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Recent content by RDKirk

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    Franklin Graham Believes the ‘Lie of Socialism’ Is Why Millennials and Gen Z Are Returning to Church

    I'm not sure what the statistics really say. I see data that participation of younger men is increasing. I see data that participation of younger women is decreasing. Losing women women is a greater loss for the future.
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    Is lying ever alright?

    From a biblical standpoint, tactical deception of the enemy is perfectly fine. There are several biblical examples, including God Himself providing the lie.
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    Is this who should be the target of deportation?

    How is He causing it if we have free will to do as we please?
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    Is this who should be the target of deportation?

    Well, if God does not allow us to do everything we want and see for ourselves the end result, then we will always believe that we could have ultimately fixed it without Him. Our absolute, total, undeniable, and inarguable failure is necessary.
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    Trump says his 'own morality' is the only limit to his global power

    In about an hour I'm going to a weekly breakfast with a group of older white MAGA evangelical men. Over the last few months, Trump's antics, particularly his international relations antics, have increasingly become the butt of derision. Their opinions on the American culture war have not...
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    Is this who should be the target of deportation?

    Happened to ancient Israel in the Bible more than once. God gives us what we really, really want even to our detriment. He does warn us, but if we really want to go down that path, He lets us.
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    Is this who should be the target of deportation?

    One of my oldest Christian friends (an otherwise very conservative white guy) believes Trump is God's judgment upon the United States, like King Ahab in the Bible.
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    Is this who should be the target of deportation?

    It's a difference between sleeping through a smoke alarm and lighting the fires himself.
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    Is this who should be the target of deportation?

    That became grossly clear when ICE started raiding places of employment rather than searching out crime scenes.
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    Is this who should be the target of deportation?

    There is a sentiment historians call the “Good Leader” myth -- the idea that the Leader is benevolent and well-intentioned, and that excesses are the fault of overzealous officials. Historians have shown that this belief functions as a genuine psychological coping mechanism among many of that...
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    I dont need teachers. Change my mind

    Say that to a Christian minister in Mali.
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    I dont need teachers. Change my mind

    Some of what being part of the active Body is in seeing the work of the Holy Spirit. I've seen people with the gift of helps or the gift of evangelism, for instance, and I've been taken aback and amazed by the realization of seeing someone operating in a supernatural fashion. "They shall run...
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    I dont need teachers. Change my mind

    "I don't believe scripture tells every person to be an evangelist, but I do see that it instructs all of us to be ready to give our personal testimony of why we each believe, and I do see that scripture instructs all of us to be involved using the gifts we've been given to support the Body of...
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    I dont need teachers. Change my mind

    You didn't actually read what I wrote.