. The Father knows. We don't.
No amount of calendars or human evidence, human reasoning or deduction, will change what Jesus said very definitively.
You can't and won't know.
Only the Father knows.
To claim otherwise is to claim that you know more than Jesus Christ and are equal in knowledge to the Father. You are not. I am not. We are not.
Please pray on this with me because I believe we have normalized talking about the second coming, as though we have the authority and knowledge which is the Father's alone, which is in grievous error.
Remember, Adam and Eve thought they knew better. Cain thought he knew better. Satan thought he knew better.
There is no good outcome in thinking we are smarter than the Father.
Truly despicable people.MSNBC OUTDOES ITSELF!
In some truly Pulitzer Prize deserving reporting, we learn that:
1. the shooter may have been a Kirk supporter firing off a gun in happy celebration of Kirk being there;
2. Trump may use this assassination as justification for sending troops into Orem, Utah as he did in D.C.; and
3. if you have awful thoughts and express them with awful words you should expect awful actions.
Not as far as Ive seen. They may grab some extra security, but Ive heard a few who are standing up and saying they are not going to give in and will actually be more involved with public appearances and not less....not to mention.
As much as this has to scare other conservative political activists, progressive political activists will likely being reigning in their appearances and presentations as well due to fear of retaliation attacks.
So whoever this assassin was, they did a disservice to their own tribe as well.