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It’s hilarious how much Brandon hates Oregon.
He will pick Penn State every year tho
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Mel Kiper’s 20 Worst QB Predictions Ever:
1. Jimmy Clausen (2010): Mel staked his reputation, calling him a “franchise QB.” Clausen went 1-13 as a starter, busting spectacularly.
2. JaMarcus Russell (2007): Kiper saw “Elway-like talent” and top-5 potential. Russell became an all-time NFL bust, lasting just three seasons.
3. Andre Ware (1990): Kiper predicted “Super Bowl-caliber talent.” Ware started just 6 NFL games total.
4. Ryan Leaf (1998): Kiper praised Leaf’s “maturity” and “ultimate greatness.” Leaf became infamous for poor play and immaturity, a legendary bust.
5. Akili Smith (1999): Kiper said Smith would be a Bengals star. Smith went 3-14 career with just 5 TDs.
6. Ricky Stanzi (2011): Claimed Stanzi would have a better career than Cam Newton. Stanzi never played a single NFL snap.
7. Johnny Manziel (2014): Compared him to Fran Tarkenton. Manziel flamed out within two years amid off-field issues.
8. Tim Couch (1999): Graded among Kiper’s all-time best. Couch flopped, never producing a winning season.
9. Brett Favre (1991): Ranked as a mid-round prospect, Kiper overlooked a future Hall-of-Famer and NFL legend.
10. Josh Rosen (2018): Called Rosen “most pro-ready QB.” Rosen washed out of league quickly after failing with multiple teams.
11. Heath Shuler (1994): Criticized Colts for not drafting Shuler. He lasted three rough seasons and retired early.
12. Brady Quinn (2007): Had Quinn as a top-10 talent, praised Browns for getting a steal. Quinn became a career backup.
13. Mitch Trubisky (2017): Rated best QB over Mahomes and Watson. Trubisky became a journeyman backup.
14. Geno Smith (2013): Declared him top QB in draft class. Smith spent nearly a decade primarily as backup before reviving late.
15. Lamar Jackson (2018): Ranked him 5th-best QB in his class. Jackson became youngest NFL MVP ever.
16. Russell Wilson (2012): Gave Seattle a “C-” grade for drafting Wilson. Wilson won Super Bowl and became franchise icon.
17. Tom Brady (2000): Called Brady “fringe prospect.” Brady became the greatest QB in NFL history (7 SB wins).
18. Matt Hasselbeck (1998): Called pick a “waste.” Hasselbeck went to three Pro Bowls and a Super Bowl appearance.
19. Deshaun Watson (2017): Rated as 3rd-best QB, questioned accuracy. Watson became Pro Bowl star, leading NFL in passing yards.
20. Trent Dilfer (1994): Criticized Colts harshly for passing on Dilfer. Dilfer had average career, winning SB only as game-manager.
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Let’s stop pretending this is nuance. Let’s stop acting like this is anything other than what it is, racial supremacy repackaged in pseudo-intellectual jargon and dressed up in fake theological seriousness. These guys aren’t subtle. They’re not misunderstood. They’re telling you exactly who they are. And they’re hoping we’re too polite or too gullible to say it out loud.
The entire arc of redemptive history bends toward inclusion, not exclusion. The gospel is God’s declaration that He’s tearing down the walls between Jew and Gentile, slave and free, black and white, and making one new man in Christ. From the promises to Abraham that all nations would be blessed, to Isaiah’s vision of all peoples streaming to the mountain of the Lord, to Pentecost where every tribe and tongue heard the good news in their own language, to Revelation’s image of a multi-ethnic bride worshiping the Lamb, Scripture is unmistakably clear. The gospel creates a new family. "Once you were not a people, now you are God's people."
So when a man says interethnic marriage can be “relatively sinful,” he’s not making a theological distinction. He’s issuing a dog whistle. He’s telling you he worships a god who looks suspiciously like his mirror image. The New Testament church was filled with marriages that crossed ethnic lines. Timothy was the product of one. Ruth and Boaz? Another. Moses married a Cushite woman and when his family protested, God cursed them for it. God has already weighed in on this. These guys just don’t like the answer.
They’re not defending order. They’re defiling grace. They’re not honoring Scripture. They’re dragging it behind the wagon of their own prejudice. If you have to build your theology on categories that uphold racial separation and treat other ethnicities as a threat to the moral order, you are not contending for the faith. You’re denying it.
So let’s stop pretending these men are brave thinkers pushing boundaries. They’re white nationalists cloaked in the language of Christianity. They’re not misunderstood. They’re malicious. They twist history, distort theology, and abuse the Bible in order to baptize their ethnic obsession. And no amount of footnotes or clever phrasing can cleanse the stench of their idolatry.
Enough. The church does not belong to a bloodline, a flag, or a culture. It belongs to Christ. And He's not interested in preserving your false sense of superiority. He's building a Kingdom out of every tribe, tongue, and nation. You can either get in line with that or get out of the way.
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We should not underestimate the disaster life would be for us and how lost we would be if God hadn’t given us the precious gift of his insight-granting, wisdom-producing, conviction-igniting, life-giving and hope-securing Word. Thank God for your Bible today,
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You don’t need to go diving around in your regrets and remorse. If he has cast your sins into the depths of the sea, let them sink.
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If God can reconcile with a sinner, you can reconcile with a saint.
—@LisaVFields
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Hey pastors, you may want to think strategically about where your instrumentalists are placed on stage as you pray at the end of your sermon. Otherwise this (which is me) could be you. – at South Carolina, USA
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My grand point in preaching is to break the hard heart, and to heal the broken one.
— John Newton (1725–1807)
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so this got stuck in my head, like, just a massive earworm that couldn't be erased. only solution was to try and make my own compilation.
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This is not about politics. This is about our country, about the rule of law, and about the sanctity of human life. russellmoore.com/2021/01/11/…
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Death. Taxes. And Mariners fans being “so happy for that guy who used to be here and is so nice.”
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Theological liberals treat black-and-white issues as if they’re gray. Legalists treat gray issues as if they’re black-and-white.
Mature Christians, gladly submitted to God’s Word in a healthy church, do the harder work of holding truths in tension and resisting easy extremes.
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Pray for the Uighur people. Pray they would be treated with human dignity. Pray, most of all, that the gospel would penetrate all the barriers that surround them and reap a harvest among these precious people whom God loves. thegspl.co/3eV6wTh
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The horrifying realization for pastors right now is that all this stuff: the anger, the outrage and the infighting—was already there.
The happier realization is that God was already there, too.
Will you help me live into the latter as a fragile and fearful pastor?
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FYI, my book "People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is not Just an Issue" is only $2.99 on Kindle right now:
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