#General Revelation

[wisdomfish]

The general/special revelation distinction, though theologically helpful and biblically derived, is not perfect and can be viewed as somewhat artifical. Ultimately God’s revelation is a unity; so the distinction must not be drawn too sharply. The same God has unveiled himself in both a general and a special way.

Samples, Kenneth Richard. ‘Without a Doubt: Answering the 20 Toughest Faith Questions. p. 44

[steviebee77]

grove of trees

You said that all of this was yours;through Your spoken word, the water came;at your request, land arose. You called up trees and bees andbeasts of all size. All this, where I sit and ponder,is proof that Your words create life and wonder. Everywhere, I see Your hand. Manmight be Your grandest work, but there isso much more in the seas, in the air, in the dirt.Who am I to question whether the…

[pupaulson]

From the Stars to God’s Story

The content reflects a deep reflection on the beauty of nature and the revelation of God through the stars and the scriptures.

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer” (Psa 19:14). The starry sky over a village on a dark day is a treat for the eyes, but the city’s sky, polluted with light from automobiles, street lights, and high-rise buildings, dims this view. Stunned by this display, the psalmist lying on his back outside his house muses:…

[professorgtnt]

[pastorkevinc]

Three Important Distinctions in What We Can Know

Three Important Distinctions in “What We Can Know” We make decisions every day. We do so under the auspices of a created person in the image of God, a follower of Jesus Christ, a sinner who struggles living consistent with the gospel, and a sufferer who is an active responder to pressures from within and without. As such, when we make decisions, the stakes are high. As we determine what is best…

[hoofpeet]

the smellerrrrrrrrr

[utilitycaster]

icb I spent 4 hours writing meta about free will and then in CR Cooldown Laura just straight up

[bookshelf-in-progress]

I love how a well-written romance is so often structured as a mystery. A person starts with a certain idea about another person, and over the course of the story, they uncover more evidence that gives them a fuller picture of who the other person truly is. They learn about layers to the personality and backstory that give the other person more depth. They learn how the other person's personality meshes with theirs. Even the third-act misunderstanding fits the mystery structure--it looks like they've uncovered the final secret to the other person's identity, which is that they're not the worthy person they seemed to be, but then discover that they misinterpreted that evidence, or the other person takes steps to apologize and repair the level of trust. When the mystery is resolved, they've reached a full understanding of each other and know they've found a partner they can trust their whole future to.

[skunkes]

may chibis ^_^

[starry-bi-sky]

new Danyal al Ghul au just dropped! --or at least some art of it did. I call it the "Stillborn? No, no, still born" au (or stillborn just for short)

it's based off a batfam comment I saw that mentioned in the early comics Bruce knew about Talia's pregnancy and was ecstatic to be a father. So much so that Talia feared he'd give up being Batman for it, so when she gave birth she put the baby (Damian) on a doorstep and (seemingly) told Bruce that the baby was stillborn.

I saw it, thought "mm, tasty!" and thought what if that baby was Danny instead of Damian? By default I was thinking of making him a few years older, however, it works just as well with demon twins. I need to think it over. Meet Daniel Brown! 14 year old foster kid whose been with the Fentons for the last two years! He has SO many issues haha. hah. lmfao even.

Danny's theme song is literally just "Good Kid" from the Percy Jackson musical, to sum him up.

[ranticore]

You mentioned werewolves work a bit differently after Revelation's march... Could you tell me more? :]

i genuinely can't remember exactly what i meant by that!! but i know the general idea

so the overall gist was that at the termination of Revelation's march across the continent, it would have left many dead incapacitated wyrms in its wake, and ended with a battle against its former master, Onozar. Revelation was the ONLY person in the world still able to use magic as it was before the great punishment of the wyrms - the other wyrms' minds were wiped. so Revelation, being the only wizard left, was able to alter some of the punishments to make them less severe and improve the lives of all the other scapegoats who had been held responsible for a disaster which was, to be honest, entirely Onozar's fault (i was being mysterious about it over the summer but yeah. that guy did it)

one of the punishments which was considered especially heinous was the fact that wolfmen were forced to wear Onozar's face. no, not the twinky faces from the linked art, Onozar's real face. his old man face, old wizened etc. it's not a terrible thing to look old of course but when i say all of them wore the face of the person who fucked them over i mean all of them, even the newborns. after Revelation's march, wolfmen were born with masks of their own face instead, and their masks would reflect them more honestly as well as they aged (i.e babies born with baby faces).

[halfstayed]

富察·容音 Fuca Rongyin from 延禧攻略 The Story of Yanxi Palace (2018)

TV APPRECIATION WEEK 2024 — free choice: favourite chinese period drama character

[pianokantzart]

Some scattered thoughts on Mario Tennis Aces

Warning: spoilers ahead

I love that every time any of the characters talk about the stakes, they're like "we've got to save Luigi! ... and the others I guess..." Even in the finale when they're doing a big tennis match to determine the fate of the world, Wario and Waluigi are booed by the crowd while Luigi... despite still being possessed by Lucien... gets cheered for and talked about in a positive light by the announcers.

What's also interesting is that Wario, Waluigi, and Bowser talk and act very much like their normal selves while possessed. They're being manipulated in some part, with Bowser saying that the racket's power makes him "want to control things more than usual," but it's clear Lucien is exploiting preexisting desires. Luigi, however, never says a word, and is fairly expressionless compared to the others. He is not being manipulated so much as he's been entirely robbed of his senses, turned more into a tennis playing puppet than a minion. But if you think about it... that aligns with the goals each of them had that caused them to take hold of Lucien. Wario and Waluigi wanted the power to defeat their enemies in tennis, and were granted that desire to the best of Lucien's abilities. Bowser wanted to take over the world, and Lucien actually went so far as to fuse with him so they could conquer as one entity.

Luigi wanted nothing more than to hold the pretty tennis racket, and for most of the story... at the sacrifice of every other part of him... he got exactly that.

[pyrosomatic-metamorphosis]

OH. okay so normally i dont touch discourse with a 20 ft pole, but this has been niggling at my brain tonight and i finally realized why

the people who are mad at qbbh for the memory loss and “dodging consequences” dont understand that he doesnt want to dodge consequences. Like they cant know that, they werent focused on him when he was literally feeding himself to the soul vultures and planning his eventual imprisonment and also. The Many Many Many hints he made towards suicide/sacrifice/Just Fucking Dying.

ccbbh is a subtle roleplayer, he’s been building this shit up for two whole months- it was day FIVE of the eggs going missing that he resolved to do whatever it took (hurting his friends) to get the eggs back. It was day three that he followed in dapper’s footsteps and started feeding himself to the soul vultures (and gaining a Massive headwound beneath his hood in the process- you can only see it if you go on namemc and remove the layers). He’s got impaired judgement. Even the memory issues arent a new thing- i cant remember exactly when they started, but one of the first big moments i remmeber was september 30th where he spent an hour falling into a delusional frenzy searching his base for cameras that he forgot he asked aypierre to plant.

The super murder of purgatory and the memory loss afterwards probably all feels very sudden for people who havent been following his story, but as someone who has been- all of this has been true to character. The only cheap swings he’s made have been combat-based in purgatory, and even the motive for those was built up in rp.

People are calling for consequences, but he has alrwady been experiencing self-inflicted consequences for months. The blue on his usual outfit is blood. This recent memory loss isnt a restart to get away with the atrocities - it is yet another consequence of his egg-protecting complexes and the ways he punishes himself for failing them.

he is NOT a moral character. he’s a demon hiding in plain site. he has eaten people. he has killed people. he understands the cruelty of his actions, and the consequences of them for the loved ones of his victims. but it matters when that harm is being done to his loved ones. he’ll still do it, because he will do anything for the eggs, but it matters, and that means that he has already started the process of self-inflicting those much-demanded consequences

[agarthanguide]

My very polite yet deeply anxious dog accidentally discovered deep pressure therapy under my brother’s weighted blanket and heavy pillows last week and now she demands a long session after every morning walk.

[solasfenheral]

veilguard really feels like its missing a guy thats weird about faith. faith (or the absence of) as a central talking point between the companions in general tbh