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2026-08-06 13:38:27 GMT

#asknostr
Push mower recommendations
Small tractor/mower recs

2026-08-01 16:50:06 GMT

There is a piece of me wanting to revert back to being a gold bug 😌

2026-07-28 18:00:35 GMT

Notice what the world hates and find out where the realm of Christ is: the stronger the hate, the closer its object is to Christ, in better agreement with His spirit. Though it is an external indicator, it is good enough as a first step.
☦️St. Theophan the Recluse

2026-07-28 01:54:55 GMT

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I like Shawn but this does not pass the smell test 🤝

2026-07-28 01:17:02 GMT

I just listened to Shawn Ryan on Tucker today and Shawn mentioned an app called glacier. Anybody have experience with the phone? Thoughts on the app?
Probably spookware but I am curious.
https://www.theglacierapp.com/

2026-07-24 13:23:15 GMT

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Yes. In turning to Christ there are two choices: Monasticism or marriage.

2026-07-22 16:40:22 GMT

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Yes
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2026-07-22 16:30:28 GMT

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That quote can be found in Lewis' introduction here.

2026-07-21 22:16:22 GMT

Lots of great commentaries on the Gospels out there, no doubt, but this is my go to for daily devotional reading. Archbishop Averky also has commentaries for Acts of the Apostles, all of the Epistles, and St. John's Apocalypse. Highly recommend picking up the set.
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2026-07-21 11:24:45 GMT

The likelihood of folks who drive with their hazards on in the rain having at least 3 COVID boosters... Near 100%.

2026-07-19 13:38:19 GMT

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It seems SI accepts the virgin birth of Christ so we would see eye to eye here. I'm not certain where he stands on things. In an earlier video of his he claims to follow "Nazarene Jewish Christianity" which effectively held the same views as the Orthodox Church, whereas in a debate video, he held an Arian view 🤷‍♂️
I saw he wrote a paper on "biblical materialism" but I cannot find it. If you know where to find it I'd look it over so I can better understand what he means by the term.

2026-07-18 23:30:28 GMT

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I've got no reason to block you nor will I. The meme I sent over was for a comedic effect, though id be lying if I didn't think there was truth buried in it.
Lots to unpack here but on Christ's Church being invisible, I'd obviously disagree. The advent of Christ is physical/material as is His baptism, transfiguration, miracles, passion, etc. His Church is no different as it marries, or is symbolic of Heaven and Earth meeting.
I don't disagree with corruption in the Church, it has always been the case and will continue to be an issue, after all, we've been in the end times since the Incarnation.

2026-07-18 18:57:15 GMT

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I am a lawbreaker, that's for sure. I am also interested in hearing your posistion and why you hold it.

2026-07-18 18:28:49 GMT

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I didn't realize you held an Aryan view. My apologies. Are you an Aryan yourself or some sect of Islam?

2026-07-18 15:02:12 GMT

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Always feast after a fast 🤝

2026-07-17 15:46:43 GMT

https://youtu.be/XdA-Kkz9fi0

2026-07-13 23:52:09 GMT

Wild to see Jay on Tucker. 👀☦️
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2026-07-13 13:09:39 GMT

"For love to grow, you have to give it away. A person who does not give away even the little love they have is like someone holding a handful of seeds in their hand and not wanting to sow them."
☦️St Paisios of Mt Athos
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2026-07-11 15:14:16 GMT

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Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the billions of years of cosmos are all part if the same gay grift.

2026-07-09 21:58:41 GMT

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Did bitcoin play a role in your conversion to Christianity?
Is there anybody here that found bitcoin and turned agnostic/atheist?
#nevent1q…0aa6

2026-07-05 22:18:12 GMT

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2026-07-03 16:42:52 GMT

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Yes!

2026-07-01 17:41:08 GMT

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Adding "and the Son" in early 11th century isn't suspicious at all 😉

2026-07-01 11:45:25 GMT

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https://newromepress.com/holy-bible-readers-edition

2026-06-30 15:58:17 GMT

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God promised he would not die until he held the Messiah.

2026-06-30 13:23:27 GMT

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Fun fact, St. Simeon the God receiver was one of the 70 who helped compile the Septuagint.

2026-06-29 13:05:15 GMT

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GM
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2026-06-24 01:25:11 GMT

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2026-06-24 01:07:15 GMT

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Why should we accept any premise of Darwinism?

2026-06-21 04:44:10 GMT

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2026-06-19 16:53:43 GMT

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Heiser?

2026-06-19 12:49:35 GMT

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Good to know! I am in a clay heavy area too 🤝

2026-06-19 11:50:12 GMT

St. Justin Martyr > Marcus Aurelius
https://thisblessedday.substack.com/p/june-1-the-execution-of-justin-the

2026-06-18 23:44:26 GMT

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2017-2022 bitcoin twitter was absolute peak. 🫂

2026-06-13 18:12:47 GMT

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2026-06-13 17:30:40 GMT

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I need a tractor in a bad way 😌

2026-06-13 17:28:18 GMT

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Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which is on the hip socket, because He touched the socket of Jacob's hip in the muscle that shrank. - Genesis 32:32
Just as the truth is quite plain in this case, however, so with the good man a kind of apparition occurred that had the effect of convincing the good man of the degree of care he enjoyed from God and the fact that Jacob would be unvanquished by all those plotting against him. Then, in order that the vision he had would not be forgotten by anyone in the future, “his thigh made him limp. For this reason the sons of Israel do not eat the nerve that stiffened on the flat of his thigh, because he lay hold of the flat of Jacob’s thigh, and it stiffened.” You see, since the good man had completed his lifespan and was about to leave this life, and since the providence accorded him by God and the marvelous considerateness should be known to the whole human race, accordingly it says, “The sons of Israel do not eat the nerve that stiffened on the flat of his thigh.” Aware of their ingratitude and the way, they forgot God’s kindnesses; he therefore devised a constant reminder for them to have of the kindnesses done by him and arranged for these reminders to be preserved in their observances of this kind. You can find this throughout the whole of Scripture. In fact, this in particular is the explanation of the great number of observances. They represent God’s wish that future generations would unfailingly meditate on God’s kindnesses and, by consigning them to oblivion, not have recourse again to their own errors—a particular weakness of the Jewish people. I mean, those who give evidence of their typical ingratitude in the face of these very kindnesses would all the more readily, had this not happened, have banished from their mind all that had been done for them by God.
☦️ St John Chrysostom

2026-06-10 17:04:27 GMT

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Based 🤝

2026-06-08 23:02:00 GMT

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2026-06-07 06:15:22 GMT

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Picanha

2026-06-06 18:56:53 GMT

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It is nothing more than the philosophy of the materialist.

2026-06-06 13:27:48 GMT

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https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelofamerica/p/the-south-was-right
Reposting this too👌
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2026-06-06 12:31:59 GMT

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2026-06-06 05:32:44 GMT

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Darwinian evolution is fake and gay.

2026-06-05 14:51:01 GMT

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2026-06-05 14:27:09 GMT

An excerpt from a recent article I read on substack by a fellow named Joshua.
"Addiction is proof that humans are capable of deep devotion — they just submit it to false gods."
Most people hear this as a clever observation. But for those who have sat with the Holy Fathers, it lands differently — as a precise theological diagnosis. And one that comes, praise be to God, with a cure.
You Were Built for This
Orthodox theology teaches that humans are not a machine prone to random errors. You were fashioned with intention, with love — for union with God Himself. The Fathers call this theosis: the progressive transformation of the human person into the likeness of Christ, not by ceasing to be human, but by becoming fully what humanity was created to be.
At the center of this transformation is the kardia — the heart. Not the sentimental organ of Western romanticism, but the deepest seat of the person, where intellect, will, and love converge. This heart loves. This heart worships. This heart yearns.
And here is the critical insight of the Orthodox tradition: that yearning cannot be switched off. It was placed there by God. It can only be aimed.
The Passions
Orthodox theology has a precise word for what happens when desire is misdirected: the pathe — the passions. Not emotions in the modern sense, but God-given drives that have become disordered through the fall. Gluttony is hunger for the infinite, fixed upon food. Lust is eros aimed at the flesh. Greed is the longing for permanence, aimed at wealth.
Addiction, in this framework, is not a character flaw. It is not weakness. It is the spectacle of a soul built for God burning with the same intensity as the greatest saints — attaching that burning to something finite. The intensity is never the problem. Only the object is wrong.

2026-06-03 17:58:46 GMT

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St. Gregory Palamas is the 🐐 regarding the polemic/apologetic realm of the hesychastic tradition.

2026-06-03 16:25:09 GMT

What are y'alls take on Thiel leaving the country for Argentina? #asknostr

2026-06-03 13:35:21 GMT

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Beautiful 🤝

2026-06-01 23:39:02 GMT

We Americans have a shallow understanding of what "freedom" is. Christ and His Church offer the only path to true freedom and it is most certainly a narrow one.
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2026-05-31 23:54:47 GMT

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I do it once a year 😬

2026-05-31 23:51:58 GMT

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🤣
The Greek philosophers taught in Apollos temple and stoic bros be like, "nah, I'm not religious"....

2026-05-30 20:50:48 GMT

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Awesome, congratulations!

2026-05-29 18:51:48 GMT

First Fr. Josiah and now Fr. De Young.... Glory to God!
The Tucker Carlson Show: The Secret History of Biblical Giants, Demons, and the Advanced Civilizations Before the Great Flood
Starting from: 00:00:00
Episode webpage: http://www.tuckercarlson.com/
Media file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/384D27/mgln.ai/e/101/pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/traffic.megaphone.fm/TCN3351548116.mp3#t=0

2026-05-29 05:49:15 GMT

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War of northern aggression is correct 🤝

2026-05-27 23:51:06 GMT

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What you just presented is the Orthodox view of salvation... Which is what he is getting at in the post.

2026-05-27 19:00:39 GMT

Jonathan Pageau recently on X (I'm not over there, but this was sent to me).
Following a bit of the Protestant polemics against Orthodoxy recently, and I realize just how difficult it is to communicate the mind of the Church across these lines.
A simple example is seeing people confused about whether someone who is not baptised and participating in Orthodox communion can be "saved". Protestant are noticing that there are different answers in their estimation, and so are confused about them. The confusion comes from the belief that being "saved" or not is about "where you go after you die", when for the Orthodox "saved" means being made whole, being healed, being restored to the original purpose God had for us.
For this reason, when Protestants see declarations of how communion in the body of Christ is the only way to salvation, they immediately think this is a declaration that all the non-Orthodox are going to hell after they die. When Protestants then hear the very same person who just told them that salvation is in full participation to the body of Christ go on to intimate we have nothing to say about the eschatological finality of any specific soul, it is like a short circuit that many Protestants cannot compute. This is what I could see when
@OrthodoxEthos
and
@Acts17David
were discussing and it is what I have seen in
@gavinortlund
's videos.
In a similar vein, when a Protestant says he has the "assurance of his own personal salvation", this is confusing to the Orthodox. Orthodox also obviously have assurance of salvation, that assurance is Christ. He shows us what it means to be made whole and makes us participate in that wholeness. But how can I say that I am "saved" if I see that I am still a wretch, still prideful and arrogant and sinful? So the Orthodox, knowing they are are still sinning, though also knowing Christ has made them grow in the virtues will say something like: "I know that I am being saved." That is I can see that I am being healed, being made whole, being reformed to the resemblence of God. But again, this completely confuses the Protestant who just wants to know what will happen when you die. What side of the fence will you end up on?
I am not sure how to get accross these lines, and I feel that unless we can, we will perpetually be talking past each other.

2026-05-27 13:37:14 GMT

👀 Oh boy
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2026-05-17 23:03:38 GMT

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I made the HUGE mistake of reading St. Climacus' "The Ladder of Divine Ascent" as an inquirer to Holy Orthodoxy. Don't do that.
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2026-05-17 22:57:12 GMT

This excerpt goes HARD.
The man who has withdrawn from the world in order to shake off his own burden of sins, should imitate those who sit outside the city amongst the tombs, and should not discontinue his hot and fiery streams of tears and voiceless heartfelt groanings until he, too, sees that Jesus has come to him and rolled away the stone of hardness from his heart,
and loosed Lazarus, that is to say, our mind, from the bands of sin, and ordered His attendant angels:
Loose him (cf John 11:44) from passions, and let him go to blessed dispassion. Otherwise he will have gained nothing.
Those of us who wish to go out of Egypt and to fly from Pharaoh, certainly need some Moses as a mediator with God and from God,
who, standing between action and contemplation, will raise hands of prayer for us to God, so that guided by Him we may cross the sea of sin and rout the Amalek of the passions (Exodus 17).
That is why those who have surrendered themselves to God, deceive themselves if they suppose that they have no need of a director.
Those who came out of Egypt had Moses as their guide, and those who fled from Sodom had an angel.
The former are like those who are healed of the passions of the soul by the care of physicians: these are they who come out of Egypt.
The latter are like those who long to put off the uncleanness of the wretched body. That is why they need a helper, an angel, so to speak, or at least one equal to an angel.
For in proportion to the corruption of our wounds we need a director who is indeed an expert and a physician.
Those who aim at ascending with the body to heaven, need violence indeed and constant suffering especially in the early stages of their renunciation, until our pleasure-loving dispositions and unfeeling hearts attain to love of God and chastity by visible sorrow.
A great toil, very great indeed, with much unseen suffering, especially for those who live carelessly, until by simplicity, deep angerlessness and diligence, we make our mind, which is a greedy kitchen dog addicted to barking, a lover of chastity and watchfulness.
But let us who are weak and passionate have the courage to offer our infirmity and natural weakness to Christ with unhesitating faith, and confess it to Him; and we shall be certain to obtain His help, even beyond our merit, if only we unceasingly go right down to the depth of humility.
☦️Saint John Climacus

2026-05-13 23:47:21 GMT

Few
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2026-05-13 05:17:04 GMT

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What is man's purpose?

2026-05-13 05:11:33 GMT

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2026-05-11 18:16:57 GMT

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2026-05-11 16:23:57 GMT

Saint John of Kronstadt was fiercely against pacifism.
He was once offered an honorary seat on the Council of the University of Dorpat, of which Tolstoy was also member. He responded:
“[I decline] the degrading honor of being placed on the same footing as that Godless man, Count Leo Tolstoy, the worst heretic of our evil days, and surpassing in intellectual pride all former heretics. I do not want to be associated with Antichrist. Moreover, I am astounded that the Council burns incense to an author who is the personification of Satan.”
Saint John of Kronstadt was also a supporter of the Union of Russian Peoples (URP), the largest group within the Black Hundreds. The URP, and Black Hundreds generally, were an ultra-nationalist counter-revolutionary militia dedicated to fighting communists wherever they could be found. The URP championed “Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality,” and saw fit to violently defend both God and country.
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2026-05-10 17:27:36 GMT

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Indeed, and to your point, The American "ideal" is clearly based on individualism and America is no doubt a product of the Enlightment--->Reformation.

2026-05-10 16:01:09 GMT

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You could make a strong case that atheism, as we define it today, is a direct byproduct of the reformation.

2026-05-07 23:05:06 GMT

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🫂

2026-05-07 14:07:28 GMT

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2026-05-06 01:37:06 GMT

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Go checkout a vespers service at your local parish.

2026-05-06 00:42:40 GMT

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Well worth a read.
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2026-05-06 00:24:26 GMT

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2026-04-30 12:26:26 GMT

Stop your blackpilling anon ☦️
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2026-04-28 00:43:07 GMT

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2026-04-24 00:15:11 GMT

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2026-04-23 23:53:10 GMT

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I have downloaded Organic Maps, Cryptomator, IronFox, Molly, and transcribo

2026-04-23 23:23:12 GMT

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Zapstore and accrescent.

2026-04-22 18:38:57 GMT

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This is part of the reason the Church prescribes asceticism for the laity throughout the liturgical calendar.

2026-04-22 18:36:46 GMT

Trump has a lot in common with Julian the apostate. 😬

2026-04-22 09:52:40 GMT

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☦️
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2026-04-18 18:48:42 GMT

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Yardwork and prayer is tough to beat. A cold beer mixed in does not hurt either.
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2026-04-17 18:10:57 GMT

Tucker and Fr. Trenham ☦️🤝
Haven't listened yet but plan to.

2026-04-17 15:13:39 GMT

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2026-04-17 11:14:30 GMT

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Yes

2026-04-17 02:38:04 GMT

Before Eve received her name "Eve", she was "woman". She received the name Eve after the expulsion from paradise in which she gives birth to a son. Eve/Eva can be understood as "mother of all the living" /"source of life".
The Theotokos is the new "Eve".
She is referred to as both woman and mother by Christ. She is called woman AND mother by Jesus at the cross in St. John's Gospel... Or better said, given a new title by Christ (behold your mother) just as Eve is given a new name in Genesis. If you understand the cross of Christ as the beginning of a new creation then this should really start to make sense-that the Theotokos, who gave birth to the God-Man, is now the mother of all the faithful
If you are familiar with St. John's Gospel then it will come as no surprise as to how often he works in the book of Genesis. His prologue to his gospel is direct wordplay with the Genesis account and is my favorite piece of scripture.
A second interesting point regarding the passion narratives: In St. Mark and St. Matthew's gospels we have the disciples referencing Christ's prayer of Psalm 22, "My God My God why have you forsaken me..." But St John quotes a different verse in the psalm (casting lots for Jesus' garments) as if to help the reader understand that the entire Psalm is being referenced here, not just the first Line. It would do everyone well to read the ENTIRE psalm, hard to justify the idea of penal substitutionary atonement after reading it.
Interesting too that people near the cross assume Jesus is calling out to Elijah for help, of course this wouldn't be strange as 2nd temple Judaism understood intercessory prayers to be a normal part of religious life.
https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lordofspirits/he-suffered-and-was-buried/

2026-04-16 18:35:27 GMT

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New CCP FUD dropped. Who takes "professor" Jiang seriously?
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2026-04-15 16:41:11 GMT

#asknostr
New homeowner here, snagged me 4 acres and I would appreciate all of your tool recommendations, must haves, and nice to haves!
☦️Christ is risen!

2026-04-13 23:16:39 GMT

A worthwhile project by the Death To The World folks. This project will offer a refuge to the faithful amidst the immense noise in our day to day.
https://www.meetingofthelord.com/

2026-04-13 12:42:47 GMT

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2026-04-12 06:02:57 GMT

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Truly He is risen!

2026-04-12 01:28:09 GMT

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2026-04-12 01:24:53 GMT

It is time! ☦️
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2026-04-09 20:11:48 GMT

On Holy and Great Thursday, we commemorate four events: the washing of the disciples’ feet, the Mystical Supper, the Lord’s agony in the Garden, and His betrayal. ☦️
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2026-04-07 11:27:35 GMT

TUESDAY (OF HOLY WEEK)
Now the people, the priests, and the Jewish rulers hear the Lord’s word in the temple for the last time. And His word was all-encompassing: it embraced everything—past, present, and future.
By the question about John, the Lord indicates that He is the true Messiah; by the parable of the two sons, He shows that the Jews will be rejected and that the Gentiles will be called in their place; by the parable of the vineyard workers, He declares that destruction awaits those who are rejected; by the parable of the king’s son’s wedding, He teaches that not all who come to Him will be worthy, and therefore will justly be cast into outer darkness.
Through His answers about the tribute to Caesar and about the greatest commandment, as well as through His words of rebuke, He sets forth the defining characteristics of the life that leads to salvation. Finally, by foretelling the calamities that will befall Jerusalem, He reveals to His disciples the mystery of His Second Coming.
It would be enough simply to hear all this with attention to become convinced that He is the true Savior of the world—Christ—and to submit to His commandments and teaching.
Even to this day, the reading of the Gospel chapters concerning all that took place on this day is a most powerful means of enlivening faith in the Lord. Through them, the Christian, coming to true understanding, can kindle zeal and show that he believes in the Lord not only in word, but also in deed.
☦️ St. Theophan the Recluse - Thoughts for Every Day of the Year
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2026-04-05 16:21:13 GMT

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2026-04-04 13:40:26 GMT

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Genesis

2026-04-02 03:39:43 GMT

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2026-04-01 00:12:12 GMT

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I had not either 🤝

2026-03-31 23:57:28 GMT

If you bear your cross with perseverance and seek comfort only from Him, then He, through His mercy, will not abandon you but will touch your heart and will impart to you the gifts of the Holy Spirit. … Then your heart will be kindled with love of God and all people. All these are gifts of the Holy Spirit.
When the Lord decides to honour you with such gifts, do not consider them as rewards for your labors, and do not think that you have attained perfection. Such thoughts come from pride. The comforts and grace of the Holy Spirit are not rewards but gifts of divine mercy.
☦️ St Innocent, Enlightener of Siberia and Alaska (Reposed Mar 31, 1879),"The Way Into the Kingdom of Heaven"
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2026-03-31 23:54:25 GMT

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Very