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    Elon Musk launches ‘America Party’ after Trump signs historic spending bill: 'Waste & graft'

    Wait, it's Elon being against the bill that's going to kill the poor, gut the middle class, line the pockets of the ultra-wealthy, and drive us even deeper into debt that made you not like him? I don't like Elon, I think he's a moron who cozies up to Nazis and repeats literal Nazi talking...
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    Clement Admonishes the Jews to Repent

    Name one person that prefers the fathers over Holy Scripture. -CryptoLutheran
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    The beast out of the sea

    You didn't. Daniel's vision is about the successive foreign powers ruling over the land. The Macedonian Empire, the one depicted in that map, was divided among Alexander's generals after Alexander died. Hence why the feet of iron result in the ten toes of iron mixed with clay. The king of the...
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    California professor arrested for allegedly tossing tear gas canister at ICE agents during raid on cannabis farm

    The Gestapo has feelings too. -CryptoLutheran
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    California professor arrested for allegedly tossing tear gas canister at ICE agents during raid on cannabis farm

    Those in glass houses. -CryptoLutheran
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    Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?

    Alright, as best as I can tell the following is the central point you wanted to communicate in that post: My short response and answer to that is I disagree. The longer response would be to point out that according to Scripture, according to Jesus Himself, His return doesn't come with...
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    Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?

    Looking over that article, yes, we will have to agree to disagree. I think the article is full of faulty opinions, conclusion based on conjecture, and imaginative speculation. Rather than solid biblical teaching and good theology. It's also a presentation of the modern state of Israel that is at...
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    Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?

    I have edited and expanded on my post, because I wanted to say a lot more and provide a lot of information I think is necessary. I ended up writing a lot more than I expected to, however. -CryptoLutheran
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    Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?

    He could, but Scripture says there is one olive tree with both natural branches and wild branches grafted on. Scripture says that Jews and Gentiles are, in the Messiah, a single people. Scripture says that all who are in Christ are heirs with Christ. Scripture also says that Israel was chosen...
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    Democrats clash with ICE over characterization of marijuana farm raid

    Don't worry, reading will probably be outlawed in a couple years anyway. -CryptoLutheran
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    Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?

    How often does the Old Testament use the word "church"? -CryptoLutheran
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    Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?

    Jesus is calling the vulnerable and least of these "brethren". You're introducing a Jew/Gentile distinction into a text where it doesn't exist. -CryptoLutheran
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    Once the mortal body is dead you can't be reconciled?

    I agree with you on that point. -CryptoLutheran
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    Who Was Nathaniel ?

    That's an interesting thought I don't think I've come across before. I agree, maybe not best to press too much--but that is a fascinating thought if nothing else. -CryptoLutheran
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    Once the mortal body is dead you can't be reconciled?

    Well for one, I didn't just write it off, instead I wanted to provide some more common views. Though, no, I don't think it holds much water given the material content of 1 and 2 Peter. I don't disagree with it because I'm unfamiliar with it, but because I think the material content of the...
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    Once the mortal body is dead you can't be reconciled?

    There are several opinions on the passage from St. Peter's epistle. I'm not familiar with "spiritual death" as one of them. More common opinions are: 1) This is a reference to Christ's descent into Hades, and what Christ preached was His victory over the powers of sin, death, hell, and the...
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    Who Was Nathaniel ?

    Something that isn't always obvious to us modern readers, but whenever see names that start with "Bar-" that means it's basically a surname of sorts. The Aramaic word "bar" serves the same purpose and has the same meaning as the Hebrew word "ben", meaning "son of". So, for example, Barnabas is...
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    What's the use of faith alone?

    As someone who has a habit of thinking in analogies (sometimes not a bad thing, sometimes not helpful, e.g. the Trinity), one of the analogies that I find helpful in thinking of the Sacraments is that they are like a power cord or electrical cable, through which we are plugged into grace and...
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    NT Wright refutes claim that early Christians expected immediate End Times

    Absolutely. It would, indeed, I think be perfectly legitimate to understand the destruction of Jerusalem as an icon of future Judgment. The visitation of judgment upon Jerusalem does not stand alone, but fits within a larger eschatological paradigm. That's where, I think, both Futurists and...
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    Does the Bible command Christians to support the State of Israel?

    They are equivalent terms in Scripture and in the historic faith of everyone who has believed in Jesus for the last two thousand years. St. Paul at several times introduces this language of "the Body of Christ", the most famous is in 1 Corinthians. But to get to where Paul uses this language in...
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