@JesseDornfeld I intensely dislike people who are vulgar and offensive with intent or purpose, but I can ignore them and their ability to spew their rubbish just makes them look stupid. Look at Andrew Tate!

@JesseDornfeld 100%. The only way to effectively counter bad ideas is by good ideas. Censorship legitimises bad ideas. I would never set out to offend someone but even the exclusivity of the Gospel and Jesus death, resurrection and deity is offensive to some. We risk being shut down every day.

@3bdulmasih @JesseDornfeld @chirpty_team @JohnPiper @rzrvinyl @DrMichaelLBrown @GeeorgeStyles @mitch_starkey1 @DBryanRhodes An honour indeed! I’m chuffed to be in such great company. Thank you for sharing Jesse!

@MimiLovesJesus5 @AndrewS76825037 Well that escalated quickly.

@Carpet16100850 And here, perhaps, an answer: qr.ae/prIx0c

@Carpet16100850 That’s what I’m wondering. It may be as simple as it being considered History, but there must be more to it than that…

@JesseDornfeld I’m not sure to be honest, but I’ve tried to subscribe for Twitter Blue as well, and the UK sign-up process has been broken since launch, sadly. 90% of the time the mobile numbers isn’t recognised as valid, and the other 10% it says the carrier isn’t supported. Poor show!

I get what Chronicles is doing for the Jews returning from Babylonian exile; reestablishing a sense of nationhood and destiny, but I think this is lost when it runs straight on after Samuel and Kings which preceded exile and were written more as cautionary history.

I’d be interested in any thoughts.

I’m 17 Chapters into Chronicles now, and wondering why oh why the English Bible didn’t follow the Hebrew one, and place Chronicles at the end where it would make a more sensible and hopeful summation of History that might otherwise be forgotten after Psalms and the Prophets.

@AleMartnezR1 @Matt_Rehrer I use the ESV Study Bible, via the Olive Tree Bible app on iPad. I would like to have a physical one, but I can take my iPad anywhere and so it gets used all the time… The ESV Study Bible is excellent. I also use the ESV Archaeology Study Bible which is very good.

Proverbs 9:8 Don’t feed the trolls. buff.ly/3BEO1Ql t.co/Ru6XS4R3w…

@SarahGeringer Thank you for leading today’s chat Sarah, have a blessed Christmas, I hope it all goes well for you.

@PilgrimIntoWord @Psychobabble66 @SarahGeringer You put it so much better than me!

@Psychobabble66 @PilgrimIntoWord @SarahGeringer #HealthyFaithChat Motivation is important - and hypocrisy and that tendency to assume you know people’s motivation.

This is useful. biblestudytools.com/bible-study/to…

@SarahGeringer @CYNDI12365 I hope this helps! I think you’ll get where I’m coming from.

@SarahGeringer @CYNDI12365 If anything in the world becomes an ‘idol’ you can be sure it is in enmity against God. If buying that car meant your children went without food or new shoes, there’s a good chance it’s an idol. Likewise if you could think of nothing but the necklace. #HealthyFaithChat

@AuthorJ_Fowler @SarahGeringer This is so true.

@SarahGeringer Thank you Sarah.

@naenaenuss @SarahGeringer A7. I don’t see any if or but in there, only that ‘he will’! That is a real encouragement! #HealthyFaithChat

@othymountain @SarahGeringer Yes! There’s no such thing as ‘Christian Twitter’ - it is an open door and an example, so we better well make sure it’s a good one!

@johngacinski @CSLCHSnMore And we worry about our boss reading them! 😄

@SarahGeringer He is all these things. It is easy to forget that the Good News is salvation and peace, and the alternative, eternal separation, with doors locked from the inside. #HealthyFaithChat

@SarahGeringer A9. God is at once a babe in a manger, a man sweating blood in anticipation of dying on a cross for all sins in all time, smoke leading the way in the wilderness, the wrathful destroyer of idolatry, and King and righteous judge enthroned in the New Jerusalem

#HealthyFaithChat

@SarahGeringer A8. Who can ‘gently counsel’ someone on social media? All nuance lost, it’s so easy to sound like a Pharisee even if that’s not your intention. Much of James is challenging because he is intentionally ambiguous, IMO. He is making you think about the grey areas. #HealthyFaithChat