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Matthew E. Cochran Profile picture
Matthew E. Cochran
@matt_e_cochran
Software engineer by trade; lay theologian by nature; Lutheran by grace. The 96th Thesis: https://t.co/aL89ENMDYh
Jun 28 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
"I don't want to marry you b/c of your past" is not equivalent to "I don't forgive you."

This may seem obvious to a Christian, but to a modern antinomian, it's anything but. Here's why: ⤵️ Scripture tells us that all men have sinned and still sin. To this, soft antinomians add the false belief that all sins are equal.

But when everything is sinful, nothing is. That is the false gospel of the soft antinomian--their only source of hope & comfort.⤵️
Apr 1 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Indeed, and rightly so because of how much harm false teachers can do.

So let's take a look at a few of the things for which Jesus condemned the Pharisees. 🧵⤵️ Jesus condemned the Pharisees for relaxing God's Commandments (Matt 5:19-20), just like when our modern teachers relax God's strict commandments against fornication and divorce or dismiss His instructions to be fruitful and multiply.⤵️
Apr 2, 2024 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Given all the slander thrown at Christian Nationalism lately, I think it's well worth a 🧵to clarify the matter (as I see it.)

1) Christian Nationalism is a political ideology informed by the Christian faith, not a religion informed by political ideology. 2) The Church does not need Christian Nationalism for her wellbeing. Nations need Christian Nationalism for their wellbeing.
Apr 20, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Even if you use Aristotelian metaphysics (which isn't necessarily the best tool for this job) this thesis is false.

Ancestry and the related physical characteristics are undeniably essential to my person. 1/6 Flesh is essential, for there is no such thing as a man without flesh. Likewise, my flesh is essential to me. If you strike my face, you are striking *me*, not some flesh I happen to attached to. If you kill my flesh, you kill me. 2/6
Feb 17, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
🧵You know what, I think this deserves clarity in exactly why so many *Christians* deserve so much contempt over this.

The entire idea behind vaccines is that they simulate infection in a benign way in order to provoke a natural immune reaction that provides ongoing protection. In other words, acquired immunity is the gold standard which vaccines attempt (with varying degrees of success) to reach. There was never any reason whatsoever to expect that acquired immunity to Covid worked differently. This was 100% common knowledge from day 1.