I love that this film does what the Bible does so well that most retellings fail to do: Highlight that this story is ultimately about family, human relationships, and the way that our pain can either be a healing or a damaging force for others.

The Anarchodox Podcast@anarchodoxpod.bsky.social · 2d ago

You know what movie is always good to watch? What film has so much rich and juicy theology and revolutionary sensibilities to it, and also has an absolute banger soundtrack? That's right. It's time to talk about the Dreamworks classic, Prince of Egypt! Featuring @twibar.bsky.social 's Elle & Micah!

This conversation made me realize: Paul probably had ADHD. He meanders and wanders his way through his point in a way that can be really confusing if you just cut him off halfway through. But when you listen to his whole argument, it comes down to: be a good guest AND be a good host.

LIT Bible@litbible.net · 4d ago

Our newest episode of Found in Translation is up! As always, chatting with Micah from @twibar.bsky.social was a blast. We talked 1 Corinthians 8-10, and it didn't disappoint. youtu.be/1Jb72uRglW8?...

If our Christianity causes us to be more concerned about people dressing up and celebrating Halloween than we are about cruel people in power dressing up as Christians and harming people all year long, that’s when we know we are focusing on the wrong kind of monsters.

All of that to say, even though I am a pacifist uwu soft girl Christian, the last plague was basically "Hey Pharoah, you think you control all of life and death as King? Fuck you:

I heard a convincing argument from @twibar.bsky.social that the ten plagues of Egypt was God symbolically defeating the various Egyptian gods in battle. "Oh, you think the Nile God gives you life? Fuck you, the Nile is dead. You worship Ra the sun? Fuck you, Egypt is in darkness."

"Want the real presence without the homophobia?" ⚓

the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · last mo.

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Because salt preserves food from rotting and light casts out darkness.

KidzBoptotenlieder@theodramatist.com · last mo.

Salt and light both melt ICE

The state was the tool used to murder God. For Christians, any conversation about the legitimacy of the state to hold any power, especially that of life and death, must begin and end with that fact.

Rev. Benjamin Cremer@brcremer.bsky.social · last mo.

Imagine claiming to follow Jesus who was publicly executed and then glorifying public executions by wanting to live stream them.

We're BACK with an amazing episode with Ell, @joshfightsabear.bsky.social , and @margaret.bsky.social on a bunch of weird little laws like "Love your neighbor!" Margaret turned the questions around to ask why we bother reading this weird little book. This is a great place to start if you're new! ⚓

For behold, darkness covers the land;

Fun fact: If you look at all the different options in the Book of Common Prayer for the basic liturgy of a Rite II Eucharist, the purely statistical odds of any two parish services using the identical choices is 137,625,600 to 1. ⚓

"Personal salvation is never merely personal." - Audre Lorde

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One of the major detriments of the English language is the way our emotions are separated out from the physical sensations causing the emotion. Hangry is a great word because it identifies both the feeling and its source. I propose the following:

Debating the "existence" of God: -pointless -boring -antithetical to a religion based on faith itself Debating whether or not communion by intinction is simply a variation on "chips and salsa" -invigorating -a bold new frontier for discourse -you get drunk the more you do it

I suppose where I really come down on this is that I don't think you can actually be orthodox and exclusive. You can't preach the God of love and then use that faith to justify hating people. That is heresy.

The Word in Black and Red Pod@twibar.bsky.social · 3mo ago

You can be orthodox and exclusive (for example, Catholics). You can be heterodox and exclusive (for example, Jehovah's Witnesses). You can be heterodox and inclusive (for example, Unitarian Universalists). But you can also be orthodox and inclusive, which is the balance the Episcopal Church seeks.

I worry sometimes whether being open about the fact that I am a Christian universalist renders me unorthodox. Then I remember that the folks who shaped orthodoxy believed so fervently in the divinity & humanity of Christ that they couldn't help but become universalists because of their orthodoxy.

This was the whole 2FAB experience. I kept reading and going “wait, people think *this* is the book that’s anti women in leadership? This one? Have they read it?”

So rather than being in conflict, putting “Inclusive” and “Orthodoxy” together for the folks I know who lean on the term might be a way of saying their commitment to the former is founded on the latter.

"Inclusive orthodoxy" feels like a dog whistle. I don't mean to be suspicious of the phrase, but I feel the same way about some American piskies identifying not as simply "Episcopalian," but specifically "Anglican." I would love to learn more from those who use the term about what it means to you. ⚓

to comfort and help the weak-hearted;

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Jesus doesn't need your nudes! He lives inside you.

Transvangelical@transvangelical.com · 4mo ago

You keep telling me that I need a personal relationship with Jesus, but then get mad when I send him nudes?!?! Make up your mind!

Don't forget today that an empire built on slavery, conquest, rape, and endless love of money killed the son of God. And in spite of the worship of that evil empire, the God of the oppressed did not stay dead.

There are quite a few of us socialist Christian’s. ⚓️

This phrase is only ever said by people who refuse to seriously learn anything about the Bible.

Jenna DeWitt@jennadewitt.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"you're not taking the Bible seriously!!" No, dude, I am not taking YOU seriously. There's a difference.

I'm at a minor league soccer game for Pride Night and there's a huge section of Catholics here with their priest. I feel like I'm in an Episcopal Church. ⚓

Quotes from my son at the Eucharistic table: "Yes! Yummy nummy." "Wait! I'm still hungry." At least his depiction of Jesus gets the point. ⚓

The Earthsea Cycle is basically Harry Potter but if it was good.

“Do not fret yourself because of evildoers; * do not be jealous of those who do wrong. For they shall soon wither like the grass, * and like the green grass fade away.” Evening has a word for us. 📕