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[logoswomen]

The pulpit leads the world. When the world is filled with corruption and rampant sin, it's because it began in the pulpit. There must be a purge of the bad teaching and bad character from the pulpit before we see a Reformation.

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[struckbylightningorsomething]

The Story of Christianity, Volume 1 - Justo L. Gonzalez

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[lanahallen]

Ink & Faith Reads - A Gift For You!

Merry Christmas!

May this festive time be a beautiful reflection of God's love, surrounding you and your loved ones in its warmth and grace.

A Gift for You

Welcome to the enchanting world of Ink and Faith Reads magazine. Savor the offerings that weave together the essence of words and faith. Ink and Faith Reads magazine is a reader’s guide to great Christian resources. It's a faith-based Christian guide that provides books, podcasts, and resources in many genre’s. May this edition be a sanctuary for your mind and spirit, a haven where the beauty of featured authors and the joy of reading converge.

I was honored to be chosen as the featured author for this edition. It is with sincere appreciation that I step into the pages of this reader's guide and author resources magazine.

Get your free copy here: https://lanahallen.com/e/ink-and-faith-reads-magazine/

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[padderley14]

20 Best Christian Websites To Grow In Faith

I put together a list of what I think are the best Christian websites to help you grow in faith. We all need help sometimes to understand the Word of God and apply it to our daily lives. There are a lot of Christian websites and resources out there that can help us do just that. These are only a few of them. So take a look at these websites and resources and see if any of them are a good fit for…

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[dirtyheathencommie]

DEAR EDUCATIONALLY NEGLECTED HOMESCHOOLERS

I’ve gathered some resources and tips and tricks on self-educating after educational neglect. This is only what I did and what I know helped me. I’m about to graduate college with honors after having no education past the age of 9. I wouldn’t be here without the following. Everything is free, and at/well above the standard for education in the US.

The holy grail: Khan Academy. Nearly every course you could take is available here, in order and by grade level. Their open-source free courses rival some of the college classes I’ve taken. This is your most solid resource.

For inattentive types: Crash Course offers a variety of courses that are snappy, entertaining, and extremely rewarding. They work for my ADHD brain. They also have college prep advice, which is essential if you’re looking to go to higher education with no classroom experience.

To catch up on your reading: There are certain books that you may have read had you gone to school that you’ve missed out on. This list is the most well-rounded and can fill you in on both children’s books and classic novels that are essential or at least extremely helpful to be familiar with. You can find a majority of these easily at a local library (and some for free in PDF form online low key). There are a few higher level classics in here that I’d highly recommend. If it doesn’t work for you, I’d always recommend asking your local librarian.

*BE AWARE* The book list I recommend suggests you read Harry Potter books, and given their transphobic author you may or may not want to read them. If you choose to, I’d highly recommend buying the books secondhand or borrowing from a library to avoid financially supporting a living author with dangerous and damaging views.

TEST, TEST, TEST: Again, Khan Academy is your go-to for this. I don’t personally like standardized testing, but going through SAT and ACT courses was the best way I found to really reveal my gaps so that I could supplement.

Finally: As much as you can, enjoy the process. Education can be thrilling and teach you so much about yourself, and help shape your view of the world. It can get frustrating, but I’d like to encourage you that everyone can learn. No pace is the perfect pace, and your learning style is the right learning style for you. In teaching yourself, be patient, be kind, and indulge in the subjects you really enjoy without neglecting others. You are your teacher. Give yourself what others chose not to.

#if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to message me anything #I’ll help however I can #homeschool #ex fundamentalist #ex homeschool #ex homeschooled #educational neglect #education #self education #ex fundie #send me asks #homeschool recovery #resources #educate yourself #ex christian #exvangelical #religious trauma #tw religion #deconstructing christianity

[bfpnola]

watch past the initial person speaking! covers history of Palestine a bit before and immediately after Zionist colonization began

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[blessedarethebinarybreakers]

Advent Devotionals, 2023

I wanted to share some devotionals for this coming Advent (it starts December 3!) that are queer affirming & center marginalized perspectives. If you know of others, please add on!

What Are You Waiting For? An LGBTQIA+ Affirming Advent Devotional

Format: A short written devotional or poem for every day of Advent, shared as one PDF document linked above

Creators: The Collective of Queer Christian Leaders, including Rev. Nicole Garcia of the National LGBTQ Task Force and members of the Transmission Ministry Network

Another Starry Black Night: A Womanist Advent Devotional

Format: Short written devotionals, one for each Sunday & Wednesday of Advent, as well as Christmas day

Creators: Black women, most of whom are ordained Presbyterian ministers, some of whom are queer

Posted on Unbound: An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice

Abolition Advent Calendar: "Freedom for All Bodies"

Format: daily written devotionals that you can sign up to receive as emails. Each week expands the theme of abolition & racial justice to include 1) reproductive justice; 2) trans/nonbinary justice; 3) disability justice; and 4) body positivity

Shared by Join the Movement, a UCC organization

"Todos! Todos! Todos! Advent Reflections and Meditations on the Scriptures

Format: Zoom calls with a reflection followed by discussion groups every Wednesday of Advent, 8pm-9pm EST

Creators: DignityUSA, a Catholic LGBT-advocacy organization

An Advent Guide with Reflections on Palestine/Israel

Format: a devotional for each Sunday of Advent, shared as one PDF linked above

Creators: "Each week during Advent read firsthand accounts from recently returned Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs) of their experiences during their deployment with the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel (WCC-EAPPI). Along with their stories and photos are bible readings, further resources and prayers to offer."

#queer christians #advent #advent 2023 #devotionals #prayer tag #resources

[ceo-draiochta]

People with cures in Ireland are people with a special ability to heal a certain aspect of sickness through a procedure of incantation, apparatus and faith. This a practice which is still going on to this day.

Recently, Cecily Gilligan wrote a book called Cures of Ireland: A treasure trove of irish remedies

Which really is the ultimate book on Cures, she has being doing research since at least the 80s on this topic. Would highly recommend.

#irish paganism #resources #celtic paganism #gaelic paganism #magic #folklore #celtic Christianity #ireland #my grandad was one of the people documented in the book so i was v excited #mine

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

“some women just aren’t wired to be mothers.” define wired. what does it mean to be wired for motherhood, or not wired for motherhood. what’s your definition of a good mother? is it a stereotype? probably. if it’s not, what you actually mean to say is “some women are just too flawed to be mothers.” “some women are just too selfish/lazy/insane to be mothers.” that’s not something to normalize, it’s something to remedy.

#- HK #Christians stop blindly accepting stupid premises like this #I can give you hundreds of women who didn’t fit the stereotype of ‘good mother’ that became mothers anyways and did an awesome job #first up: my own mother #mobile #x #we always must take into account the reality of accidental motherhood. #suppose a woman has all the resources and support necessary to raise her child. but she’s just not ‘wired’ for motherhood. #👏👏👏 that is not a good reason to put the child up for adoption 👏👏👏

[destimnesia]

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[the-lady-maddy]

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[logoswomen]

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[struckbylightningorsomething]

1 Timothy 1 Commentaries and Homilies

I read some documents on 1 Timothy and I enjoyed these pieces the most so far.

Calvin's Commentaries, 1 Timothy 1 - John Calvin

Wesley's Notes on the Bible, 1 Timothy 1 - John Wesley

Homily 2 on 1 Timothy - St. John Chrysostom

Homily 5 on 1 Timothy - St. John Chrysostom

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[kaitmusings]

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[enjymemink]

Even if they kill thousands of Palestinian more, Israhell will never win. Cause they don't have the spirits of Palestine, their faith isn't strong like Palestine

#palestine #free gaza #free palestine #gaza #palestine resources #social justice #gaza genocide #gaza strip #imperialism #israel is a terrorist state #colonialism #jerusalem #yemen #christianity #winter

[sag-dab-sar]

The Need to Recognize Christmas' Preferential Treatment 🎄

Christmas is seen as "stolen" from pre-Christian traditions or described as "not really Christian". Some of it is legitimate (e.g with specific local or national folk traditions), a lot of it is pseudo-history (e.g Mithras birthday, an entire Christmas tree, lights) but frankly neither actually matter. Because, in our modern world, Christmas holds a prestigious place due to Christianity.

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Here are examples that showcase Christmas' ubiquitous, unquestioned place in many Culturally Christian nations and why we need to recognized its ubiquity:

Appropriation of Judaism, re-imagined for Christmas exists like this. @/koshercosplay has basically an infinite amount of examples to use for these posts and even gets sent asks of more examples.

There is no Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu or other religions' holidays reserved as an official federal holiday in the US. So all non-Christian religious holidays are labeled as "accommodations" while Christmas is a given.

While my post targets the US because thats were I am from, this isn't US only. Christmas is a public holiday in a large protion of countries around the world (see map).

Hallmark Christmas movies, that are made by the dozens at this point and are a US Christmas staple, are propaganda longing for a better ""family friendly"" white washed Christian version of America that never existed.

Hallmark has added anti-semitism into it's Christmas movies.

A Hanukkah presentation was banned in a Florida school meanwhile the same school was celebrating Christmas activities and decorations. Justified by Florida's Parental Rights Bill ("Don't say gay" bill) "obligating us to follow the 5th grade standards [...] At this time, a Chanukah presentation is not in our standards." It was only reversed to to social media outcry.

Something similar also happened in a Vancouver school where Christmas decorations were allowed because they "aren't religious" while Hanukkah ones were explicitly denied.

Fasting and breaking for prayer during Ramadan is seen as an inconvenience to employers, who need "guidance" on how to "accommodate" their Muslim employees. And has led to Muslims being straight up fired. Whereas Christmas decorations, events, or music in a work setting is fine.

Universities won't hold classes on Christmas but will reverse their practice of not holding classes on Yom Kippur & Rosh Hashanah because not holding classes on those holidays is "intended to insure greater continuity in the academic schedule and minimize course disruption for students." Those two holidays are a debate at the university— Christmas is never a debate.

Not holding classes on Eid al-Adha is also controversial! This also included reversing the decision to not have classes. The decisions to not hold classes on the holiday is a debate at the school board— Christmas is never a debate.

To make it all worse in the US: Christian Nationalism is dramaticlly increasing x x x

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No matter what pagan-ness or secular aspects can be found in Christmas it has a privileged special place in our culture— that is afforded to no other religion— specifically because it is Christian. There are a few examples where this isn't the case (e.g Japan) but those are very few and far between

In my strong opinion: if you choose to celebrate the holiday, as a Christian or non-Christian, you should recognize the special spot & privilege it has.

You shouldn't dismiss that fact and the above examples because "pagan origins" or "celebrating it in a secular way"

Maybe next time when your classmate, your child's classmates, or you sibling's friend want to put up Hanukkah decorations in school next to the Christmas ones you can speak against the school administration that bans it, or against the teacher who gets upset at the idea.

Or perhaps you can be the person at the school board meeting who points out that Christmas isn't any more special than Yom Kippur or Eid al-Adha so why are those debatable when Christmas isn't.

Recognizing these things is not raining on Christmas' parade nor does it mean you should feel guilty for celebrating, its simply a matter of expanding you view of the world and learning the obstacles other people face.

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P.S

Recognizing its preferential spot is paramount imo but if you'd also like to touch on the history of the matter:

Here is some info on the "Christmas is stolen" argument, as well as tracing secular and religious history of the holiday.

The origins of Christmas and its traditions are marred with psudeo-history plastered all over news websites, blogs, and supposedly reputable sources. But many of this comes down to secondary sources citing each other in a loop without primary sourcing. Here is an example of how that can happen (not xmas related).

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-Dyslexic, not audio proof read- | -repost-

#repost #paganism #pagan #polytheism #christmas #cultural christianity #christian #xmas #holiday season #hannukah #adding that tag since it has so many examples #and i suppose merry christmas if you're celebrating it #i say all this as a christmas lover #like a BIG christmas lover #xtianity #resources #celebration day