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Culture and Worldview – Bekah Mason
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Digging in the Word to find out how we should interact with the World. January 3, 2016. It’s Only Terror If It’s Unknown. The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. HP Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature. It didn’t take long after the news broke about a militia taking over a government compound for my Facebook Newsfeed to light up with people calling BS on the stark differences in how this situation. But here’s the...
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Stop Looking For The Window | Tourniquet
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He stood between the living and the dead and the plague stopped. Numbers 16:48. What we’re all about…. Stop Looking For The Window. I’ve been hearing the saying, “When God closes a door he always opens a window”, my entire life. It’s been around even Google isn’t sure who said it first could have been sung in a song by a dude named Jim Rule or it might have been something that one nun said from Sound of Music… your guess is probably as good as Google’s at this point. I’ve never liked the saying. You are ...
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Books! | Tourniquet
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He stood between the living and the dead and the plague stopped. Numbers 16:48. What we’re all about…. This will be an ever growing list of books we’ve found helpful or meaningful…. No Wonder They Call Him Saviour. 8211; Max Lucado. What’s so Amazing About Grace? 8211; Philip Yancey. 8211; Philip Yancey. Where Is God When It Hurts? 8211; Philip Yancey. The Problem Of Pain. 8211; C.S. Lewis. 8211; C.S Lewis. 8211; Michael Card. God’s Grace and the Homosexual Next Door. 8211; Alan Chambers. 8211; Joe Dallas.
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Courage to Doubt | Tourniquet
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He stood between the living and the dead and the plague stopped. Numbers 16:48. What we’re all about…. Last week I read a Relevant. Article called 4 Things Jesus Never Said. Which I enjoyed tremendously and highly recommend that you read. My biggest take-away from this all-around great post was in the second section of the four things Jesus never said under the subtitle “Doubting is Dangerous”. What stood out to me was this bit,. To admit his doubt…. To doubt… interesting. Very shortly after reading that...
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ShawnNeidorf.com » LGBT
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Read, Listen, Watch. Covering the Progressive Faith Community. Archive for the 'LGBT' Category. Beyond Thoughts and Prayers: What Churches Can Do to Respond to Orlando. Posted by Shawn in LGBT. Thoughts and prayers are important, but there’s work to do. Here are my thoughts about what we in the progressive Christian community should be doing in response to Orlando and, more generally, because we just should. Make it clear on your church website, social media, and marketing materials that yours is an LGBT...
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What Psalty the Singing Song Book Taught Me That Veggie Tales Never Did | Tourniquet
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He stood between the living and the dead and the plague stopped. Numbers 16:48. What we’re all about…. What Psalty the Singing Song Book Taught Me That Veggie Tales Never Did. Being a nanny and an aunt means that I get to revisit things from my childhood often. You’re watching the kid shows the children around you are watching and you start comparing the kids stuff of today with the kid stuff of your time. You wonder, “Would they like the original My Little Ponies? 8220;Behold what manner of love the Fat...
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David's blog: Christianists
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Thursday, June 20th, 2013. Just shut the fuck up, Alan Chambers! You may have heard that Exodus International, which for 37 years has been “proclaiming freedom from homosexuality,” has finally apologized to the queers. That they are closing their “ministry.”. Alan Chambers has said way more than enough and should just shut the fuck up. And to that, I say: Don’t. Just don’t. It’s great that you're shutting down one of the world’s most harmful ex-gay ministries, “We’re not negating ...And it’s good t...
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World's Largest 'Ex-Gay' Ministry Shuts Down, Issues Incredible Apology
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Log in / Sign up. Blogs you may like. Worlds Largest Ex-Gay Ministry Shuts Down, Issues Incredible Apology. The worlds oldest and largest ex-gay Christian ministry announced late yesterday. That it would be shutting down for good after nearly 40 year of claiming to have a cure for homosexuality. In a stunning apology letter. The statement goes on to announce the formation of a new ministry from the ashes of Exodus. GLAAD welcomed the news. A special edition of. Our America with Lisa Ling. At 10/9c on OWN.
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ShawnNeidorf.com » John Shore
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Read, Listen, Watch. Politics, Public Policy and Progressive Faith. Faith Leaders Celebrate SC Marriage Rulings. Posted by Shawn in LGBT. At long last, the Supreme Court has ruled on Prop. 8 and DOMA. I want to highlight statements from people of faith. The. Did a nice roundup. Of responses from those who oppose marriage equality and from its supporters. A few other statements:. A quote from Rev. Mike Schuenemeyer. In a statement of support. From the United Church of Christ. From the supportive statement.