Church father Justin Martyr (AD 100–165) named four major challenges to Christians: 1. sexual immorality 2. wealth 3. magic 4. ethnic hatred Sub technology for magic and little has changed in almost 2,000 years. (@DrewDyck via @RedeemJustin)

If this happens, I am immediately no longer a paying user, and I've been so since near the beginning.

If, while mocking people you hate, you include mockery of their physical features, the main thing you are communicating is that you disrespect every human with those features, but you will only say so if they step out of line. That's who you are; we know that about you.

A few thoughts: 1) Random morons (and that’s what they are) associated w various college groups saying idiotic things in a group chat is not equivalent to texts from a potential state AG wishing violence on political opponents. 2) I have no idea why anyone would want to

No, Mr. Vice President. What Jay said AND what the young Republicans said in their chat was wrong and is disqualifying from leadership. That's what it means to believe in absolute truth and be consistent.

I have 4 sons who regularly use my account of ChatGPT. I do it so that I can see their chat history, since we have no secrets in our family. If this happens, I will never let them touch it again. I'll find another model. I don't care how much work it is to move over.

Extremely important point.

“There is something which unites magic and applied science (technology) while separating them from the "wisdom" of earlier ages. For the wise men of old, the cardinal problem of human life was how to conform the soul to objective reality, and the solution was wisdom,

This is the way. And here's an idea: Conservatives, **don't speak in those ways.** Be the same person in private you are in public. It's called integrity, and I will never be OK with conservatives not caring about it.

"I've never seen a church do baptisms like this." It's a comment we get from people a lot. While I'm not sure our approach is unique, I do think it's really good. Why? Almost everyone who is baptized has their story shared beforehand. Here's how & why we do it: WHY: 1. It

This moment from Benjamin Zander is so resonant with approaches to evangelism. Some Christians’ whole theology of mission boils down to: “Only 3% of people go to (our kind of) church(es)… Let’s make it 4.” Zander inspires us with a very different outlook…

Dismissing sinful behavior as “boys will be boys” doesn’t help turn boys into men (1 Cor 13:11).

The Young Republican group chat wasn’t made of young kids: Samuel Douglass is 27, Annie Kaykaty is 28, Alex Dwyer is 29, Peter Giunta is 31, and Joe Maligno is 35. Trying to dismiss this only makes it worse. Who’s advising the administration?

One alarm bell that a movement is fundamentally not Christian is reflexive minimizing of wicked speech. It's impossible to read the New Testament and not be struck by the lengthy discourses and admonitions devoted to controlling your tongue. It is the opposite of dismissive.

This is how it's done.

Troubling elements are emerging on the Right that have no place within any vision of conservatism that seeks to be morally serious or intellectually healthy. An unwillingness to acknowledge this darkness, where two standards emerge—one for “us,” one for “them”—is biblical

DHS does not have a record that makes me comfortable with them having medical decision making power over parents. This needs to end immediately.

"...we are not the elected moral police of the world." NOPE. You are the moral police of YOUR tools, tho. This isn't about what other people want to do, it's about what you are helping them do. Don't do it.

This might be the most important point you will read today.