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The 5th Gospel? (Addi? It's ok to post these in here, yes?)
Faith Repair Shop: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John & You. I found it pretty fascinating that in John 1 between verses 29 – 51 we find 6 different reference titles to/of Jesus displayed-----in order: Lamb of God, Son of God, Rabbi (Master), Messiah, King of Israel & Son of Man. There are 7 titles if you add in Jesus as “The Word” from verse 1. Seems to me to be some important information. Just until today I’d not noticed so many lumped together in one small area. John may be the 4th and last Gospel account, (the God-spell/spiel) but there is one more. You, me, everyone assigned to the Great Commission. Furthermore, Dr. R.C. Sproul published a book entitled Everyone’s A Theologian years ago. I have it, I’ve read it and it’s very good. People with just an iota of interest in the things of God will pay good attention to what you do and how you do it and hopefully they’ll pay attention to you enough to see the love you have for your Creator and thereby, HOPEFULLY, it’ll spark something within them too. This is akin to how we are with the children; BE the example, because they’re like little absorbent sponges. If you DO find that you DID spark their interest, 1 Peter 3:15 and Colossians 4:6 come into play in giving account and reason for WHY you believe WHAT you believe and in the hope that you have in Christ Jesus. Be ready; answer their questions; due your diligence. And if YOU don’t know, ask! Maybe you’ll be the catalyst in someone’s eternal hope for THEIR future with our Lord! Maybe you’ll be the catalyst for the Holy Spirit’s garnering their attention and it may be someone that we’d have never suspected would have a lick of interest in the things of God. I’ve seen that happen a couple times. Maybe you’ll be THE REASON that prompts them asking questions and YOU, the 5th Gospel connection, just might be the spark of reason that they GO BACK to look at the other 4....Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and You. Be the Great Commission. God day. Stay safe. (Penned May 20 & June 30, 2026 & posted June 30)
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When we post things, it always ask where to post it. I’ve never asked where it should go. I always put my stuff in the real talk category. I don’t know if it’s important or if I’m going to the extra for nothing. But that’s what I do.
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God Damn the Devil & Coffee w/BigA - What is this sh*t?
Thursday 07/3/2026 Topics: Opening comments Adam and Eve had great bodies. And we got this miserable sack of crap. Link to: www.SinnersBlood.com Let's Get Discipling!
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One of the many things that we seem to forgotten is what happens when you run from God. When Adam and Eve realized they were naked, they hid from God. When we realize we are sinning we hide from God. We get encouraged to be that way from the churches. They call out sin. They make us feel guilty. They shame us. Then believers think they’re too hideous to talk to God. He’s the only one that can help us. Churches want to substitute his help for their help. Church can’t help me. Only Christ can help me. The churches job is appointed to Christ not to them. They got it backwards.
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No More Rusty Christians - Part 4
Love Warns Because Danger Is Real by Pastor Joseph Cortes Jesus said in Matthew 22:37-40, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.” Then He said, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. But again, we must let God define love. Loving your neighbor does not mean affirming everything your neighbor does. Loving your neighbor does not mean staying silent while your neighbor walks toward destruction. Loving your neighbor means caring enough about their soul to tell them the truth. Leviticus 19:17-18 says, “Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him,” and then it says, “love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.” That is powerful. God connects love with warning. He does not say love means silence. He says if you love your neighbor, you will not let sin destroy him without warning him. Now that does not mean we beat people over the head with the Bible. There are plenty of religious people who have used God’s Word like a club, and that is not what I am talking about. But it does mean love hates what evil does to people so much that it sets aside comfort to warn them. This is where the picture of the flares comes in. Imagine driving down a dark highway at night, and there has been an accident ahead. You cannot see the danger yet, but someone is standing there with flares, waving them, trying to get your attention. Warning. Warning. Warning. Stop. Slow down. Danger ahead. That person is not being hateful. He is not trying to ruin your night. He is trying to save your life. That is what believers are called to do in this world. We are called to stand with the flares of truth and warn people about what is ahead if they remain on the path they are on. In Matthew 5, Jesus said His people are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. But some Christians are stuck in the salt shaker. They have truth, but they are not touching anything. They have light, but they keep it hidden. They do not want to be thought of as weird, extreme, judgmental, or out of control. But what good is salt if it never gets poured out? What good is light if it never shines in darkness? We have to connect with people. We have to love people. We have to warn people. We may not love what they are doing, but we love them enough to tell them about the consequences of staying on that road.
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Sometimes when God says stuff, He echoes it over and over again. Doc used to call this the repeatable of God. He would say I major on the repeatables. Well, here’s the deal. When I heard it first, I applied to reading scripture. If it’s in the Bible more than once well then that means something. But he had another motive in mind when he said that. Our life is full of repeatables. This morning’s repeatable is don’t confuse humility with love. Don’t confuse humility with righteousness. Matter fact, we don’t need to use humility. We are covered by the blood of Christ. We need to focus on rejoicing. Love is defined differently by Christ by the way. That’s what this devotional is telling us. All the god damned humble people need to sit down and STFU. They are the epecac of the church.
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@Addison Bachman one of the Amazon managers gave a talk to our group. It was one of those talks about LGBTQ. They asked me what I felt about it. I told them that listening to that speech was like drinking ipecac. They didn’t question me because they didn’t want to have to sound ignorant. They didn’t know what it was. They’re also too lazy to look it up or I would’ve gotten in big trouble. I treated everybody without bias. I don’t need a freaking LGBTQ lecture. When I get them, I remind people that seniors are also a DEI group. It’s a DEI that people oughta listen to. I remember my dad telling me that when the vets for World War II came back for war they went into the workforce and ruled the roost. I believe that’s why our nation had been productive all the way until the 70s. I know we had some economic problems, but until the 70s, our product we made was second to none. After Vietnam they shut down the Veterans returning from war. There was also a decline in respect for senior citizens. We started in the direction of the society who was hurt by words. I’m not saying use hurtful words. I’m saying we need to not be self sensitive. The sensitivity that I see makes me wanna throw up. By the way, church attendance hasn’t declined ever since 1948. We’re less than half now. Of course they’re not offering an outpost for war against Satan. They’re offering a comfortable country club atmosphere. Not a really good country club either. Cheap ass country clubs. Get your itinerary, get your latte, sit down and be happy.
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Catholics
We’ve had discussions here about the Catholic Church and whether or not Catholics are saved. I posted an article about communion on the local Nextdoor app. The Catholic chimed in about it. He basically said that you have to go through communion because their sins that you can’t get forgiven through grace. This means that many Catholics are relying upon the Eucharist to save their souls from going to hell. We can’t rely on any type of ritual. Are only saving graces through Christ. Because they believe ritual is necessary to save them. They’re not saved.
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@Addison Bachman it seems to me that there’s a Beast system. Overtime it has created beasts. The same actors are still participating. Those goddamn Catholics are closer to Islam than what people know. It needs to be noted by everybody that win the Ottomans sacked Constantinople the Catholic Church could’ve intervened and stopped the whole thing. They did not. I believe Catholicism is Islam. I also believe that other groups are more subservient to Islam than what people might know. I read a few days ago that the Mormon church is actually funded the building the mosques in Utah. Now ain’t that a hoot! Those god damn Mormons I’ve been pretty active in my neighborhood lately. They stay away from me because I guess I was rude. So sorry excuse please. I got Swats by a Mormon teacher for saying “oh my God one time.” After we finished with the SWATs I thanked her and asked her for more. They did give me more, but they came from the gym teacher. Miss Ditmer had a real missed opportunity that day. She should’ve saved her pits and gave me a call. 🤣🤣🤣
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No More Rusty Christians - Part 2
God’s Love Is Humble, Not Selfish by Pastor Joseph Cortes In 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, Paul gives us the character of God’s love. He writes, “Charity [or love] suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never faileth.” That is not the kind of love the world usually talks about. That is not sentimental emotion. That is not selfish desire. That is not cheap kindness that refuses to tell the truth. God’s love is patient. It is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast. It is not puffed up. It does not seek its own. It is not easily provoked. It rejoices in truth. It endures. God’s love is not puffed up. God’s love is humble. That alone exposes much of what people call love today. Whether you visit a church or talk to people in the streets, you will find many people who say they are walking in love, but their love does not resemble 1 Corinthians 13. Their love is rude. Their love is selfish. Their love is easily angered. Their love keeps records of wrongs. Their love envies, boasts, and believes the worst about others. I have seen plenty of this in the Christian world. It is not God’s love. It is a cheap imitation. This is one reason so many relationships and marriages fail. I do not usually give much marriage advice, but this needs to be said. You cannot get married to someone hoping they will complete you and make your life perfect. That sounds romantic, but it is not reality. Marriage is not about getting. Let me say that again: marriage is not about getting. It is not even really about some 50/50 arrangement like the world talks about. Marriage is about giving. If you want a marriage that lasts, find someone you can pour your life into and someone who will pour their life into you. See who can out-give and out-love the other. That is far closer to God’s kind of love.
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There’s a few groups that I have visited. Everybody walks around in their little social circle. They’re talking with people who makes them feel comfortable. That’s how clubs are. Then no one comes to the new person. This person tries to talk to people, but realizes that if he doesn’t say something, they’ll treat him like he’s invisible. This is one of the parts of church that doesn’t seem to happen anymore. They become in reaches not outreaches. I found this outrageous. Why did anybody waste their time going to the place like this? The sad part is that they brag about how loving they are. They’re not even self-aware. They’re going to visit the group because they are looking for somebody to acknowledge them. Yet, they don’t even acknowledge other. We live in a very selfish world.
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Wear a funny hat maybe they’ll let you back in. They’re a bunch of clowns.
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