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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
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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…
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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:…
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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…
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#Decision making#General Revelation#Glorify God#Glory of God#Glory to God#Knowledge#Revelation#Special Revelation#Spirit and Truth#Truth#Truth in Love
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icb I spent 4 hours writing meta about free will and then in CR Cooldown Laura just straight up
#cr cooldown#this episode (for 89) was a BANGER incidentally#honestly an even WILDER revelation is that out of game? Marisha WAY more suspicious of Liliana than ANYONE else#Liam one of the more generous people towards her!#i feel like we need to gift beacon subscriptions to people on twitter and watch their heads explode and then regift the subscription#rather like hunter's mark or a hexblade's curse
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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.
#also comedy works along a mystery structure#so a romantic comedy is like a double mystery#two different types of mystery clashing with each other and causing hilarity before the truth is finally revealed#if nothing else this batb diversion will spark some interesting romance thoughts#this came to me because i've been slowly rereading beth brower's 'the q'#and i just hit the scene where quincey gets to observe arch outside of work for the first time#just a lovely moment of revelation#and i think that's the one thing that story does really well#and the author in general is very good at applying this mystery dynamic to all her character dynamics whether romantic or platonic#i rarely find myself able to believe in the strength of her characters' bonds that are supposed to exist before the story started#but the developing relationships are so good because of this endless uncovering of mysteries deepening the bonds in a very compelling way#adventures in writing
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may chibis ^_^
#a doodley#certain recent revelations have me wanting to raise prices on my comms in general but god i wish i had enough of an audience to do so ykwim#comms
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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.
#dpxdc#danny fenton is not the ghost king#dpxdc crossover#danyal al ghul au#dpdc#dp x dc crossover#dpxdc art#dc x dp#dcxdp#dp x dc#stillborn? no still born au#stillborn au#danny's been fucking through it!!! watch me jam this kid pack full of issues. :)#long haired danny fenton#poc danny fenton#danyal al ghul#this boy needs antidepressants. therapy. and probably some rehab. we'll see where i go with that last one#the fentons have been the best foster family he's had so far. although best is not synonymous with safest.#that fourth one was me doodling how i imagine danny's first meeting with bruce goes. and by first meeting i mean#'danny doesn't even realize bruce is his bio dad but bruce comes to the awful and ugly revelation that his firstborn child was alive this#whole time and that talia lied to him again. and also his firstborn was fistfighting a fucking inter-dimensional being with a KNIFE'#danny's too busy fighting skulker to care about who the guy at the outdoor cafe is beyond asking him if he could borrow the spare patio#chair at his table. its so he can throw it at skulker. he didn't have time to transform so!! fenton fight it is!!#i looked up the most common and generic last name for danny and 'daniel brown' had too much of a nice flow to it for me to bother looking#for something else. technically his name *should* be danyal bc that was on the note. but :) we all know how the system can be.#long hair danny ftw
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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
#tvweek24#the story of yanxi palace#延禧攻略#cdrama#cdramagifs#cdramaedit#cdramanet#tvedit#dailyasiandramas#asiancentral#empress fuca#perioddramaedit#perioddramasource#onlyperioddramas#periodedit#gifhistorical#秦岚#qin lan#my edits#*#this was entirely self indulgent but it felt so strange that i've been giffing my other interests all week#when she’s literally also one of my absolute favs everrrr AND i've been in a qin lan relapse for the past 3 months straight#it feels strange in general that this blog is a really segregated part of my interests that is very western and (mostly) very white#so anyway. here to remedy that#rongyin is one of THE kindest characters I have ever known—in a genre that revels in demonising its women#can you imagine the strength that it takes? to choose to be kind every single day in a world that’s constantly punishing your kindness?#it’s so refreshing to see it portrayed not as ignorance or weakness but as strength. 我嘅白月光😭😭#but then. her internal conflict with the impossible expectations of femininity placed on her (the empress as the exemplar woman)#makes me wanna tear my hair out!!!! god!!! all that love and yearning that had nowhere to go!!!!
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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.
#I really like the idea of mind control that actually rewards a desire for power#allowing the victim to maintain their senses so they can revel in ''their'' victory#if you don't want power? if you don't want to hurt your friends? You get turned into an empty vessel as a twisted form of mercy#Again I'm looking way too deep into a game that is 99% tennis and 1% plot#but I'm in too deep in general#and this game sorely lacks a proper ending cutscene so... *clicks pen* time to figure out some character motivations#mario tennis aces#super mario brothers#mario#luigi#wario#waluigi#super mario bros
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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
#anyone who isnt a qbbh makn please extend some sympathy for us. our guy is being misunderstood again#so if people seem twitchier than usual that probbaly plays a factor#but if it ever gets annoying be rest assured he is doing his very best to train us in media literacy#and also the block and filter buttons are your friends#and qbbh mains join me in the genuinely freeing revelation that they have just. strawmanned him yet again#i feel like youve gotta be able to understand a character to truly hate them#and no one (not even us oh my fucking god) really understand him#and thus the vitrol means nothing and i am free of all woes#anyway tho genuinely if you want to know more about this cube im willing to talk about him#i have Credentials#one of my posts was dono’d to the cc almost word for word and he called me a know it all#qsmp#qsmp badboyhalo#discourse#<- mentioned#an interestinf discussion could be had too about xyz character Deserving xyz thing#and really people in general Deserving xyz thing#but i think that is a wasp nest i dont know enough about to join swatting#i ngeed. to go to bed
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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.
#I swear to god it’s helping#she hated the thunder shirt#she likes earmuffs but only for limited times#but THIS#a revelation#and she’s not a Furniture Dog#she generally hates being in beds
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Hey, been a while.
#mortal kombat#revelations and stupidity#mortal kombat 1#reiko#shao kahn#i refuse to call him general shao
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he LOVES sunsets above the water
#that kinda fucks me up though because if that 100% IS curly's vision then i can't believe they made that the little scene by his bedside#re-traumatizing this man in so many ways even when they don't realize it#mouthwashing#mouthwashing spoilers#though yeah the sunset imagery in general is heavily associated with the impending doom of the ship/crew. or at least to me it is#wall screen has a nice blue sky when curly gets his first psych eval.. night time when he and anya talk#and very possibly when she reveals her SA to him#i wonder if the times of day more so represent curly's state of mind. but moon symbolism has a lot to do with revelations and hidden truths#could be anya even. or just the crew as a whole. i want to hear other people's thoughts but#the sunset imagery is 100% intentional anyways. bro if my ship crashed i'd be so depressed and putting that wall screen shit on#full brightness sunny sky morning all the time. need to curb the seasonal depression
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praying im wrong abt whose room is whose bc this is potentially very dangerous to me. i can’t go two games in a row romancing the Popular Male Love Interest im not strong enough.
#in my defense im being extremely personally targeted.#idk if i could withstand the revelation of deeply pathetic energies on top of everything#no offense to individual popular man enjoyers but generally speaking jesus fucking christ#datv#talkin
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