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Power user tip (not really) Hitting cancel twice means that nothing was cancelled. 🤪

One of the best Obsidian plugins for those who are concerned with consistency and style is named "Linter". It was upgraded today. This is good news and bad news. The "bad news" is the upgrade was so intensive the developer is not absolutely certain of its stability. github.com/platers/obsi...

The fourth episode of my podcast was released over the weekend. It is about when Mary and Joseph brought the baby Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem. www.seekingthefountain.com/consolation-...

We appear to be living in a time when misrepresentation of the facts is being promoted from every direction. When both the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in demagoguery and attempts to clarify the facts are seen as being partisan.

The third episode of my podcast was released today. It is about the birth of Jesus. www.seekingthefountain.com

I have started a podcast for Bible believers. www.seekingthefountain.com The first episode is based on John 1:1-4. The second episode is based on Luke 1. The third episode will be released in the middle of September. It will be on Luke 2:1-16 and is titled "The birth of Jesus".

Pick the greatest atrocity which a human has ever done. The person who committed that atrocity was created in God's image. The fact that people who engage in certain activities have been created in God's image does not justify what they do. God commands us all to repent of what He has condemned.

@dianelangberg.bsky.social No organization is like God. Only individuals can be godly. One of the greatest theological fallacies is the idea that congregations (which are organizations) are components of the universal ekklesia. Jesus added humans to the Lamb's book of life. They are the church.

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

You cannot say you love someone and do things which are detrimental and ruinous to that person. Love is something one does. "Love one another" does not mean simply have an emotion towards each other. Love is a verb which one is being told to do to others.

@quietblkgrl.bsky.social The reason they voted for him was because they thought they were doing what Jesus wanted them to do. But Jesus did not call for the eradication of sin. Nor for the coercion of sinners. Jesus called for persuading sinners to freely repent and voluntarily accept His will.

"Religion" is either of divine origin OR It is a human construct. A person cannot hold both views. Any religion which considers itself to be a human construct thereby denies that it is of divine origin. Therefore, "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools".

@buffyreads.bsky.social Re: Your dating question Two people can refrain from an activity (or engage in an activity) for completely unrelated reasons. People tend to judge conduct based on outward appearances rather than seeking to learn the intent of the one they are judging. Read Joshua 22

@connormcdevin.bsky.social I could not reply on the original. 1. Alt text is not only beneficial for people who need it like your son, it also sometimes provides clarity when the viewer does not know what the photographed object is. 2. Use the settings here: bsky.app/settings/acc...

An Executive Order cannot abolish an act of Congress. It may be that Trump's allies in Congress will abolish this law but until they do, it is the law: 8 U.S. Code § 1401 uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?p...

"Rejoice not when your enemy falls, And let not your heart be glad when he is overthrown;" בּנפל אויבך אל־תּשׂמח וּבכּשׁלו אל־יגל לבּך׃ I've been blocking quite a number of Bsky accounts today for rejoicing at another's calamity.

@euthyphro.bsky.social Grief cannot be "cured", it can only be lived through. Many who are not in a state of grief want to "fix" the situation but it is far better if they will learn that grief cannot be fixed it can only be endured. My wife's death was in 2015 so your loss has been longer.

Would you block this? Korah the Levite wanted "to serve God" while at the same time disrespecting the choices which God had made. Moses told Israel, Korah was therefore REJECTING God. Num. 16:30 נִאֲצוּ = Strong's Hebrew Word # 5006 Look it up in a Hebrew lexicon. "God has chosen" 1 Cor. 1:27-31

@grammartable.bsky.social If you're still in contact with Bryan Garner send him this thread. He advocates for plain english in legal writing.

@seshatnoir.bsky.social What you are experiencing now was the normal before Daylight Savings was invented. If you choose to blame people for it taking an hour longer in the morning for it to get light outside in April or for an extra hour of daylight during Spring and Summer that is your choice.

Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Topologist: The cup is equivalent to a doughnut.

Humor Whai do ihey mean when ihey say ihai I am noi meitculous? I am very meitculous. I cross my eyes and doi my iease. 🤪

Second Reply Further curious. After posting the previous message, I clicked on the link to the profile of the person who had posted the "Thanks". It seems that the whole account is flagged. See Image.

@lisacordaro.bsky.social One of the bluesky accounts you follow is not "the droids you are seeking." Merriamwebster is not Merriam-Webster.

@grantbarrett.com You are following an impersonating account. Merriamwebster is not Merriam-Webster.

@arrantpedantry.bsky.social The bluesky "Merriamwebster" account is not Merriam-Webster.

@lynneguist.bsky.social Merriamwebster is not the real Merriam-Webster account.

@grammargirl.bsky.social An account you are following is fake. Merriamwebster is not Merriam-Webster.

@bossproofreader.bsky.social You are following a false account. Merriamwebster is not Merriam-Webster.

I have just muted one account and unfollowed another account. It is not appropriate to take delight in having bad things happen to other people regardless of who they are or what they have done.

I am disturbed by one of the comments made by Mark Collins in an article in the Columbus Dispatch. Article URL: www.dispatch.com/story/news/c... The part which bothers me is the 2 paragraphs which start "Collins said the verdict shook up…" A man died because of an officer reacting w/o verifying.

@ivacheung.bsky.social My feed shows you reposted a post by someone who reposted this post: bsky.app/profile/fain... This post uses the phrase "absolutely imperfect". Would you, if editing, suggest replacing "absolutely" with a different modifier?

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If one combines Romans 4:16 and Romans 11:6 it should be obvious that anything which is through faith is thus of grace and thus not of works. So, how does one explain Hebrews 11:7, 8, 30? In these 3 examples, activity preceded God's blessing. Yet they were OF GRACE. Prevalent theology is WRONG .

When talking about Bible things use the Bible's definition for the words you use. Faith comes from having received assurances (testimony) from God regarding things which we have not seen. "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God." Your belief w/o God's revealed word is not faith.

Is your religion based on what is pleasing to you? "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."

Does God rule in your life without your veto? There are some teachings in the Bible which go against what I would like to have be true. But what I would like is irrelevant. Since God exists and will judge those who transgress, if my religion is based on what I would like then I will be condemned

One of the essential elements of true faith is respecting God's right to choose. Paul discusses both God's choices and those who reject God's right to choose in 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Korah and Uzziah are examples of people who did not respect God's right to choose. God's choice excludes all else.

The Bible teaches that God is constant & unchanging. We change because we are incomplete. But, God predetermined before creation that He would deal with man differently at different times. Thus from our perspective, His laws & methods seem to have changed but God planned all of it from the beginning