☦️Orthodox Christian #BeTheLight ☦️ #BeTheSalt ☦️
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Cyndereller☦️🇺🇸 retweeted
Yes, the violent illegals need to go. But there are nonviolent ones here doing their best to make a living here, and they must go too. They suppress American wages, destroy our culture, and steal our children's inheritance.
Cyndereller☦️🇺🇸 retweeted
Still defending a plagiarizer, I see.
It goes from his MA up to his PhD work & online content.
@WesleyLHuff is not an academic or a scholar. He admits he has no publications
He is an evangelical, distrustful "apologist."
Let's see the final paper and compare it w/ the "draft."
After listening to @WesleyLHuff’s response, I have to wonder why @maklelan, a self proclaimed Christian and fellow scholar, didn’t approach Wes privately first.
Maybe he did. I can’t know that for certain.
But Dan has been making content long enough to know exactly what happens when you publicly criticize someone. His video wasn’t merely an attempt to correct a fellow scholar. It seems to be an attempt at a public execution
Cyndereller☦️🇺🇸 retweeted
Follow-up: Wes Huff wrote this 2019 Gospel of Thomas paper as a PhD student at the University of Toronto, and when I went through it page by page, I found that its entire architecture comes from a 1999 article by Tom Thatcher, which Huff reworded and never once cites.
My Dad posted this about my grandfather on Veterans Day 2 years ago. Dad and Pap are together now. Hug a Veteran today ♥️
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Cyndereller☦️🇺🇸 retweeted
The Nicene Creed ☦️
I believe in one God, Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages; Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten, not created, of one essence with the Father through Whom all things were made. Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man. He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried; And He rose on the third day, according to the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father; And He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead. His kingdom shall have no end.
And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Creator of life, Who proceeds from the Father, Who together with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, Who spoke through the prophets.
In one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come.
Amen 🙏🏻
Cyndereller☦️🇺🇸 retweeted
Wes and Gavin have avoided addressing Holy Orthodoxy on the merits and have consistently relied on the heavily subjective “you’ll know them by their fruits” argument.
Well, by God’s providence, Wes and Gavin finally been refuted on those grounds, too.
First, @gavinortlund argued there’s no evidence of appeals to the hagioi in heaven by the church prior to 200AD. When I showed him numerous biblical passages and primary sources like 1 Enoch, Testament of Levi, and the songs of sabbath sacrifice, Gavin resorted to fraudulently representing 1 Enoch 106 and handwaiving psalm 103, as well as other primary sources.
Gavin severely and fraudulently misrepresented the scholarship of Meir bar Ilan, Hurtado, and Stuckenbruck. Gavin preached against “triumphalism” and in the same video Gavin accused @StephenBoyce333 of saying “numerous times” that he “demolished Gavin’s arguments,” which is a lie—Dr Boyce never said that.
Gavin won’t address that his pastor emeritus (who is also literally his dad) endorsed Kamala Harris. Gavin won’t address his confessed admiration for Obama, plugging Obama’s book on his YouTube channel, or the fact that his church knowingly hired a gay pastor and fired him only in the midst of scandal. Gavin rejects a worldwide Noahic flood and teaches a form of God-assisted evolution. Gavin is a liberal.
@daveedsims has shown Gavin engaging in numerous instances of contextomy and misrepresentation in the literature on the history and theology of icons. @Michael__Garten, too, has demonstrated Gavin engaging in contextomy and misrepresentation.
It’s a pattern of behavior over a long period of time. The list is seemingly endless.
Now, we know of numerous instances (of varying severity) where @WesleyLHuff decided to engage plagiarism.
It was NOT just one time 10 years ago. It was throughout his graduate coursework and his public-facing apologetics work. There are instances from 10 months ago and 2 years ago that Wes hasn’t responded to. It appears to be a pattern of behavior for Wes over the last 10 years to frequently engage in taking other people’s work and claiming it as his own.
Wes’s recent “apology” video ignores all of the most recent instances, attempting to frame the issue as merely a single occurrence from 10 years ago. That’s a load of nonsense.
The state of apologetics for this American folk religion is in shambles.
They have lost on every level.
All they have left is cope.
Cyndereller☦️🇺🇸 retweeted
Dear non-Orthodox Christians,
The Nativity Fast begins Nov. 15. You can eat and drink whatever you want in front of us.
Dear non-Muslims,
As Ramadan is just 92 days away,
Please avoid eating in front of Muslims who are fasting.
Please avoid drinking in their presence.
Do not deliberately tempt those observing the fast.
Muslims will be fasting from dawn until sunset.
A little consideration and respect go a long way. ❤️🌙
Cyndereller☦️🇺🇸 retweeted
Christians can’t stand by as Israel bombs churches and murders thousands of children. Next weekend, John Kiriakou headlines the Not In Christ’s Name rally outside Washington.
Cyndereller☦️🇺🇸 retweeted
Nowadays the Pledge of Allegiance should be more like: “One Nation, under Fraud, clearly visible, with bribery and corruption, for all.”
Cyndereller☦️🇺🇸 retweeted
After Liturgy today, I spent a long time in conversation with a couple of families inquiring into the Orthodox Church.
The husbands are convinced of Orthodoxy. Their wives, coming from a Baptist background, are hesitant — and I understand why. So much of what they experienced in our worship was not discernible to them. They couldn't really follow it or understand it. The services feel foreign.
They love God deeply, and they love Scripture. What is hard for them is our holistic approach to the faith — a faith guided by Holy Tradition.
I make no judgment on them. I have compassion for where they're coming from. They believe they have a relationship with Christ, and it is not for me to deny that. But there is something so much deeper in the Orthodox faith — and they don't have to "get it" all at once.
They need only ask God to open the door of their heart to a new way of experiencing Him. To be brave enough to take off the colored glasses through which they have read Scripture. Brick by brick, the wall of confusion will start coming down.
In the end, there is one established Church, in which Christ is found in His fullness. That is the Pearl of Great Price — worth leaving everything behind.
If that is where you are — drawn, but confused by it all — know this: you have room to wrestle with your doubts in the Church. God will meet you where you are, and a good priest will try to guide you where you need to go. God loves us all, and He wants us to experience the fullness of His revelation in His Church.
Come and see.