Missionary brought in a local favorite snack -- grasshoppers. Almost did it, but then I heard Klaus saying 'eat ze bugs' and I had to refuse on principle

Let's sponsor a range day for them Make England Great Again* *think Magna Charta days

We love people best by loving God most. Speak the truth, in grace and love.

Helpful: https://heidelblog.net/2026/06/urcna-synod-calgary-2026-a-retrospective/ https://heidelblog.net/2026/06/arp-2026-synod-recap/ https://heidelblog.net/2026/06/a-retrospective-of-the-2026-opc-general-assembly/ I've heard someone say "not my circus, not my monkeys" when it comes to the goings-on of other NAPARC bodies. I "strenuously object" to this way of thinking. What kind of watcher-on-the-wall turns his back to what's outside the wall? How do we know when there's a "storm" brewing? The church is in need of many "wise men who [know] the times" (1 Chronicles 12:32; Esther 1:13) and one cannot be that without looking to the horizon, reading the weather. What exactly do we think the 'men who sit at the gates' were doing? Questioning newcomers, hearing complaints, deciding disputes, and keeping an eye on the outside world. Discernment is an absolute requirement. "Get knowledge, get wisdom, and in all your getting, get understanding."

https://chachi.chat is dead? Too bad, that was useful/helpful.

Views such as "Kinism, Race Realism, and Christian Nationalism" ..."were the most cross-cutting issue of the 2026 assembly season [ARP, URCNA, OPC], appearing prominently in all three gatherings. All three bodies either adopted or reaffirmed a shared NAPARC statement condemning any theological or political teaching that asserts the superiority of one race or ethnicity based on immutable characteristics, and all three called for the repentance of those who promote such views." Good.

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He didn't mean less than that, to be sure--but I do think he meant more than only 'in the congregation'. Refute the opposers, persuade them if possible, etc. Think of his practice in Acts. Synagogues, homes, the Areopagus, the 'marketplace'--but never would he promote violence or even silencing by the arm of 'the magistrate,' in my reading. But everywhere, is is through preaching, persuading, and argumentation--not force or even threat of force.

cue "somebody that I used to know"

Signal-desktop was one I saw failing

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/05/no_author/tucker-responds-to-the-israel-lobby-defeating-thomas-massie-and-killing-maga/

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I think Luther went too far. When Paul said, "whose mouths must be stopped," he was speaking of argumentation (as was his practice), not "shutting them up into ovens" as Luther suggested. We overcome by faith and by the word of our testimony. My 42 sats.

...hey, same probably goes for *that* Lindsay, too--but I won't hold my breath on that one.

...in a word? Captured. By the 'Christian Zionists' around him, I guess. He was (rightly) rejecting the Nick Fuentes movement (which equates Zionism with Semitism and *rejects* both), but then he (wrongly) over-corrected to the Ben Shapiro side (which equates Zionism with Semitism and *embraces* both).

Sorry -- *James* Lindsay of New Discourses. A hero (of mine) during the lockdowns and against wokism. How the mighty have fallen.

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I won't pretend I wasn't glued to that show 30 years ago, like everyone else I knew at the time.

So...S1:E2 then? 😉