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officialyourdailyinspiration · 7 months

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by Ian M. Giatti | What happens when "cancel culture" infects the Church? Promise Keepers, an Evangelical organization founded in 1990 that holds men's rallies in stadiums nationwide, has seen several scheduled events at churches and other venues canceled in recent months…

#Your Daily Inspiration #morning headlines #Christian news #The Christian Post #cancel culture #Christian church #Promise Keepers #events canceled #gender ideology #progressive churches #liberal theology #evangelical men's outreach

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pastor-michael · 2 years

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The Sins of American Christianity

These are some of the sins of the cultural Christianity widespread in the United States:

Promoting American Exceptionalism – when Jesus says, “Whoever wants to be first must be the last and the servant of all.”

Promoting injustice toward the LGBTQ community in the name of religious righteousness - when Jesus says, “Do not judge and you will not be judged.”

Promoting the Prosperity Gospel – when Jesus says, “Blessed are the poor.”

Promoting Rugged Individualism – when Jesus tells the parable of the vineyard where all workers receive the same wage no matter how many hours they worked.

Idolizing the Second Amendment – when Jesus says, “whoever lives by the sword, dies by the sword.”

Denying unconscious, systemic racism – when Jesus says, “Stay awake!”

Baptizing consumerism – when Jesus says, “Do not accumulate treasures on earth.”

Promoting public prayer – when Jesus says, “When you pray, go into your secret room.”

Promoting Christian religious freedom at the expense of the religious freedom of others – when Jesus says, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Using the Word of God as a weapon – when Jesus says that all God’s words are summed up in one word: love.

The sins of cultural Christianity have driven people from church. They have driven people from the Bible. They have made people ashamed to be associated with Christianity.

But there is hope for Christianity. It is the Spirit of Jesus within those who claim to be Christians, empowering them to see the truth and follow in his way. It is the voice of Jesus calling to those who have left Christianity to do the same.

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trueconservativepundit · 4 months

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Thank God for Jesus

By Rob Pue, Publisher – Wisconsin Christian News We’ve been living in days of very bad news for a very long time now, and every day it seems to get worse and more intense. Our country — and the world — has become something I never thought I’d live to see. I suppose every generation experiences some of that as they reminisce about the “good old days.” And in retrospect those “good old…

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#America forcing out God #Charlie Brown Christmas #Christmas #LGBTQ #liberalism #News #progressive churches #you can&039;t say Merry Christmas

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seraphimfall · 2 months

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i’ve read so much tradcath bullshit the last two years. i can confidently say tradcath men fit into one of two categories:

“protestant-raised and converted to catholicism because of his crippling porn addiction and racist tendencies. reposts crusader and conquistador memes. is hated in his local parish.” tradcath

“catholic-raised band kid who ate his lunches with the religion teacher. smells like mildew. cut off all his friends that came out as gay after high school. now larps as an aquinian scholar and cries after jerking off.” tradcath

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hussyknee · 6 months

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People declaring the Pope should excommunicate Joe Biden for genocide has me like??? Bro...what do you think the Catholic Church was built on...

#Pope Francis did call for a ceasefire and actually used the word ''cease'' even if he used waffly both-sides language #he's also been pretty progressive about recognizing and apologizing for the church's role #in the Canadian First Nation's and Rwandan genocides #but that's still bare minimum #and there was that whole deal with the Catholic Church helping save Jews in the Holocaust #but trying to help the people you helped victimize in the first place shouldn't be counted IMO #certainly doesn't erase centuries of Jewish persecution #xtianty #colonialism #Spanish colonialism #Portuguese colonialism #genocide #genocide Joe #free palestine #knee of huss

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ectonurites · 10 months

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speaking of stephcass in Batgirls i'm still thinking about this. ur gonna have this moment and NOT let them kiss?

(Batgirls (2021) #17)

#haha what if we progressively got closer while we danced together and the narration compares the feeling to a kiss. but like platonically #grandpa max is god? i go to church now

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steppesliver · 2 months

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true detective: the long bright dark / disco elysium: jamais vu (derealization)

#in my true elysium slash disco detective universe forever #i have talked about this already but its funny that this quote was marty's breaking point. who has not felt about their hometown like this?#rust does not know this city well however which makes the feeling different but somehow still universal to the experience of growing up #in places that have to change to survive (be it bc of its economy or bc its simply outdated)#but the town in TT s1 appears to be decaying. at least to rust #imo one of the best shots and most defining of the show is that of the church abandoned and left to rot in nature with the factories #in the background. past and progress shown in one shot you know #but with the eps passing i would say that it is the people and their humanity that is decaying instead of the town #after all the town seems quite alright in terms of infrastructures #but the description of it as a jungle really does fit very well #both with the landscapes shown and the animals (men) lurking where you least expect them #true detective #rust cohle #marty hart #mine

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many-sparrows · 4 months

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#took “pray for your enemies” too seriously and my brain is being rewired #incoming treatise on non affirming churches #cops #and the traps progressive christians fall into #humility abd humbleness are like the only ways to great people we disagree with #turning the other cheek is a radical action actually #and not an advocation for repression #perfect love #christianity

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coochiequeens · 2 years

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The Church of England was created because HenryVIII knew Mary wasn’t a son

#Church of England #define woman #Eve was a woman #Men trying to look progressive #HenryVIII #Mary the First was a woman #ann Boleyn lost her head because she was a woman who gave birth to a daughter #Jane Seymour died because she was a woman who gave birth #Catherine Howard lost her head because men abused her

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la1n3ybaby · 7 months

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I NEED to hear Sleep Token cover Take Me To Church by Hozier before my head explodes

#sleep token #vessel sleep token #metal #sleep token iii #sleep token iv #sleep token ii #alternative #alternative metal #hozier #take me to church #progressive metal

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nerdygaymormon · 5 months

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A transgender person - including those who have undergone hormonal treatment and gender reassignment surgery - can receive baptism under the same conditions as other believers "if there are no situations in which there is a risk of generating public scandal or disorientation among the faithful".

An adult who has undergone hormone treatment and gender reassignment surgery may be a godfather or godmother.

On the question of whether same-sex parents who adopt or use a surrogate mother could have a child baptized in the Catholic Church, the Vatican said a priest's decision would have to be based on the "well-founded hope that he or she would be educated in the Catholic religion".

There was a similarly nuanced response to a question whether a person in a same-sex relationship could be a godparent at a Catholic Church baptism. It said the person had to "lead a life that conforms to the faith".

American Jesuit priest Fr James Martin, who is a supporter of LGBT rights: "This is an important step forward in the Church seeing transgender people not only as people (in a Church where some say they don't really exist) but as Catholics."

#transgender #this is progress #catholic church #pope francis #hopefully this will lead to further steps of inclusion

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ameliaylinen · 6 months

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Time for the line art, wish me good luck 🫡

#donna beneviento #lady beneviento #resident evil 8 #lycanthrope #cathedral #sketch #lineart #vampire #fencing #vampire being in a church is ironic #re8 village #work in progress

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pastor-michael · 2 years

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The Bible is Not God

It might seem obvious to say that the Bible is not God. After all, the Bible didn’t create the cosmos. And we don’t have a personal relationship with the Bible since it’s not a person. Nor do we worship it. All this might seem obvious. And yet, Christians sometimes equate the Bible with God. This can harm people who struggle to understand the Bible. It can harm people who’ve been attacked with the Bible.

It can even harm those who equate it with God. Because they limit God to a book. Which they believe they must understand and master to know salvation. This makes it hard to surrender to a Mystery beyond our comprehension. A Mystery that frees us from having to understand everything and allows us to surrender to grace.

When we acknowledge that God is infinitely bigger than the Bible, we might approach the Bible more often, with more curiosity, with more imagination. We might be more willing to listen for what God is saying through the Bible if we’ve been resistant to it. We might be more willing to enjoy the spiritual practice of interpreting as we seek connections between the Bible and our lives, and God’s presence in our lives.

The Bible might not be God. But it can help lead us to God.

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soup-mother · 5 months

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"science and religion are kissing sloppy style" is a statistical error, the Islamic golden age in which science and religion WERE kissing sloppy style is an outlier and shouldn't be counted.

you cannot argue to me that the catholic church of all things was "kissing science sloppy style" and not "supressing just about everything everywhere for the sake of maintaining political control", or that in the modern day there isn't an incredibly polarised divide with science/vaccine/climate denialism being held up as "personal religious belief" that you can't point out as being bullshit because "who are you to decide what's true or not?"

#my post #the people who say shit like that are the most annoying people on the planet #'real progressives love religion and the family' type shit from people who want the church but with green hair and pronouns #religion

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seraphimfall · 1 year

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“you need to summon your inner divine feminine.”

“why are you still in your masculine energy?”

“sex creates cosmic soul bonds.”

get the fuck away from me and start taking your meds lmao pls.

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trans-bread-of-life · 26 days

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Happy Easter and happy Trans Day of Visibility!

On this day we celebrate the beauty, resiliency, and strength of the trans community, and we celebrate the fact that the grave could not contain the Son of God.

This year more than ever, the trans community is in need of hope. With visibility comes retaliation; and we are fighting against a wave of anti-trans governmental policies across the world.

The photo was taken last night at the Great Vigil of Easter. At the Great Vigil, we light a fire to symbolize the hope of the Resurrection, and each of us sits in the dark with candles, listening to stories of hope as we wait for the moment when we can proclaim Christ’s resurrection.

I chose to use this photo to talk about the Trans Day of Visibility because we in the trans community are sitting in the dark with glimmers of hope in our hands, waiting, hoping, praying (and working) for a day when our basic human rights are no longer under attack. We are waiting for a day when all members of our community can use public bathrooms, receive medical care, have equal access to housing and employment, and so much more.

But I think the joyful dawning of Easter morning has something to say to us, too. Jesus, God’s only Son, chose to take on human flesh and live in solidarity with humanity. Just as we face political violence, so did Jesus. He was publicly executed as a political dissident, a threat to the power of empire. But even death itself could not conquer him. He rose from the grave, his body bearing the scars of the hell that could not hold him, redeeming the human condition from the hatred and cruelty, even from death itself.

In light of Jesus’ resurrection, we can rejoice that the violence against the trans community will not have the final word. Jesus rose again and is seated above all powers and governments of this world. We can (and must) stand up against state violence because God‘s love is stronger than violence, hatred, strife, and even death itself.

#trans christian #queer christian #faithfullylgbt #episcopal #trans #trans man #transmasc #anglican church of canada #progressive christianity #transgender #tdov #tdov 2024 #easter #queer easter #trans jesus

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