Christian Combatives
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Equip yourself for theological warfare; the battle of ideas surrounding Christianity and truth rages daily, let's get you set up to defend, define, and understand your faith as well as that of others.
Christian Combatives is a Video and Podcast project from a Lutheran pastor, Army Chaplain, and Marine Corps veteran to encourage competence and confidence in the Christian faith by engaging..
Christian Combatives
22h ago
Who they are, why they are the way they are, and how I came to know all this information.
A potentially useful, potentially entertaining explanation to one of the internets most misunderstood groups.
Let's get into it!
Articles relating to Alexithymia:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32689812/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27253723/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32888165/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8961473/
Articles for further reading on autism and perception of self-image: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18958161/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20008375 ..read more
Christian Combatives
1w ago
Some people were curious what kind of theology a Christian furry might have. So I interviewed the head admin of the Christian Furry Fellowship to trick you into listening to a substantive theological discussion on denominational differences.
Did you expect just a bunch of meowing or something?
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Christian Combatives
1w ago
I've never been a furry, and I started out by despising them, but now many of them are my closest friends. This is the story about how I came to love the oddest of my brothers and sisters in Christ.
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Christian Combatives
1M ago
Hyperbole? Not according to 1 Cor 10; Christians have just been desensitized to paganism.
CUW recently advertised a celebration of Holi, a Hindu religious festival, just a few weeks after promoting Ramadan. What does 1 Cor 10 say about what is really going on here?
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Christian Combatives
1M ago
Does Closed Communion CAUSE division? Or just acknowledge it?
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Christian Combatives
3M ago
There are actually benefits to fighting about doctrine. I discovered 3 of them this last week.
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Christian Combatives
4M ago
Often it can feel divisive to insist on specifics of Lutheran theology, after all, wouldn't it be easier to get along with others if we overlooked the things that make us different?
But if Christ was specific with His love for us, then we have an obligation to be specific in how we act out our love for others, in what we practice, believe, and teach ..read more
Christian Combatives
5M ago
Does that verse in 2 Peter 3 mean that God just doesn't understand time? Is this why He was so confusing in describing the 400 million years in Genesis? Also, what will the new heavens and earth be like?
Finally, let's get into the texts and sermons for Advent 2 (3 year, B) and advent midweek for 2023 ..read more