Wishing you and yours a wonderful #Advent season, as I take a needed break from Social Media. I’ll see you here on #Christmas Day! #HappyHolidays!!

Jesus drank wine, went to parties, and fellowshipped with shady characters - the kind of people that most good #church going folks wouldn’t want to be caught dead with!! (John 2:1-10, Mark 14:23-25, Mark 2:14-17). #Bible #BibleDevo #LoveYourNeighbor #WWJD

The freedom that the #Bible speaks of is more about freedom From something (sin, bondage) so that we can do something else (follow Jesus, serve God and our fellow humans). Not to be confused with the American political concept of personal liberty: the freedom to choose to do whatsoever we please.

#HermeneuticIsEverything #Bible #Politics #Justice #Hermeneutics

“being an ambassador of the kingdom of God—requires paying attention, noticing, alertness, and being truly present.” -Todd Hunter open.substack.com/pub/bishopto... #Hurry #Spirituality #Love

Barth, Bonhoeffer, and #TIS: “the task of the interpreter was not to interpret the author but the author’s words in light of the subject matter to which they bear witness” -Karl Barth open.substack.com/pub/joelbgre... #Hermenetics

[email protected] has appointed Nicole Massie Martin as president and CEO, succeeding Timothy Dalrymple. Her tenure begins as CT expands digitally yet faces some staff departures, internal disagreements, and questions about its direction. julieroys.com/christianity...

“many churches grow, and growth isn’t a bad thing in itself. The danger is when growth becomes the goal; when size is the measure of a church’s success.” -Joy LaPrade open.substack.com/pub/joylapra... #ChurchGrowth #BetterMetrics #Pastors #Church #Shepherds

#ConsumerChristianity #Missional #Sent

Efficiency is a value of Empire. Is it NOT a value or marker of the Kingdom of God.

I’ve always said that there are 2 kinds of Christians: Those who think that Constantine was the greatest thing that ever happened to #Christianity, & those who think he was the worst! This video does a fair job of presenting both sides. youtube.com/watch?v=Ep_A... #ChurchHistory #Conststinianism

The method of #CenteringPrayer - part 2 (20 min. video). youtu.be/pX6XtDuRaqY?... #SpiritualFormation #Prayer #SpiritualDirection

From my #meditation this morning… My word or phrase: “be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... #LectioDivina #Bible #Epistles

“There is worldly power, which is exerted over persons, and there is godly power, which works relationally with and among persons.” -David Fitch www.missioalliance.org/abusing-powe... #Power #Church #SpiritualAbuse

“And coming off the line when the light turns green Well, she blows them out of the water like you never seen I get pushed out of shape, and it's hard to steer When I get rubber in all four gears” -Brian Wilson & Roger Val Christian (1963) youtu.be/NwgGuadsqyo?... #RockNroll #Music

If you’ve never tried #ImaginativeContemplation this is a good one… “nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. If you know these things, you are blessed, if you do them.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... #Meditation #ContemplativePrayer #SpiritualFormation #Bible #Gospels

Today is the feast day of St. Ignatius of Antioch, who was martyred in the 1st Century. Here's that story:

The priesthood of all believers did not make everyone into church workers; rather, it turned every kind of work into a sacred calling. ~ Gene Edward Veith Jr. #Covo #Covocational

#HumanFlourishing #LoveYourNeighbor #Church

The history and origins of surf rock (13min. Video)! youtu.be/MtqNQ8FXIvk?... #Music #RockNroll #SurfSound #MusicHistory

81 days until #Christmas! youtu.be/7hRKdKbDkkI?... #JustSayin

“they have a gross misunderstanding of the nature of the kingdom of God…” open.substack.com/pub/bradbloc... #Church #Gospel #GoodNews #KingdomOfGod #Missional #Jesus #Evangelicalism #Bible #Gospels

The stages of spiritual abuse (according to Mary DeMuth): open.substack.com/pub/marydemu... #SpiritualAbuse #Church #Cults

For anyone in and around Southern California in mid-October: the 2025 #Missiology lecture series!! fuller.edu/missiology/ #FullerSeminary #Mission

How can my unqualified praise of Charlie Kirk hurt my brown brothers and sisters in Christ? open.substack.com/pub/nijaykgu... #Bible #Politics #Racism #Hate #Oppression #Christianity

Joel Green on Good News to the Poor in Luke-Acts (Part 1). open.substack.com/pub/joelbgre... #Bible #Gospels #BiblicalTheology

First President of the United States, George Washington, said, “If the #freedom of #speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led like sheep to the slaughter.” #1stAmendment

Today’s Daily Dose of Hebrew! youtube.com/watch?v=PBPv... #Bible #HebrewBible #Writings #Psalms

“If any man do a cruelty in my name, then, though he says the name of Aslan, it is Tash whom he serves and by Tash his deed is accepted.” ~The Last Battle

To all those who are tired of being told to hate their neighbor, I give you Texas State Representative James Talarico: www.facebook.com/share/v/179a... #Love #Hate #Politics #Jesus #Christianity

Stevie Wonder’s message that Love’s in Need of Love Today is as needed now as it was in 1974 when this song came out… youtube.com/watch?v=_Zdi... #Music #Love

There was a time when the study of the #Bible WAS The study of #Theology!?! open.substack.com/pub/joelbgre... #TheologicalInterpretationOfScripture #TIS

Was Junia really an Apostle? #ChurchHistory #Egalitarianism #Bible

Remember when the Mars Hill elders led us to believe that a Bullying Leadership style and Plagiarism were not moral failure? This type of thing is still going on today! open.substack.com/pub/sitwithc... #Church #SpiritualAbuse #MoralFailure #Character #Leadership

Who is Jesus? #Bible #Jesus #KingdomOfGod open.substack.com/pub/bishopto...

The next installment in my series on Good News to the Poor in Luke-Acts...

#HermeneuticsIsEverything #Bible #Hermeneutics #BibleAsLiterature

I believe God is cleaning house of greedy, unwavering, bombastic, prideful leaders. And he is using the quiet voices of the “small” to do so. -Mary DeMuth open.substack.com/pub/marydemu... #SpiritualAbuse #Bible #Church #Leadership

At St. Cuthbert’s Cave with St. Stephen’s University students teaching on Cuthbert’s evangelization of Northumbria in the seventh century and our need to stay open to miracles in the twenty-first century.

Good thoughtful piece! Would you go to the #church described in the Ad proposed by Andy, or do you prefer all the hype? open.substack.com/pub/andysquy...

Drawing parallels between the Old Covenant Priesthood, and Pastors, Elders, & leaders in the #Church under the New Covenant is an apples and oranges problem! margmowczko.com/old-testamen... #Egalitarianism #Complementarianism #PriesthoodOfAllBelievers #ChurchGovernment #Leadership

“It was in that moment, at age nineteen, that I decided I’d better start learning something about #theology because the complex yet strangely tidy answers of that dispensational chart left me with lots of questions.” -Michelle Van Loon open.substack.com/pub/jenaiaum... #ReplacementTheology

An #ImaginativeContemplation exercise on Mary of Bethany anointing Jesus in the gospel of John. Enjoy! (24 min. audio) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... #Bible #Meditation #Gospels #SpiritualFormation

Why context matters: the entire context of Mark 11-13 demands that the Widow’s Offering (12:41f.) is not about what giving in the church should look like, but rather about condemning a corrupt religious system that abuses the vulnerable. youtu.be/OiuS1kSrDfE?... #HermeneuticsIsEverything #Bible

What is Jenai Auman up to ? open.substack.com/pub/jenaiaum... #SpiritualDirection #Healing #SpiritualAbuse #SpiritualFormation #MentalHealth

Are you using a Reference #Bible for your Bible reading and personal devotions? I highly recommend The Books of the Bible (a reading Bible) published by Biblica/Zondervan. Save your Reference Bible for Bible Study, for #church and sermons. youtube.com/watch?v=KA8R... #BibleDevo #BibleReading

Today’s daily dose of Greek… on Psalm 3:9! youtube.com/watch?v=_hxf... #Bible #HebrewBible #Psalms

Great explanation of a difficult passage: “Paul wanted to avoid elitist cliques, hierarchies, and factions, so he tells the Corinthians that every part of the body is necessary and honourable.” -Marg Mowczko margmowczko.com/honour-for-u... #Bible #Epistles #HonorCulture #SpiritualElitism