Going for a little day trip tomorrow to help a small church distribute some printed scripture texts and invitations around their city. I've done it a few times with other churches and it's an encouraging time for fellowship, and a nice bit of exercise... Thunderstorms forecast though! 😬 Also, working on a study for 1 Peter in preparation for teaching it later this year.
Thanks for sharing. I thought this was a great article. Simple and to the point. It presented some important (and imo exciting) findings in a very matter of fact way without stretching the implications of those findings.
Out of the loop. What are the issues at lemmy.world and lemmy.ml. Why are there so many (seemingly) instances blocking/being blocked?
I left it for a few days and then it worked again for me. Haven't tried it recently.
I appreciate this parallel and thank you for sharing.
I am curious is there's another aspect that is important here. Samson seems to be a Nazarite. And Nazarites had prohibitions around dead carcasses. Samson has to get very very close to a dead carcass to get the honey. Any thoughts on the significance of this?
I'm not a dad, but I have recently (been) volunteered to babysit my sister's twin infants on a bi-weekly basis. I have a new appreciation for the time demands of parenting! Nevertheless, it is good to know that this occupation is one that is from the lord. He that is a dad cares for the things of the world, how he may please his children, so to speak. May the lord bless you and your family.
Yes, "home projects," can definitely get in the way. They can be hard to juggle.
I am terrible at resting!
In theory, I know that true rest in life is found thrugh meditation in the presence of the Lord. STepping away from the world. This should be what our hearts long for, and I think it anticipates the eternal rest that we will one day enjoy.
I'm thinking of how in the troubles (or may we say, the business) of life, this is what David longed for: "One thing have I asked of the Lord... that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord..." Psalm 27:4, ESV
And also the Sons of Korah: "My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?" Psalm 42:2, ESV
Real rest is found through satisfaction in the Lord himself.
In practice, however, I often replace this true rest of the soul with the more menial things of earth. I have a need to constantly be "doing" stuff and I lack the incentive to stop and enjoy real rest.
What Is the Whole Point of Christian Living? | John Piper
"I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship." Romans 12:1, ESV
Thanks! I did not know this before. But I've definitely had spell checking on other websites, so presumably this can be integrated on the server side? I'll get me one of those extensions.
I'm mostly using a pc desktop browser (chrome). Don't appear to have any spell checking.
Spellchcker
Is it possible to get a spell checker on lemmy? It's a little frustrating having to edit posts and comments to correct my horrndous typos.
Inconsistent Banner Size Across Instances
Hello folks, I noticed today that a community banner was rendered differently on two instances (vlemmy.net vs lemm.ee).
Inspecting the source, the image is 600x200px.
On vlemmy.net, the banner was rendered as 736x240px. On the community page on lemm.ee, it was rendered as 831x240px.
Neither was the correct aspect ratio, and part of the banner was cut off on the lemm.ee instance.
Do lemmy instances have complete freedom to format the banner in whatever way they want!?
What's the recieved wisdom for dealing with this unpredicatable behaviour? Is there a "safe" way to design a banner to deal with these differences?
John Calvin on The Enduring Hope of the Church
"he shall send his angels... And they shall gather together his elect" - Matthew 24:31
>... We too, when we see the church torn apart by Satan's craft, torn by the savagery of the wicked, upset by unholy doctrines, tossed by storms, we must learn to turn our eyes to this assembly. If the thing seems hard to believe, let the angelic force remind us: Though the church be now vexed by human malice, tossed between exiles and escapes of all kinds, smashed and broken even on the waves, wretchedly torn in pieces and losing all firm support on earth, we must persist in hope, for it is not by human means but by heavenly power... That the Lord will gather it in
(John Calvin, A commentary on the harmony of the gospels)
TLDR "I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
What does the Bible say about being righteous before God?
The Righteousness of God Through Faith - But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fal...
"The righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus"
Romans 3:21-24, ESV
What is the gospel? | Steven Lawson
"Salvation is not a reward for the righteous. It's a gift for the guilty."
Are There Really 45,000 Christian Denominations?
Have you come across "Ready to Harvest" on youtube? I really appreciate Joshua's commitmement to expressing a neutral point of view and I find his overviews of various denominations and groups are tremendously helpful.
yeah, just saw this being asked on our instance support page, so here's hoping.
Yeah, looks like lemmy has some room to develop. I still can't subscribe even through the searhc page. Will try again later.
Thanks. I don't seem to be able to subscribe to those communties for some reason. Not sure if it's just me.
Well, if I may be so bold as to plug my own community.
I have much in common with the reformed traditions, and happy to be a part of the community here. But I am not reformed and wanted somewhere that was a little more broad....
...and somewhere to shamelessly spread my dispensational heresies. 😅
Philippians, 2 Corinthians, 2 Timothy. I love seeing the heart of Paul on display.
Not reformed actually (but very much a fan!). Plymouth brethren (so-called!)
Thanks. Strange indeed. Yeah, I was alreaady trying to create one without images.
Thanks, I did try that. Have in fact tried it from home and office. I even bothered to try a differnt browser, but same result.
Northern Irish here. I can legally pretend to be irish. Top of the morning to you.
Create a Community Page Hanging
Hey all, I'm new here. Never created a community back on reddit, but seeing as everything is still a bit barren here, I wanted to create some.
But I'm finding the "create" button turns into an endless loading icon and that I can't seem to create a community. Tried yesterday and today. Any thoughts on why?
Thanks,