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My book is a guide for discipleship, learning how to follow the way of Jesus through the practices of reading scripture, knowing the doctrines of the Nicene Creed, praying the Lords Prayer and Living out the Decalogue. Due out May 12th!
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I don't really respond to ragebait, but Star Wars is maybe the most Christian story in pop-culture outside of The Lord of the Rings, and it is among the most conscious in using both traditional mythologies and Biblical themes.
Lucas has said that Palpatine is Satan.
Anakin's fall represents Satanic temptation toward evil within each of us, as well as the possibility of redemption.
Anakin's fall is shown on a lava planet, obviously representing hell.
Falling further into darkness makes one less human ("he's more machine now than man").
There is actual good and evil ("dark" and "light"). Lucas did this intentionally, harkening back to stories like Flash Gordon at a time when other media had moved away from clear lines between good and evil.
Good will ultimately triumph over evil. Lucas's concept of "balance" is misunderstood, as it is not the persistence of both good and evil, but the defeat of evil. He has said this in several interviews.
The light is embodied in the virtue of self-sacrifice and love, even toward those who don't deserve it.
The end of the story is literally a good man sacrificing himself for an undeserving sinner to redeem him from evil.
The defeat of evil is prophesied, and it is accomplished by a virgin birth.
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"Tim Keller and David Platt ruined my life" is such a snowflake thing to say.
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I'm sorry but if your walk with Christ got derailed by one book or one pastor that's a you problem. There is always another book to read.
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Today we're releasing a brand new resource called The Faith Received.
It's a massive online library and research tool featuring nearly 20,000 primary sources across church history.
You can see it here: thefaithreceived.com
And read about it here: mereorthodoxy.com/announcing…
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BREAKING: The Dodgers have acquired the Time Stone from Thanos and will be activating Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale.
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There are three great Old Testament fall stories:
- Adam and the forbidden fruit
- Moses and the golden calf
- David and Bathsheba
Jesus resists 3 temptations:
- To eat
- To worship a false god
- To parade his royal power from the temple roof
— @AJWTheology
Hey @grok, based on my X posts (alone), what historical figure do I remind you of?
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Amazing how many people have opinions on the Odyssey like they are experts in Homer when they haven’t touched him since high school
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Dustin Carpenter retweeted
I've said it before but there is a whole theology in John 3:16:
-For God so loved: Theology Proper
-The world: Humanity
-That he gave: Incarnation
-His only begotten Son: Trinity
-That whoever believes in him: Soteriology
-Should not perish but have eternal life: Eschatology
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We think that Paradise and Calvary,
Christ’s cross, and Adam’s tree, stood in one place;
Look, Lord, and find both Adams met in me;
As the first Adam’s sweat surrounds my face,
May the last Adam’s blood my soul embrace.
— John Donne
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“If CS Lewis was alive today he’d be a Catholic!”
“No he’d still be Anglican”
CS Lewis: “I am quite fond of Dale Earnhardt Jr.”
Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s wife Amy says she has held a grudge against Jessica Simpson for almost two decades. 👀 familytoday.com/relationship…
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There is no evidence C. S. Lewis ever said this.
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Dustin Carpenter retweeted
If you rest for 2-3 minutes between sets and read your Bible instead of scroll, that’s an extra 30ish minutes of Bible reading per day, let’s gooooooo
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If you're looking to pre-order the full-year prayer book I've been working on — "The Lord is My Light: A Liturgy for Daily Prayer" — this is a good week to do so at Barnes and Noble.
Every pre-order is 25% off for members until Friday.
Link and pre-order code in the reply.
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“There is no way to validate or argue for the orthodox tradition without by reference to Scripture, since orthodoxy is nothing more or less than the ancient consensual tradition of exegesis.”
- Thomas Oden
“There once was a group of American pastors who decided to travel to London in the 1880’s to hear and learn from some of the great English pastors of the day. On their first Sunday in London they went to hear a famous preacher who pastored a large church of 3,000-4,000 members. The Americans listened to his preaching, and as they left the church they marveled and proclaimed, “What a great preacher! What a great preacher!” The next Sunday the group decided to attend the Metropolitan Tabernacle in central London to hear Charles Spurgeon preach. They listened to him, and as they left the church they marveled again . . . but this time they proclaimed, “What a great Savior! Hallelujah! What a great Savior”
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