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- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Evil and Violence
- Replies: 16
- Views: 241
Re: Evil and Violence
I think that God does use unregenerate persons to do His will even when they have no desire to do so, but I'm not sure how a person can go to war and kill other people without being evil. Is it not evil to reject Jesus and his way? Yes, I think that could be one definition of evil. Does the same de...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:20 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "God Bless the USA" Bibles - from our Huckster in Chief
- Replies: 46
- Views: 598
Re: "God Bless the USA" Bibles - from our Huckster in Chief
There have been quite a few articles over the years about how Trump describes Christians in private. Looking at the "God Bless the USA", I can't help thinking of them. Here's one: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-christian-supporters-mocks-pastors-priva...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:26 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "God Bless the USA" Bibles - from our Huckster in Chief
- Replies: 46
- Views: 598
Re: "God Bless the USA" Bibles - from our Huckster in Chief
What are some of the titles of said cultural markers? Let's go look for cultural markers ... Here's the website for the Bible. To me, it really does look like mostly cultural political markers. https://godblesstheusabible.com From the FAQ: What Makes this Bible Unique and special? First and foremos...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:18 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "God Bless the USA" Bibles - from our Huckster in Chief
- Replies: 46
- Views: 598
Re: "God Bless the USA" Bibles - from our Huckster in Chief
And other details, like, DJT won’t profit from sales. The “Vulture Media” .. does not rest. Actually, DJT does profit from sales, as the article in the OP points out: An FAQ section on the Bible website says no profits will go to Trump's reelection campaign. "GodBlessTheUSABible.com is not pol...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: War in Gaza
- Replies: 314
- Views: 63910
Re: War in Gaza
Maybe I'm just dense, but I don't recall anyone on MN actively minimizing the suffering of the people in Gaza. If I'm missing it, please enlighten me. Here's what I see happening: when someone points to what the people of Gaza are going through, the response is often to do one of the following: 1. ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Why aren't Mennonites Constantinian?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 1726
Re: Why aren't Mennonites Constantinian?
There are two kingdoms; St. Augustine is the best orator on this topic with his book The City of God . I do not think, though, that humans are universally incapable of participating in the kingdom of God when they participate in civil hierarchical structures. As an example of this, I present the Ru...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:05 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: War in Gaza
- Replies: 314
- Views: 63910
Re: War in Gaza
Shouldn't Christians be angry and distressed when people are treated this way? Yes. But the problem is that it's popular for people to demand that you are angry and distressed, and express that on social media, about whatever is currently dominating the news. Sometimes that may be the leading of th...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:28 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: War in Gaza
- Replies: 314
- Views: 63910
Re: War in Gaza
In practical application, there isn’t any way to do this without politics and I’m happy to pray for the suffering. I’m not going to get involved with politics over the latest injustices occurring all over the world every day. In practical application, I think this affects the way we should talk abo...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: War in Gaza
- Replies: 314
- Views: 63910
Re: War in Gaza
And yet, even when most nations cry out against this kind of evil ... sometimes we are the ones who cannot. Where is our outrage and compassion for these victims? Where is our voice? Our outrage? Why should we have outrage over any of this? Compassion yes. I think Jesus did express outrage over the...