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everydayimpastoring:

Reason 67542798 that my roommate is awesome and it sucks that she is no longer actually living with me.  Roomates 5ever regardless.

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foxnewsofficial:

foxnewsofficial:

i treat my body like a temple but i’m a 16th century calvinist 

omg. Bible college ruined me for polite society and made me fit only for Calvinist jokes.

• Jesus: Make sure nobody is poor
• Everyone:
• Jesus:
• Everyone: So like industrial capitalism?

kidswithbirthdays:

—Showbread, I’m Afraid That I Am Me

everydayimpastoring:

Maybe I would actually go to a girls’ bible study if something like this happened…because if I get invited to one more study based around Captivating I will cry.

5 Reasons Why the Church Failed Yesterday

danikamcclure:

latikaaaa:

Best article I’ve read yet.

“Because let’s face it: Christians go WAY out of their way to “hate the sin”–i.e., by voting against gay marriage, voting against civil unions, voicing their angst about gay people adopting children (just to list a few). Is it possible that Christians lose the ability to truly “love the sinner” because they’re so busy “hating the sin”? Do Christians put anywhere near the energy into “loving the sinner” as they do “hating the sin”?

All I know is that the GLBTQ communities are becoming quite used to feeling unloved by Christians. And with good reason.

How many times do we hear Christians say something like, “I don’t hate gay people. I may not agree with their lifestyle. But I don’t hate them… ”

If you were gay, would you believe that? Think about it. Would you feel loved by somebody if they included rules, context, and/or explanations about your lifestyle every time they spoke about how much they don’t hate you? Only when talking about gay people do Christians feel the need to preface their “love” or “non-hate” with some variation of “I don’t agree with your lifestyle, but…” Christians don’t talk about any other group of people like that–only gay people.”

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everydayimpastoring:

…to the 20% that I agree with…
 

…the 5% that I disagree with…


…to the 75% that is the most boring crap I’ve ever read…
 

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(via matthewclan)

calling out bullying in the church

I may not completely dig the execution, but I love that somebody in the church is calling out the misogyny, lack of love, and homophobia in the church.  Let’s at least get a conversation going.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”

(via seekingspirits)