John “TIG” Tiegen
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🇺🇸 Marine, Benghazi Warrior. Patriot, Author, Song Writer, Truth Teller, No Filter. #TIG #WarriorSpirit #NeverForget #alwaysmoveforward
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She is 68 years old! A fully disabled U.S. Army veteran with advanced Parkinson’s disease was arrested and jailed twice for calling 911 when she could not get out of bed, reach her medication, or get water. Her name is Diane Gerrish. She is 68 years old and lives alone in Midway, Georgia. Between June 2025 and March 2026 she called 911 approximately 140 times for basic needs she could no longer manage because of her disease. The Liberty County Sheriff’s Office contacted Adult Protective Services multiple times. APS visited once. On that single visit she declined help while she was mobile. After that, the system’s solution was to arrest her for misuse of 911. She was taken from her bed, placed in a wheelchair, and hauled to jail. When she missed court, they jailed her again. She pleaded guilty and was put on probation with a ban on non-emergency 911 calls. This is not accountability or leadership. This is the complete opposite. A fully disabled veteran who clearly could not care for herself ended up in handcuffs instead of receiving the in-home care or nursing placement she qualified for. Common sense never kicked in. The people standing in her house defaulted to the criminal process instead of forcing the care system to do its job. The VA had a clinic minutes away and a full medical center a short drive from her. The Sheriff’s Office says they reached out. The VA has given no public explanation. Imagine that! This is the same pattern we keep seeing: veterans who need long-term care the most are failed by the very systems that exist to protect them. Veterans FIRST. Always Move Forward. Semper Fi. Here we go again! VA Secretary Doug Collins Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System Veterans Affairs Georgia House Democrats Rep. Mike Bost #VeteransFirst #ProtectOurVeterans #VAaccountability #DemandJustice #WeThePeople
John “TIG” Tiegen192,571 просмотров • 29 дней назад
12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI: DAY 12 PART 2 finale one WHY I KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT For the last 12 days, I have not been trying to retell 13 Hours. If you want the battle, read the book or watch the movie. I wanted people to understand what happened BEFORE the attack and what happened AFTER it. The warnings were there. The attacks had already started. Security requests had already been made. People on the ground were asking for help. The morning of September 11, we personally carried another threat warning directly to Ambassador Stevens. Then the attack happened. Four Americans died. Chris Stevens. Sean Smith. Tyrone “Rone” Woods. Glen “Bub” Doherty. And in the years since, I have learned things I did not know that night. Cable traffic. Timelines. Intelligence. What was happening in Washington. What military assets were available. What people were being told. What Sarah Adams, Boon, and others have uncovered. That is why I still talk about Benghazi. Not because I am stuck in 2012. Not because I need attention. And not because I want to spend the rest of my life arguing with government reports. I talk about it because if we do not tell the truth about why something failed, we cannot fix it. The government can write reports. Agencies can protect themselves. Politicians can blame each other. People can argue over terminology until the end of time. But none of that changes what happened. Four Americans are dead. Families lost sons, husbands, fathers and brothers. And those of us who were there will carry that night for the rest of our lives. I will keep telling what I saw. I will keep telling what I heard. I will keep asking the questions people in power would rather stop answering. And I will keep saying their names. Chris. Sean. Rone. Bub. Because Benghazi should never become just another political argument people remember every four years. It happened. There were failures. There were warnings. There were opportunities to do better. And Americans paid the price. NEVER FORGET BENGHAZI. #12DaysOfBenghazi #Benghazi #13Hours #NeverForget #HonorTheFallen
John “TIG” Tiegen20,444 просмотров • 3 дней назад
12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI: DAY 9 - 1 of 4 TYRONE “RONE” WOODS I had never worked with Rone before this rotation. He was our Assistant Team Leader at the Annex and our medic. Before GRS, he had spent 20 years as a Navy SEAL, retired as a Senior Chief, served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, was also a registered nurse and paramedic. He was the kind of guy who had both the tactical experience and the medical experience you wanted around when things went bad. What I remember most about him was how laid-back and motivated he was. Easy to work with. No drama. Just did his job. He had extended his rotation and only had about a week or so left. He should have already been home under his original schedule. At the time, I had Scottish Highlands (cattle or cows for you city dwellers) back home, and Rone was planning to buy a whole cow’s from me once I got home and had it butchered. That is the kind of thing I remember. Not some big heroic speech. Not some dramatic conversation. Just two guys talking about normal life back home. Rone had three sons, including an infant son at the time. He had a family waiting for him, and he was almost done with that extended rotation. A week or so. That was about all he had left. And then September 11 happened. When people talk about Benghazi, they usually talk about the attack, the politics, the investigations and the arguments. I remember the guys. Rone was one of them, Laid-back, Motivated, Experienced, leader, medic, A father, A brother, A Son and A Warrior. And a guy who was supposed to be home already. #12DaysOfBenghazi #Benghazi #13Hours #TyroneWoods #NeverForget #HonorTheFallen
John “TIG” Tiegen26,097 просмотров • 6 дней назад
12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI: DAY 11 PART 2 THE STAND-DOWN When the U.S. consulate came under attack, we were at the CIA Annex about a mile away. We were geared up, ready to go, and prepared to move. Then Bob looked directly at me and said “stand down you need to wait” Let me make something crystal clear: that stand-down did not come from Washington, the Pentagon, or somebody else talking in his ear. It came from Bob. Weeks before September 11, the commander of the 17 Feb had already told Bob that if anything happened, they were not going to help us. Then, on the night of the attack, while we were getting ready to go, Bob got that same commander on the phone. And again, the answer was the same: they were not going to help. But understand this part too: WE DID NOT KNOW THAT. We had no idea what 17 Feb was telling Bob that night or what they had told him weeks earlier. If we had known they had already told him they were not coming, we would have punched out immediately. We were standing there ready to move, believing Bob was still trying to coordinate some kind of local response and a joint link-up. Meanwhile, he already knew 17 Feb was not coming. And he was still telling us to stand down. I was standing there. Bob looked directly at me and said it. Americans were under attack. We were about a mile away. We were ready to move, and Bob was telling us not to leave. We did not wait for him to change his mind. The final straw was Alec Henderson, the senior Diplomatic Security agent at the compound, coming over the radio: “If you guys don’t get here now, we’re all gonna fucking die.” That was it. Americans were calling for help. Hell, we started leaving before our team leader was even with us. We left without Bob’s permission. That is the stand-down I have been talking about all these years. And that stand-down order is the reason Ambassador Stevens and Sean Smith are not with us today. If we had left when we were ready, the attackers wouldn’t have had free rein to set the buildings on fire. That is a fact! Bob gave the order. Bob knew 17 Feb was not coming. We did not know. And we went anyway. We were the only hope they had of getting out alive. #12DaysOfBenghazi #Benghazi #13Hours #NeverForget #HonorTheFallen
John “TIG” Tiegen14,928 просмотров • 4 дней назад
U want 2 see what bravery 👀 like The VA isn’t 4 continuity between Vet & Doc, it’s barely even there 2 make U better. The VA system only wants 2 drug u push u out door. only cares about 💰Warriors reach out 2 nonprofits @AMFGY6 @thejourneyhomeproject @warrior_shield_foundation
John “TIG” Tiegen1,743,715 просмотров • 3 лет назад
12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI: DAY 9 - 2 of 4 GLEN “BUB” DOHERTY Bub was a 9-year Navy SEAL, combat veteran, medic and sniper. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan, responded to the aftermath of the USS Cole bombing, and later worked in some of the same kinds of dangerous places many of us ended up in after the military. He began protective work for the CIA in 2005 and deployed 14 times with the Agency before Benghazi. But Bub was a lot more than a résumé. He was a pilot, skier, surfer, mountain biker and triathlete. His family describes him as the kind of guy who collected friends everywhere he went and made people feel like they mattered. He was also the kind of guy who would help somebody through a divorce, watch their house while they were deployed, or just show up when a friend needed him. He even co-wrote 21st Century Sniper with Brandon Webb. On September 11, Bub was not originally sitting at the Benghazi Annex with us. He came in with the team from Tripoli after the attack had already started. When they reached the Annex and things were going bad, Bub went up to help Rone on the roof. That was who he was. He ran toward the problem. Bub and Rone were killed together when the mortars hit the Annex early on September 12. After Bub died, his family and friends built the Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation in his name. Today it helps members of the Special Operations community transition into civilian life through education and vocational scholarships. The foundation says it has now awarded more than $1 million to 135 scholarship recipients. That is worth remembering too. A man can die, but what he stood for doesn’t have to. Bub was a SEAL, medic, sniper, GRS, adventurer and one hell of a friend to a lot of people. And two days before September 11, none of us knew how little time was left. #12DaysOfBenghazi #Benghazi #13Hours #GlenDoherty #NeverForget #HonorTheFallen
John “TIG” Tiegen13,390 просмотров • 6 дней назад
Not sure why I kept them, but these are the blood stained boots I wore in Benghazi on 9/11/2012. No matter how hard you try, you can never walk the exact path someone else’s boots already have. Even though we all fought the same fight, some shoulder to shoulder, each of our boots took a different path that night. What hell have your boots carried you through? What path did they take? New songs coming! #Theseoldwornboots #13hours #tig
John “TIG” Tiegen154,746 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад
12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI: DAY 9 - 4 of 4 AMBASSADOR CHRIS STEVENS Chris Stevens knew Benghazi long before September 11, 2012. He wasn’t some ambassador who showed up with no understanding of Libya or the risks. Chris had spent more than two decades in the Foreign Service, much of it in the Middle East and North Africa. Before that, he had served in the Peace Corps in Morocco. He spoke Arabic and French and had served in places including Jerusalem, Damascus, Cairo, Riyadh and Tunis. When Libya’s revolution began in 2011, Chris was sent to Benghazi as the U.S. Special Envoy to the Libyan opposition. He arrived by boat in April while Qaddafi was still in power and the war was still going on. At that point, the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli had already suspended operations. His team initially operated out of the Tibesti Hotel. Then, on June 1, 2011, a car bomb exploded outside the hotel. Shortly afterward, another credible threat against the Special Envoy mission helped force the team to move. On June 21, Chris and his security detail relocated to what would later become the U.S. Special Mission compound in Benghazi. Think about that. More than a year before the September 11 attack, Chris Stevens had already been in Benghazi when a bomb exploded outside the place his American mission was operating from. He knew Benghazi could be dangerous. And he kept coming back. In 2012, Chris became the United States Ambassador to Libya, formally presenting his credentials on June 7. From everything written about him, Chris genuinely believed in what he was doing there. He believed in meeting Libyans, building relationships and helping Libya move forward after Qaddafi. That is important to remember. Because Benghazi has become so political that sometimes the actual people disappear from the story. Chris Stevens was more than “the Ambassador killed in Benghazi.” He was a Peace Corps volunteer. A career diplomat. A man who knew the region, spoke the language and had already put himself in harm’s way in Libya before he ever became Ambassador. And on September 9, 2012, he still had two days left. J. Christopher Stevens. United States Ambassador to Libya. Diplomat. Public servant. Son, Brother, Friend One of four Americans we lost in Benghazi. And a man who deserves to be remembered for more than the place where he died. #12DaysOfBenghazi #Benghazi #13Hours #ChrisStevens #NeverForget #HonorTheFallen
John “TIG” Tiegen11,623 просмотров • 6 дней назад
12 DAYS OF BENGHAZI: DAY 9 - 3 of 4 SEAN SMITH Sean Smith is probably the man from Benghazi most people know the least about. That needs to change. Sean joined the U.S. Air Force at 17 years old. He served six years as a ground radio maintenance specialist, deployed to Oman, earned the Air Force Commendation Medal, and left the service as a Staff Sergeant. Then he kept serving. In 2002, Sean joined the State Department as an Information Management Officer. Over the next 10 years, his work took him to places including Baghdad, Pretoria, Montreal and The Hague. In September 2012, he was in Benghazi on a temporary assignment helping support the mission’s communications and information systems. But that was only one side of Sean. He was a husband to Heather and a father to Samantha and Nathan. He was taking college courses and still planning what came next. And if you knew him online, you probably didn’t know him as Sean Smith at all. You knew him as Vile Rat! Sean was deeply involved in EVE Online, where he became one of the best-known members of that gaming community. He built relationships, negotiated, solved problems and earned the respect of people all over the world. Then on the night of September 11, that online world collided with the real one. Sean was gaming and communicating with friends when the attack began. When his His messages suddenly changed. “FUCK” “gunfire” And then he went offline. For the people on the other side of that computer, Benghazi wasn’t a headline yet. Their friend was there. A 34-year-old husband and father who had spent virtually his entire adult life serving this country first in uniform and then with the State Department. Sean wasn’t “the other American” who died with Ambassador Stevens. He had his own story. Staff Sergeant Sean Smith Air Force veteran Foreign Service officer Husband Father Son Vile Rat And one of the four Americans we lost in Benghazi. He deserves to be remembered by name. #12DaysOfBenghazi #Benghazi #13Hours #SeanSmith #VileRat #NeverForget #HonorTheFallen
John “TIG” Tiegen11,000 просмотров • 6 дней назад
You’re doing it again! You just spent an entire post warning about “manipulated intelligence” and the Iraq trap, (I agree we got FK into that one) then soft-pedaled the fact that Iran and its proxies, Attacked American troops and diplomats roughly 350 times in the 30 months before we finally hit back. That’s an attack every 3rd day. That wasn’t a manufactured crisis! That was a shooting war we were already in, and we were just refusing to call it one for 47 years! Nobody wants a forever war. But forever wars happen when leaders refuse to win them! We didn’t lose in Iraq because we were too aggressive or weak. We lost the will to finish the job and instead spent years trying to rebuild someone else’s country while the enemy kept killing our guys. Same story in Afghanistan. We toppled the Taliban in weeks, then spent twenty years trying to rebuild their country instead of finishing the enemy. Same rules of engagement that protected the bad guys more than our own. Same political class that treated decisive victory like the real threat. Then we left in chaos, 13 Warriors died, over 40 wounded because of corruption and cowardice leadership and handed it back to the people who started it. Again, We didn’t lose because America was too aggressive or weak. We lost because too many people in charge never wanted to win in the first place they wanted to manage, rebuild, and posture. America doesn’t lose when it decides to win. It loses when former officials start treating force as the danger and “walking away” as strategy!
John “TIG” Tiegen41,200 просмотров • 1 месяц назад
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Watching Karachi, Pakistan today is a gut punch. On March 1, 2026, protesters tried to storm the U.S. Consulate General in Karachi. They clashed with Pakistani security forces. The reporting says windows were smashed and a nearby police post was set on fire and at least 22 people died in the clashes around the consulate. Now let me tell you why this is personal for me. I was in Karachi in 2011 when the consulate had just moved into the newly built complex. That move was reported January 18, 2011. The Consul General at the time was William Martin. The place was new. Clean. Modern. Supposed to be secure. And I remember being there while leadership was more worried about not looking too military than they were about actually hardening the target. We did not even have concertina wire where it should have been because somebody thought it looked too aggressive. That Same leadership said we would surrender if people got inside. The Marines at the time only had shotguns, no fighting positions. 😳 YEAH THATS A BIG FU! Some of us knew what surrender would mean in that environment. If you need a reminder, likely you would lose your head! So we made sure a few Marine Security Guards understood one thing. We were not surrendering. There were a lot more issues with that consulate too, including the underground tunnels, but that is a whole other story. Guess who was running the state department and the security at the time? And watching this today flashes me back to September 11, 2012 in Benghazi. That same ideology of not wanting to look too threatening. Not wanting to add security. Not wanting stronger defensive posture. Two Americans paid the ultimate price for that at the compound. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and Sean Smith. Watching 22 people die and 120 more get injured outside that same consulate today drives something home: Reality doesn’t care about optics or your feelings. You either prepare for violence or you pretend it will not come. Good to see tactics change since that day! Good job Marines and DS and you know who! STAY SAFE. Semper Fi
John “TIG” Tiegen174,907 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад
Dear leftist, this is a message from your fellow countrymen, ICE agents haven’t missed their marks so far. Indoor range @ 25-yard max, Taking 5-10 seconds between shots? Pathetic flex, buddy. Hitting center mass with what looks like a 1-10x optic cranked to full zoom for a staged social media clip 😂👌🏻That’s not skill that’s amateur hour. Ma’am, this ain’t a flex. It’s basic marksmanship at at best and scripted theater at worst. An average ICE agent, will dump 7-10 rounds into center mass before you even finish your dramatic pause. A seasoned operator? 10-20 rounds with pinpoint accuracy, flawless recoil control, target transitions, and split-second decisions—all while you’re still lining up your next “shot.” Real proficiency isn’t slow-fire cosplay for clicks. It’s life-or-death precision under pressure. But hey, keep LARPing as a “friendly neighborhood leftist.” The FBI’s watching, and prison orange suits everyone. Side note. Let law enforcement do their jobs. Stay home and you do not get hurt. You are not a victim when you insert yourself into an enforcement action. You are choosing the risk. That choice creates the confrontation and the needless injury or death that follows. Compliance ends the problem. Interference creates it. #PartyOfchains
John “TIG” Tiegen189,196 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад
Today we honor Tyrone “Rone” Woods Not just his birthday but the standard he lived by. Rone showed up when it mattered. He stood his post. He did his job without excuses and without asking for credit. He carried weight most people never see and he carried it quietly. That is the kind of man this country was built on. Faith in something bigger than himself. Loyalty to his brothers. Willingness to run toward danger so others could live. If you are breathing today you owe it to men like Rone to live with purpose. To stand when it is hard. To tell the truth when it costs you. To protect what matters even when no one is watching. Happy birthday WARRIOR! You are not forgotten. Your example still leads. You are never gone while your name is still spoken…
John “TIG” Tiegen162,162 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад
As we approach August 26, I want to remember the 13 American Warriors killed at Abbey Gate in Kabul in 2021. 11 Marines. 1 Navy Hospital Corpsman. 1 Army Soldier. They were standing their post during the evacuation of Afghanistan. They were doing what they were trained to do. In the middle of chaos, danger, and uncertainty, they stayed stood the line. That is why I wrote “They Stood the Watch.” This song is about more than how they died. It’s about duty, Brotherhood, Courage, Sacrifice. It is about the men and women who stand where they are told to stand, protect the people in front of them, left, right, behind them and no matter what keep doing the job when everything around them is falling apart. Staff Sgt. Darin T. Hoover Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo Sgt. Nicole L. Gee Cpl. Hunter Lopez Cpl. Daegan W. Page Cpl. Humberto A. Sanchez Lance Cpl. David L. Espinoza Lance Cpl. Jared M. Schmitz Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum Lance Cpl. Dylan R. Merola Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui Navy Hospital Corpsman Maxton W. Soviak Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss John 15:13 “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” When August 26 hits, remember their names. Remember their families. Remember the brothers and sisters who were there and still carry that day with them. They answered the call. They stood the watch. Never let 13 become just a number. #AbbeyGate #TheyStoodTheWatch #13warriors #NeverForget #USMC #USNavy #HospitalCorpsman #USArmy #GoldStarFamilies #John1513
John “TIG” Tiegen21,543 просмотров • 27 дней назад
This isn't about Israel; it's about 47 years of American blood spilled by Iran. From embassy bombings to Khobar Towers and the recent Jordan drone strike, history is written in American casualties, not Israeli. The question isn't if the fight exists, but if we'll end it.
John “TIG” Tiegen76,735 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад
I lost my dad today. We never had the perfect father and son relationship people imagine. It was complicated. A lot was left unsaid. There was distance over the years. But underneath all of it, he was still my dad. The hardest part is knowing I was trying to get there. I was trying to see him one last time. I was trying to say goodbye. Instead, I got a phone call. I’m not looking for sympathy or prayers. Millions of people deal with loss, broken families, distance, regret, and unfinished relationships every day. So tonight I wrote this song. Not polished. Not fake. Just honest. “He Was Still My Dad” Sometimes love is messy. Sometimes family leaves scars. Sometimes people disappoint each other and still matter deeply. Dad, I know I hurt you too.
John “TIG” Tiegen50,135 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад
Iran talks big because that is what weak regimes do when they know they cannot stand toe to toe with American warfighters. To every mouthpiece puffing out its chest from behind a screen, hear this clearly. America does not scare easy. America does not bend to threats. America does not answer propaganda with panic. You brag about proxies. We trust Marines, soldiers, sailors, airmen, and guardians. You hide behind slogans. We stand on discipline, training, grit, and the kind of brotherhood forged under real pressure. Do not confuse noise with strength. Do not confuse terror tactics with honor. Do not confuse propaganda with combat power. The United States military has buried tyrants, shattered armies, crossed deserts, stormed beaches, and answered evil with steel and resolve for generations. American fighting men do not need lessons in ground warfare from a regime that survives by fear, proxies, and lies. You want to talk about masters of war. Read Belleau Wood. Read Iwo Jima. Read Fallujah. Read the history written in blood by men who ran toward the fire when others ran away. The Marine Corps was built for hard ground, hard fights, and hard men. We do not need welcoming. We do not need warning. We do not need permission. We are Americans. We finish what gets put in front of us. If your side wants a test, understand this. Our flag is not a prop. Our dead are not forgotten. And our warriors are not impressed by internet threats from cowards who mistake volume for valor. That is the answer. Not fear. Not hesitation. Just a reminder. The United States has been breaking arrogant enemies since before your regime existed. And if Americans are ever called again, we will do what we have always done. Show up. Close with. Destroy the threat. Come home under our flag.
John “TIG” Tiegen61,408 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад
Update – July 27, 2026 If you can’t protect one Marine in one clinic, how can you provide for all of us? Matthew Cox — the federal VA employee caught on hidden camera beating Gulf War Marine veteran Albert O’Toole at the New York State Veterans Home in Montrose — still has not been confirmed as fully removed from the VA payroll. Removal proceedings were announced by VA Secretary Doug Collins on June 22. It’s been over a month. Still no confirmation. This is not accountability or leadership. This is the complete opposite. This is a lack of accountability, leadership, integrity, ethics, and responsibility for the position you hold. Your department failed basic due diligence. A simple background check at the federal level should have flagged his nearly 30-year history of legal problems including a drug charge, trespassing, and an ASSAULT case. That failure allowed him into a facility tasked with protecting our most vulnerable veterans. Your lack of leadership and accountability is why there continues to be a disconnect between veterans and our government. Lead by example! Something this simple proves exactly why so many of us have zero faith in the system. Federal Level: •VA Secretary Doug Collins → VA Secretary Doug Collins •VA Office of Inspector General Hotline → Call 1-800-488-8244 New York Local / State Level: •State Senator Pete Harckham → (914) 241-4600 •State Senator Shelley Mayer → (914) 934-5250 •U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17) → Contact form at Call. Email. Tag them. Show up at district offices if you can. Flood them with demands that Matthew Cox be removed from the VA payroll immediately. VA Secretary Doug Collins Congressman Mike Lawler Rep. Mike Bost House Committee on Veterans' Affairs U.S. Rep Jerry Moran Mark Takano I will continue posting weekly updates until this is resolved. Veterans FIRST. SGT TIEGEN USMC Always Move Forward. Semper Fi. #VeteransFirst #VAaccountability #ProtectOurVeterans #DemandJustice #WeThePeople #FireHimNow
John “TIG” Tiegen22,094 просмотров • 1 месяц назад
I support better care for veterans living with TBI and for our combat-injured warriors. Those parts of the bill are needed. But you still should not take away from one group of veterans to give to another group of veterans. Take the money from foreign aid and use it to take care of OUR warriors. Our warriors are the men and women you sent overseas to fight for the freedom and liberty of people in countries that often do not respect them, appreciate them, or give a damn about them, while our own government looks for ways to cut the benefits they earned. Get your priorities straight. Before you take one damn thing away from the men and women you sent to fight, cut the billions being handed to the foreign countries you sent them to fight in and start taking care of our own. SGT TIEGEN 0311 USMC Always Move Forward Semper Fi #vet #veterans #tbi #ptsd
John “TIG” Tiegen16,395 просмотров • 1 месяц назад
Really?! this isn’t blasphemy or mocking! Scripture defines blasphemy as speaking contempt or irreverence against God, reviling His name/works, or crediting the Holy Spirit’s power to evil (Leviticus 24:10-16, Exodus 20:7, Matthew 12:31-32, Mark 3:29, John 10:33). It requires words or claims, not a picture. Jesus gave believers His power: “Whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things” (John 14:12). “Lay hands on the sick and they will recover” (Mark 16:18). Faith moves mountains (Matthew 17:20). The disciples healed in His name (Acts 3:6, 5:12-16). James 5:14-15 calls for prayer and anointing for healing. A symbolic image of a person in a healing pose with light effects doesn’t claim divinity or speak against God, it visually echoes what Jesus said we’re empowered to do through faith. Poor taste for some? Sure, debate that. Mocking Jesus or biblical blasphemy? Not even close! It’s symbolic art echoing what JESUS said we can do through faith.
John “TIG” Tiegen36,317 просмотров • 5 месяцев назад