Randy Knie
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Yesterday felt like a Christian Twitter rite of passage for me.
I was called a false prophet, false teacher, blasphemer, a wolf and a heretic headed to hell, all because I don’t believe in biblical inerrancy.
And we wonder why young people are leaving the Church in droves…
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I knew I was fully LGBTQ affirming as a pastor when I realized I had more fear of the Lord in me about being a barrier between a whole ppl group and the Gospel than I did about getting a couple of unclear verses in then Bible wrong.
The Gospel matters more. People matter more.
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What is Christianity all about?
Acting justly, loving mercy, walking humbly with God.
That’s it.
No requirement of believing in things like a literal creation story or biblical inerrancy or that queer people are going to hell.
Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly with God.
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If you lived through the 90’s and loved Amy Grant like I did, you know Amy has taken heat from fundamentalist gatekeepers many times before and continues to do her thing with dignity and grace.
Keep on loving like Jesus, Amy.
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The Bible gets so much more fascinating and fun when you let go of the idea of inerrancy.
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Religious people saying they’d refuse to attend a gay wedding while claiming to follow a Messiah who was rejected by religious people for attending dinners and parties with the wrong people is the ultimate irony.
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When people are desperate for Jesus and yet they have panic attacks walking into a church, we have a major problem.
If you think Jesus endorses theology and church practices that induces panic attacks and suicidal ideation in people just looking for Jesus, you’ve missed Jesus.
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Short 🧵about sexuality and the Church:
Received an email today from a man who visited our church. He wrote to apologize for being unable to engage with me because he was about to have a panic attack.
He hasn’t stepped foot into a church in over two years. He’s also queer.
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What the Bible is:
- A guide to Jesus
- The grand narrative of God pursuing God’s people
- Rooted in it’s ancient Near Eastern cultural context
- Complex
What the Bible isn’t:
- Clear
- A science textbook
- Inerrant
- A member of the Trinity
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Perhaps, instead of clutching our pearls about a Pope blessing same-sex couples who have the audacity to love Jesus, maybe we should instead ask the Spirit to guide us into the heart of Christ who welcomes all people with no asterisks, exclusions…and no panic attacks.
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“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
This is the heart of Jesus. Full stop.
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I love the Bible. I believe it’s miraculously inspired and authoritative.
But, what if part of the reason American Christianity is going off the rails is bc we made sure everything about us was “Biblical” rather than “Christlike”?
We’re Christ-followers, not Bible-followers.
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What must we do to inherit eternal life?
- Hold the correct doctrine?
- Believe in the inerrancy of the Bible?
Nope.
- Love God
- Love our neighbors
No wonder we don’t like Jesus’ teaching. It’s way easier to hold the right beliefs than it is to live in the way of Jesus.
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Something I heard yesterday from a new friend who is a trans woman:
“I shouldn’t need a Bible verse to justify my existence”
I’ll be sitting with that today.
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The fact that I am a part of a church where queer Christians are welcomed, loved and empowered is one of the things I’m most grateful for and proud of as a pastor.
The Holy Spirit is moving towards full inclusion, and the Spirit will not be stopped by our fear, hatred and sin.
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It makes me so happy to see women like
@bethallisonbarr
,
@kkdumez
and
@BethMooreLPM
spitting straight fire when the self-appointed (male) gatekeepers try to silence them with fear-mongering and make believe arguments.
You ladies are incredible and your voices are so important.
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The Bible isn’t clear…it’s actually quite messy.
The Bible isn’t simple…it’s incredibly complex.
The Bible isn’t God…it’s the story of God pursuing humanity.
How about we stop trying to make the Bible something it’s not and start enjoying the Bible for what it is?
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Can we be honest?
Complementarian theology is patriarchal at its core and way too often leads to misogyny and abuse.
Jesus radically honored, dignified and liberated women, yet much of the church insists on marginalizing, silencing and abusing women.
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Is the Bible inerrant or infallible?
I’m no longer interested in that question. I’m interested in questions like:
Have you been transformed by the Jesus you found in the Bible?
Do these ancient stories and writings challenge the way you live and think in the real world today?
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What if we focused first on making sure our churches were Christ-like above being “Bible-based”?
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Finding comfort today in this quote from
@ZachWLambert
:
“I’d rather be excluded because of who we include rather than be included because of who we exclude.”
The Gospel will always get you in trouble with religious folks.
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Jesus doesn’t care if you win or lose the culture wars.
Jesus doesn’t care about your beliefs about the end times.
Jesus doesn’t care about your “correct” doctrine.
Jesus cares about whether or not you truly love your neighbor.
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He was a missionary with the SBC, ministering in profound ways overseas. When he decided to be honest about who he is and came out two years ago, the church and most of his community rejected him. The pain, isolation and abuse he faced made it so he couldn’t step into a church.
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How much more beautiful and winsome would the Christian faith be if we simply stopped telling people how to live and rather learned how to listen and love without conditions?
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You can have your Bible based Christianity.
I’ll be over here trying my best to embody a Christ centered Christianity.
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When Jesus said, “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first”, he wasn’t referring to the big bad pagan world.
He was talking about the religious gatekeepers in his own faith tradition.
If you’re truly following Jesus, be ready to be rejected by Christians.
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Christians, when people are in absolute crisis, PLEASE don’t tell them that ‘God is sovereign and in control’.
Just listen, grieve and love. That’s it.
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As Christians, the moment we give anyone or anything authority alongside or over Jesus is the moment we worship and follow idols.
That includes the Bible.
Also, the Apostle Paul.
Or, a politician or political ideology.
It’s just that simple.
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I’m so proud to be a part of a church where it’s normal to hear from women in the pulpit.
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So, we’ve got one white male pastor forcing women to stay in abusive marriages and another openly objectifying women in the pulpit, but it’s white women who are the greatest threat to the church.
Got it.
If
@kkdumez
and
@BethMooreLPM
are leading a great apostasy, sign me up.
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The church needs to kiss certainty goodbye.
Faith ≠ Certainty
Belief ≠ Knowing
Pretending we’re certain about things we can’t be certain about makes us look silly.
Faith, trust and hope are beautiful things for humans to hold onto.
Let’s be people of faith & hope.
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I can’t tell you how many Christians with a “high view of Scripture” quote John 1:1-3 to me, thinking that text is talking about the Bible instead of Jesus.
Perhaps we need to be obsessed with having a high view of Christ before we obsess over having a high view of Scripture?
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Welcoming and loving queer Christians and their families into the life of the church is worth the hatred of a thousand angry theobros.
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Don’t be deceived by Theobros who use fear to tell you what you can and can’t believe.
You can be a Christian and affirm LGBTQ+…
…just like…
…you can be a Christian and affirm that slavery is evil…
…just like…
…you can be a Christian and affirm women in leadership.
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What if God is better than you’ve thought?
What if God is more loving than you thought?
What if God will save more people than you thought?
What if God is bigger and more vast than your brain has the capacity to understand?
Would that change the way you see the world?
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It’s amazing how when you follow the Holy Spirit in restoring dignity and equality to one people group, you typically wind up following the Spirit in the liberation of all marginalized people.
It’s the best kind of slippery slope!
Churches that affirm women pastors will eventually, in time, become churches that will affirm LGBTQ+ pastors.
#SBC24
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You know what is an actual abomination?
The way some “Christians” have treated queer people on this platform this past month.
It’s been embarrassing, unsurprising and completely unchristlike.
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Pastors, let's be more willing to lose people for the sake of what we know is of Christ.
Let's stand:
- For racial justice and equality
- For women in all areas of leadership
- For LGBTQIA+ inclusion
- Against crazy conspiracy theories
- Against politically corrupted theology
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The more I engage with people who grew up in the church, the more I’m convinced that the idea of biblical inerrancy isn’t just nonsensical, it’s a barrier to the Gospel for many, many thoughtful people.
The Bible is so much more rich and complex than our simple and silly
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“Women can’t lead, they belong in the home”
“Gay people are an abomination”
“Democrats aren’t real Christians”
“Don’t trust science”
When you stand against so much of the world around you, please don’t be shocked when the world around you isn’t interested in your religion.
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Pastors, on this
#NationalComingOutDay
, know that you have more queer church members than you know.
They’re dying to be loved, accepted and included.
Whether they feel safe to be who God made them to be is in large part up to you.
Is your church a safe place for all people?
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With all this patriarchal bs going around from insecure men, I’m so grateful for the advice
@sheilagregoire
gave me on
@PPWBPodcast
when I asked her what’s her one but of advice to a dad raising a daughter…
Sheila’s answer?
Let your daughter disagree with you.
So good.
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I’m in awe of my queer Christian siblings.
To be faithful to Christ in the face of hatred, rejection and bigotry from so much of the church challenges me to the core.
We straight, cisgender Christians have SO MUCH to learn from our queer siblings, if we’d only listen…
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God doesn’t love you because Jesus died for you.
Jesus died for you because God loves you.
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@ZachWLambert
@JoelWBerry
I can’t imagine having a brand of Christianity that makes me want to belittle people for saying that Jesus wants us to care for marginalized and oppressed people. Lord, have mercy.
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Also, stop telling people to “go and sin no more” when they aren’t sinning.
Stop telling people to “go and sin no more” if you are unwilling to stand between that “sinner” and the rocks being thrown at them.
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Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise
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The older I get, the more I realize how complex faith is.
I used to think the Bible was “clear”.
The Bible is fascinating, frustrating, beautiful and complex. It’s not “clear”.
Faith isn’t simple. It changes, matures and evolves.
I’ll take complexity over certainty any day.
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Talked with an Evangelical megachurch pastor friend who told me his church has lost families who insisted he turn hard right politically and preach Christian Nationalism.
He won’t do it.
I’m so thankful for the faithful leaders who put the Gospel before appeasing the masses.
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Don’t be fooled, friends. You can believe the Bible is inspired, trustworthy and authoritative and:
- Affirm women in all areas of church leadership
- Reject a literalist interpretation of the Bible
- Affirm LGBTQ brothers and sisters
- Believe that sin and brokenness exist
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Salvation as union with Christ rather than deliverance from hellfire is so much more beautiful, compelling and biblical.
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My dude.
As a fellow pastor, can I say that people aren’t “antagonistic toward Christianity and pastors”.
People are rightly antagonistic toward toxic forms of Christianity and misogynistic pastors who objectify women.
Apologizing isn’t hard.
Update: The TLDR version is flannel pastor is the victim but don’t worry, God told him (At Asbury) that he would be rescued from “evil people.” via Psalm 37.
So all good
And yes I watched the whole thing. These bros cannot help themselves. He really Should’ve said less.
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This is what Christian Twitter looks like.
Just for saying I don’t believe in inerrancy.
So ugly.
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First, I don’t believe in biblical inerrancy, then the theobros find out I have a woman who’s a pastor and elder at my church! Oh no!
If serving the church alongside women in leadership makes me an apostate, sign me up.
@AnnaIPrimrose1
@RandyKnie
Here is a statement of fact, stated in love.
@RandyKnie
is a false teacher, a prime example of 2 Timothy 4:3-4, whose false ‘church’ has female ‘pastors’ and other signs of apostasy.
He denies scripture as scripture denies him.
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“My command is this: make sure your church has the perfect statement of faith.”
“My command is this: protect marriage as between a man and a woman above all else.”
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
Which did Jesus actually say, and which reflects the
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Guess what happens when you’re committed to the way of humility and lifelong learning?
You change your mind when given new evidence.
May we all have enough humility to be willing to grow and learn, and may we all love people enough to be accused of “untethered empathy”.
In light of the recent news that NT scholar/ethicist Richard Hays is now gay affirming, I pulled my old copy of his ethics book from seminary and revisited the chapter on homosexuality.
In 1996, he said homosexuality is sinful. In 2024, he reportedly believes the opposite.
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When, as a Christian, you can’t have a civil disagreement with another Christ follower without condemning them to hell or labeling them a heretic or an apostate, that’s a pretty good sign your religion is toxic and not of Christ.
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I have non-Christian friends asking me about what Harrison Butker said now.
Ugh.
Friends, we cannot let racist, misogynistic, homophobic white men normalize racism, misogyny and homophobia in the church.
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I’m honestly surprised at all the fuss about the SBC kicking Saddleback Church out because they ordained a woman.
We know who the SBC is and what they stand for.
The surprising thing to me is that churches like Saddleback would want to be a part of the SBC.
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If God is good and love at the core, then shouldn’t it be obvious that:
Patriarchy is sin and a good God can’t support it.
Sending billions of ppl to eternal conscious torment is evil and a loving God cant do that.
Rejecting ppl bc they’re queer doesn’t reflect a God of love.
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I’ll never get used to the toxicity, ugliness and meanness that comes out of conservative Evangelical Twitter.
Christian Twitter needs Jesus.
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@joshuapotter
My man, pretending “the Bible is clear” might help you make a point in a sermon, but it isn’t helping people approach and engage with the Bible honestly and with integrity.
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Jesus told us to love our enemies.
Jesus rejected retributive violence.
Jesus blessed the peacemakers.
Jesus rebuked Peter when he used a weapon of war for self-defense.
Jesus was brutalized and crucified and through his violent death, brought life.
Jesus ≠ Guns
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If our churches aren't pushing against the religious boundaries by radically including marginalized and rejected people groups, are our churches actually walking in the way of Jesus?
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I love being a part of a church where all are welcome to the Eucharist table.
How could it be any other way?
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Inclusion is the way of Jesus.
Inclusion is the way of the Gospel.
Inclusion is the way of the Kingdom.
Inclusion should be the way of the Church.
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If your religious beliefs make you a less loving person and a worse human being, you should question those religious beliefs.
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Another day, another rich conversation with a pastor feeling called by the Spirit to transform their church into an affirming and inclusive community.
The Holy Spirit is always going to move us toward the marginalized. Are we willing to follow where the Spirit is leading?
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“The apostles remembered what many modern Christians tend to forget - that what makes the Gospel offensive isn’t who it keeps out but who it lets in.”
-
@rachelheldevans
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@calebsdavis
The Bible is authoritative *to me* because of what I *believe* about it - that it was somehow, mysteriously inspired by God to communicate who God is and what God is like by revealing Jesus to us.
Jesus is the whole point, not inerrancy.
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“What makes the Gospel offensive isn’t who it keeps out, but who it lets in.”
-
@rachelheldevans
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I was off Twitter all day, and I check in here to find myself lumped in with
@masonmennenga
on the heretic watch??
Look mom! I finally made it!!
I’m so proud.
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“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”
No mention of holding to Biblical inerrancy or having the right doctrine & dogma.
Following the Spirit requires more than believing the right bullet points.
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As I was recently teaching the Gospel of John’s passion narrative, I was honest about and named our tradition’s history of anti-Semitism.
As someone walked out, they angrily said, “I go to church to feel good about myself. That was terrible.”
Being honest isn’t the easy road.
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Just remember, the only thing that matters is faith expressing itself in love.
That’s the whole deal.
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It’s so refreshing to connect with 50, 60 and 70-something folks who’ve lived in the Evangelical church their whole lives, but now want something deeper and more Christlike.
I know the theobros and fundamentalists are the loudest, but new life is taking root everywhere.
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Can you imagine how unpopular a religious leader would be today if they told Christians to stop obsessing about the behavior of other people and start being honest about their own sin?
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“My command is this: love one another as I have loved you.”
Jesus didn’t say agree with one another.
Jesus said love one another.
That’s so much more difficult than just agreeing with one another.
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Sitting and being present with those in grief is one of the most sacred spaces we’ll experience in this life.
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Pride month is for the ones who’ve been called an abomination all their lives.
Pride month is for the youth who’ve been rejected by their families.
Pride month is for those who’ve been told Jesus doesn’t love them.
Pride month is for the kids contemplating suicide right now.
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It really is this simple.
Beware of any Christian movement that insists it has so many enemies to conquer rather than so many neighbors to love.
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Hey Siri, what is the definition of gaslighting?
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My favorite moment every year is this…this beautiful congregation singing in one powerful voice:
“Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother,
And in his name, all oppression shall cease.”
Yes and amen. Merry Christmas, friends.
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For the fruits of the theobro’s spirit are bigotry, hatred, mean spiritedness, homophobia, misogyny, insecurity and poor biblical exegesis.
Against such things, the law of love wins.
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The fruit of the Spirit are:
Love
Joy
Peace
Patience
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self Control
Does that sound like American Christianity?
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The future of the church in America is a future of repentance and change.
A move from arrogance to humility.
A move from judgment to grace.
A move from fundamentalism to a generous orthodoxy.
A move from hypocrisy to transparency.
A move from exclusion to inclusion.
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America is literally sacrificing our children to the idol of the almighty gun.
God help us.
#GunControlNow
#GunReformNow
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If you can’t imagine a world that’s not centered on yourself, you’re really not going to like this guy named Jesus…
Your red-pill moment should be realizing that you, white male, no matter how much the rich and powerful trample you, will never be considered "marginalized".
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When praying for
@rachelheldevans
, you don’t need to qualify it with your theological differences. Always pray and bless without conditions and qualifiers.
Jesus, breathe your healing life into Rachel’s body.
#PrayForRHE
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The church in America today doesn’t know how to love.
We know how to condemn.
We know how to shame.
We know how to reject.
We know how to abuse.
We don’t know how to love.
We don’t know Jesus.
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How different would the church be if we truly believed all humans reflect the image of God?
Might we listen to each other’s stories instead of labeling and judging?
Would we obsess over who we include more than who we exclude?
Imagine the Gospel witness that church would have.
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Liberation and equality are forces of the Kingdom of God that will not be stopped.
Full LGBTQ inclusion and equality will be the norm in the American church.
Women leading/preaching/teaching will be the norm in the American church.
These things are going to happen…it’s
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Say it louder for the people in the back
If your long walk with God leads you to become increasingly: JUDGMENTAL, FEARFUL, and HATEFUL,
rather than increasingly: MERCIFUL, PATIENT, and LOVING,
then you are not following God, at all.
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Can we stop platforming and listening to anything John MacArthur has to say yet?
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God is love plus nothing.
All of who and what God is finds its source in and flows out of unconditional, uncompromising and unrelenting divine love.
God is love.
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Friends, if your theology causes people to want to end their own lives, it’s not a theology rooted in Christ.
This should not be controversial.
If your theology produces self-hatred and self-harm in people, you can be sure you’ve missed Jesus.
Shouldn’t that be obvious?
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I seem to remember a guy in the Bible who would quote the Bible and say things like, “You have heard it said..,but I tell you…”
Jesus of Nazareth.
The OG of deconstruction.
Many would have you believe that
#deconstruction
is a better path. ❤️
@pastoremase
who describes deconstruction in its origins being in the garden with the serpent saying, “did God really say?”
Don’t be fooled by teachers who think they’re better at loving others than Jesus is.
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If your religion fuels white supremacy, it’s not of Jesus.
If your religion is homophobic, it’s not of Jesus.
If your religion marginalizes women, it’s not of Jesus.
This isn’t complicated.
The Gospel is a force of liberation, not oppression.
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