The simple fact of the matter is that there is no amount of evil that could be done — even to their own children and grandchildren — that would rouse the Boomers from their slumber. They are a generation that has totally abdicated any and all duty. It falls to us, alone.
The leader of whatever concrete Christian Nationalist movement eventually (soon) arises in the American context will necessarily be either Lutheran or Presbyterian — the other traditions simply do not have what it will take to see this through.
Believing that a passport determines or changes your nationality is no different from a man scribbling ‘I’m a real girl.’ across his birth certificate and believing that changes his sex.
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Corey J. Mahler
The leader of whatever concrete Christian Nationalist movement eventually (soon) arises in the American context will necessarily be either Lutheran or Presbyterian — the other traditions simply do not have what it will take to see this through.
I do not mean that the other traditions cannot play a role or cannot be part of the movement; I mean only that it is these two — alone — that have deep enough ties and strong enough convictions and doctrine to drive the movement onward as its beating heart.
Corey J. Mahler
How can we even ask God to relent in His judgement — let alone bless us — when we are a nation of malicious, incessant, impenitent blasphemers and profane mockers at the feast, and those who do not join in the wickedness yet become complicit by calling its…
I do not see how we could be under anything but God's curse so long as we continue to tolerate those who tempt Him by profaning and mocking His Sacraments.
Corey J. Mahler
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This is not an invitation to debate — it is a statement of fact. If you do not baptize your children, then you deny that your children are part of a Christian nation, which means you cannot be a Christian Nationalist.
Corey J. Mahler
This is not an invitation to debate — it is a statement of fact. If you do not baptize your children, then you deny that your children are part of a Christian nation, which means you cannot be a Christian Nationalist.
I am convinced many (perhaps even most) Baptists actually want to lose — losing ‘vindicates’ their false beliefs with regard to Christianity and politics.
Corey J. Mahler
This is not an invitation to debate — it is a statement of fact. If you do not baptize your children, then you deny that your children are part of a Christian nation, which means you cannot be a Christian Nationalist.
If you are still a Baptist, read these three articles:
https://thebookofconcord.org/smalcald-articles/part-iii/article-v/
https://thebookofconcord.org/large-catechism/part-iv/
https://thebookofconcord.org/apology-of-the-augsburg-confession/article-ix/
If you are still a Baptist when you are done, then may God have mercy on you.
https://thebookofconcord.org/smalcald-articles/part-iii/article-v/
https://thebookofconcord.org/large-catechism/part-iv/
https://thebookofconcord.org/apology-of-the-augsburg-confession/article-ix/
If you are still a Baptist when you are done, then may God have mercy on you.
A non-trivial percentage of those who eat döner kebab have (unwittingly) engaged in cannibalism.
Corey J. Mahler
I am convinced many (perhaps even most) Baptists actually want to lose — losing ‘vindicates’ their false beliefs with regard to Christianity and politics.
Individualism is what brought us here. Collectivism is the only way out. Baptist theology is inherently and inextricably individualist.
Historically and traditionally, one of the main points of science fiction has been exploring the interaction of human society and technology, often with an emphasis on what we should not do. Unfortunately, most moderns have taken science fiction as a roadmap for what we should do.
I actually like the Tischreden (both Luther’s and Hitler’s) and the supposed ‘Goebbels’ diaries’, because they are a most useful IFF.
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Cryptocurrency is a great way to bamboozle people into believing that math problems are actually legal tender.
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A husband who cheats may never do so again; a wife who cheats will always do so again.
Men and women are not psychologically interchangeable, particularly when it comes to sexual matters.
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Men and women are not psychologically interchangeable, particularly when it comes to sexual matters.
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No American has ever been named “Vivek”; no American will ever be named “Vivek”.
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