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what's interesting about miracles in the bible is that they always involve a leap of faith. when jesus feeds the 5000 he tells the disciples to go and hand out bread; to the disciples at that point it probably feels silly, since they've seen the rations they actually have... but they go and start handing out bread. and the bread just doesn't run out. when jesus tells peter to throw the fishing net out again, once again, it seems foolish since peter was there all night and didn't catch a single fish. but he does it, and that's when the miracle happens. in the old testament when elijah goes to stay with the widow of zarephath and asks for bread, the widow tells him she has nothing but a handful of flour and a lick of oil, and yet elijah asks her to make bread for him first instead of for herself and her son; it's an impossible situation, but the widow ends up trusting him and lo and behold, the jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry. when god tells moses to throw his staff onto the ground, moses has no idea why or what it's supposed to do, but then it turns into a serpent. in all these stories the people had to act first before the miracles happened. they had to take a leap of faith. they had to do their part, which was to trust the lord.

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Sea Serpent Pulpit - St Jadwiga Church

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It's hilarious to me how many people are taking my Gospel of Luke tumblr etiquette post seriously. They don't know that I'm the number one reply guy. I will add directly to your post I don't care

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oooh thank you, I will be checking this out! This is much deeper than my Greek professor went

Translate doulos as slave, cowards!!

We all know that Paul says "slaves (douloi) obey your masters." Why do we translate this word "servant" when Paul says, "he made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a slave (doulou)" (Phili 1:1)? Why do we say "even on my servants, both men and women (doulos / doulas) I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy." (Acts 2:18)?

Doulos in Greek is ALWAYS "slave." Servant is a separate word, diakonos. What would happen if we understood all these places where doulos is used? Would we see how the early church understood that the Gospel restored humanity and dignity to the slaves, to those people with no rights, not even to their bodies? Would we understand better how the Gospel restores dignity to all those who are made un-persons, even while they live under temporal oppression?

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my Old Testament class (Law and Narrative) requires a study bible of my choice and recommends a couple I don't have,,,,should I,,,,,buy a third study bible 🫣

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#I've gotten yelled at for adding stuff in the tags man. who knows WHAT the rules are supposed to be#tumblr#tumblr etiquette

actually me too the one rule on tumblr is that you're NEVER safe 😭

When you are posting on tumblr, do not add your commentary to the text of the post, in case others disagree with you and the original poster may come and say to you, "Make your own post," and then you will be in disgrace. But when you post, add your commentary to the tags, so that when the original poster sees them, they may say to you, ‘Friend, do not hide this in the tags'; then you will be honored in the presence of all who blog with you.

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I'm in the comments on an article on the new bishop and multiple people are talking about him being from Chicago which is so funny bc,,,,,,he's the first Black bishop

ELCA: *historic bishop election*

Chicagoans: CHICAGO BISHOP LET'S GO CHITOWWWN

the ELCA elected a presiding bishop from Chicago AND the pope is from Chicago it's a real Chicago golden age in the church

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the ELCA elected a presiding bishop from Chicago AND the pope is from Chicago it's a real Chicago golden age in the church

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I'm not giving you the most objectively correct answer. We agree, it doesn't matter what's correct. But you're asking for a systematic theology answer to a folk belief and you're not going to find one. Is there an answer to why Heaven didn't fall, is this a hole in the theology, it doesn't matter. Folkloric belief isn't systematic, it's not concerned about holes. Systematic theology is the discipline of theology that fills in holes and creates orderly doctrine and if no one does it for a folk belief then that folk belief won't have a consistent answer.

I can make up an answer for you. Heaven didn't fall because it can't; it's the nature of Heaven not to fall. Lucifer was cast out and that's the parallel fall to the garden. But my guess is most laypeople won't have an answer and would go to their religious leader and the religious leader would not have an answer because no one studies this in school. Or whoever you ask would make up an answer like I did.

Do you see what I'm saying? People may believe this, but that doesn't mean there's a consistent belief that you can find through poking holes, although you might get someone to attempt to systematize it. It's like asking why didn't Demeter go to the Underworld herself to get Persephone. Because she didn't, that's not the myth. But you can write fanfiction about it if you want.

Hey, question about Christianity - so you know how when Eve ate the fruit, the world fell because sin entered the world, right?

Are there any explanations why Heaven didn't fall when Lucifer and his followers rebelled? Because unless I'm missing something, they definitely sinned in Heaven.

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Please don't patronize me by reducing my answer to enthusiasm. There's no theological fix for a folk belief. You're making an assumption that there is a group of people that have serious, formulated, academic beliefs on fallen angels in 2025 and there aren't because that's folklore. The people who believe it do not have systematic theology that can explain why Heaven didn't fall. They believe it because of pop culture not because of theology.

Hey, question about Christianity - so you know how when Eve ate the fruit, the world fell because sin entered the world, right?

Are there any explanations why Heaven didn't fall when Lucifer and his followers rebelled? Because unless I'm missing something, they definitely sinned in Heaven.

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Jesus and the Pharisees

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When you are posting on tumblr, do not add your commentary to the text of the post, in case others disagree with you and the original poster may come and say to you, "Make your own post," and then you will be in disgrace. But when you post, add your commentary to the tags, so that when the original poster sees them, they may say to you, ‘Friend, do not hide this in the tags'; then you will be honored in the presence of all who blog with you.

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Translate doulos as slave, cowards!!

We all know that Paul says "slaves (douloi) obey your masters." Why do we translate this word "servant" when Paul says, "he made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a slave (doulou)" (Phili 1:1)? Why do we say "even on my servants, both men and women (doulos / doulas) I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy." (Acts 2:18)?

Doulos in Greek is ALWAYS "slave." Servant is a separate word, diakonos. What would happen if we understood all these places where doulos is used? Would we see how the early church understood that the Gospel restored humanity and dignity to the slaves, to those people with no rights, not even to their bodies? Would we understand better how the Gospel restores dignity to all those who are made un-persons, even while they live under temporal oppression?

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Medievalists speculate that the wound, pictured as a slit in Jesus’s side emitting blood and clear liquid, led some mystics to imagine other bodily slits that emanate blood and clear fluids. [...] Additionally, the blood of Jesus’s wounds is said to bring forth life; likewise, life is brought forth through the blood-discharging female sexual organ.

The idea of Jesus’s side wound being like a womb then led to artists showing a female — either baby or adult — being birthed from that wound. The birthed human is the Church, born through the life-giving blood of the Son of God … delivered through Jesus’s vagina. Jesus, then, becomes gender non-binary, bearing both male and female sexual organs.

Jesus’s Vagina: A Medieval Meditation // Emily Swan

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I am praying for radical love that is other-centered, life-giving, and intimate.

I am praying for radical hope in the rebirth of the universe as heaven comes on earth.

I am praying for radical faith in the God of covenants and faithful promises.

I am praying for radical generosity that sees nothing as my own but everything as God's gift to us to share with those around us.

I am praying for radical justice and righteousness that hungers for social justice between God and between humans.

I am praying for radical holiness that how we live in relation to ourselves, our God, and our human family.

I am praying, once again, for radical love which I know to be the meaning of the universe because it is eternal, never ending or failing, but forever enduring from eternity past to the future everlasting.

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The main reason that Heaven didn't fall is because Lucifer and the fallen angels aren't found in scripture. Fallen angels and Lucifer are entirely folkloric. For Christian belief on fallen angels, a lot of that comes directly from Milton. None of it is Biblical.

Hey, question about Christianity - so you know how when Eve ate the fruit, the world fell because sin entered the world, right?

Are there any explanations why Heaven didn't fall when Lucifer and his followers rebelled? Because unless I'm missing something, they definitely sinned in Heaven.

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there is no longer based or cringe; there is no longer alpha or beta; there is no longer chad and virgin, for all of you are one in Christ Jesus