The HSL Blog
Cultural apologetics, functional theology, everyday application, and enough salt to make you want more.
The Red Hands of Passover
Faith | top
On that first Passover, obedience to God required making homes marked and discernibly different from the rest. Doesn't it still?
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The Hawkeye Cauckeye and Who Cares?
Conservative | top
Friends, we could debrief every caucus, every town hall, and debate. It is all for naught if these two questions are not answered.
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This is Still True.
Uncategorized
I’m feeling particularly perky this morning, so I’m just gonna give this to you for free. I wrote this 7 years ago when Trump, Hillary, and Bernie were the faces of polity and thought. It is still true. The sifting is coming. Friends, fellow political junkies and those shaking their head in disbelief at…
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When There is No Vision, the People Perish…and Worse
Conservative | top
We are there. This is the cusp we are on as a party, as a people. We have no vision. We have lost the goal and thus tire ourselves running in wrong directions only to win nothing.
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“Millstones! Get Your Millstones!”
Faith | top
Friends, the clearest and best indicator of the judgement awaiting us is our utter inability to value life or protect children. Millstones! Get your Millstones!
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Boomers, Groomers, and a Little Perspective on Purity Culture
Faith | top
Beware the progressive voice condemning yesterday's "purity culture," if that same voice is condoning today's radical transgender culture.
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Sanctuary Cities Not Safe for Students…and Other Democratic Disgraces
Conservative
When will we be tired enough? Embarrassed enough? Broke, frustrated, or in peril enough to do something? It can't go on forever. Eventually we will run out of food and money.
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The Test of Christianity… Should Probably Include Christ.
Faith | top
Don't convolute a litmus test for what is Christianity with sentiment or kindness. A fruit of the Spirit, or from the Vine, is NOT THE VINE.
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Leaves, Debris, and the Distance In-Between
Faith | top
Close proximity to the vine does not a branch make you. In-ness, not nearness, Friend. Come see the difference.
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Get Thee Transformed, People.
Faith | top
God intended you do more than dangle in a crusty cocoon. New life awaits! Get thee transformed, people. Pronto!
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Faith
Where do we get this idea that God’s plans for us include starting strong and finishing poorly? Think of every person in the Bible that waited until the turn of a calendar year to be who God called them to be, to do what God called them to do. “Yes, Lord! …In January.”…
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Trump’s Christmas Message Not Very Christmasy
Conservative | top
Why in the world would you serve up an unforced error to your opponents that causes division in your already not quite coagulating or coalescing party?
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Come Let Us Adore Him!
Faith | top
Let there be a gap between what your soul needed and the world provided. And then, REFUSE to try to fill it with stuff.
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We wish you a Merry Christmas… and a “Mary” New Year!
Faith | top
Given enough time and tinsel, anyone can “make merry.” But if making “Mary” is our goal for the new year, we may have some work to do.
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Gay Porn Filmed at the Capitol, Justifiable Terrorism, and You
Conservative | top
There are so many things that could be said here, though few are appropriate. But I will say this because it matters to all of us...
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Best. Gift. Ever.
Faith | top
You cannot box this up or tie it with ribbons, something so grand requires no trappings or wrappings. Just this...
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CO Supreme Court Finds Democrats Are No Longer Pro-Choice
Conservative | conservative, top
Democrats are robbing voters of their freedom to choose whom to vote for. I didn't have "Conservatives now Pro-Choice and Democrats no longer Pro-Choice" on my 2023 bingo card. Did you?
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My Best Advice for Hard and Hurting Days
Faith | CCM, top
Friend. Mark the occasion even when the occasion is grief, loss, or loneliness. Ask someone to do this...
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You Need to Know This Today
Faith | top
If no one else has told you, allow me—and do receive this as the salty but loving encouragement it is intended to be. You are not enough. Here's why...
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Risen with Healing in His Wings
Faith | top
Surely, we can offer a modicum of grace to our family, friend, co-worker, or a stranger---those who merely inconvenience and irritate---even our enemies. Here's why...
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HSL Better Than Stuff Series: Give the Gift of Sabbath Rest
Faith
Spiritual disciplines aren’t just for grown-ups. You want wise and mature adult Believers? Start training Believers to be wise and mature when they are children.
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Polity and the Pulpit
Conservative
There is a significant voting block that is no longer predictable in its voting or convictions. Christianity is suffering an identity crisis, but it is not because of our Christ. He is unchanging in word, nature, and deed. The groom is steadfast and steeled. It is the bride who has cold feet and finds…
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Star of Wonder
Faith | top
The wise men weren't the only ones to see the star. They were just the ones WILLING TO FOLLOW IT.
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Well, Hello Dolly! Let’s Talk About Halftime.
Conservative | top
Did y'all catch that Dallas Cowboys game? And if you did, did y'all catch that half time performance? Here is why it's important enough to cuss and discuss...
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Let Every Heart Prepare HIM Room
Faith | top
What is the first message of the manger?? HE will occupy as much room as you give Him.
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HSL Better Than Stuff Series: Give the Gift of High Expectations
Faith | top
You can turn this thing around starting today! And you can start with high expectations, lofty goals, and faith that gives a confidence the world can't take away.
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HSL Better Than Stuff Series: Give the Gift of Crazy-Good Skills
Faith | top
Having trouble coming up with gift ideas for your family? Could it be because they don’t truly need anything... or because the stuff they need CAN'T BE BOUGHT?
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Target Ringing in Christmas with PRIDE Propaganda
Conservative | top
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Bankruptcy! Target still hates conservative, Christian, consumers.
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Magnolia Offers New Line of Crickets at Target
Conservative | faith, top
Wanted to be sure and update y'all on Chip and Joanna Gaine's response to Target's recent PRIDE month controversies. Here is their thoughtful response...
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I’m Just Thankful to Be Alive
Faith | top
I am honestly still just so glad my daughter, and son before her, and I are alive. None of those things were guaranteed.
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I’m Just Thankful to Be Alive II
Faith | top
Time was running out and I needed a minute I did not really have, to think.
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I’m Just Thankful to Be Alive III
Faith | top
I shouldn’t be here. My children shouldn’t be here, not healthy and whole anyway. But we are. Because the Lord has allowed it. Best gift ever. Here is why...
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Women’s Soccer Star Proves God Doesn’t Exist
Faith | top
God exists when circumstances are right and fair but not when they are disappointing or painful?? Nope. This isn't how it works. Here's why...
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HSL Better Than Stuff Series: Give the Gift of Encouragement
Faith | top
This is the season of grand loving gestures and unreciprocated generosity!! (Just ask Jesus.)
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Republicans Need to Run on Repentance
Conservative | top
If the GOP ran on repentance they just might win. Here's why...
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HSL Better Than Stuff Series: Give the Gift of Fidelity
Faith | top
What if I told you compromise or a convenient lack of conviction may go further to secure our earthly interests, but the inconsistency it requires damages the Gospel?
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Paper or Plastic? Communism Comes to the Aisles of Chicago
Conservative | top
Chicago Mayor shared that the city will be working to create a municipally-owned grocery stores in their lower income neighborhoods. Tremendous. Here's why that's wicked...
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Take It On the Road
Faith | CCM
Originally published: Nov 2020 I know everyone wants to talk about the gas, politics, etc. But I just don’t. I don’t have the energy for it. There are, however, several conversations I have been wanting to have over the last few days, but they didn’t seem appropriate or I didn’t want them to get lost…
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The Abolition of Absolution
Conservative | top
We are the generation dictators desired, without values enough to resist, without history enough to defend, without truth enough to reason... without conscience.
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The Dangerous Man in Your House
Conservative | top
Danger abounds, goodly citizen! Do you know it when you see it?? Find out how to spot evil in almost every corner here...
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The Myth of the Moderate
Conservative | top
As for the elephants in the room? There is simply no need for moderate Republicans anymore. Here is why...
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Thanksgiving Among the Walking and Living
Faith | top
Let the season of thanks begin! Do you remember where you were found by the Lord? Was it among the blind or lame?
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Yay, Insufficiency!
Faith | top
Welcome, fools and failures! God knows our potential and He called us anyway. We are exactly the wrong kinda stuff He desires. And there's more good news...
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There Was No Speaker in the House…and We Survived
Conservative | top
There was no speaker in the House...and everyone did what was right in their own eyes. And they were wrong. Here's why...
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Hey Salty Halloween! I
Faith | top
What to do with Halloween? Does your house go big or go dark? Total immersion or total avoidance? Why does it have to be one or the other?
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No Fear Here II
Faith | top
Avoiding scary things is not the same as being brave. You understanding fear rightly, means you helping your family understand fear rightly and that changes things, forever. You ready?
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Bullies, Battles, Bumps in the Night, and Other Things to Fear Not III
Faith | top
Courage will not be found in an official scroll from the Great Oz. Nor will it be found rightly in your own strength, ability, or understanding. Courage is...
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Culture Warrior of the Year Nominations
Uncategorized
What one person has done more to affect the culture in a positive direction, made more contributions to a positive discussion of the future of the country, and has had to suffer the slings and arrows of public discontent as a result of those positive contributions?
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The Talking Heads, Taking Votes and Burning Down the House
Conservative | top
If you're gonna burn it down over electing Jim Jordan as speaker, burn it all the way down. Here's why...
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Israeli War Reveals Shortages in America
Faith | top
America's lack of moral clarity and willingness to purposefully overlook truth or walk in blatant inconsistency or hypocrisy has been on full display this last week.
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Will We See Damascus Disappear?
Faith | top
Here are two thoughts I keep having—1. We are seeing not just history, but perhaps Biblical prophecy unfold before our very eyes. 2. Will it matter much?
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Democrats Support Terrorists…and Other Fun Facts
Conservative | top
If this is untrue, an unfair association, then purge them from your party. Denounce, diminish, and dismiss them. If this is not you, give back DSA money and reject their support. Here's why...
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Israel at War: Observations of an Amateur
Conservative | top
I'm no expert. I'm not a distinguished anything. But frankly---I don't know that experts can really be trusted or have much to boast about of late.
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“Peace, Peace.” When There is No Peace
Faith | top
"They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all." In Israel or anywhere else.
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One More Time for the People in Back…and Atlanta
Faith | top
Last week, Andy Stanley and North Point hosted a conference for the parents of LGBTQ children, Unconditional Conference. It was the subject of much speculation and curiosity. Here is why...
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL! What Fire Alarms and Fetterman Say About the State of Government
Conservative | top
I apologize again for the tone of this article. It's blistering. I'm aware. Blistering and entirely appropriate.
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I Hear Wedding Bells! How Kamala is the Wedded Winner for the GOP
Conservative | top
Put the bling bling on the ring fing...Kamala is the bride we want. The wine will flow like the river of lies and well...wine already flowing out of the DNC. Find out how to get your invite here...
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On Pronoun Hospitality and Thee/Thou/Thy Will
Faith | top
Pronouns ALWAYS MATTERED. This was never a small issue. Here is why...
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GOP Debate Recap: Cringe, Curtains, and Quacks
Conservative | top
Ultimately, as in all the other debates...no one wins and the people lose. Here is why...
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President Puddin’ Pops is Getting the Kids Concert Tickets!
Conservative | top
Just when you thought the government couldn't be more useless and feckless... Surprise! They can! Sec. 2 Row E Seat 7
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The Abolition of Absolution
Faith | top
We are the generation dictators desired, without values enough to resist, without history enough to defend, without truth enough to reason... without conscience.
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Go Ahead and Cry, Baby
Faith | top
The Man of Sorrows knew we would have sorrow and so He sent the Comforter. For those who mourn. Not the concealers, never-feelers, and nerves of steelers.
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Climatology, Theology, and Idiology
Faith | top
We can no longer define or distinguish what theology is enough to adequately defend, honor, or allow it... much less appoint high priests.
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Artificial Intelligence Comes to Church… As Does AI
Faith | faith, top
A local church in Austin, Texas was led by AI this week. Seriously. What could go wrong? Glad you asked...
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Hard Things at Homecoming
Faith | faith, top
It's homecoming in Texas! And for you coastals, yankees, and otherwise normal humans...it's a thing. And I'm not saying it's a good thing. I'm just saying, it's a thing. Sometimes it is even a God-thing. Here's how...
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We Have Forgotten 9/11 Entirely
Faith | faith
Never forget? With all due respect, we have forgotten everything--except to post the obligatory patriotic pic on the anniversary.
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We Have Forgotten 9/11 Entirely
Conservative | conservative, top
Never forget? With all due respect, we have forgotten everything--except the obligatory patriotic pic.
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Hurricane Idalia
Faith | faith, top
Encouragement for my Salty Friends on the coast. Praying His mercies over you.
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Christianity Today Triggered Over Oliver Anthony Song
Conservative
CT's post is to truth and expression what the Barbie movie is to men and patriarchy...a hissy fit of self-made martyrs and saviors that no one needed. Here's why...
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Christianity Today Triggered Over Oliver Anthony Song
Faith | faith, top
Everybody loves an underdog story! Except Christianity Today. Here's how they missed the mark...
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900 yr-old Cathedral Installs Carnival Ride in Place of Lecturn
Faith | faith
God help us. We elevated entertainment over worship. We thought Jesus needed a 55-foot slide to help His image. What will we think of next?
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Update on Target: Hearth & Hand, and Hell in a Handbasket on Aisle 9
Conservative | conservative
**Update: August 17, 2023. As it turns out people did care about Target's merchandise and Pride month partnerships. Here's the latest...
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Update on Target: Hearth & Hand, and Hell in a Handbasket on Aisle 9
Faith | CCM, conservative, faith
**Update: August 17, 2023. As it turns out people did care about Target's merchandise and Pride month partnerships. Here's the latest...
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School’s Back in Session
Faith | faith, top
And with fresh shoes, near flawless faces (in my eyes anyway), and an awkward wave from the car--summer has ended.
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To School or Not To School…That’s Not Really the Question.
Faith | faith
Home school? Private school? Public school? I've seen what I've seen, and I can't unsee it. How do you decide what is best for your student?
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“Christianity is in Crisis.” Or is it?
Faith | faith, top
Former top church official warns Christianity is in 'crisis' if people think quotes from Jesus are 'liberal talking points'
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Red Flags, Rites of Passage, and Words that Might Get You Killed
Faith | faith, top
Did you know that saying this word incorrectly could get you killed?
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7 Things the Bible Does
Faith | faith
God has never had to change a definition or regretted a word choice. He has never had to walk back one...
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The Greatest Danger to Children Is…
Faith | faith
This one thing is more dangerous than cars, drugs, or guns combined. It is...
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For The Mamas and the Papas
Faith | faith
Monday mornin', Monday mornin' it was all I hoped it would be. But Monday mornin', Monday mornin' couldn't guarantee...
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The Pump of Death
Faith | faith
It wasn't always the Pump of Death. It actually had quite a glorious beginning going all the way back to the...
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Life in the Dreamhouse…
Faith | faith
You can get the play-by-play somewhere else, but here's my bottom line on Barbie...
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Speaking of Houses…
Faith | faith
This is not a partisan post. It is factual. It is neutral. It is teachable. And we should never forsake an opportunity for teachable moments.
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Turn It Off
Faith | faith
Tomorrow will require a boldness, clarity, and faith that won't be in any scrum or screen. In fact, it won't be found at all apart from sacrificial truth speaking, Christ following, and spirit-led-living.
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The Guide, The Blind, and You.
Faith | faith
Sweet, sweet Jesus— give me the courage and humility to be led well by others. Make me brave enough and strong enough to run hard in the dark.
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Not As Righteous As You Think
Faith | church, conservative, either/or, politics
We have bought the worlds version of Love Your Neighbor, which is See No Sin.
And, when there is no sin, there is no need for a Savior.
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Win Tickets to Sound of Freedom!
Uncategorized
Win Movie Tickets to Sound of Freedom
For Yourself or to Pay It Forward!
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Let Freedom Ring!
Faith | faith
Satan is winning. As long as we are whining and worrying, he wins.
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Thank You for the Crutches, Father
Faith | faith
If you honestly can see no value in being American, you have not traveled or read enough. You have not dined with missionaries, wartime military, or martyrs near enough.
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Independance Day
Faith | faith
We think our future is hung upon won wars, election cycles, and votes but we have far more than a victory or vote at our disposal.
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The Ringer
Faith | faith
I am writing to you from vacation. The first in many, many years. The first with two teenagers. The first with extended family in tow. And I could not be more delighted about all of it.
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Intolerant is Thy Name
Faith | faith
Friends, if taking a stand for Christ hasn't cost you anything yet. You might be doing it wrong.
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On Preferred Names…
Faith | faith
God knows feelings are fleeting, circumstances change, and bitter seasons end.
God also has ultimate sovereignty and authority over our identity and purpose.
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On Gender Pronouns…
Faith | faith
It is easy to have strong positions on issues until people you love are the ones with the issue.
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Pronoun Hospitality and Thee/Thou/Thy Will
Faith | faith, top
Our insecurity has bred us to be people pleasers instead of Lord fearers and delighters. And pastors in pulpits led the charge.
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Homophones and Homophobes
Faith | faith
I received a very frank message from one reader who had some thoughts about a few Hey Salty Pride Month posts. The message contained a most interesting closing...
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The Mamas and the Papas
Faith | faith
Celebrating dangerous, destructive, behaviors or unholy habits is not loving thy neighbor. Or child.
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All Things Being Equal
Faith | faith
Here’s another Pride Month PSA from your friendly neighborhood extremist...
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Happy “Full-On Rebellion and Boast in Identity Apart From Christ” Month!
Faith | faith
Happy “Full-On Rebellion and Boast in Identity, Right, and Privilege Apart from Christ” Month!! I'm sure the God who is righteously jealous of worship and lovingly generous with His Name and inheritance just loves it.
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Hearth & Hand, and Hell in a Handbasket on Aisle 9: A Christian’s Brand in a Corrupted Culture
Faith | faith
Wouldn't it send a strong message if Target had to face the consequences of its duplicity with their brand partners?
If only there was an established, Bible-believing, God-honoring, Target brand who could object to this trash... oh wait, there is...
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Martha Stewart’s Very Revealing Swimsuit
Faith | CCM
I did not have "Address 81 year-old on Sports Illustrated Cover," on my Biblical Worldview Bingo card for 2023. But here we are.
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Strike Three! LA’s Baseball Team Dodges Wisdom
Faith
Everybody ready for June and what I'm sure will be a delightful Pride Month? Everybody have their Berean helmet handy to test everything against His Word? Fantastic.
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Drugs are Still Bad. Who Knew?
Faith | CCM
Apparently, the healthy and harmonious utopia promised by unrestricted, unprohibited, and encouraged drug use never materialized.
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Judas Priest… and the Other Killers of Jesus
Faith | CCM
There, there. Settle. This works, trust me. Let me explain...
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Judas Priest… and other Killers of Jesus Pt. 2
Faith | CCM
Remember, Judas was there for every miracle, every sermon and every prayer. How could he have seen what he saw, and not fully believed?
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Judas Priest… And the Other Killers of Jesus Pt. 3
Faith | CCM
Ever been in a situation where doing what seemed like the "right" thing was directly disobedient to what God had called you to do?
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A Mother’s Day Mulligan and HELLP from the Lord Pt. 1/2
Faith | CCM
What do you do when your special moments are seemingly robbed of their brilliance? Let me tell you about my first Mother's Day.
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A Mother’s Day Mulligan and HELLP from the Lord Pt. 2/2
Faith | CCM
What a refining and sanctifying tool He has given us through living, longing, and loss. It's not too late for a mulligan on mothering.
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Happy Mother’s and Other’s Day!
Faith | CCM
You may want to scroll right over this post. First, Happy Mother's Day!
Second, I think the Holy Spirit grieves today because...
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He Who Is More Than Able, Does Not Enable
Faith | CCM
You can call it whatever you want--tolerance, affirmation, acceptance. In fact, make up fancy, new words and wear them out. But I will not...
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Faith That Breaks a Sweat
Faith | CCM
Faith that withstands a hostile culture does not happen by accident.
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Triggered: How Satan Silences the Sheep
Faith | CCM, top
Why is it so important for the Enemy to convince us that we cannot dialogue on the difficult, cope with the uncomfortable, or survive any offense?
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Tools: Simple Answers for Big Questions
Faith | CCM
What is the Bible? Not a rhetorical question. I’ve been in ministry twenty-plus years, you’d be surprised how Christians answer that question.
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Faith
What is the Bible? Not a rhetorical question. I’ve been in ministry twenty-plus years, you’d be surprised how Christians answer that question. You’d be more surprised how many don’t answer that question and just shrug. Is it an instruction manual, a book, daily bread, oil for a lamp, weird stories with wise sayings? It’s…
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The Early Deconstruction Era
Faith | CCM
To the deconstructor who simply found life more alluring, sin more savory, or faithfulness a source of fatigue and frustration and thus denounced Christ in authenticity or authority, REPENT. To everyone else...
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Biblical Parenting 101: You First.
Faith | CCM
Wanna know how to raise your children according to God's will? You are either gonna hate or love this, Papa and Mamacita.
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I Beg Your Pardon
CCM | CCM
This is not an indictment. This is a statement of conviction that I found myself heavy under this morning and had to repent to free myself of its weight. What are we doing, Church?
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The Day After Easter
CCM | CCM
What will you do with this Risen Lord? When the songs have been sung, the dress has been worn, and nothing is left of Easter but wilting lilies and foil wrappers... what comes next?
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Come Down From That Cross
CCM | CCM
Tell me you don't understand Christology or soteriology without telling me... never mind. You don't understand Jesus or salvation if you think social justice equates to Christ on the cross.
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The Beautiful Gait
CCM | CCM
The Name of Christ changed my life,
from heel to heart, to habits.
Nothing will ever be the same,
I carry the testimony of the lame—
who’s now able to walk in HIS victory.
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The Good Grace of Good Friday
CCM | CCM
Little did I know today,
As I walked this long and dusty road;
That as I hung upon a dreadful cross,
I'd play a most important role...
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Obedience. Aint’t it Grand?
CCM | CCM
Now, I know my stands of flowers aren't exactly Isaac on the altar and we shouldn't pretend they are. The purpose of this post is not piety or admiration, it's illustration and education.
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Bullets, The Bride, and The Covenant Lost
CCM | CCM
Grieve deeply. Mourn brokenness. Speak slowly. Listen carefully. Pray fervently. Weep for the lives stolen today. AND THEN, BY GOD, WAKE UP. SPEAK UP.
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Granite, Graves, and the Grace Required to Grow 3/3
CCM | CCM
The only thing that separates any of us from being the walking wounded turned walking wounders? Grace. Grace alone.
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Granite, Graves, and the Grace Required to Grieve 2/3
CCM | CCM
It wasn't until high school or college that I became aware of some of the complex layers and dynamics. I much preferred the obliviousness of childhood.
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Granite, Graves, and the Grace Required to Grieve I/3
CCM | CCM
What do you say when the only true things are hard things and the things that would best be said, are not true?
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Last Place Winners
CCM | CCM
Do you know why the Bible says, "My flesh and heart may fail... BUT God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever?"
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The Ancient God of Current Events
CCM | CCM
Did you wonder if the God of the Bible could still captivate, activate and change the whole world at once?
You should not be wondering now.
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A Holy Hard Pass
Faith | CCM
Why do we allow ourselves to assume the postures and positions of the guilty or condemned when such a precious price has been paid to make us free? Be done. Gonna be a hard pass here.
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Foolish Objections, Charlie’s Chocolate Confections, and the Idiocy of Immorality
Faith | CCM
This week saw the saintly and censoring eyes of the mob turn to Roald Dahl's smutty books--like Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and BFG... obviously, very dangerous books.
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Fear Not… For Real.
Faith | CCM
Believer. You are a child of the Most-High God. Pride in being so greatly affected, by so very little... has no place in your heart, mind, mouth, or habits. Build a bridge. Get thee over it.
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Billy, Lottie, and the Burden of the Body
Faith | CCM
How many teenagers are we expecting, encouraging, or equipping as though they will change the entire world?
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“Judge Not” Does Not Mean “Have No Discernment.”
Faith | CCM
It's a thing. You can make observations, valuations... wait for it... differentiations (isn't vocabulary fun?!) WITHOUT BEING GUILTY OF CONDEMNATION.
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Cloudy with a Chance of… Coughing, Cancer, and Birth Defects?
Faith | CCM
The sky turned black in the day, fish floated in streams, animals died in their pins, crops... food... skin... tumors... Plagues in East Palestine?
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DANGER! NUCLEAR FAMILY AHEAD!
Faith | CCM
Take cover! There is a functional, nuclear family ahead... complete with loving marriage between man and wife... the horror!!
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Halftime’s Rihanna, Asbury’s Revival, and Our Need to Worship
Faith | CCM
The young people that we think require the lights, the look, and the loud... to encounter the LORD? Don't.
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This Is Worship. Part I
Faith | CCM
This is the first of two posts on worship, multiple perspectives on one moment. HOW we worship matters to WHO we worship. Here's why...
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This is Worship Leading. Part II
Faith | CCM
This is the second of two posts on worship, multiple perspectives on one moment. HOW we worship matters to WHO we worship. Here's why...
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Singing, Satan, Statues Oh My!
Faith | CCM
With every song, show, and celebration the world broadcasts its depravity loud and clear. Roll out the red carpet, shine the trophies while you can. Rest assured this party ends on earth.
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Spy Balloons, Bus Beatings, and Yes… the Body of Christ
Faith | CCM
You've seen this, right? What do these two things have in common and what does it mean for The Body of Christ? Everything. And everything. Here, watch this...
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If Paul Saw the Church in America… We’d Get a Letter
Uncategorized | CCM
Saw this float around a while back. Let’s clarify a point. This is true indeed. However...
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Kingdom Breadlines and the Panhandling Poor
Faith | CCM
Simmer, simmer... this is not about poverty or the hungry. This is about Jehovah Jireh and His children... who sometimes live like orphans.
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Be a Better Disciple Maker with These Three Words
Faith | CCM
Want a fast, easy way to be a better apologist and disciple maker? These three words make all the difference..
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The Healthy You, Healthy Family Sweepstakes!
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It's a new year and a new opportunity to become more healthy. This year, we've decided to help by giving away a healthy Grand Prize valued at $5,000! Enter to win here...
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Alabaster Box… of Chicken Sandwiches
Faith | CCM
We tend to think the stories of the Bible are A) just stories... and B) stories that happened once a long time ago, but never again. Nay, nay weary traveler. Here's a story for you...
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Faith, Fire… and Football?
CCM | CCM
Damar Hamlin, stopped and starting hearts... miracles on football fields should look like harvests in spiritual fields. What will we do with this miracle?
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What Good Ideas We Are Having!
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Grieve and repent. There’s not a way to reframe this narrative to make it less foolish or wicked.
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Christmas Mortgage Miracle Sweepstakes!
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Enter to win mortgage payments for all of 2023! You can enter once per day and earn bonus entries!
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Know Your Stuff.
Faith | CCM
***This is a perspective post, not a political post. This is Kayleigh McEnany’s binder for daily briefings. And, really that should be understood to be this is the culled down, portable version that represents countless volumes of information and hours of preparation… for every single day. So… being prepared to give an answer for…
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Why Abortion Isn’t Driving Voters to the Polls… (or Pools)
Conservative | conservative
Grab the vapors and recline if you need to but do let it wash over you, we have actually identified the cause of pregnancy.
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Bless the Patriarchy
CCM | CCM
The idea that patriarchy is inherently bad and must be leveled is a lie from the enemy, intended to destabilize society, deconstruct the family and diminish men.
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Mirror, Mirror On the Wall… Libs of TikTok is Exposing All
Conservative | conservative
No entrapment or coercion, just curating the liberal lunacy of the left. Brilliant. Now it's still basically the same but with security and attorneys.
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The HSL Guide to Halloween II
CCM | CCM
You, Believer, can equip others with hope and courage in the form of answers, truth, and scripts that can encourage today and empower tomorrow, whatever battle tomorrow brings.
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The HSL Guide to Halloween: No Fear Here
CCM | CCM
What to do with Halloween? Does your house go big or go dark? I'm not a fan of Halloween but something scares me even more. Missed opportunities while my kids are still at home.
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True Love Waits… for Socialism and Climate Reform
Uncategorized
Either He controls wind, wave... and market--or He doesn't. Is Almighty God of the Bible, Lessmighty or just Alrighty God of today?
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Crooks, Crowns, and the Libbish Empire
Conservative | conservative
This week was peak royal… self-unaware, self-absorbed, a smidge snobby... and that’s stateside royals, not even the ones with actual crowns across the pond.
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Socialism is Great… on Paper!
Faith | conservative
Socialism would be outstanding in a society free of greed, sloth or sin. In other words, a society of plants. But certainly not sinful man
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Mums the Word on Dignity and Reverance
Conservative | conservative
Say what you want about the Queen--but honor, tradition, dignity, and majesty are good and noble things for society.
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Christ, Cactus, and College Football
CCM | CCM
The rest of the world may be unconcerned but there is a prickly situation in Texas, between TCU and Texas Tech. Christ, Cactus, and College Football. Trust me.
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Your Majesty
CCM | CCM
Respect the reverence, the pomp, and pageantry. Then remember--your King, though once buried, lives again.
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Little Demon. Big Problem.
CCM | CCM
You can read exhaustive thoughts on Disney's show Little Demon, but not here. This will just take a minute anyhow.
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Rise, Shine, and Give God the Glory, Glory!
CCM | CCM
For too long we’ve let a broken world determine what it is to be blessed, the Lord sees it much differently.
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Forgiving a Debt Doesn’t Make You Jesus
Conservative | conservative
If I had fireworks, I’d light em! Two of my favorite things happening right now… when people who reject my God, His Word, His Son, His Spirit and His authority— try to co-opt that which they routinely mock, to give validity and credibility to sophomoric ideas… and in some way pressure Christians, who they routinely…
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The Danger of Social Justice
CCM | CCM
Same dust, same ashes. Same shed blood covers us, same blood spills out of us. And those are the only colors that should concern us. We start in darkness, we have been offered ruby red redemption and we will end, in either eternal darkness or light. We should at least consider how the enemy has…
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That’s Racist: Public Schools to Fire White Teachers First
Conservative | conservative
Seriously. This is actual racism and not the kind that is embedded or systemic, unintentional or unfelt. This is not the kind that you are guilty of by virtue of existence or skin color. This is not even the kind that wasn’t last year but is this year… because triggers or terms are changing daily,…
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There’s a Reason Everyone Loved Top Gun 2
Faith | conservative
There’s a reason everyone loves Top Gun Maverick… aside from the nostalgia for us “seasoned” folks, aside from the G’s, Mach 10, and dogfight (hellooo football) scene… it will make hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars for this reason: It was JUST entertainment. It didn’t make you feel like garbage about your country, your…
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His Character Trumps Your Coping
CCM | CCM
Goood Morrrrrning!!! Serving up consistent theology for breakfast. I know, right?! Delish. It almost takes the sadness of intermittent fasting and having to drink black coffee like a trucker away. Almost. Let’s look at good theology. You’re saved right? You’ve placed your faith in Jesus, turned from sin and are walking in obedience, right? Eternity…
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Ain’t Identity Politics Grand?
Conservative | conservative
My favorite thing is when we assign good intentions, moral authority, and integrity based on gender… alone. Especially, when we’ve been told gender is just an imagined, social construct anyway. We live in a time of actual misandry, contempt and prejudice against men, though you wouldn’t know it with everyone screaming “Misogynist!” at every “peeing…
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I’m a trained Marxist. -BLM
Conservative | conservative
When someone says “We are trained Marxists.” You need to sit up and take notice. Do you know what that means?? Pointing out self-avowed Marxism isn’t to detract from the reality of racism. It’s not a distraction. It’s not a strategy to blame shift or avoid justice. It IS to sound the alarm, that…
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7 Habits of Highly Humble People
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What if the habits you are trying to maintain are the exact ones He intends to change? If the Lord intended us to go on as we were… He would allow us to go on as we were. But, oh no sir! He obviously intends we be thoroughly changed. Zero areas have been left in…
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The Letting Go
CCM | CCM
If the Lord wills…. These words said by some of the bravest, closest followers of Christ. Paul and James…men so confident in what they saw and KNEW, that they would leave lives they knew for deaths they didn’t. Men of conviction and clarity. These are the men who ultimately and humbly acknowledged… only the Lord…
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The Finisher
CCM | CCM
This is my girl, Much Afraid. You can see it on her precious face. Scared to the point of tears. That instant where your flesh begs to be bowed to, in relief or rescue. This is that. As, her Mama… I could tell she wanted to bolt and not in the same direction as the…
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The God of the Bible
CCM | CCM
Did you wonder if the God of the Bible could still captivate, activate and change the whole world at once? You should not be wondering now. Do you think COVID was outside of His will or awareness? Ask Pharaoh. Ask kings and presidents how in charge they felt when The Ruler chose to reign…
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Don’t Say Nothing About Nothing
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You can’t say anything… you’re not from here. You can’t say anything… you’re a man. You can’t say anything… you’re a woman. You can’t say anything… you’re the wrong color. You can’t say anything… you’re no one. You can’t say anything… you’re someone. You can’t say anything… you are privileged. You can’t say anything… you’re…
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