That is a good one because it is first good advice and second reinforces the importance of working to maintain relationships even in the face of what might seem like an insult.
Talking alone means that the discussion is less likely to be a "show" and less likely to bring egos into play. Bringing up issues in public could unnecessarily turn a simple misunderstanding into a feud.
Alone is the key point. Not even in front of another close friend, or family member, once a 3rd person is in the equation the dynamic changes and the chances of a good outcome greatly decreases.
The Army has a similar concept, solve problems at the lowest level. Attempt to work things out between people before having to go to s higher authority or the system.
Byzantine legalist codes only serve to empower the Pharisees.
Meanwhile the left has morphed into an elitist party that directs everything to a priest whether that be a therapist, a DEI rep, a scientist, or a teacher etc.
On that note, I watched a video of Doug Wilson trying to give a talk on a college campus. The front couple rows were full of dangerhair hecklers who he had a bit of a back and forth with the whole time. After 45 minutes of him referencing the Bible and them shouting at him, he closed by announcing he would now pray for the audience. They ran from the room, it was astounding.
I admire Wilson as a logician and I admire the work he's done. His views are still too boomer-y, though. He wants to tear down our society and rebuild it as explicitly Christian, but is afraid of being called counter-semitic while doing so.
I'm also not sure he's completely thought through what an explicitly Christian society would look like. Namely, that there would have to be consequences for those that fall out of line. It couldn't just be faggy, liberal "live and let live" anymore.
Namely, that there would have to be consequences for those that fall out of line.
As it was in the Western world up until about a century ago, less in the South. A society that works requires mechanisms to prevent people from pouring sand in the gears.
I don't know where I stand on prophecy, but as far as day-to-day living goes, I don't see any other choice than a post-mil worldview. The Kingdom, whether it's completely here yet or not, is very clearly our brothers in Christ and we should be advancing the Kingdom.
It says a lot about them that a single, easily ignored thread about a topic they don't like not only immediately triggers them but also has required them across multiple different threads throw a fit about it.
That is a good one because it is first good advice and second reinforces the importance of working to maintain relationships even in the face of what might seem like an insult.
Talking alone means that the discussion is less likely to be a "show" and less likely to bring egos into play. Bringing up issues in public could unnecessarily turn a simple misunderstanding into a feud.
Alone is the key point. Not even in front of another close friend, or family member, once a 3rd person is in the equation the dynamic changes and the chances of a good outcome greatly decreases.
The Army has a similar concept, solve problems at the lowest level. Attempt to work things out between people before having to go to s higher authority or the system.
Byzantine legalist codes only serve to empower the Pharisees.
Meanwhile the left has morphed into an elitist party that directs everything to a priest whether that be a therapist, a DEI rep, a scientist, or a teacher etc.
The sheer amount of downvotes for such an innocuous, common sense concept is rather depressing.
James 2:19.
On that note, I watched a video of Doug Wilson trying to give a talk on a college campus. The front couple rows were full of dangerhair hecklers who he had a bit of a back and forth with the whole time. After 45 minutes of him referencing the Bible and them shouting at him, he closed by announcing he would now pray for the audience. They ran from the room, it was astounding.
Of course.
They scatter like roaches at 57:50.
I admire Wilson as a logician and I admire the work he's done. His views are still too boomer-y, though. He wants to tear down our society and rebuild it as explicitly Christian, but is afraid of being called counter-semitic while doing so.
I'm also not sure he's completely thought through what an explicitly Christian society would look like. Namely, that there would have to be consequences for those that fall out of line. It couldn't just be faggy, liberal "live and let live" anymore.
As it was in the Western world up until about a century ago, less in the South. A society that works requires mechanisms to prevent people from pouring sand in the gears.
I love his postmillenialist idealism, I just wish I could share it with him. That said, I want to fight for this vision or go down trying.
I don't know where I stand on prophecy, but as far as day-to-day living goes, I don't see any other choice than a post-mil worldview. The Kingdom, whether it's completely here yet or not, is very clearly our brothers in Christ and we should be advancing the Kingdom.
It says a lot about them that a single, easily ignored thread about a topic they don't like not only immediately triggers them but also has required them across multiple different threads throw a fit about it.
I expect them to jump in this one soon enough.
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