re: POWERFUL: Russell Brand leads Tucker Carlson, audience in prayer to Jesus Christ.

I think he’s a bot with very poorly programmed AI. like original prototype.

Never would’ve imagined years ago that Russell Brand would be MAGA. So many different ideologies have come under the umbrella now in the joint goal of taking down the deep state

What am I wrong about with that statement?

Russell is a sharp fellow. He is definitely anti authoritarian. He is a free speech advocate and supports Trump (although he is British and can't vote)

Brand’s transformation has truly been amazing to watch. I hope he continues and stays strong in his faith.

Well Russell said we are all Gods children. Maybe he meant the believers in that room? But we are not ALL Gods children, sounds like a universalist there.

Only those who have been blood bought and born again by faith in the finish work of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sin are Gods children. He come down, He died on a cross for the sin of all who would believe and He rose from the grave to conquer hell, sin, and the grave. So only the ones who would believe in Him could have ETERNAL life. Thats Jesus and that’s the good news!!!!


Repent and believe y’all!!!

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In Matthew, Joseph does not attempt to return to Bethlehem after leaving.

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Yes he does in Matthew 2:22. He attempts to return to Judea where Bethlehem is located very near to Jerusalem. Instead, once he finds out Herod Archelaus is “reigning” over Judea, he decides to go through Samaria all the way to Galilee. So yeah, he was returning to Bethlehem where he had his house, until he decided to go elsewhere.

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Matthew does not explicitly mention Joseph and Mary having a permanent residence or owning a house in Bethlehem prior to Jesus' birth

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But it is implicit.

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The details surrounding the location of Jesus' birth are more explicitly described in the Gospel of Luke.

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Completely different and contradictory to Matthew’s account.

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Herod, as mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew, refers to Herod the Great, who was King of Judea. Matthew 2:1 states, "After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem" (NIV). Herod the Great was a king and not a tetrarch. You read a lot and understand a little. Always learning, but never come to the truth.

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There is no truth in any of it. You are right that Herod the Great is in the gospel according to Matthew chapter 2. Historically, Herod the Great died in 4 BC. So Jesus obviously must’ve been more before that, say 5 BC or 6 BC?

But you also got this wrong. In chapter 2 there’s another Herod - Herod Archelaus the Ethnarch (not a king, but a governor assigned by Caesar). In chapter 14 there’s Herod Antipas the Tetrarch. I figured you wouldn’t know any of that which is why I asked.

In Luke Chapter 2, Jesus is born during the administration of Quirinius, who followed Herod Archelaus when he was deposed by Caesar in 6 AD.

If you merge those two stories, then Jesus was born in 5 BC and in 6 CE so he was born twice 10 years apart. I guess that’s why Jesus said you must be born again.

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You seem stressed.

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Well, that loving Christian fellow fantasized about watching me sizzle in hell for all eternity. frick him.

That’s one reason why Christianity is morally repugnant. Not only does it condone slavery, genocide, rape, etc. but it also justifies eternal torture for a thought crime, while all the murderers and rapists will be living in heaven because they repented. It’s downright stupid. Those believers are morally bankrupt monsters on par with Hitler and Stalin.

Maybe you were having a bad day yesterday. Because posts like this morning aren’t manic. But enjoyable to talk about.

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Have you read 1 John and 2 John? The spirit of the antichrist was not an atheist like me. An antichrist (an, not the) was a Christian who denied the gospel

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You can spread the spirit of Antichrist with believing in Christ. Antichrist simply means instead of Christ. Not against Christ.

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Hell no. I prefer my head to be attached to my body.

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Fun engagement. Not being an a-hole. And very true.

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And it is 100% fact that the gospels the early church fathers had circulating in the mid to late 100s AD had no names, and that the Catholic Church assigned them names. They were all anonymously written. It’s not a secret. Your local priest or preacher who’s been to a legitimate Seminary college should know this.

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When you post crap like this, you lose everything you’ve worked to build in your debates. You understand what 100% fact means right? Like when someone chips “literally” every other sentence.

Early Church Fathers, such as Papias of Hierapolis (c. 60-130 AD), Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 130-202 AD), and others in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries, provided early attestations to the authorship of the Gospels. For example, Papias provides early testimony on the authorship of Mark and Matthew's Gospels, suggesting that Mark accurately recorded Peter's recollections of Jesus and that Matthew composed a Gospel in Hebrew or Aramaic.

I’m not going back to quote and talk about the 1-3 year difference in the census and Herod the great and the other Governor over Assyria. If that’s what has you hung up, then I don’t know what to tell you.

If you don’t have faith in Christ and the Bible because of a 1-3 year date range on leaders, what do you have faith in. Maybe not faith like I have. But what is yours in? The perfect word of science? That sounds mean, but I’m seriously wondering.

**there were 6-7 Herods if I remember correctly in the Bible.