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To The Christian Who Is Sick of Politics

Over the past five years, I have ridden a rollercoaster of emotions regarding the somewhat scary state of American politics.

From my conversations with fellow believers, I would wager many of you have been passengers on a similar emotional journey.

Does any of this sound familiar?...

During the last presidential election, I am emboldened, impassioned, ready to speak my opinion. The stakes are high, and I am not going down without a fight.

When the election is over, win or lose, I am ready to breathe a heavy sigh of relief, hoping to return to normalcy and civility, ready to think about anything but what went on in the oval office.  

As time goes on, and it becomes apparent that peace is not in the cards, my passion dims and is replaced by frustration and disgust.

When my phone buzzes about twelve times a day, announcing another knock-down, drag-out, fight between grown men wearing suits and ties, I consider calling my cell phone company. Did they offer an insurance policy for screens that were cracked in fits of anger? Because if I see one more fake news notification I would not be responsible for my actions.

I decide to stop watching the news because it is bad for my blood pressure.

When I open my mouth to speak my opinion, I am shot down before I can finish my sentence, labeled a “bigot” because of something I don’t believe and didn’t do. I make a pact with myself to never speak of anything political in public ever again.

-I watch in helplessness as everything I stood for was mocked and belittled, dipped into deep, agonizing sadness as evil is paraded around as good.

-This time, as I go to open my mouth, I hesitate. I can either keep talking and get hurt, or I can go quiet and numb, let someone else speak for me.

I convince myself this is ok because no one is listening away.

-The talking heads keep shouting and fibbing and throwing dirt and it’s all just so jumbled and contorted and wrong I want to throw my hands over my ears and scream.

I am disgusted.

I am defeated.

I want to throw a rock at the television.

I am tired.

I am so, so tired.

This is the word I have heard repeated more than any other in regards to this election cycle-tired.

We are tired of the games.

Tired of the name calling and bullying that substitutes for proving your point.

Tired of the loss of logic.

Tired of struggling to know what’s actually happening.

Tired of the lies, lies, lies, told to us with smiling faces and smug, eyebrow raises.

To be honest, I’m tired of trying.

As I have heard a thousand times in the past few months, “I’m just ready for it to be over.”

But as I go to boycott the news, unfollow half my friends, and drown my sorrows in cute kitten videos, I hesitate.

Because this is what I thought four Novembers ago…“I just want it to be over.”

If this past four years has taught us anything, it’s that evil doesn’t give up.

“Win” or “lose,” darkness keeps gnawing away like a cancer, keeps eating away at the foundations of liberty.

And I am a fool to believe that the battle will be over when the last ballot is counted.

What is happening in our culture is so much bigger than a presidential election. This is about a clash of kingdoms. I am not here to discuss the merits of either party’s candidate, this would miss the point.  

I am here to remind myself that whether or not I choose to tune out the news, and disappear into my own little world, America has reached a breaking point.

Whether or not I want to believe it, or ignore it, the decisions of the talking heads behind the screens directly affect my ability, not to practice my faith, but whether or not I am able to publicly share my faith in an unhindered manner.

No matter how politically incorrect this sounds, and how many people stop reading after this sentence, the progressive left aims to systematically strip American believers of the ability to publicly express their faith. They want to label the Gospel, the ultimate expression of love, as hate speech. This is not my “bias” speaking, this is simply true.

We can see it happening right now as Supreme Court hopeful Amy Conan Barrett, is under fire for her Christian beliefs. Her faith may, “hinder her decision-making abilities,” rendering her “unfit for office.”  

If we think hiding in our little corners and ignoring the plight of our sister in the limelight, will save us from the same fate, we make a devastating mistake. (one that has been repeated throughout history with horrific consequences.)

The left has been pounding down the door to religious liberty for years now, hacking into our own back pockets with constant imaging rolling across our phone screens, making court decisions here and there, that may seem far away and inconsequential, but lay the groundwork to flip the legal system in their favor.

Whether or not we are given a four-year extension, someday that door is going to fall. The crushing jaws of globalism are closing in, and no matter how hard we try to wriggle free, one day they are going to shut.  

I ask myself, why does this even matter for me, as a Christian? Hasn’t the church always thrived under persecution? Shouldn’t I be excited to suffer? Ultimately, I am not a citizen of the United States of America. This is not my home. I belong to a separate Kingdom in a totally separate world, to a King who will never let me down.  

Shouldn’t I be justified in closing my curtains, cuddling on the couch with my babies, and watching “Andy Griffith” reruns until Jesus comes back?

It matters because God says it matters.

No, religious liberty is not required for the Kingdom of God to flourish, BUT Paul says something in 1 Timothy that gives me great pause and perspective on God’s view of government.

The Apostle Paul, possibly history’s greatest example of thriving under persecution, specifically commands Christians to pray, “For all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the Truth.”

God is not interested in American democracy because He is very patriotic and wants His children to be able to relax and enjoy life without fear of imprisonment. As John Piper explains, “God approves of our prayers for peace and tranquility because He approves of the advance of the Gospel. Peace is not the main thing; salvation is the main thing. Tranquility is not the goal, the knowledge of the truth of God, that’s the goal.” https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/pray-for-kings-and-all-in-high-positions

Liberty is precious because it is an opportunity. Whether or not we have been taking advantage of this privilege, religious liberty provides an incredible and unique outlet to spread the Gospel. We should desire and seek religious freedom not so we can live comfy lives, but so that we can leverage that freedom to reach as many people as possible for Christ. Before the jaws “shut” and He comes in judgment against this fallen planet, God wants to bring as many people as possible into the Kingdom that will last forever.

So here’s my question for the Christian sick of politics…

 How are you currently leveraging your freedom for the Gospel’s sake?

In your disgust of the current cultural crisis have you inadvertently shut yourself off from the very people you are here to reach?

If you unplug, and go silent now on purpose, you may regret it when you are forcibly silenced by someone else in a few years.

So go..

Speak while you can. Tell that friend who’s been on your heart, talk about Jesus when you’re standing on the sidlelines at your son’s soccer game.

Post while you can. Share that verse. Reshare that link. Type out your testimony.

Do whatever you can WHILE you can!

“Make the best use of the time because the days are evil.”

Aren’t you glad Jesus didn’t give up when your darkness got too disturbing? When taking your sin got a little too messy?

God, give us the courage, in a time where we would rather throw up our hands and walk away, to roll up our sleeves and dive into the hard work of evangelism.

Go and love your little patch of darkness into light. Shout into your microphone until it’s ripped from your hand!

And when the hammer comes down and the door to religious liberty splinters on the floor of our nation’s capital, you’ll already know how to fight. Your sword will already be in your hand.

Let’s not waste our liberty, only to discover what a precious thing we had when it’s taken away, “The night is nearly over, the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.”

Before we can blink, the sound of evil knocking on our doors is going to sound a little different. The believers are going to be feasting with the King and the world is going to be pounding on the doors in desperation, begging to come inside.

And the King will say, “I never knew you.”

When He returns may He find us on the streets, dragging in the lost to the Feast before it’s too late.

So for Heaven’s sake, go vote! Pray for our leaders! Let’s seek to preserve religious liberty for as long as possible.

DO SOMETHING WITH IT while you still have the chance.

Whatever happens in November, don’t disappear.

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What the Hell is a Tender Golf Ball Anyway? | MyGolfSpy

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Relying on whom you ask, the timeline and gamers differ however there’s a model of occasions resulting in the emergence of soppy golf balls that goes a little bit one thing like this.

Principle made the Girl. Dudes beloved it, however you already know…ego. And, so, Girl spawned Laddie. By the point Bridgestone made the RX, golf firms had found out that, efficiency implications apart, golfers favored gentle golf balls. DUO was born. Callaway transitioned from SR-1 to Chrome Tender and in doing so created the ball that modified the ball that Bridgestone had arguably already modified, and properly, right here we’re.

Relying in your affinity for gentle golf balls, you possibly can credit score or blame preference-driven golfers whose penchant for whacking marshmallows inadvertently created the contemporary hell that’s the nebulous world of soppy balls.

(Center-finger emoji.)

Really feel and Compression

Simply to convey everybody up to the mark right here; gentle really feel is primarily the results of low compression. Compression is a measure of how a lot a ball deforms underneath load. The tougher the ball, the much less it deforms.

Most of you gained’t care about that however someone was going to ask. Discard the data fully or toss it in your again pocket for trivia night time on the nation membership (is {that a} factor?).  Both means, what I’m guessing you care about is the correlation between compression and the way gentle (or agency) a golf ball feels.

It’s All Relative

It must be easy however with completely different manufacturers utilizing completely different metrics (ball compression versus core compression, for instance) and throwing the phrase gentle round like greenback payments at Rachel’s Steakhouse (Google it…or higher but, don’t), really feel has develop into a completely relative idea made harder to quantify by the truth that there’s no agreed-upon place to begin.

Did I lose you there? Let’s strive it this manner:

Outline gentle. Put a quantity on it.

I’m sitting on a mountain of golf ball compression information and I can’t do it. What probability does the common golfer have?

Is DUO Tender+ gentle? Tender is within the title, so it have to be. How about Chrome Tender or Chrome Tender X even? Tender is within the title there, too. Does the X imply extra-soft?

Nope.

ERC Tender, Tender Response and Supersoft – what may very well be softer than Supersoft?

Nothing – at the least nothing we’ve discovered thus far.

That’s a real story. Credit score to Callaway for retaining it easy. It truly is super-soft.

Among the others? Not a lot, as a result of they’re not so gentle. And that’s earlier than we get into balls the place even when gentle isn’t in or implied by the title (taking a look at you, Bridgestone), the field nonetheless says gentle.

Every thing within the OnCore’s ELIXR delivers a gentle and pure really feel. There’s nothing within the Professional V1 literature about pure-ness nevertheless it does supply a very gentle really feel. The Srixon Z Star…it goes far and feels gentle.

For those who consider every part you learn, then damned close to each golf ball is gentle.

In actuality, the gentle balls I’ve talked about by title span a greater than 50-point compression vary from 40 (the softest we’ve examined) to a bit over 90. That’s lower than half the deformation. Verify my math on this one however half of soppy most positively isn’t additionally gentle.

Ball producers have created a world the place something from 40 to 95 compression will get labeled as gentle and something above 95 is absolutely agency. We seldom measure something above 105, which tells me that the business’s scale is damaged.

Compression Made Easy

Ball Compression Callaway Supersoft Further Tender Wilson DUO Tender+ Further Tender Titleist Tour Tender Tender Callaway Chrome Tender Medium OnCore ELIXR Medium Titleist AVX Medium Bridgestone Tour B XS Medium Srixon Z-Star Medium Titleist Professional V1 Medium Snell MTB-X Agency Titleist Professional V1x Agency Titleist Professional V1x Left Sprint Further Agency

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What is affordable to say is that the Professional V1, Z Star and Chrome Tender X are legitimately PGA TOUR-soft. Satirically sufficient, these balls are solidly 20 factors firmer than the Titleist Tour Tender.

Confused?

I guess.

Because it pertains to golf balls, soft is, at greatest, ambiguous. At worst, it’s a horseshit phrase that golf manufacturers will connect to absolutely anything as a result of, if they’ll’t promote you on efficiency, there’s an inexpensive probability they’ll promote you on really feel.

Mentioned one other means, some gentle golf balls are gentle, some gentle golf balls aren’t and, from the skin, it sorta (gentle) looks like ball producers is perhaps telling you what you need to hear as a substitute of what you have to know. Frankly, that’s not’s common however if you happen to’re a golfer who chases gentle really feel, there’s a greater than good probability you’ve paid for gentle and ended up with one thing else.

Simplifying Tender

That’s not fully cool so I’m going to take a shot at placing all of this gentle stuff in context for you.

Because it pertains to our really feel dialogue, there are 4 classes of golf balls. The very first thing to grasp is that any notion of a gentle golf ball is relative solely to the opposite balls in its class.

PGA TOUR Tender Golf Balls

Let’s begin with the highest of the meals chain – the urethane-covered tour ball. And by “tour ball,” I imply golf balls which can be legitimately performed on the PGA TOUR – or at the least meet the factors.

Whereas the softest ball in any match will differ primarily based on who’s within the subject, right here’s one thing to consider. In any given week, the Titleist Professional V1 is more likely to be the softest ball in play. If Tiger (or Brendan Steele) in within the subject, it’s the Bridgestone Tour B XS. As soon as upon a time, Bridgestone’s S stood for gentle, so it have to be gentle, proper?

Not so quick, Sparky.

The XS is fewer than 5 compression factors softer than the Professional V1 and never a lot softer than a Srixon Z Star. It nonetheless qualifies because the softest tour ball however the common golfer isn’t more likely to discern any considerable really feel distinction between the three and also you’re certain as hell not going to mistake any of them for a DUO.

Callaway’s Chrome Tender X – a reliable tour ball with “gentle” within the title – is a number of compression factors firmer than the Professional V1. In equity to Callaway, gentle is type of the corporate’s factor and Chrome Agency doesn’t sound like one thing anybody desires to hit – and that’s coming from a man who usually performs a ball referred to as Left Sprint.

I’d be remiss to not point out that balls with urethane covers could really feel a bit softer relative to their precise compression when in comparison with ionomer (the cheaper materials that covers most cheap golf balls). That’s very true off the putter however right here’s your takeaway – even the softest balls performed on the PGA TOUR are nonetheless fairly rattling agency.

Why do you assume that’s?

Non-Tour Urethane Tender Golf Balls

I used to be tempted to name this class Worth Urethane however with AVX, Chrome Tender and RX/RXS within the combine, an excellent little bit of the class matches the tour stuff greenback for greenback. If worth isn’t the differentiator, what’s? Fairly often it’s, you guessed it, really feel.

The compression vary for this class runs from about 70 compression on the low finish to 80 on the excessive. That’s a bit softer than something you’re going to seek out within the tour class nevertheless it’s positively not super-soft. Once you take a look at every part on the retail cabinets, you’re actually speaking about mid-compression balls.

Premium Ionomer Tender Golf Balls

On the danger of digression, for my two cents, Premium Ionomer is an oxymoron. Within the ball world, premium and ionomer/Surlyn are diametrically opposed. As quickly as you select one, you possibly can’t have the opposite. And but, by some means, right here we’re…once more.

The signature balls on this class are the Callaway ERC Tender and the Titleist Tour Tender. They’re negligibly (lower than 5 factors) softer than what you’ll find in our non-tour urethane class and, frankly, the greenside efficiency drop-off from urethane to an ionomer cowl isn’t remotely definitely worth the barely softer really feel. I suppose you would argue some advantages round spin discount however once more I’d say there isn’t sufficient there to warrant buying and selling away the urethane cowl.

Your favourite ball is perhaps on this group and, hey, no judgment, however perceive that the class exists nearly fully to create a mid-range worth level. If 35 bucks is the restrict of what you’re keen to spend on a dozen balls, you’re most likely higher off ordering urethane from the direct-to-consumer menu.

Low-cost Ionomer Tender Golf Balls

Low-cost isn’t essentially reflective of high quality right here nevertheless it additionally isn’t not reflective of high quality.

Untangle that with the understanding that within the ball world, you usually get precisely what you pay for. However, to maintain everybody glad, we are able to say cheap ionomer transferring ahead. Semantics apart, we’re speaking about sub-$30 and typically sub-$20 golf balls. If you need gentle, welcome house, pal.

The class is stuffed with the likes of Supersoft, DUO+ Tender, E6, Tender Response, Tender Really feel, TruFeel. Does anybody else see a sample? Certain, you’ve received issues like Velocity within the combine however that is the place the softest balls reside. The softest stuff tops out under 60 compression. That’s not PGA TOUR-soft or non-tour urethane gentle; it’s reliable, for actual, gentle.

Even that Velocity you’ve satisfied your self is rock laborious; it’s about the identical compression as AVX. It’s not Tour Tender-soft nevertheless it’s softer than PGA TOUR-soft.

Actually Tender Really feel Prices Much less

We’re not having a efficiency dialogue right this moment so there are solely two correlations I need you to consider proper now.

The primary is that lower-compression balls really feel softer. That must be apparent. If you need gentle really feel, you need a low-compression golf ball.

The opposite one is probably a little bit bizarre. It turns on the market’s a robust correlation between legitimately gentle really feel and worth.

The softest balls – Supersoft, DUO+, E6 – they’re all discovered within the cheap ionomer class. As the price of gentle balls will increase, so does compression – balls get firmer. By the point you attain reliable tour balls and premium costs, there’s an argument to be made that not one of the balls are literally gentle.

Backside line – if all you need out of a golf ball is the softest really feel doable, there’s completely no cause why you need to ever spend greater than $25 on a dozen balls.

If you need tour efficiency, you’re going to must spend extra and do it with the understanding that when you would possibly discover one thing gentle sufficient to your tastes, there’s nothing within the class that approaches gentle.

I’ll ask once more. Why do you assume that’s?

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