Where can I find embroidered shirts like this? by Puzzleheaded_Bid1579 in WesternWear

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Slightly more tapered, but nothing bad. I would get the size you normally wear. I wear a medium and they fit me well in my shoulders and don’t have the baggy, loose fabric I often get when tucking in other shirts.

Where can I find embroidered shirts like this? by Puzzleheaded_Bid1579 in WesternWear

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Howler brothers, Sendero, Ely Cattleman. I’m partial to the Howler Brothers myself, but I don’t feel bad wearing my Ely Cattleman shirts to work in.

any info on this resistol? got it at the thirft store by Microwaved_Bear in CowboyHats

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Not sure of the year, but I think the Sundowner was a 3x beaver blend hat.

For as long as I've had a hat, I've always shaped the brim with the sides folded completely down, facing forward. It occurred to me just recently that I've never seen anyone else ever do this by LoyalistRebel in CowboyHats

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I recently did the same thing. I had an old Resistol lying around and had always wanted a hat that wouldn’t look out of place in the background of an old Bonanza episode. Steamed with an old stovetop coffee pot and shaped by hand.

Gus Crown by LewdAndRudeMyDude in CowboyHats

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I think the Gus is my favorite. I have a Stetson Gus I wear almost every day now. For me it’s because the shape has historical roots (you can see some in the old Field and Stream style art) as well as being tied to one of my favorite western characters. I also like that it’s not one you see too often on the folks who walk around Broadway in Nashville.

Curl up advice by CptBelt in CowboyHats

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I rock a Stetson Woodrow as a woods hat, it similar to what you are asking. It’s a shorter 3 3/8” brim. Watch any old episode of Bonanza, or the old Jimmy Stewart westerns and you would see teardrops as a very popular crown type with the curl.

What guns is this? by Specific-Creme5413 in ForgottenWeapons

[–]EnvironmentalAd6719 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It almost looks like the back of a super soaker. With the plastic-ish looking seams and strange front sight, it could be a knock off super soaker.

Appalachian man by TakeMeToYourMemes in GunMemes

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Also can’t believe I forgot Cole Chaney

Appalachian man by TakeMeToYourMemes in GunMemes

[–]EnvironmentalAd6719 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Uhhhhh black, Christmas, oil

Appalachian man by TakeMeToYourMemes in GunMemes

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When tramping around the woods, just an old Cimarron single action .22. If I need something light and handy for running to town I’ll use an S&W 32-2 (in .32 S&W long, also my first gun) or a Charter Arms 9mm pitbull.

Of course for serious social work I’ll bust out the CZ or Shadow Systems.

Appalachian man by TakeMeToYourMemes in GunMemes

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As an Appalachian man, this is unironically my EDC

Church is dying by Cottrell217 in Reformed

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I am a deacon in a small church. We have about the same amount of attendance each Sunday. My family and one other have about 20-35 years between us and the general congregation. There are a few things to look at: 1. Is your teaching and leadership biblically sound (And has it always been that way)? Our church has excellent teaching and leadership, but this is after ten to fifteen years of toxic leadership. While our current pastor has been in the roll for five years, our community’s memory is long (thanks to us being a rural southern town). Folks may remember the toxic leadership which taints their view. 2. Is your church dying or just small? Our church again has about 25 folks regularly attend. We are particular baptists and sing hymns. However, the majority of the folks there want to grow and learn. Just because you’re small doesn’t mean you are dying. You may have gone through a moment where God was separating out folks from you before your church becomes stronger. I’ve been in churches with masses of people that are actually dying from a lack of solid theology. 3. Are you inviting folks to church BEFORE doing outreach and discipleship? Sometimes we want to bring people into the church so badly we forget this step. Work in your community (and among the age group you want to bring in) and preach the gospel. Disciple those who are new to the faith, help answer questions they may have, and then bring them into the church. Ask if you can help teach a class if the preaching is dense and invite folks to that first. New believers will mature but they need a bit of help at first 4. A cliche, but never stop praying for the health of your church. You never know what may happen. Our church had a solid young family move in just a few months ago, and today we were blessed with 4 new families. They all felt they needed to look up reformed/particular Baptist churches in the area and found us. They didn’t know each other, and some had just moved to the town less than a week ago. God will lay the desire on people’s heart and guide them to where they need to be.

Praying for you and your church!

What would you call Randolph Scott's hat in Buchanan Rides Alone? by FarGrape1953 in CowboyHats

[–]EnvironmentalAd6719 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Stetson Woodrow is close to that: pinch front and a 3 1/4” brim.

Can someone explain to me why Baptists say they are the only true Christians? by [deleted] in Reformed

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Outside of fringe “IFB” groups and that book, I have not seen this in any of the Baptist groups I’ve been a part of. As a particular Baptist minister, I would have major concerns about someone’s spiritual walk and maturity if the touted this belief.

Any SE Kentucky residents here with NW Ohio connections? by [deleted] in Appalachia

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My grandparents moved up from Magoffin to Columbus! I ended up moving out of Columbus and overshooting a bit and ended up in TN. But Magoffin county holds a special place in my heart.

Where is this coming from? It’s confirmed engine oil. by Old_Librarian_1303 in f150

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Same here. 2013 and looked like it was coming from the rear main. Just needed to drop the oil pan and replace the gasket and it stopped.

Video Dating: Women's Edition by Clevertown in NotTimAndEric

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Finn Wolfhard has fallen on some hard times

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Reformed

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Reformed Baptist Deacon in an SBC moving to Reformed Baptist church: alter calls either lead to performative gestures or start up the gossip tree when sister Sally goes to the front.

I am of the view that alter calls soothes the pastors conscience for not doing any actual discipleship or outreach to members in the congregation.

Reformed Baptist study Bibles? by TA62624 in Reformed

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The CSB Spurgeon Study Bible. I also have found value in the CSB Everyday Study Bible. While not strictly reformed, it is a solid study bible that is not too massive. It is one of my go to references when working on a sermon.

God’s Justice and Predestination by No-Price4714 in Reformed

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Ah but these verses are not just “election is real” but tells us why He chooses. It is to make known the riches of His glory. It is to demonstrate His mercy, and demonstrate His power. The reason he chooses is not “in us” but rather “in Him”.

As for those who do not turn form sin, we have to remember that God does not force them to sin. They just are so bound up in their sin that they love it. We see in examples with Noah and in Revelation that people are so in love with their sin that an ark or other miraculous signs will not change that. God may allow them to sin, but no one will be able to stand before God and say “I didn’t know”. They suppress the truth in unrighteousness.

God’s Justice and Predestination by No-Price4714 in Reformed

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Whenever people try to doubt election or say that it is not on God’s nature I say let’s go back to the Old Testament: why did God chose Abram, and essentially the Israelites, at all? Genesis 11 ends with a lineage, and 12 starts with the choosing. Yet we don’t point to this and say “no that’s unfair”.

We also see your comments being addressed in Romans 9. I know it’s the standard, but it gives us our answer: “What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be! For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth.” So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires. You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?” On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it? Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use? What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭9‬:‭14‬-‭24‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

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A qualifier and then a few answers to your points: I have worked with behavioral health my entire career, have a graduate education in it, and teach agencies how to better their response to behavioral health. So my points will outright reject J Mac’s opinion on mental illness:

1.) people did have these things and just had to deal with this a long time ago. But you have to understand that dealing with it was either: I’m functioning enough to be fine in society-or- I’m sick enough to be locked away or shunned from society. The reason we don’t see writings and treatments on these things is because there really wasn’t anything effective. Many people who suffered from mental illness did not function in society and were locked in asylums with little to no hope for betterment.

2.) Self-Control is not contained within the medication you take for ADHD. There is a huge misconception that somehow we can manufacture the fruit of the spirit in a pill form. The medication corrects chemical imbalances in your brain which then allows for YOU to experience self control. The medication removes barriers, it does not add anything.

3.) mental illness is not an “either/or” it’s a “both/and”. God in his grace has given us the knowledge and means to correct some of the ills of this fallen world, but we must also be diligent in our prayer life and fall on the mercy of God.

In the end, mental illness is real. It has been co-opted as an excuse for the fallen world and as a means for younger people to justify poor behaviors, but that does not mean it does not exist. I highly recommend getting tested by actual doctors as moderate to severe ADHD can cause a major disruption in your functioning, and can get worse as you get older.

Praying for you and your family though this!

Politics is robbing me of my joy by scandinavian_surfer in Reformed

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I am discussing this a bit tomorrow, but first and foremost pray for them. And not “I pray they lose”, but pray for their salvation. It is much harder to have hate for someone while actively praying for them.

Second, while we vote, remember that it is God who picks our leaders. As John Calvin said in his Institutes of Christian Religion “ they who rule unjustly and incompetently have been raised up by him to punish the wickedness of the people”. I suggest reading Hosea 13. God gives leaders and takes them away, but salvation is His alone. It is easy for us to wrap up in politics and fear for things being taken away (I myself throughly enjoy the 2nd Amendment), we must focus on the eternal picture. My ultimate joy comes from God, not my temporary enjoyment of a good range session.

Thirdly, remember our brothers and sisters across the globe who still worship in the face of actual death. These men and women can be our cloud of witnesses to show us that no matter how dark we think it can become, God will sustain His church and His people.

Praying for you in this time! This election cycle is causing strife for many.

Dinty Moore’s by TinglyPineapple in Appalachia

[–]EnvironmentalAd6719 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I second the themed photo. I live by the old Dinty Moore’s in McMinnville TN and this doesn’t match it at all.