Mike da Tigah

There are earthly consequences as well as relational roadblocks to fellowship with God due to sin on this earth, and we all pay for them one way or another in this life of ours, but those are relational issues. If they are salvational issues then we have a very real problem reconciling that with Jesus on the cross, and upon finishing it, He sat down at the right hand of the Father job complete.

If our salvation is not based in Jesus alone, then we are in essence co-saviors of ourselves and that’s never been God’s will for mankind. It’s our inability to live the law in perfection as well as our sin nature of course which necessitated Jesus’ sacrifice, and we are only under one covenant and that’s under grace in Jesus. We are not instructed to mix Moises and Jesus. Jesus was God’s plan all along, and His will for mankind is to believe upon His Son for salvation, not ourselves and our self righteousness, such as the Jews did.

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Christians must persevere to the end to be saved:

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Context is absolutely critical to understanding scripture.


Persevering in the faith in Jesus, not in sinless perfection. That’s impossible and anyone who’s ever tried can attest to the fact. Paul called himself a wretched man because of his struggles with sin, but also knew and was convinced of His salvation because it was in Jesus and not himself.

Too often, because of not contextualizing scripture, religion plucks scripture out of context and puts in some kind of salvation gumbo, whilst ignoring the very simplicity of the good news of the gospel in the process, and so ends up with believers who do not have any real assurance of their salvation because the lense they were handed to understand scripture is the problem, and you then find people going to an alter multiple, multi-le, multiple times over the course of their life to give their heart to Jesus, ask Jesus into their heart, give their life to Jesus when Jesus gave His life for them, saying sinners prayers and never the same one twice, and repenting of sins as if changing their minds bout sin was necessary or commanded for salvation to take place. The concept was to change their minds obit who or what they were trusting in, not change behavior only Jesus can do over time.

That is exactly what religion does. It gets you on a hamster wheel to chase a carrot, not frees you, for if you were ever truly free, then you would not have any need for religion, and that can’t be.

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We could keep going.

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You can keep trying to be your savior all you want, even misconstruing the words of Jesus to the Jews under the law as pertains to gentiles who were never under Moses, which He fulfilled when He was crucified, died, buried, and rose again to usher in His new covenant with mankind in grace through faith, and abolishing the Mosaic Law in the process. None of that will save you according to scripture because you can’t save yourself. Only Jesus can, and it’s a gift He paid for in full, and you don’t work for gifts you’re trying to pay for. You accept them by faith. It’s you working for it that’s the problem. Works are an effect of salvation, not a prerequisite to earn or attain salvation, a salvation only Jesus can pay for in full. Unless of course you want to try your perfection, which is God’s requirement for entry. I wouldn’t suggest that. I’d suggest believing on Jesus only instead, the only perfect person to have lived and paid our sin debt on our behalf on your cross.

Gee, I can’t imagine why that community is so insanely screwed up. Could it possibly have something to do with the hatred that fuels it? Same for every other culture and people fueled by hatred.

Drop that cancerous garbage bag from your back and things will improve, if only in your heart, preventing peace from moving you forward in actually living your life.

What a terribly eaten up people.

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This cuts both ways though. If consumers/renters valued the architectural details and were willing to pay the higher rents required to finance the higher costs, more beautiful structures would be built.

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And yet the rent still drastically increases regardless, in spite of a lack of redeeming design and shoddy materials and workmanship. Don’t get me started on substrates.

As said previously, the almighty dollar fuels every bit of this, and we’ve all been conditioned to just accept it as progress, but is it really progress for our society or future generations?

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architecture, design, and fashion
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Clearly, but not usually for the worst. If anything, I think it is a reflection of society changing, or perhaps being changed. It’s not organic as if it’s the people’s choice.

Go back to the renaissance and you will see a people with grandiose visions and wonder reflected in their architecture. Go back even further in time and you see impressive structures we still have today, because they’re made of materials that stand the test of time. Go back to 13th century Europe and you can see what people were saying in the architecture they designed and built that still stand today.

Now, FF to today and only a few decades after they were built you can see whole swaths of vacant strip malls that litter America with homeless people defecating outside their abandoned shells. What were those who built those things saying except make as much money as you can, consume to make more money, and then move along like a locust colony, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. Pure unadulterated selfishness if you ask me, with no pause or concern for the future of the place they built. It may be the world in which we find ourselves living, but I certainly do not think people necessarily consciously selected this for themselves.

In 200 to 300 years, if humanity survives, what will future generations have to go on that we were actually here in 2026? What buildings we have built today do you suppose will still be standing to tell our tale?

It’s as if they planned on the building saying something about them and they wanted to stick around a while.

Many think they know what the plain and simple gospel message is, but it’s usually accompanied by man’s add ons that build confusion, doubt, and dependency on themselves and religion, but I’d like to present to you what that very simple (good news) gospel message truly is from one who speaks quite plainly because it comes only from scripture alone, and not himself.

In a world driven by men seeking everything from more rules, commitment, experiences, and hoops you need to perform to achieve closeness with God, both outside of Christianity and within Christianity itself, there’s a J. Vernon McGee bringing the simplicity of who Jesus is, and what He accomplished on the cross for all who will simply trust Jesus and what He did for them and on their behalf. The gospel isn’t about being better. It’s about trusting the only one who IS perfect, and offers Himself for you.

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Why is this guy preaching about abortion? He needs to stay out of politics. Stick to religion.

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How one is able to read something into this that was not even present, matter of fact the complete opposite, which is what makes it an issue, demonstrates a serious problem within human beings today. You read what you want to read in spite of the truth because the truth is not what fuels you.

Incredible :lol:

Literally preached on the good news for mankind, the simplicity found in believing upon Jesus alone for salvation. That’s what he was convicted of. Let that sink in real good, because this is the real progressive agenda.



'Dark day' as retired pastor is convicted for preaching John 3:16 near abortion facilities

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A retired pastor has been found guilty of breaching an abortion clinic 'safe access zone' after he preached a sermon on John 3:16.

Pastor Clive Johnston, 78, was found guilty by a district judge at a hearing at Coleraine Magistrates in Northern Ireland on Thursday.

He has been convicted of two charges under the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act after he held an open-air service on the fringes of the buffer zone outside Causeway Hospital in Coleraine in July 2024.

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“We held a small, open air Sunday service near a hospital. We made no reference whatsoever to the issue of abortion. And yet the buffer zones law is so broad that holding a Sunday service has been found to be a criminal offence. And at 78 years of age I find myself, for the first time, convicted of a crime," he said.

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John 3:16 is one of the most beloved Bible verses, and states, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." Speaking before Pastor Johnston's court hearing, Simon Calvert, Deputy Director of The Christian Institute, said that John 3:16 "is a wonderful, famous verse and everyone knows it says nothing about abortion". He accused the police and Public Prosecution Service of "overstepping the mark" and said that preaching the Gospel should not be conflated with protesting against abortion.

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"Prosecuting Pastor Johnston for preaching ‘God so loved the world’ near a hospital on a quiet Sunday is a shocking new attempt to restrict freedom of religion and freedom of speech in a part of the world where open air gospel services are a part of the culture.”

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It’s all over the place after these meetings that were held.

Speaking for myself here, I do not doubt what has been happening one bit, but I think that it is absolute darkness being revealed. The thing for every believer to do is be scripturally grounded and not be deceived or shaken in your faith. This is all predicted in scripture as taking place in the last days. Those who do not believe will scoff at that as they always do, but those who do believe know what I’m saying to be true. We are definitely in those very last days before Christ returns. The weapon you possess is the truth, and Jesus IS that truth, only Him, and His word is our strength.

It was fought for political power/self determination on both sides. The political power war over free and slave states leading up to the war screams that. For the common man it was out of a sense of duty, self defense or being drafted. Nobody on either side fought for slaves either for or against as you don’t take a bullet for someone on the lowest end of American society and in whom you had no relationship with. That goes against human nature if nothing else.

Was slavery an agitation to the war? Of course, but a cause for taking lives and risking your own life when almost none of the soldiers had anything to do with slavery on either side, hardly. People just don’t do that.