As a girl dad, watching people insinuate the only way a woman can get to a position of power is sleeping around puts me against you.
Mocking a woman by *how* she speaks (tone, laugh, etc.) vs. *what* she says puts me against you.
Elevate discourse that doesn't tear women down
@abc13houston
I read a story about this happening, and the person quickly invested the funds in an account where it accrued interest. She paid back the amount, but kept the interest. Ethics are questionable, but whatever๐
For years, we've had to sit and listen about how the biggest enemies to the church were The Woke, The Liberals, Social Justice or Socialism
Today it was affirmed that the biggest threat to the Church was itself. People who craved power and bullied survivors in the name of Jesus.
"Guns are a heart issue, and banning them will never stop us from eradicating the sin in evil people"
- Brought to you by the folks who banned 2 piece swimsuits at church pool parties and spaghetti straps at school.
If you told me a few years ago that the Church of Jesus Christ would be more riled up over rainbow flags than demonstrable evidence that pastors were sexually abusing men, womens and children in the House of God, I wouldn't have believed you.
And yet, here we are.
Controversial Statement: Churches that host political events and make statements on how voting against their party impacts salvation should lose their Tax Exemption immediately.
That ain't a church, that's a PAC with an offering plate, using Jesus as their mascot.
Trump ally Charlie Kirk: โI want to make sure we all make a commitment, that if this election doesnโt go our way, the next day weโd fight.โ
Kirk then compared this commitment to those who fought in the American Revolution.
9 months ago, we had to pull our daughter out of school because she was having upwards of 50 seizures a day.
Last night, she got to go to a ballet class and giggling non-stop with pure joy. She has been seizure free for nearly nearly 3 months after a miraculous brain surgery.
From the outside, the world must think Evangelical Christianity has lost its mind.
We have the energy to get worked up about Yoga Pants, Cussing or LGBTQ People's right to exist.
Rampant gun violence? No chance.
The sex abuse in our churches? Fake news.
Killing our witness.
@blurayangel
Film Twitter wouldn't exist without contrarian takes popping up 6-8 months after every popular movie.
Popular movies were bad, bad movies were overhated, rinse and repeat.
These women are living their lives, expressing joy, finding community and having harmless fun.
Cue an army of Twitter Incels and Fundamentalists putting them under a microscope for the sin of dancing and enjoying themselves. Nothing inappropriate.
Just say y'all hate women.
I'm actually super grateful for this video.
It gave me a chance to scoop up my daughter, hug her and tell her that I will always be proud of her. That some misguided people will try to define her value when they have no right, but she can be who God created her to be.
@joshua_boe
I tell you man, it wore on me a lot when charismatic folks would pray over our daughter and declare that she'd be healed and never have seizures again, pat themselves on the back while we still had to deal with epilepsy.
God was with us and they had good intentions.. But man.
The Bee has never been a bulwark of good principles, but you really can measure the absolute disintegration of conservative morals from 2016 to today with stuff like this.
Everything Donald Trump says in this interview would've gotten me dragged out of my Southern Baptist Church and got me called a baby killer, but despite coming out Pro-Choice he's still the overwhelming choice among Evangelicals.
Could have primaried ANYONE else.
@lindsayfickas
Lindsay, so glad you're okay.
I was actually a few vehicles ahead of you and in the commotion, my car was struck by something from above and spontaneously combusted.
This was just a few feet from the scene.
People who hated the Sequels and blamed them for killing George Lucas's Star Wars (After they literally bullied George Lucas and said he also killed Star Wars)
@brodiewankenobi
While I don't outright hate it, it's probably my least favorite Disney+ show.
Boba's arc as a Crime Lord that refuses to participate in Crime felt a little too sanitized for me, Mando episodes killed some momentum for Fett's story and it wrapped Mando's S2 ending too quick.
I grew up being told John MacArthur was some great expository preacher, but this is just a bitter old man saying his opinions in a pulpit.
No Biblical backing. No expert opinion. Just a man with a fake Doctorate who thinks he's qualified to call mental health a "coping problem"
John MacArthur doubles down on mental illness being a noble lie.
Brain disease is pathological. โMental disordersโ are character flaws. Flaws of people who donโt know how to cope with life.
Y'all are going to have to excuse me for a moment.
Since 2016, I've been told that I'm not a Real Christian because I refused to endorse Trump on the grounds he was the Pro-Life, Pro-Conservative Values Candidate.
HE HAS NEVER BEEN. Y'ALL JUST MADE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL.
Just here to iterate again that the faith of all of us who didn't line up behind MAGA Republicans was questioned because it meant we weren't behind Pro-Life agendas, and now our faith is questioned if we don't fall in line behind their candidate who is basically Pro-Choice.
"Hey ladies, we are actually going to ignore all the amazing Biblical Women who lead countries, prophesied, were apostles and funded Jesus' ministry to tell you your only worth is staying at home and having babies! Wait.. Where y'all going?"
Women attend religious services more than men. That was true for generations.
Until about five years ago.
The survey data is consistent on this point.
Women born in 1980 or later are more likely to be never attenders compared to men of the same age.
I have said for years that Christians have completely sold out our witness, credibility and the very God we serve by tying our faith to politics.
These kinds of definitive statements come from a lust for power.
Wan to know what Christianity isn't compatible with? Worldy power.
As the Trad Cons arrive to continue "reclaiming" that word, I'm just going to pin this here
James 3:10-11
[10] Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. [11] Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
@UpToTASK
Film Bros getting what they want. They wanted Marvel to fail because they thought those movies were keeping people from seeing other IPs.
Turns out Marvel Movies were keeping the lights on, like we've been saying.
Trends keep up like this, we won't have theaters.
@albertmohler
What a very sad memorial. I'm sorry for your loss, but also sorry for the state of your heart. Wouldn't even cross my mind to throw political jabs when eulogizing someone I love.
Glad she's beyond such trivialities, likely sitting at a table with liberal bros and sisters.
I will not pass down a country to my daughters that speaks about them this way.
The women in your life TODAY don't deserve a country that speaks about them this way.
It's unbecoming of our faith as Christians to treat women this way.
Do better and be better.
Donald Trump tore apart families, churches and friendships.
His divisive rhetoric fractured our country.
His constant lies damaged our nation.
People tripped over themselves to justify him. Sold their integrity.
And now he's a convicted criminal.
It was never worth it.
@UpToTASK
Y'know, people lose sight that Marvel has always been progressive but it also has always had something for everyone.
There are Christian Stories.
There are Muslim Stories.
There are Jewish Stories.
There are LGBTQ Stories.
Every story possible and all these characters coexist.
Paraphrasing
@Rondell_Trevino
:
The more I read my Bible, the more theologically conservative I become. Likewise, the more I read my Bible, the more socially compassionate I become.
Christian Values in Politics aren't a bad thing.
But when you strip away loving your neighbor, caring for the poor, lifting up the destitute and breaking the yolk of oppression...
You aren't legislating Christian Values anymore. It's just a power grab in Jesus name.
If your Christianity causes you to demand that our nation legislate your values, but those values oppose legislation that would ensure all people have food, clean water, shelter, healthcare, and a fair wage, then you canโt get upset when our culture rejects your Christianity.
@ArmandDoma
Who among us hadn't made a joke about forcibly impregnating a woman out of retaliation for not agreeing with us on politics
Comedy is legal now, sir
Sorry but anyone who tweeted that we can do nothing meaningful about guns because people will sin anyways can no longer write articles about leggings causing them to lust, I don't make the rules
A week ago, the Babylon Bee team would've called us all "woke" for saying that their fanbase was built up by these very people.
They made racism a boogeyman for "snowflakes" and made a joke of it.
Today, they realize exactly what they've built and have to reckon with it.
In this thread, Russell called Zach a heretic and told him he needed to be k*lled.
Pastor Zach responded by donating to Russell's GoFundMe for his kid's surgery and amplifying the need to his followers.
THIS is radical Christian love. THIS is turning the other cheek.
@rheineken28
Hey, Russell. Someone sent me this GoFundMe they found on your FB page. I'm really sorry your kids need surgery.
I donated to the fundraiser. I'm also praying for them, for you, and for your whole family.
Dear Evangelicals,
Al Mohler in 2022 telling you that you are unfaithful if you vote wrongly.
The Republican party has just dumped their Pro-Life Platform, under the direction of Donald Trump.
I'm waiting for y'all to say it's a sin and Un-Christian now to vote Trump.
Speaking at the "Pray, Vote, Stand" summit, Al Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, declares that it's "absolutely necessary" for all Christians to vote in the 2022 midterms and that any Christian that votes "wrongly" is being "unfaithful" to God.
@ErikReed
So... Instead of answering about the biological definition of a woman, you reduced feminity to childcare, being a wife and existing to compliment men.
Nobody is going to knock you off that line, but don't be surprised when people walk around it for something less condescending
@WomnOfValor
At WENDY'S those cowards COOK the SALMONELLA and E COLI out of the raw MEAT
Why?
Because Wendy is a GIRL who believes in LIES and SAFETY from feminist institutions like the FDA.
@Vaughanilla_
@tommyx54
@LeonBelmont14
Lol Spider-Man is getting shot at with RPGs, AK-47s, Pistols and LMGs in this game but they want to ask why he isn't singing praises of the 2nd Amendment ๐๐๐
Watching the prog. Christianity crowd refuse to condemn the tragedy in Israel today, use it as an opportunity to dunk on Evangelicals, etc. after spending all this time (rightly) condemning the consv. fundie response to Ukraine reminds me fundamentalism is a horseshoe.
It's pretty hard to shock me on here, but this is legitimately evil.
The Southern Baptist Convention has covered up hundreds of *known* sexual abuse cases.
They have filed legal briefs to protect people who have conspired to cover-up sex abuse to avoid accountability.
As an Evangelical in 2016, I was told that I needed to sell my personal conviction, my faith and values to support DJT in a Culture War against abortion.
I walked away from it in 2016, it cost so much.
Now he's throwing those same folks that demanded my loyalty under the bus.
The fact that there is even such a thing as โevangelicals for Harrisโ that pastors/influencers join shows you just how apostate much of the American church has become.
โAnd if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.โ
Matthew 15:14
Say what you want about Ravi Zacharias and his sex scandals, he was a mean apologist
Say what you want about Paul Pressler and his sex scandals, he was a figurehead of conservative theology
Say what you want about sex scandals, because we sure won't.
Daily Wire: SCRIPTURE IS CLEAR AND YOU READ IT PLAINLY, IT NEEDS NO EXTRA INTERPRETATION
*Flashback to my Baptist Church in 2002*
Pastor: ".... And that's why it's literally a sin to even think about alcohol, Jesus didn't turn water into wine, it was basically just grape juice"
@joeylemm
@timkellernyc
Real talk, Christians demonizing social justice is lazy. I'd argue that Social Justice is protecting the oppressed, defending the innocent and caring for the poor and needy.
When we treat the idea of social justice as a monolith that equals Anti-Christ, we do a disservice.
@WomnOfValor
Two daughters and I wouldn't change it for the world.
Had they been two sons, I would've been just as blessed.
I don't understand folks going crazy over the things they can't control and not just delighting in the blessing of a healthy baby you get to raise.
"I'm pretty confident that if anybody is going to be doing the persecuting, it will be us." - William Wolfe on Christian Nationalism
Galatians 1:6
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel
Some Baptists worry that Christian Nationalism cld lead to inter-denominational conflict & persecution. But Christian Nationalist William Wolfe (a Baptist) says they shouldnโt worry bc Baptists are โmillions strongโ & thus if anyone will be doing the persecuting, itโs THEM. ๐ณ1/
@TmSouthFlorida
@rpetty
Really? I think that had a lot more to do with good, innocent folks like Phillando Castile getting shot while the responsible officers were consistently acquitted of wrongdoing.
We have the time to wonder if people who vote Democrat are committing an unforgivable sin or if people who acknowledge racism are infected by a "woke mind virus"
Meanwhile, the people looking for a real hope and a real Jesus are going elsewhere. They won't find it w/ us.
I've never had a more baffling experience than watching The Last Jedi and riding the high of how great it was, and then logging onto the internet to see the internet's reaction to it.
@hoanglong100
Anti-Woke is quickly evolving into a dogwhistle for people are terrified of the accountability that comes with recognizing systemic evils that would hit them in particular
Y'all say a prayer over us today. Mae is at 34 weeks and her Blood Pressure skyrocketed last night. Got her to the hospital and we had to stabilize her.
Gracie is going to be born today via emergency c-section, and will have to go to NICU because she's still so little.
Y'all can use effeminate as an insult, I'm going to take it as a compliment. I'm going to sip my fruity drinks, love on my babies openly, cry at movies and stay in tune with my emotions.
Same time, I can square up with anyone who threatens my family and lead fam spiritually.
@freedomsbride
When Jesus asks which of these three โ the priest, the Levite, or the Samaritan โ acted as a neighbor to the robbed man, the lawyer answers โOh brother, that's emotional blackmail."
@BethMooreLPM
@imcurtkennedy
@MBLinton
@JackieHillPerry
What blows my mind the most is we don't even react to WHAT. We react to WHO.
2 people can do the exact same thing, and if it's in our camp it's good. If it's outside our camp, it's bad.
@Pastor_ChrisH
Mmm take it up with Christ my guy.
James 3:10-11
[10] Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. [11] Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?