A part of me agrees. I want to be faithful to the inspired words of the Bible, not bend them to fit my own desires and whims. Being a person of faith means trusting God’s revelation, even when the path it reveals is not comfortable.
But another part of me worries that a religious culture that asks its followers to silence their conscience is just the kind of religious culture that produces $200 rewards for runaway slaves. The Bible has been “clear” before, after all—in support of a flat and stationary earth, in support of wiping out infidels, in support of manifest destiny, in support of Indian removal, in support of anti-Semitism, in support of slavery, in support of “separate but equal,” in support of constitutional amendments banning interracial marriage.
my current tiring and frustrating wrestling match of a relationship with my faith in a nutshell.
(Source: azspot)
christianityfor God and the gaystheology is confusing man
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“It must be really annoying to have your religion represented by assholes all the time.”
— A (non-religious) blogger I’m working with, in an email responding to me explaining that I’ll be approaching my portion of the project from a theological perspective. She summed it up better than I ever could. (via somuchdependsupon)
christianitythis this this
3 months ago
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Choice quote from Mark Driscoll’s new book on marriage:
ktank:
invisibleforeigner:
In this season we shifted into ministry-and-family mode, neglecting our intimacy and failing to work through our issues. This became apparent to me when my pregnant wife came home from a hair appointment with her previously long hair that I loved chopped off and replaced with a short, mommish haircut. She asked what I thought, and could tell by the look on my face. She had put a mom’s need for convenience before being a wife. She wept.
I can’t believe this is real.
SO MANY BARFS
mark driscollchristianityI just can't
5 months ago
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