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hello so i wanted to ask here that rn im trying to limit playing myself and viewing nsfw stuff which for the first one is under three times a 3 under strict time slots in 7 am,2 pm and 8 pm as well limit my viewing of anything nsfw in discord both a private server i use personally and servers allow nsfw workss for 28 minutes with the latter i thought up with the ai biblecross/crosstalk and wanted to ask here if these strategies are decent or need a few changes as i kinda do this to try to get closer to God
What are Your Guys on the Eastern Orthodox Church are in of you part of it do you think its the true church what do you disagree with and or agree with?
Hey anons. After a long while in the desert outside of Christianity and God I've decided to climb my way out and begin reading The Bible and attempting to study theology and spirituality again. One of the art forms that's given me a sense of meaning throughout my life has been film. I've heard of some classic cinema that's Christian themed, but the only director who's discussed the faith has been Ingmar Bergman with Seventh Seal.
I really enjoy getting personal recommendations from people but I also love the charts people make for different subjects so I'm curious to see if there are any /christian/ film charts as well. So yeah, any recommendations for stuff to watch while I'm embarking on my spiritual journey would be incredibly appreciated! Thanks for the consideration, guys.
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Post in this thread to share your current Bible reading progress and to be accountable before others in your study of scripture.
I have just finished Genesis, Matthew, and Mark.
How do you convince people that homosexuality is wrong? While other areas of the LGBTAIP++ are more easier to argue against i.e trannies as long as you're not talking to someone 'woke', but homosexuality is widely accepted not just by those people but by most people in general.
It seems obvious to me that it's a mental disorder at best, but it evidently isn't for everyone.
This isn't just about convincing them that the gay community is bad, but that homosexuality itself is bad. Any sane person would agree that kids dancing half naked in a crowd of adults dressed in sexual attire who are raining money on said kid is obviously wrong, but most wouldn't be convinced homosexuality itself is bad. How do you change their minds?
Didn't see one active, so I decided to make one. Reply with your prayer requests and I will include them in my daily prayers and when I go to Mass. Other anons are encouraged to do the same.
Starting a thread to keep the Iran/Middle East thread on topic instead of shitting things up.
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>You don't say? As a Christian while serving, I iintentionally sought out fellowship with other Christians, so I don't really consider your initial critique of any substance.
We've been continuously touching on the subject of TPTB being involved in a Satanic cult worshipping a blasphemous misrepresentation of Christ Jesus. As secret societies generally operate (as well as the military), maybe you're not "in the know" because someone doesn't know you well enough to let you in.
>They almost all seem damaged, too. My dad and his friends served throughout the Vietnam era, but these guys don't have the same 1000 yard stare; they're mincing, leering, sweating, rapacious predators. Imagine a full-borne psychotic rapist, but trying to "make nice" just long enough for you to let your guard down. Pastors and at least a dozen or so in the obligatory "men's bible study" fit the bill.
>source: trust me bro
Strelok, if you're not seeing them, it doesn't mean that they're not there. I know what I've seen and experienced, it's not too far beyond the pale to consider such a thing occurring. NO GOVERNMENT is beyond attempting to usurp God, no matter where or who they worship, or how many checks and balances are written into law. NONE.
>It's a bigger honeypot operation than Uncle Sam ever put into the KKK.
>No doubt, anything to do with ZOG will be kiked up. I'm sure there was a day when the KKK actually served the common interests of White Americans in the USA, and had (literally) zero to do with kikes.
My theory is that the organization itself was manufactured as a honeypot from the start. It makes zero sense to me that some secret group sprung up after a civil war, almost exclusively amongst the people on the losing side, to rile up hatred not toward the Union who just defeated them, razed their cities, raped and pillaged their citizens, and exerted even more tyrannical control over the entire nation, but towards the blacks who had the least to do with any real conflict or decision-making throughout. Almost inevitably, local law enforcement "proudly" attends Klan rallies, when they could just as easily be present to keep an ear out for seditious dialogue. Also, "WIPING OUT THE BLACKS" seems to have amounted to probably a few thousand murders, at best. The whole thing stinks.
>FWIW, I have no interest in debating with you on this topic, and this will be my final response to you on it. You hate the current state of the American ((( church )))? Guess what? SO DO I.
Bullshit. If you're going to respond, prepare for corresponding posts. WHY don't you like the current sate of the church? WHAT has you looking elsewhere? Quantity.
>A truly inspiring Whitepill rn is that all this will soon end. If you care to know why & how, then I recommend you watch the final 5 or 10 minutes of this video by Tucker Carlson, and then ask yourself if what he says is true.
Nobody..."Earthly"...knows the time and date of The End, if that's what you're referring to. If it's something else, elaborate. Don't drop some carrot-abd-stick faggotry.
>If it is then this will be the single greatest set of events during all our lifetimes. The nation in general -- and Christianity in particular -- can get back to the productive & truthful basics.
>tl;dr
>These lies will all end & the truth will out.
I'm less inclined to believe Cucker Tarlson and more inclined to listen to 3am schizoposters screeching into the night. See above. Not to mention the usefulness of co-opting a major religion through social media and outright infiltration during or prior to a takeover/genocide/invasion scenario.
For you to drop your half-mumbled opinion in the previous thread, refuse to directly address my claims, and then leave, is more dubious than my anecdotal evidence. For posterity this thread is here, awaiting your response provided you are not simply a troll, agent provocateur, or (may the Almighty forgive me for uttering such a phrase) a woman.
So I am sort of Bi although a devout Christian (Yes call me a fag IDK) and I am fucking annoyed with the LGBT community to no ends. I have a friend who is a Lesbian Atheist that agrees with a lot of morality that Christian ideology brings and even she notices that the LGBT community is self sabatoging. They like to present themselves as a community that wants to love their partners but in practice they are just constantly hooking up with one another. The LGBT community should have gatekept more in my opinion or needs to be shamed when they behave in a sort of manner.
Like I personally don't give a shit if 2 guys wanna slam the ass and you are free to disagree with me but I do think that the fucking pride parade types are fucking atrocious. Its like they revolve their entire lifestyle arround being gay as if it was their own religion.
I even have a theory that men who become women are the main vectors of disease because they believe that the more men wanna have sex with them then the more they pass and are validated.
IDK where the fuck this rant is going but I just wanted to talk about that shit.
Personally I have a lot of gay friends but they are almost always very much against the gay community and are Christian themselves, asside from that one girl.
Hello Brothers and Sisters in Christ.
Like many of you I myself am struggling with pornography addiction and have been trying to beat this illness for the better part of 3 years now. I'm dedicating this thread to all my other brothers in arms out there who are fighting the good fight against the wiles of the devil, Lucifer, and his legion of degeneracy he throws our way.
I'll be using this thread as both a catalogue of my own experiences, so that they may be used by others for their own benefit, and as a place to store, discuss, and share data, tips, and motivation so as to help us addicts overcome our desire so that we may enjoy life as God intended with clarity of mind and spirit.
I hope you went to church to-day, /christian/!
It's remarkable how much academia has engaged in textual criticism of the New Testament, questioning every jot and tittle of the Greek manuscripts, yet comparatively barely any attention has been directed by them towards the Old Testament. Not that we should wish those atheistic scandalizers should desecrate the text, but I wanted to bring this subject to attention of the board for some opinions on it: what is the authentic text of the Old Testament? The vast majority of modern Bible translations use the Jewish Masoretic Text, which was composed by Pharasaic Jews in the 10th century, some 2000 years after the events described in it took place. It makes no sense that Christendom should be using an adulterated text from a sect that by its very nature is anti-Christian. But then what remains? From what I can tell, there are the following sources:
- Jerome's Latin Vulgate (from circa 400 AD), which he translated out of the original Hebrew from the ancient manuscripts available to him
- The Syriac Peshitta (100 - 200 AD), while the New Testament appears to derive from the Greek manuscripts, the Old Testament seems to be of a parallel tradition to the Septuagint. Syriac is a language that is related to Aramaic and Hebrew, so it's less likely to have misrenderings as a result of having to translate from a Semitic to an Indo-European language, and it uniquely contains some elements that provide additional context for events.
- The Targums (200 BC - 200 AD), informal spoken translations of the Old Testament. They are extremely paraphrastic.
- The Dead Sea Scrolls (300 BC - 100 AD), hidden by an esoteric Jewish sect, the Essenes, in caves during the Roman-Jewish Wars. Technically, the oldest copies of the Hebrew scriptures. However, as they were produced by a sect that was outside the mainstream of contemporary Jewish society, it should raise questions about whether they maintained the integrity of the scriptures.
- The Septuagint (300 BC - 100 BC), the Greek translation of the Old Testament. It was used by the early church. There are various issues with the Septuagint manuscripts available to us today however; the extant copies date to the fourth century. In ancient sources, the Septuagint was described only to be a translation of the books of Moses, whose origin and quality were remarkable, but the Septuagint as we have it today contains the prophets and the writings. If you look up any Septuagint based translation, you will find portions missing verses (e.g. 1 Samuel 17:12-31) because they're not in the manuscripts we have. Lastly, the insufficiency of the Septuagint was part of what prompted Jerome to begin his project of re-translating the Old Testament from Hebrew to Latin for the church to have a better text for its understanding.
- Samaritan Torah (>300 BC??), the Samaritans, who were rejected by the Jews upon their return from Babylon, have a unique version of the books of Moses (and of them only). It includes such deviations from the usual Jewish text as commandments to worship on Mount Gerizim instead of the Temple Mount of Jerusalem. Some of these are supported by witnesses in the Dea Sea Scrolls. However, as it is a sectarian work, the same question about whether they would have maintained the integrity of the scriptures hangs over it.
So, before we even tackle the issue of translating into English, what is the source text we ought to be translating from? Frankly, the institutions of learning seem to have been quite useless in giving an answer, because so far they either uncritically accept the Masoretic Text and the apparent impeccability of its authors, or say that it's literally anything but what the church historically believed (because Christians are retards and us enlightened secularists are obviously right!!!), or put forward that the original text never existed at all.
So it's been a minute since I last been here but for a mini recap since then i fully went into my church to join it and get baptized having myself abstain from mastubating and cutting off from bad habits and reading the niv bible i got from there and least tried to read from the back of it rn too earlier reading in the 30 day reading in verses too ones im struggling like laziness,lust,strengthing faith.etc but admittedly among it in four separate occasions (half in today in badly relapising into edging half in which i couldn't stop in time or the first i cracked and searched in xvideos and fell) and sometimes think in if im really saved as i still under my bad habits or beliefs among just kinda unsure how too feel the presence of the spirit and hear him too continue from ny old post which in it i decided to see it and give thx too those in their advices i read so far and partly ask in better ways i can motivate myself to read and act his word more especially better said faith too him along better confession my sins too him and show him my genuine desire to change?
Hello /christian/.
I live in a country where worshiping Jesus is illegal. I am a Christian like you and have to hide my faith. I have a lot of Christian pictures on my computer that I use for intense meditation and prayer. However if they were found out I would go to jail and my name would be all over the news and I would be called terrible things.
I need to look at my Christian pictures 2 or 3 times a week for about 30mins at a time to pray. How can I hide them on my computer when I am not looking at them so nobody can find them? Remember nobody CAN EVER find them or I will go to jail!
Will you help me hide my Christian pictures? Amen.
I know there is a meta thread but I think this is an important topic. In the pandemic years Christian boards in 8kun and others were very active, Catholic boards, Orthodox boards, the general ones.
Now that I looked most of these don't exist anymore, and /christianity/ /christian/ is filled with a schizo/bot, porn, and shitposts.
This board and 8moe's seem to be the only active ones.
What can we do about it? Or is this the natural course due to IB users tendency to be cynical and mean?
I don't like Discord's spyware but I guess it is more stable, and much less would want to make a reddit account. I used to be in Twitter when it had a big christian activity but it turned very trigger happy with the bans.
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Matthew 22
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 'On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.'
Galatians 5
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'
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the music thread is gone so I'm posting these by themselves instead. At my assembly today it was reminded that ALL the law is fulfilled and HANGS on the commandment of love. How much do we make sure we're right with the law and doing the right thing and we ignore the actual focus of God and his will from the beginning his commandment. Death experiences have told us of the great love when in the light of God. Many of us have known moments when we have been put in front of God's love and how much we want to live in it forever and how much we will live in it forever.
ITT convince me why I should join your denomination over others.
What's your favorite Bible translation?
>morning service was cancelled due to inclement weather
Due to several threads being dragged wildly off-topic by some anons' inability to hold themselves back whenever someone says the Pope is the antichrist or that Martin Luther destroyed Christianity, this thread will serve as a pseudo-containment thread for dialogue between Catholics and Protestants. Rules still apply in here, keep the thread on topic, do not make one-liner insults or ad hominems, keep it civil and respectful. Posts that try to start fights between Churches and drag the OP off-topic in other threads will be deleted, no matter how many there are.
On this day 508 years ago God used Martin Luther to bring His people out of Babylon and purify His Church from all paganism.
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary;
suffered under Pontius Pilate;
was crucified, dead, and buried;
he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit;
the holy catholic church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Recently I've been thinking about the nature of psychology and Christianity despite psychology often being related to secular or occult ideas (Carl Jung, a famous psychologist was often inspired by ideas related to Gnosticism and "spirit guides" he would let take over him). I think this is why a lot of Christians seem resistant to psychology but I believe it might have merit with some ideas, and some ideas might even be very beneficial for Christians. I've recently been interested in the idea of the subconscious and trauma stored in the body. The idea that everything that happens to people are stored inside of the body and/or subconscious strikes me as supporting the idea that everything that happens to us is for a reason, i.e God's plan for us. I imagine when we meet Him and see ourselves in our new perfect bodies, we will see everything that would be too painful to bear consciously in a new light.
Sin, trauma, and spiritual oppression seem related in some ways too but I'm not quite sure how to elaborate on this very well. What do you guys think?
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The MSB includes footnotes for translatable variants from the modern Critical Texts (CT) such as the Nestle Aland GNT, SBL GNT, and Editio Critica Maior.
Major variants between the Majority Text (MT) and Textus Receptus (TR) are also noted. For a few passages not included in the MT, the TR translation is denoted with [[brackets]] and also footnoted.
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Post Christian video clips. Hymns, sermons, memes, or anything else you find is allowed as long as it's /christian/-appropriate.
Please don't let this one die.
>And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” (Revelation 13:4, ESV)
TOKYO: An upstart Japanese political party said on Tuesday (Sep 16) it will install an artificial intelligence as leader after its maverick founder quit following a disastrous showing in recent elections.
The Path to Rebirth party, which was launched in January by Shinji Ishimaru, a former mayor of a small city in western Japan, does not have a policy platform and its members are free to set their own agendas.
Ishimaru unexpectedly came second in the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election thanks to a successful online campaign, but he quit the party after it failed to pick up any seats in this year's upper house elections.
"The new leader will be AI," Koki Okumura, a doctoral student of AI research who described himself as an assistant to the new leader, told a news conference.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250917160053/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/japan-path-rebirth-political-party-ai-leader-5351881
Christian author Frank Turek, who was standing beside Charlie Kirk when he was assassinated and was in the SUV with him on the way to the hospital, shared some heartbreaking details on his podcast Wednesday. Turek will be speaking at Sunday's memorial service, and said that Charlie's wife, Erika, asked him to relate the story then as well. Holding back tears, Turek described the chaotic moments after Charlie was shot, as he and the security team got Charlie to the SUV to speed to the hospital, starting with why he jumped in the vehicle: "This is going to be the hard part, but maybe also the comforting part. Charlie Kirk was literally like a son to me. I have three sons. He was, like, my fourth son..."
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2025/09/18/frank-turek-describes-heartbreaking-moments-after-charlie-kirk-was-shot-n2194076
>"Isaiah 26:3, You 'keep in perfect peace those whose minds are stayed on you.' Lord, fill me with strength to turn my attention toward You that I find rest and joy in your presence. Amen."
A-list actor Chris Pratt is pointing followers to the importance of seeking God during the heavy times in which we live.
Pratt posted a video on all his social media platforms, quoting scripture and inviting viewers to pray with him, captioning the video "Be Still."
He closed his eyes and prayed, "Lord, You say, 'Be still and know that I am God.' Psalm 46:10, 'Be still and know that I am God.' In this moment, please Lord calm my restless mind and quiet my anxious heart... help me set aside distractions and choose what gives life and gives peace."
Pratt then encouraged viewers to turn their phones off and take a break from social media.
"Ok. Now, you can continue scrolling, or you can turn your phone off and go outside. Might I suggest the latter? Go get some sunshine..." he said, suggesting other ways to spend time in a positive, productive way.
As of Tuesday, his post on X had received almost 15 million views. Millions of additional viewers saw it on Facebook and Instagram.
Countless fans expressed their gratitude for Pratt's boldness in sharing the prayer.
Christian singer Lauren Daigle replied to the post, "Prayer is a miracle. Something so simple but so powerful!!"
http://archive.today/2025.09.18-031628/https://cbn.com/news/entertainment/chris-pratt-leads-viral-prayer-encouraging-millions-followers-be-still-and-turn
>And when they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and the witnesses laid aside their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. They went on stoning Stephen as he was calling out and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” Then falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” And having said this, he fell asleep.
Now the man who performed this foul deed was the same one who would later write the words that the Holy Spirit said, "Awake, sleeper; rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you" and the same one who later was faithful unto death, seeing his head removed from his shoulders for the sake of the one whom he previously worked to destroy, whose servants he murdered. Make no mistake, Charlie Kirk died a martyr, not merely because he was a believer who was murdered but because he was murdered for proclaiming the Christian worldview to a wicked and rebellious generation. These people hate the gospel, they hate you, and they hate Christ; they killed Charlie, why wouldn't they kill any one of you? "All who hate me love death".
We are being given a special blessing and responsibility which has not been granted to most Christians for some 500 years. Now is the time to be focused and to make no mistakes. We must do our duty to our Lord, and to that we must be firstly bold and secondly humble. Bold, lest we should be intimidated into silence by the very real threat of persecution and death, nor for any other reason; do not deceive yourself with pride that you cannot deny Him, or else you will deny Him three times before the cock crows. Nothing holds you up but the Holy Spirit. Therefore pray with the apostles, "And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your slaves may speak Your word with all confidence". But be humble, lest you should respond in the flesh and do a disservice to Christ, who does not conquer by the sword but through the preaching of the cross. Therefore, I suggest that we should pray for Charlie Kirk's murderer and for all who celebrated, that they may come to know Him whom they persecute. Such is what that old persecutor would have you do, whom God was even powerful enough to bring to repentance, who wrote "This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth."
I'm just curious to hear your guys story, how and what did God do and give you to finally defeats your bad habits and the such (I don't have any files really so here's a random image)
Ever since shortly after I left the church of Rome I have been drawn to the Reformed tradition as the traditional and scholarly wing of the fundamentalist movement. Calvinist theologians have been at the forefront of defining (such as in The Fundamentals or the Chicago Statement on Inerrancy) and giving the reasons (presuppositional apologetics, Reformed epistemology) for our faith in an age of "reason". I was blessed especially by the ministry of Dr. James White, especially in his book the Potter's Freedom (which I highly recommend) in showing me the doctrines of grace, though the Reformed tradition is much more than the 5 points of Calvinism. To give a short answer, the reason why I'm Reformed is because I believe everything the bible says. I would think it would be simple to just believe everything God said, but apparently the vast majority of people (even Christians today) find it very difficult.
The TULIP acrostic is much younger than the doctrines it represents, and even those 5 points were first formally stated as such in the 17th century at the Synod of Dort. But while they can cause confusion (especially the L) the doctrines have been taught since the beginning of the Reformation, and much earlier than that. Since by far the most popular argument against the doctrines of grace is the strawman fallacy, I want to explain each point to you and help you see that you may just believe them already.
>Total Depravity
This does NOT mean that men are as bad as they possibly could be. In fact, unbelievers are sometimes so showered in common grace that we perceive them as being "better" than many Christians. What this doctrine does mean is that there is no kernel of good hidden deep within man that enables him to cooperate with the grace of God, but that he is according to nature so far gone that he would never, under any circumstances, under his own volition reconcile with his creator and submit to the rule of God, so that when he does so it is a true divine miracle changing the direction of his heart with as much force as would change the trajectory of the earth. For "there is none who does good, no one who seeks after God, no not even one".
>Unconditional Election
This doctrine is very literally named, as it means that those blessed few among the great crowd of evil whom God shall save have not been chosen (or "elected") because they rose above and satisfied some condition of being so (such as accruing merit and avoiding mortal sin, or choosing to embrace the gospel message) but only because of the good pleasure of God, who has mercy on whom He will have mercy according to His plans to the praise of His glorious grace. It does not mean His selection is arbitrary, but the reasons for His determination are never that the elect merited salvation more than the reprobate. Often this doctrine is criticized as embodying pride, or as giving the Calvinist sinful pride. Nothing could be more scandalous or further from the truth. For I know that I am absolutely no better than the reprobate, and there was nothing about me which made me more desirable than the reprobate, but I can look at every single one of them as they march happily into the maw of hell screeching their hatred of God and say "there go I but for the grace of God".
>Limited Atonement
This is perhaps the least well understood doctrine, regrettably in large part due to its unfortunate naming to create the TULIP acrostic. The limitation which is referenced is not one of efficiency but of scope, that is, Christ's death was certainly sufficient to save all men who will ever exist, but it was not His intention do so. But this doctrine is much more about what Christ has accomplished than what He has not. To deny this doctrine is to deny that Christ saved those for whom He died, and to assert that His sacrifice merely enabled them to be saved by some other convoluted means, which seems a much more pernicious limitation. For what this doctrine really means is that Christ accomplished the salvation of the elect upon the cross, so that every one of them can say "I have been crucified with Christ. It is now not I who lives, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me". Can the reprobate say this? Can he climb up on the parapets of hell, scream out his hatred of God, and say "I have been crucified with Christ"? Was it for a nameless, faceless mass of humanity that Christ died, to enable them to save themselves if they so desired, or did the Son of God love me and give Himself for me?
>Irresistible Grace
This doctrine is also named literally, as it means that the grace of God cannot be resisted by the elect, that is, they do not have the power to reject His powerful resurrecting grace, but the Spirit changes their hearts to make of them sons of God. They are a new creation, not the same wicked creature which once despised his maker, but they are freed from slavery to sin, so that they may flee with tears to the mercy of Christ, and kneel without hesitation to His Lordship. This is what the Lord meant when He said, "you must be born again".
>Perseverance of the Saints
The meaning of this is that those whom God has invested His grace into shall not be spoiled, but provide a return. It is the promise of hope and surety of salvation for those who have the Spirit of God, that He will keep us and never throw us back into the darkness, but "He is the down payment of our salvation". How could they ever fall away when He is the one who sustains them and has raised them higher than Adam was, for "none can snatch them out of my hand"?
lately i’ve been feeling really unsettled about where things are going in america. after the shooting of charlie kirk it hit me harder than i expected. it’s not just politics anymore, it feels like the country itself is sick and maybe God is telling some of us to step away for a time.
i keep wondering if moving overseas, even temporarily, is something i should actually consider. not out of fear, but because i don’t want to ignore what might be the Spirit’s nudging. it feels like there are signs everywhere, and i’m restless in a way i can’t just chalk up to the news cycle.
are any of you getting the same feeling? like maybe God is calling us out, at least for a season, to preserve our faith and families while everything here keeps boiling over? or am i just overreacting?
prayers and thoughts welcome.
I'm new to christianity and new to reading the New Testament. I have a question regarding helping the poor and how should we do it. It seems the Bible asumes the poor and those in need to be always in the right and seems like helping them is the best one can do to enter the Kingdom of God. But sometimes the poor can also show greed and injustice, as I have seen how a friend of mine was giving money to a homeless guy and he was harassing her to give him even more money. Even as a kid, being schooled in a catholic school, I was forced to give money to charity and then I found out no one of those we supposedly helped improved in any way, and thus we threw our money right into the trash. I understand one should partake in charity and helping those in need but at what extent? Is every homeless person, every poor, every misserable, good in nature? Or is our aid what matters regardless of who recives the aid and what they do with it? As for example, giving money to a homeless guy and then the homeless buys alcohol instead of food. Our action was good but his use of our money isn't. I want to help the poor and those in need but I'm afraid it will be futile, as people won't improve regardless of my efforts.
ITT: post resources and advice for refuting the Jewish religion and demonstrating that the Christian religion is the religion of the Tanakh.
Real Messiah youtube channel (Rev. Dr. Michael Brown answers Jewish objections to Jesus): https://youtube.com/c/RealMessiah/videos
Particularly good vid from the above, "Psalm 22 does not speak of death by crucifixion" https://youtu.be/5QdbLUKhVcE
One For Israel youtube channel (Israeli Christians make arguments and counter-arguments against Judaism, also many testimonies from Jewish converts to Christianity) https://youtube.com/c/ONEFORISRAEL
Some personal tips for evangelizing Jews from my own experience: firstly recognize that the Jews come in a few categories. Jewish atheists are not relevant to this thread, they should be dealt with as any other atheist. Some Jews will view Jesus as a wise rabbi, most who oppose you will view Him as a sorcerer (this should not surprise you as we see much the same division between the unbelieving Jews in the gospels). Some Jews will be more or less informed about their religion and ours, but the ones to watch out for are those (typically orthodox but probably at least conservative) who are highly educated on this topic and make it their mission to oppose you, the counter-missionaries. You ought to be well read yourself in theology and the Old Testament before you argue with them. Isaiah 53 is generally not the best place to start, not because it is a weak point for us or that it does not actually point to Jesus but because the counter-missionaries can reply to it in their sleep, you won't get anywhere by getting the opposition to rehearse. Your best bet is to 1. demonstrate the inconsistencies of the Jewish religion with the Old Testament scriptures and 2. hit on lesser known Messianic prophecies which are clearly fulfilled in Jesus. For example of point 1 the fact the Jews have no priests and offer no sacrifice, yet this is the foundation of biblical religion. They will respond to this in two ways, they will attack this biblical truth by attempting to set certain scriptures which denigrate sacrifices and which especially exalt repentance against the scriptures which require sacrifice. Answer by pointing out how men always offered sacrifice to God even before Abraham, as Cain and Abel did. Explain the failure of their interpretation of the other scriptures, for example how the blood of goats and calves was indeed worth little, the only fit offering was that of the Son of God Himself. The other attack they make is to boldly dismiss the necessity of sacrifice out of hand by boldly asserting that sin offerings were only for unintentional sins, this particular response can be cut down with the mere citation of Leviticus 16, but if they persist you should exegete that scripture to keep them from twisting it.
An example of point 2 is how scripture repeatedly prophesied that He would convert the gentiles e.g. Micah 4. This is a particularly good argument for us gentiles, because we can cite the example of our ancestors who once worshipped false gods whom we have long since forgotten. There have been many false messiahs and the Jews will agree with this, they never did anything like fulfill this prophecy, so how can Jesus be a false Messiah when through Him I now worship the Lord and not Wodanaz, whom my ancestors have forgotten for a thousand and a half years?
The Jews will assume, assert and act like their religion is that of the Old Testament, and Christianity is something else. You must not let them do this. They splintered off from the truth and apostatized into a false religion, they have no right to any of the scriptures which are properly inherited by ourselves, God's covenant people. You must reprove and correct their presumption that they stand in the tradition of Moses even though it will bring insults and mockery at the least. Do not be ashamed or afraid to assert the authority and legitimacy of the New Testament revelation, or its consistency with Old Testament revelation, or the sharp inconsistency of the Talmud with the Old Testament. But you also should not unnecessarily offend them; be willing to write G-d instead of God, call the Old Testament the Tanakh, and absolutely do not use the divine name unless you truly have no alternative. Do not go out of your way to offend them, the gospel is offensive enough.
Thread for discussing and sharing literature relevant to the Christian faith.
I bought a copy of The Pilgrim's Progress, I read it years ago in high school and I really wanted to go through it again without staring at a PDF, and it makes for good reading before bed. I had no idea there was a part two in the story as well, where after Christian makes it to the Celestial City his wife and children go on their own journey to it as well. Apparently in high school we only ever read part one.
What have you been reading lately?
I have had acid reflux, chronic kidney disease, lymphoma, shingles, and probably a circadian rhythm disorder and probably IBS, and all of my male paternal ancestors including my father and grandfather have died of heart attacks. What's more, the treatments for these conditions themselves have come with severe complications, including agonizing pain and frequent infections, and even neurological complications culminating in a vegetative state for a few days. And all of this by the age of 25. And I call all of it a blessing, for the foolish godlessness of this generation is caused in part because men have forgotten death, and grown complacent, and supposed that the arrows of God's wrath no longer find their targets, but the shadow of death has hanged over my head since I was a young child which, I think, has enabled me to think more about eternity than others my age. But I do not suppose my life is wasted or worse than theirs, because my only comfort in life and in death is that I am not my own, but belong, body and soul, in life and in death to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.
I will keep this short and to the point: I will be resigning my position as board owner (hopefully) by the end of next week.
There are many reasons for this, but rather than go into excessive detail they essentially come down to:
>Too many other things going on in my life to be a responsible owner
>Personal failures of mine that leave me unfit to be owner
I will not elaborate further on the latter.
In the 2+ years I have had this position, we've been through a lot, the most important being the migration from anon.cafe to zzzchan (again, thank you Sturgeon for your patience and assistance in getting us here). However, I have not done my due dilligence in maintaining an active board. There have been more than a few anons making good threads/posts and I am very grateful for their help in keeping the board active. But most importantly, it is my own personal shortcomings that ultimately led to this decision. I have not been the ideal owner that I should be.
With all that being said, I seek to handover the board to someone else by the end of next week. If you are interested in the position, you may send an email to [email protected] and I will evaluate you based on your past post history.
Thank you, and God bless you all.
I need some bread pills about Buddhism, like inforgraphs or webms showing why Buddhism is satanic.
Glory to God in the highest heavens,
My Lord, my Saviour, my Redeemer,
Manifest Your mercy upon me,
Show me Your joyful pathways,
Lead me according to the pleasure of Your Spirit,
Purify my soul, clarify my intentions,
Shelter me with respite from anxieties,
Lord Christ, Almighty King,
I am not worthy of Your consideration,
Yet You heed me, and abide by me,
What am I to You, miserable in my offenses,
What do you see in me that was worth dying for?
You are wonderful and perfect, I terrible and misshapen,
Yet You opted to impute the glory of Your salvation upon me,
A superluminous light in a devouring darkness,
May it find saturation in my heart,
Overflow in my words and deeds,
To the end that such radiance should convince the world in its misdeeds,
Recollect the lost from the vale of death,
And the credit not count one bit to me,
But the glory be Yours, entirely and solely,
To whom the praise of the whole world
And every atom of creation
Deserves to be directed.
Hallelujah,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
Amen.
Brothers and sisters, rough night. Ended up stumbling into sin — gave into an old habit — and the guilt is heavy. Honestly, looking back, I was running on absolute fumes... physically and mentally drained.
As I was wrestling with the guilt tonight, the story of Jesus in the wilderness (Matthew 4) hit me differently. Think about it: 40 days fasting. He was literally in the most physically weakened state imaginable, utterly vulnerable. That's when Satan showed up with the big guns. And yet... He stood firm. Scripture was His strength, His anchor.
It hit me like a ton of bricks: My own exhaustion wasn't just an excuse, it was an open door. I wasn't tending to the "temple" (this body/mind God gave me), and it made me a sitting duck spiritually. Jesus showed it's possible to overcome even in extreme weakness, but His example also screams that our physical and mental state matters in this battle. We're not disembodied spirits fighting sin; fatigue, hunger, stress – they're real factors Satan exploits.
Feeling convicted but also... weirdly encouraged? Like I need to be way more mindful of not just praying and reading, but also resting, fueling this body right, and recognizing when I'm in a weakened "wilderness" state. It’s not just about willpower in the moment; it's about stewardship beforehand.
>"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin." (Hebrews 4:15, ESV)
Anyone else had moments where sheer tiredness or physical depletion made them WAY more vulnerable? How do you practically guard against that "weakened state" making you an easy target? Any tips for recognizing that danger zone before you're in it? Maybe this is obvious, but man, it felt like a lightbulb moment for me today.
>John MacArthur, the California-based Bible teacher, pastor and author known for his polarizing theological stances and defiance of ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns, has died at 86.
>Grace to You, the teaching ministry of MacArthur, confirmed in an X post on Monday evening that MacArthur had passed away not long after being hospitalized with pneumonia.
>"Our hearts are heavy, yet rejoicing, as we share the news that our beloved pastor and teacher John MacArthur has entered into the presence of the Savior. This evening, his faith became sight," the ministry shared on its social media platforms.
>MacArthur is survived by Patricia, his wife of more than 60 years, as well as four children, 15 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
>"Rest in peace, lion of faith," tweeted theologian and author Owen Strachan in response to the news. "It is already strange to live in a world without MacArthur's steady convictional presence. Pray for his family, his church, and the many who mourn him."
I think it's important for us to start thinking about worldview. Let me begin by stating what the Christian worldview is: that all things whatsoever, whether they be the privacy of our internal monologues or clusters of galaxies billions of lightyears away, were made by and for an ancient Jewish peasant, who still lives to this day having risen from the dead, and whom is your rightful King to whom you owe absolute unquestioning obedience. Given how radical this message is you should not be surprised-indeed, should anticipate- to encounter nothing but hatred and death from those currently in open insurrection against said King.
False systems of thought are not mere philosophical mistakes but acts of rebellion against the God they know and hate. Since Jesus made the rock, and owns the rock, any attempt to explain the rock without taking Him into account will fail and constitutes an attack on the crown property rights of Jesus. His sin is foolishness, and he sins foolishly by raising up his lofty opinions against the knowledge of God. And we obey our King when we take every thought captive to Him, both our own and those of the rebel guy in a dress that's ranting about how monkeys are his ancestors.
At the advanced age of 10, having been raised by an espoused atheist father and a nominal Roman Catholic mother, I developed a most Cartesian fascination with proof of my own existence and the establishment of certainty. I always engaged with these philosophical ruminations (and everything else) on the presupposition that I could autonomously discern the truth through my own rational power. As I have walked with Christ however, I have become somewhat less enfranchised with philosophy. Rev. Greg Bahnsen obviously, from his lectures and written works, considered his status as a PhD philosopher a point of pride. I consider it a point of pride that I have realized all the questions asked by the philosopher are really the same as those asked by the theologian, just with different starting points, methods and conclusions, and therefore philosophy just means pagan theology. I am also a philosopher, and while I may not be a Platonist or Aristotelian, my school of philosophy is also named after its founder and archetype, it's called Christianity. On that account I find the title of reverend worthy of infinitely more esteem than the title of doctor.
When the unbeliever engages with anything from science to softball he does so from an opposing system of thought which denies the Lordship of Christ. When he considers the possibility that Jesus *might* be Lord, he takes it for granted that he is an autonomous sack of randomly assorted fizzing chemicals in a chance universe that does not care about him, and that the arbitrary games other bags of mindless neurotransmitters made up a really long time ago will be sufficient to settle the absolute truth of the question. There can be no neutral ground between us, we know only an antithesis till the Lord returns.
It is not a coincidence that unbelievers have discerned every copy of Matthew is really a copy of Mark that some guy attached his own opinions to, which in turn is really a similarly edited copy of something called Q (aptly named, given that guy's gonna need to snap his fingers in order for anyone to ever find the thing), it is because he approaches the text with the "knowledge" there is no God, God has not spoken, God has no purposes etc. and therefore he is looking at a book of mythology by clueless sand people who were really making it all up as they went along, and in different ways. He is not merely prejudiced against the Christian religion (though undoubtedly he's that too), nor is he particularly motivated by an explicit desire to vindicate his secularism; he is operating on his worldview.
Let's be clear, that while the unbeliever is very insistent that God have nothing to do with it and makes a very sincere effort to banish God from his thoughts and therefore get absolutely nothing right about the rock, he nevertheless has the misfortune that this God lives in his mind (for He is not far from any one of us) and the name of Jesus is written on his thoughts in addition to the rock. Consequently he unfortunately does manage to get some things correct most of the time; he is only a nominal atheist.
It is precisely because of this borrowed capital from the God of truth in spite of his espoused presuppositions he is able to know anything, and that we are able to preach the gospel to him; stepping past his unbelieving pretenses to appeal directly to the image of God within, imploring that which knows God to be reconciled to Him. When he disagrees we must, with gentleness and reverence, destroy the very ground he stands on and accept nothing short of unconditional surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We must absolutely never embrace his demand for mythical neutrality (which he will make constantly and unwittingly) and leave God out of the picture in anything from science to softball for to do so is to become a fool like him. As Cornelius Van Til put it "The bible has absolute authority on everything of which it speaks, and it speaks about everything", or as Tertullian put it, "What hath Athens to do with Jerusalem?"
In this thread post why Christianity is based and is the Truth, or post pictures or links related to that.
The goal of this thread is to be a bag full of Jesus seeds you can quickly get and plant in non-believers' hearts. (eg. you can visit this thread for good links to send to a LARPagan to prove them wrong)
The drums of war are beating lowly over the horizon
Every time I study the Bible since I studied the Book of Revelation a year and 9 months ago something dramatic has developed in the Middle East. And I have to finish my study of the Epistle of the Romans this week. I've gotten through chapters 1 to 4 last night, and tonight I'm hoping to do 5 to 12. This is all while other turmoils and trials have been bearing down on my life. I'm nothing but a man before the Lord, mere flesh, I cannot do this and I never asked for it but somehow the Lord saw that I was fitting for this responsibility in some way, and has set me to live more purely in accordance with His will to that end. I'm not sure why I lament, for it isn't that this world, which is passing away, was something which I found happiness in, nor was it a place which gave God his due honour. Yet of its soil was I made, in all my imperfection, to be taken into some use as an instrument by which this finale seems to be unfolding. Once I thought that I could have a secular life, but there is none for me, nor would it be desirable to seek after one ahead of me, for all the secular glories of this age are fading away in fear of the coming Kingdom. Maranatha, Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner, O Son of God. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
>Vance Boelter giving a sermon at the DRC in 2021: "[Jesus] is coming again, and he's got plans, he's got purposes for each one of you and for me."
>https://xcancel.com/BlueATLGeorgia/status/1934012591195500985
I'm torn by this, somebody who calls himself a Christian can go on a cold-blooded murder spree. As King David behaved towards King Saul:
>Afterward David also arose and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and paid homage. And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Behold, David seeks your harm’? Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave. And some told me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not put out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord's anointed.’ See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it. May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you. As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness.’ But my hand shall not be against you. After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog! After a flea! May the Lord therefore be judge and give sentence between me and you, and see to it and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand.” (1 Samuel 24:8-15, ESV)
What do you guys think? Is Vance a true Christian? How could someone that calls themselves a Christian go about doing this heinous act? As Christians ourselves, how does this incident affect all of us?
The world at large rejected God and now humanity is utterly the wretched slave of Satan. Why are we so stupid?
Tomorrow is Pentecost!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
I think the Satanic conspiracy is better for Christians than the racial Jewish conspiracy. The Old testament faith of ancient Judaism Jews became Christians and "those that say they're Jews but are not" are Jews that study the Talmud and the Kabbalah and according to Texe Mars worship a serpent. So the Satanic conspiracy also has an answer to the Jews as well as the Golden calf during the time of Moses.
Thomas Muntzer did nothing wrong and Martin Luther was a hypocrite, coward, and traitor to the reformation. Jesus intended a social and political plebian revolution in this world. All denominations that focus on cloistered spirituality are heretics and useful idiots of the rich, powerful, and corrupt.
I'm looking to broaden my horizons with some other Christian forums (ones that either Catholic or multi-denominational are preferred, but ultimately you can recommend whatever you want). Really, I'm just looking for places that have at least some activity and have users under the age of sixty.
I'm going to spam some essays you will find offensive and edifying in this thread. This will be my containment thread. If you delete it I might start responding to seperate queries in other threads. I might do that anyways. I think the original author of these essays are dead. I'm backing them up in the deepest parts of the internet just in case.
I just want to post this because I found it gainful. The Greek word dunamis which means strength later became the basis of the word dynamite. The vast majority of Bibles translated it as strength but I found an interesting reading in the Godbey translation on Biblehub where he decided to translate it dynamite. I thought he did the translation before dynamite was invented but then I found out he actually did it in 1902 (dynamite was invented in 1867):
Ephesians 6:10 (Godbey)
>Finally, be filled up with dynamite in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Philippians 4:13 (Godbey)
>I can do all things through him who fills me up with dynamite.
1 Timothy 1:12 (Godbey)
>I give thanks to Jesus Christ our Lord, the one having filled me up with dynamite, because he considered me faithful, having put me in the ministry;
2 Timothy 2:1 (Godbey)
>Therefore, my child, be thou filled up with dynamite in the grace which is in Christ Jesus,
Hebrews 11:34 (Godbey)
>obtained promises, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness became filled up with dynamite, became mighty in war, put to flight the armies of the aliens: (!!)
It's an irregular translation and not one that I'd want in a pew Bible, but I thought it painted a picture of the energy of the Holy Spirit that the regular reading of strength or power doesn't capture. The Spirit is an explosive force that can really change your life and in the past few weeks that's exactly what He's been doing in me brothers. I pray that the Spirit too, enters into your lives, and arms you with his transforming and inspiring power, and provides you with the dynamite with which we'll go to war with the powers of Hell which are at work throughout the world today. For the ones who see this, this is our time, this is the Lord's time, this is your time to change the course of the world. May God bless all ye /christian/s. Glory to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ forever and ever, Amen.
>when your pastor is retiring
My Catholics Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Christ has risen, but Pope Francis was called back to him.
Discuss his legacy, and who and what shall be next.
Talk about 'WHOLESOME' shows and 'WHOLESOME' cute waifus.
This thread is NOT allowed to become a borderline /a/ exclave.
Posts advocating for yuri/shota (aka homosex) and other degenerate animes are NOT allowed.
After going through some ideas in the meta thread, one that I've been considering a lot lately is creating a dedicated, stickied thread that acts as a guide for anything and everything Christianity. This includes different versions of the Bible, texts from Church fathers and scholars, literature, education material, films, TV shows, music, podcasts, everything that would be beneficial to both old and new believers alike. Each of it will be organized in one very large thread for easy browsing. And that's where (You) come in.
If you have something that falls into any category listed above (and then some), post it here.
>If you have a link, post it along with a working archive (VERY important. Once it's on the Internet, it's there forever, until it isn't.). Use a website like https://archive.fo/ to check for and make backups.
>If it's an image, document, or audio/video file, post a link to it and post the file in the thread as well. I will work on getting these archived somewhere like Mega that allows playing them back in the browser. You may download YouTube videos using ytp-dl or through various Invidious instances (https://invidio.us) that allow downloading.
I will make the actual repository thread once we have substantial material and edit it accordingly, and update it as new material is posted. This thread will be for sharing resources, discussing archive methods, and how the main thread should be organized.
CHRIST HAS RISEN!
God bless you all and Happy Easter!
Catholics and Orthodox alike. There is a concerted effort of infiltrators trying to "project veritas" Christians within their own churches in the guise of visitors, catechumens, etc to get them to say things in confidence. The most heinous thing of it is that they take these recordings to bishops to effectively excommunicate people they get on recording, context removed of course, without addressing archbishops/cardinals/metropolitans as a proper excommunication would require. We have to know that no matter the denomination, the leaders and clergy of our Church are filled with cowardly old men that are more content to count their coins than they are to even attempt a cursory investigation into allegations made by outsiders in any regard. The revival of Christendom in the world is being stymied not only by those allied with the devil and his children, but at best by those who see their faith is just a job instead of responsibility they claim to profess. So as Moses before us, and unless something changes, we have to await the death of all of these demoralized boomers, gen x, gen y, and even a good part of the millenials before the Holy Church can rise again to prominence on the world stage. The only other choice is to start creating organizations within the faith to counterattack against such effeminate leadership every time something like this happens to another brother of ours going forward. Attached is one of many letters to come being sent out by many such cowards within the ranks of church leadership all over the west. Let this serve as a warning to all others who believe that this situation is developing in any other way. No matter how true and compelling the message of the Gospel is, no matter how "based" you think Catholicism or Orthodoxy to be, at the end of the day a priest is more likely to deny basic theological truths for a pouch of silvers and a pension. The attached picture is an actual such letter that has been redacted for obvious reasons. There's no point in redacting the name of this bishop, as the diocese gives it away and the signature, in their own hand no less, is an indictment against Judases such as this one. I welcome the discussion to come.
I was looking for a charity that helps the poor yet doesn't support abortion. It seems the three "Catholic" charities; Catholic Charities USA, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Catholic Health Association supported legislation back in 2009 that would fund abortion. This is against the Catholic faith on two levels: #1 abortion, #2 socialism.
And Peter's Pense - I'm still disappointed yet not at all surprised that Bergoglio (Who some believe to be the current Pope Francis) gave Peter's Pence to homosexual/transsexual prostitutes who were lacking in income because of the Covid shutdowns.
While searching non-Catholic religious charities that are more Catholic than Pope Frank, I ran across this story
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed this week that her “Jewish brothers and sisters” believe killing unborn babies in abortions is a religious sacrament “according to their faith.”
Incredible! She talking about sacrificing babies to Moloch.
Is it really part of the Jewish religion, or is she lacking in understanding in a major way?
*https://www.lifenews.com/2022/12/22/aoc-claims-abortion-is-a-religious-sacrament/
What is your favourite verse or part of the Old Testament?
I like the history of Moses.
Anabaptism Appreciation Thread
Can we have an Anabaptism thread? Do we have Anabaptist brothers around here?
It dawned on me the other day that the very existence of modern Anabaptism is an irresistible sign of God's agency and will in history, even if you look at it with a "secular historian's hat" and not your own believer's conviction. Most Reformation groups had powerful temporal backing, even as they may have faced persecution at one time or another. The Anabaptists, on the other hand, have seen nothing but the sword. To know one's own identity as an Anabaptist, the believer truly gazes into the Martyrs' Mirror and becomes a stranger in the world, one who would not hesitate, by the Lord's mercy, to brave the possibility of being consumed to death in their zeal. This is a testimony this world needs. Selah.
This thread is for discussion and the sharing information critical of evolution, old earth, attempts to allegorize the early chapters of Genesis, etc.
I will be posting some basic info critical of (Neo-)Darwinism shortly.
Here we discuss the writings and ideas of:
C.S Lewis
J. R. R. Tolkien
G. K Chesterton
Charles Williams
And all the host of them!
Have you been reading anything by them lately? Speak about it
"The Blessed Evangelist John lived at Ephesus down to an extreme old age, and, at length, when he was with difficulty carried to the Church, and was not able to exhort the congregation at length, he was used simply to say at each meeting, My little children, love one another. At last the disciples and brethren were weary with hearing these words continually, and asked him, Master, wherefore ever sayest thou this only? Whereto he replied to them, worthy of John: It is the commandment of the Lord, and if this only be done, it is enough."
Blessings in Jesus' name, brothers.
This thread is for biblically-informed and prayerful efforts at making sense of the upcoming US elections, and it's citizens responsibility before the Lord. 'Alien' perspectives lovingly appreciated.
>judaism: incites extreme racial supremacy and hatred, and rape-torture of children
>islam: incites violence and murder of people with different beliefs, and woman oppression (and it also indirectly forbids anime because art is haram)
>hinduism, buddhism, folk religions, etc: utter schizo shit, and many of them are inhumane too
>no religion: makes you a gay rootless redditor who thinks he's smarter than everyone
>Christianity: preaches love, etc and if you look at it from a religious perspective it's also beautiful because of the whole God sacrificing his son for humanity's sins thing
>it's also not schizophrenic/too unscientific
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Do you think that Marian apparitions and miracles attributed to saints may be works of the Devil and demons?
I read that this kid was recently canonized as a saint
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Acutis
>A kid with a pancreas defect asked to a relic of the would be saint to not throw up as much, and later was healed and could eat food without throwing up
>A woman after a fall from a bike suffered brain haemorrhage and had a low chance of survival, her mother prayed intercession on his behalf and the daughter's haemorrhage disappeared
I'm thinking these may be the signs and wonders Jesus warned us about? That those are the works of demons trying to legitimate the power of idols?
It is no secret the Eastern Orthodox reject the Filioque of Rome.
But what is definitive Orthodox statement of what exactly is going on in the trinity? The Catholics can point to Florence. Is there a similar Orthodox statement?
Part of me thinks that had Florence not dogmatized the filioque as "one principle and a single spiration" The Catholics and Orthodox would've reunited under an agreement that each side had a permissible theological opinion. I mean, the ultimate reality of the Holy Trinity is unknowable.
That said, is there any way to resolve the controversy without rejecting the other side as heretical? I see all over the place bickering over who is right and who is wrong. But never do we examine any potential compromises or solutions.
Perhaps we could say the Father alone is the principle/cause of the Trinity. The Father however, directs the Holy Spirit as Spiration to the Son initially, and the Son responds in like, unified spiration. Therefore, the Son’s presence to the Father calls forth the Spirit from Him, in a sense. It is by his eternal and natural and proper love as Father for Son that the Ekporeusis of Spirit from Father is begun. It is by his eternal and natural proper love as Son for Father, that the Son calls forth the Spirit from the Father. The Spirit’s hypostasis is sealed in its procession by His resting upon the Son.
Or perhaps would it be possible for the Latins to revoke the dogmatic pronouncement retroactively as the Greeks never ratified it? Starting the discussion again from the beginning?
Have you guys read or heard any proposed resolution on the controversy?
It's Holy Week (in the Western church) brothers. Four days until the Passion of our Lord. Are we doing anything to commemorate it?
Do you think the word 'love' has gotten skewed into something else entirely in recent times?
If you truly love your children you don't let them do whatever they want and agree with everything they say. You are disciplinary if needed because you don't want to see them go a self-destructive path.
Ever since the hippy 60s movement I feel like people assume love means blind worship and acceptance.
I think love is motherly kindness and fatherly righteousness.
Love your enemy doesn't mean to let evil have its way but rather to show them light and use force if needed.
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The Gnostic Christians were proto protestant in a sense. Before engaging this idea a few understandings must be agreed upon
>there was no gnostic "church"
>they were understood for most of history through the lens of a detractor deeming them heretics, who himself had doctrine considered heretical
>there is no perfect unified system and the beliefs vary
>the idea that could aptly unite them is that knowledge through Christ could offer salvation
This is the notion of salvation through faith alone. It says that nothing you do actually matters, it's what you think, and if what you think is a thought construct on the nature of Christ, his death, his resurrection, the implications of his death in light of the rest of the Bible, etc, that you're as good as saved, even if you sin. I see this as a welcome development and while MOST Christians who espouse salvation through faith alone aggressively would likely reject Gnosticism outright as heresy, they are still focusing on the idea. I think that salvation through faith alone is actually the same idea that much of gnosis derives from.
The issue is that people who preach salvation through faith alone are at odds with Catholics and numerous other christian run off cults that preach works based heresy while consorting with worldly powers, and so they lean heavily on literalism to boost their doctrine. What they should be considering is what marcion considered and throwing the whole OT out. After all, most Christians DO throw the OT out in favor of a few passages here or there in the NT. They wouldn't say that of course, but most Christians don't heed the OT. I believe that a resurgence in Christianity is coming in which some of these primordial non denim zoomer churches will get fed up with the prosperity gospel but also realize that it's extremely difficult to recognize both OT and literalism in general to true faith.
There seems to be a multitude of users on imageboards stuck living generally broken lives. How can /christian/ minister to this?
If you are not already aware, anon.cafe is being shut down on March 15. >>>/meta/16466
Allow me to be as clear as possible: This is NOT the end of /christian/. We have endured shutdowns and deplatforming in the past, and although the board has changed hands many times and lost a lot of users (especially after 8chan went down for good), there are still quite a few users here, and I would hate to lose them again.
I would like to keep the community here as long as possible, and from that point transition to the new board. However, I lack the time, experience, and patience to maintain my own imageboard,
With that being said, I have made a request on zzzchan.xyz to have /christian/ created. Although it is most likely not necessary, you may add your two cents for why you would like /christian/ added to the site. You may view my post here:
https://zzzchan.xyz/meta/thread/137.html#4570
If/When the board is created, I will post more instructions here for how I would like this transition to go. But for now, remain calm, do not panic, and continue posting as usual. We have plenty of time, and I am making sure this transition goes as smoothly as possible.
How are you brothers preparing for the season? Have you already promised to follow Jesus as you had not dared to before? Have you renounced the works of the Evil One to enter the Father's house with Jesus? What's keeping you?
Doing research for a project and am traveling across the internet to discuss the Christian cartoons and or media people grew up on.
Born in 2000, I was raised on Vegetales and hand me down 1980s-early 90s vhs tapes like Donut Man, Bible Man, Commander Kellie, Davie and Goliath, and Psalty. Watched whatever was on TBN Saturday morning inbetween Kids WB and 4Kids TV, but when I got older I watched TBN less and less as most nineties/early aughts Christian cartoons are just a couple episodes and then they rerun it ad nauseum while secular toons had seasonal progression or frequent new shows coming out.
Many people in my church life my age are born again Christians or straight up never heard of anything outside of Vegetales and I was surprised when my former youth pastor who was an 80s kid had zero knowledge of Christian media before the years he started ministering
Honestly, in some of my research, a lot of this stuff was just Christian record store distributed or broadcast on local channels. Some of them are sincere
>Vegetales and Adventures in Odyssey
But most are very subdued, bland, or straight up just vague educational programming just rerunninng on a Christian network
Why did the angels help Lot escape?
>Asbury University has become the sight of a revival gathering, with students and staff engaging in continual worship and prayer on campus over the past few days.
>What began as part of a scheduled chapel service on Wednesday morning at Hughes Auditorium in Wilmore, Kentucky, has since transformed into a constant impromptu gathering.
>Alexandra Presta, a senior at the university who is also the executive editor for the campus newspaper The Collegian, has witnessed the revival and reported on it.
>Presta told The Christian Post on Friday morning that after the chapel service concluded on Wednesday, “roughly 30 students kept going.” They've been joined by others since then.
>The chapel service featured a sermon by speaker Zach Meerkreebs based on Romans 12 and the topic of “love in action,” Presta told CP.
>“I had left for a few minutes but then felt called to return. Since then, it hasn't stopped. It's been a mix of worship, testimony, prayer, confession, silence,” she explained, calling it “a full experience of the Holy Spirit.”
>Presta estimated that as many as 1,000 people have come to the revival gathering since it started, noting that while “some have come and gone,” there are others who “have slept on the floor and continued to praise God nonstop.”
https://www.christianpost.com/news/asbury-university-senior-revival-is-a-humbling-before-the-lord.html
Are you participating my brother in Christ? Or have you already failed?
Celebrating Christmas with idolatry trees and cryptopagan idols seems in violation of Jeremiah 10:1-5
>Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them. For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
So I propose to use the trees and symbols that are approved and shown to symbolize something without turning it into an idol.
Olive Trees that represent Jesus and his church, God's olive trees whose fruits are peace and union.
And use the iberic tradition of the Three Wise men delivering presents.
Hail Blessed Mary
With all my heart I praise Thee, Most Holy Virgin above all angels and saints in Paradise, Daughter of the Eternal Father, and I consecrate to Thee my soul with all its faculties.
O my Mother, preserve me this day (or night) from mortal sin
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee! Blessed art Thou among women and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen
I was searching the various Eastern Christian Churches that are called "Orthodox" and came across the Brother Nathanael Foundation.
I wanted to know the details of the these Eastern faiths. I feel a bait and switch was done with the Roman Catholics; I did Catechism out of Father Cogan's "Brief Catechism for Adults" and then a whole different faith is thrown at me from Aquinas' huge "Summa" which changed everything.
So, I wanted to know what the real faith is of the Orthodox. Some say they're not in Mary worship, and they tend to keep the same faith, but the Orthodox in America are known for preaching sodomy is not a sin.
Anyway, I'm getting off subject in my own OP.
Seems Brother Nathanael a Jewish man who converted to Russian Orthodox. Seems a bit over the top.
Thoughts? Would like to hear from a Russian orthodox especially.
> Be in 4th grade
> Still care about sports
> Am a Red Sox fan, just like my Dad
> Heard about the Bambino Curse (Baseball is the most superstitious sport there is)
> Heard about how people can get anything they want if they sell their soul to the devil, albeit at a horrible price
> Figure "Hey! Well if all these people in these dumb stories always sell their souls for selfish reasons, why not sell one's soul for a higher purpose? The greater good?"
> Greatest good my Elementary school ass can think of is the Red Sox finally winning the world series
> Have an imaginary conversation with the Devil where I agree to sell my soul if they win
> It happens
> Boston Red Sox miracuolusly win for the first time in 86 years
Am I fucked, guys?
Did it really happen? Did I actually sell my soul? It's not like I performed a ritual or whatever. I was just imagining a conversation, and acting like it was real.
But is that what all conversations with God and the supernatural are? Did I do something unforgivible? Would it matter that I was an elementary schooler, and viewed it as a selfless act?
I could use some advice. This question has been plaguing me ever since, and I'm almost 30 now. I guess I'll never know for sure until I die, but still...
It'd be nice if there was some way I could determine whether I've damned myself, and/or figure out how to repent and go about my life in peace.
Here's an article about the curse I may have accidentally ended with my elementary-school autism, by cursing myself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Bambino
how should christian celebrate Hanukkah?
Hello, all. I'd like to discuss the philosophy of the internet that a christian should take and hold.
Beliefs
1.). The internet should be used by people to exercise the ultimate goodness that they have, because the internet allows human beings to fully express themselves through editing and rethinking the content they send to others. Whereas one may be foolish and say things they regret in real life, they have a higher capacity to be the ultimate good and ultimate expression of themselves through virtual communication. All content a christian produces should edify the reader because of their increased capacity to do so. You must post and type not as you would speak to someone. On the internet, you are held to a higher standard than you are in real life.
2.) The internet allows for people to band together and communicate across long distances and thus it ought to be used to spread the word of God and show the love of he has shown us.
3.) The internet is not a replacement for social interaction. The internet as per the first point is a place where human beings can express their ultimate goodness to one another by the nature of a post (able to proof read, able to gather thoughts clearly, and able to see your own words from afar.) The internet can be used for connecting initially but it must advance towards the natural end of an interaction between two present real human beings at some point. Staying soley fixiated on a relationship with someone online may stagnate you and online relationships should receive significantly less time and attention than real ones.
Theres more, but I'll stop here. Please share your thoughts. God bless.
Greetings in this Wonderful Christmas time! I'm Orthodox who will be visiting lower WV the weekend before Christmas to see its beauty and scout possible investment opportunities. I would love to see if there are any lower WV Orthodox lurkers who can invite me to their parish to network and ask questions about the local area. From a cursory glance, I see that there are some ROCOR and Antiochian parishes in the area, but emailing the priest of one yielded no liturgical schedule information. Are the ROCOR and Antiochians old calendarists or something?
I want to get this of my chest as a confession and because other than the Lord I don't want anyone else to know this. I give up on finding romantic love.
I am going to focus on my self and on taking care of my mother. Focus on my goal of buying a good house. Maybe this is what God wants me to do for the rest of my life. This doesn't mean I hate or have Ill-will against women, I think and feel that God doesn't want me to be with anyone.
Hi anons, im a christian man on love with a 2D girl, i have pondered a lot over the years (5+) and readed to get to a conclusion and while i have mine i wonder what other christians might think, so here i am, by waifuism i simply mean loving and comitting to a fictional girl even if she doesnt exist.
Do you believe in Purgatory?
What's the deal with christian infighting, when the world outside the churches is full of sin and of the deception of satan?
The first people who need christian correction, are the sinners, of which the unreligious out of ignorance about the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ are the most of.
Some talk about "ecumenism" between different branches of christianity.
But what about having ecumenism in converting the enemies of the church of christ, converting the unreligious, converting the neo-pagans now coming to light, converting the victims of the deception of the modern anti-christian world?
Lets make the evangelism of the Word of God, be the real way to church unity and to the real church of Christ.
>“Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.
>But beware of people, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues,"
Matthew 10:16-17
>So the disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought him something to eat?”
>Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work.
>Do you not say, ‘In four months the harvest will be here’? I tell you, look up and see the fields ripe for the harvest.
>The reaper is already receiving his payment and gathering crops for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together. For here the saying is verified that ‘One sows and another reaps.’
>I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the work, and you are sharing the fruits of their work.”
John 4:33-38
Here's a question that has always puzzled me:
So we all know that a good chunk of Jewish people rejected Christ and went on to become the modern religion of Talmudic Judaism. But there were also a sizable chunk of the Jewish community that submitted to Jesus and became the first Christians.
However, if you asked me to point out where Talmudic Jews are, I would only have to point to modern Israel and the various diaspora Jewish communities throughout the world. But if you asked me to point out Jewish communities or individuals descended from the original Jewish Christians, who have kept up such customs.... I would be at a total loss.
So what happened to them or where are they? Did the original Jewish Christians simply intermarry amongst the Gentiles to the point of being absorbed? Or are their communities of Jewish Christians who can trace their lineage back to the original Jewish Christians that exist, but either don't have as much prominent PR as Talmudic Jews, or are simply not as numerous?
And I don't mean Messianic Jews either, since this group, from what I understand, consists almost entirely of either ex-Talmudic Jews, or Gentiles who have married into or adopted Jewish customs on top of a faith in Jesus.
There is no scriptural authority for true Christians to worship on Sunday. The Roman Catholic Church instituted Sunday worship to distance itself from biblical Christianity and gain pagan converts. So those who worship on Sunday are essentially saying the pope has the authority to change the Word of God.
Hello anons. I have some questions to inspire thought and debate.
1.Do you believe that this /christian/ community is contributing to the advancement of the kingdom of God? Can God use this imageboard to change someone's life?
2.Do you believe that prayers made by anonymous people can change someone's life?
Forgive my bad English. It's my first time posting here.
Read 1st and 2nd Corinthians. Read and see how Paul, an apostle, debases and humbles himself in his writing, as opposed to the Corinthians who continue in sin and don't know it.
Why are we fighting here? Why do we act like people who have never read the Bible here? So much fighting, coarseness, haughtiness... We are meek, lowly servants. I don't see a lot of love here and I wish that would change. I hope that we can all examine ourselves and hold each other accountable.
>2 Cor. 3:5: Not that we are adequate in ourselves so as to consider anything as having come from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God
We are nothing, God is everything. Everything that is good in us is God in us, not ourselves. We should all take a moment to humble ourselves.
What do you guys think of this? I could summarize it but it's better if you give your opinion on if it's convicting or not. It's basically a theory of Jesus, Israelites and OT faith not being Jewish. I'd really like to know what you guys think?
https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/431126799/#431131391
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Hey Anons,
I am thinking about applying to divinity school next year and wanted some advice. Prior to starting college, I was an atheist, was addicted to drugs and alcohol and was generally self-loathing and self-destructive. Freshman year I had a religious awakening and decided to teach myself a lot about gnosticism and buddhism. Overtime I found myself slowly moving towards Christianity and can happily say I am a full convert. My campus priest and I are close friends and I have fully accepted that Christ is my lord and savior.
At this point I am finishing up undergrad with a double major in History and Theology. My family wants me to apply to law school and I think I could make a good living as a lawyer. My father is in prison and my mother is very materialistic, both really want me to pursue law. Additionally, my brother is very successful in his field and made a point to say it will be up to the two of us to take care of our mother and sister (she's a drug addict) when we're older. Working as a lawyer will allow me to more money to take care of my family and hopefully the future family I can create one day. However, I am worried I won't like the legal profession and more importantly am very worried I will revert to my old ways. As time goes on I find myself progressively less passionate about the law and really want to continue to study religion. I just feel like if I do not dedicate my life to my faith, I will not live a life with faith.
I have good grades and will have good recommendations and think I may want to apply to divinity school. I am not sure if I would make a good priest. I am not the best public speaker and am not the most virtuous but I do want to dedicate myself to the church. I do want to dedicate my life to theology. I do want to live a life worthy of God's presence. I really just feel lost and would like advice. Should I turn my back on my responsibilities towards my family and focus on God? Should I turn my back on my responsibilities towards myself and focus on helping my family? I really just need advice. Please pray for me and thank you for reading.
This link contains one of the largest reference materials for the bible (archaeological, literary, etc. evidence) I've ever seen:
https://pastelink.net/2w1ne
I think it may help all of us in faith of God.
How do I know everything written is scripture or not? How do I know Paul wasn't some crazy weirdo who decided to throw in his own interpretation of Christianity? Even then, the authenticity of some of Paul's letters are heavily disputed and some even universally agreed as not consistent with his own writing.
How do I know whether or not I should practice Judaic law or not? Christ said he is here to fulfill the law, but he also said he would not abolish it.
>Matt 5:18: 18 Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single letter,[a] not even a tiny portion of a letter, will disappear from the Law until all things have been accomplished.
>Gal 3:24: 24 Therefore, the Law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, so that we might be justified by faith.
Should I practice the law to renew my faith? After all, it's what the early Jewish Christians still did anyway.
Romans 2:25: 25 Circumcision has value if you obey the Law. However, if you break the Law, you have become as if you had never been circumcised. 26 In the same way, if one who is not circumcised keeps the precepts of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27 Then the man who is not physically circumcised but nevertheless observes the Law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the Law.
How do I know the Roman church is the true church? I am not a Catholic, but it's said that "the gates of hell will not prevail over the church", to paraphrase. But the Mary stuff and the Pope himself being a controversial figure lead me to believe there are deep-seated problems in Roman authority, not to mention the intentional covering up of sexual abuse in the church. But I don't want to doubt this and then go to hell forever. No church seems right, Catholic churches are too much and seem to have a lot of extra-biblical sacraments and traditions, where as Protestant churches don't take anything seriously and are a breeding ground for cafeteria Christians and people who simply don't care to take Christianity home or let the Bible dictate anything about their lives.
I'm confused about a lot of things, and I don't know what to do. Am I going to hell for thinking this?
Look at this fella, angry about the Bible and for having his Lolicon being censured by the "fascist Christians"
https://youtu.be/Oe7GzSbp5zI
Hello, I'm a Christian, and I am still learning the Bible, though I consider myself decently knowledgable on its themes and messages. In the last 3 years I have undergone a massive transformation from a useless atheistic tranny into the lover of God I am now, it felt like being awakened to the truth of the universe in totality, like seeing every life at once that all point to the singular truth--that being God at the head of all things. And through my Biblical journey I have come to adore the Lord, I've come to understand the secrets of the heavens and the earth, and I've seen the light at the beginning of the tunnel, only to now know that we live in an age of darkness. The world is dying, degenerating from the natural goodness that God has shown me. I want to devote my life to the Lord, I want to give my life to Him.
But I have recently come to a crossroads of confusion. There are so many countless denominations of the church, each with hundreds upon thousands of people with their own views that differ from my own. I'm unsure if I even have any specific views on worship other than the passion I have for God. And the sheer numbers of pathways overwhelms me. They all deal in the question of what must be done for salvation but in my revelations I have rarely even thought on such things. I fear that I am pursuing the wrong path, there are countless years of history behind the churches, and they all fight one another over what is and isn't true.
It does not help that I have a terrible dislike of other people, I love my family and friends, and I want to love all men as Jesus has taught me to do, but I cannot bring myself to worship in public, not out of shame but out of distrust. This world is a corrupt world and I do not have it in me to trust other people with a topic I view so delicately. I am unsure what you would think of me, but is it impossible to worship the Lord privately? Am I damned for not participating in any of the churches? I apologize if this is a stupid question.
Picture unrelated.
An anon on 8ch's /christian/ storytimed this in honor of Easter several years ago. In honor of the end of Lent and the Resurrection of our Lord I present, for your reading pleasure, Serenity.
I've been thinking of getting into Christianity (sorry for poor choice of words) for the longest time now as someone raised fully atheist. Got given this KJV bible on the street today. I think this is my sign - gonna start reading it, now's better then ever.
Any advice for what to do other than just reading the Bible?
“His Only Son”, the original biblical drama that recounts the life of Abraham based on that one time in his life, mentioned in Genesis 22, where God tested his faith by asking him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, on the mountain of Moriah, has earned the No. 3 position in the world, just below “John Wick: Chapter 4” since last weekend.
>«HIS ONLY SON profoundly explores mankind’s relationship to God and encourages viewers to turn inward and ask: Can your faith still stand when you are asked to give everything?» the film’s official description read. With a budget of $250,000 achieved through crowdfunding, it reached a box office record that had not been achieved before and that is attracting the public to learn more about biblical stories.
>With an accurate and authentic vision, the reviews of the film explain that “His Only Son” is a refreshing, profound and contemplative experience, which comes at the perfect time for Easter, said Jared Geesey, the senior vice president of Global Distribution for Angel Studios. Likewise, he said that people are flocking to theaters, because they now have a preference for this type of stories.
>Promising to fully adhere to the biblical narrative, it will have Nicolas Mouawad, a Lebanese actor playing Abraham, Sara Sayed, born and raised in Tehran as Sarah, and Edaan Moskowitz, playing Isaac, who is an Israeli-American actor who was born in California.
>The inspiration for the film came from former US Marine David Helling, who spent time in the Iraqi desert and had a desire in his heart to share Bible stories with audiences on a theatrical stage; and he is now the one who directed the piece. “I didn’t set out to do Christian films,” Helling added. “I set out to do biblical films because they’re for the sake of the gospel — not the typical Hallmark with a Jesus tinge over it.”
>Other Angel Studios hits besides The Chosen, the first multi-season series about Jesus, is “Jesus Revolution,” which tells the true story behind the Jesus Movement of the 1970s.
>The studio has aimed to make these types of productions to attract people to faith-based content thanks to its genuine and story-driven approach.
https://archive.is/CHLL0
Is it just me or is Christian media becoming more popular recently? I think it's because the world has gotten so secularized that no one is familiar with the Bible anymore so they are actually interested in learning about it for the first time.
These anime posting threads have been the bane of this board's existence for the past month now.
Post interesting theological takes or positions, things that don't necessarily fall in line with Christian orthodoxy, or are taught by major denominations.
>inb4 Ortholarpers come to the rescue.
What do we make of this, /christian/s?
>the Christian board
>there has never been a thread about The Chosen
Is it the greatest piece of Christian media since The Passion of the Christ or is it Mormon subversion? Should we stream it?
Anon's this board may not be perfect but it has been a good place for me to be whenever I am online. To be frank I have not been at peace the past few days. My father is not saved and he is getting old, I have been debating with myself whether free will is even real, how predestination works and if it does, does that mean anything I do has true meaning or am I just a pawn in things I do not understand. I have only found peace with prayer and working out, I have faith in my Lord but perhaps this is just showing me how much I have to grow in trusting the Lord, perhaps this is just my flesh fighting my spirit but advice or prayers would be greatly appreciated.
Has the definition of "repent" been changed over time? Should "repenting of sin" be included when preaching the Gospel? Does it turn the free gift of salvation into a works-based program, denying that Christ's life, death, and resurrection was sufficient to reconcile us to God?
I used the following Bible word search website as a resource to find every time the word "repent" was used in the KJV Bible: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kjv/simple.html
In the Bible, the word "repent" is used 112 times. Forty-six times in the Old Testament, and sixty-six times in the New Testament (I've excluded its apocryphal uses). Out of 112 times, only five times was it used in reference to "repenting of sin", and never used that way in regard to the Gospel or eternal salvation. Contextually, it commonly means one of the following three things:
-Changing one's mind (whether God or man);
-Being grieved inwardly (may include regretting); and/or
-Turning from worshipping idols to worshipping God
Examples of God repenting (many cases, only a few listed for brevity. Some uses are God deciding a different course of action, some are Him being grieved):
>"And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart." -Gen.6:6
>"And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people." -Exod.32:14
>"...and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel." 1Sam.15:35
Examples of repenting meaning "turning to believing the truth (from falsehoods or idolatry)" (these are most used in reference to eternal salvation):
>"For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him." -Matt.21:32
'Repenting' meaning 'believing John the Baptist'.
>"And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel." -Mark.1:15
'Repent' meaning 'believe the gospel'
>"And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead." -Luke.16:30-31
'Repent' meaning 'being pursuaded to believe the truth'...