#biblical examples

[pastordin]

Resilience in the Face of Adversity: A True Test of Faith

Daily writing promptWhat is something others do that sparks your admiration?View all responses Resilience in the Face of Adversity: A True Test of Faith | Pastor Aamir Din Home | Media | Contact Resilience in the Face of Adversity: A True Test of Faith “Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and…

[thinkingonscripture]

When Hiding is Wise

Sometimes hiding from others is a valid response to avoid unnecessary persecution. The believer who operates on wisdom and faith will make the right choice at the right time. Solomon wrote, “The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, but the naïve go on, and are punished for it” (Prov 22:3; cf., Prov 27:12). In this verse, the prudent man is shrewd and sees evil ahead, and by wisdom “hides…

[salvationcall]

2 Timothy Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Greeting, 2 Timothy 1:1-2 Timothy’s Faith and Heritage, 2 Timothy 1:3-7 Not Ashamed of the Gospel, 2 Timothy 1:8-12 Be Loyal to the Faith, 2 Timothy 1:13-18 Chapter 2 A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus, 2 Timothy 2:1-13 A Worker Approved by God, 2 Timothy 2:14-26 Chapter 3 Godlessness in the Last Days, 2 Timothy 3:1-9 All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God, 2 Timothy…

[reformedfaerie]

one thing about biblical womanhood posts that I’ve noticed is that when it’s talked about, they still strive to emphasize the aspects that were remarkable situations— they leave a faint taste of feminism in my mouth because they focus on Deborah, the woman raised up to lead because the men wouldn’t; they focus on Jael, the woman who kills a man with a tent spike; a woman dropping a stone, Rahab smuggling Israelites and defying authorities—

And all of these are raised up and praised as the Biblical woman with just a hint of look!! We’re strong!! We’re in the thick of it!! We’re not submissive doormats!!

In one sense, this is true. These are great, godly women. They are our examples.

But in all our striving to remind people of biblical women’s strength, we cannot forget who else are our examples.

We cannot forget Ruth. Ruth who humbled herself and remains loyal with Naomi, submitting herself to God and trusting in His provision. Ruth who lays herself at Boaz’s feet and who sacrifices possibly being a widow soon again for the sake of Naomi’s care and God’s provision.

Martha— one who serves and who desires to serve

Mary— one who sits at Christ’s feet to learn and desires to hear the words of her Lord

Lydia— who insisted on hosting and serving the Lord’s messengers; who would be possibly sacrificing her wealth being a part of the church in Philippi and serving the church

Mary— Jesus’ mother who submitted herself to God’s will, submitted herself to the scorn of her peers, who trusted the Lord to fulfill His promises and whose soul was pierced with a sword

The strength of godly wives who submit though their flesh and curse is contrary— the strength of women who order their homes, are humble, are helpers, are mothers, are servers, are menders, are teachers, are caregivers, are sellers and makers, are students of our Lord.

Don’t confuse gentleness for weakness; nor tenderness for a lack of strength.

Women are strong.

And it’s not because of tent spikes.

[vigilskeep]

sorry for answering that ask half asleep. the REAL thing you need to know about dragon age is that it’s not one of those fantasy worlds that’s built really deeply fixed into real history with deep knowledge. it borrows shallowly. it’s built first and foremost to set a videogame in and i love that about it, that it’s built so quickly you can still see the scaffolding went up and how they got there. they decide on a worldbuilding principle—“uhhh what if our jesus figure was [spins wheel] joan of arc?”—and they go for it because they are on a schedule. you should absolutely never be intimidated by dragon age lore it does not know more than you. all i’m doing is being able to make good guesses at what they’re borrowing from and make leaps from there

[tigerbears]

Homestuck Spoilers Out of Context.

[july-19th-club]

there's a whole gag in this psych episode centered around a clue being a black impala car and they don't specify the year but they really milk repeating the phrase over and over again. and then we see it and yep . needless to say it was 2012 or thereabouts at the time

[sukimas]

the "barista in cthulhu's body conundrum" isn't the annoying trope that's most pervasive on tumblr, but it's certainly up there. people just really, really, REALLY want to believe that human perspectives and modes of interaction are universal.

[mintaikk]

When I say I want biblical songs and poems, I don't mean worship songs (not that it's a bad thing). I need creepy songs. Creepy but calm songs. Songs that show the bitter truth and ruthlessness of the Bible and the old testament. Songs that make you question the true meaning. Songs that make you fear God but not in a worship way, but in a "we are his barbie dolls" way. Songs that go over stories in the Bible with all the gross and horryfiying details. I NEED THIS

[here-there-were-dragons]

my mother is absolutely convinced of some nonsense conspiracy theory that (in her words) "originally humanity lived in peaceful all-woman societies of goddess worshippers who took care of eachother and lived in harmony, while males were roving loners that had no society and never cooperated. that changed when the men banded together and overthrew the peaceful woman-dominated societies, and enslaved us all." and, according to her, this is proof that a woman-dominated world would be innately more peaceful, and that men are innately violent and evil and should be either barred from holding any legal power or leadership roles or at least should be (again in her words) "gelded like bulls" to remove their testosterone before even being considered for such a thing.

she also evidently believes that the problem with all religions today is primarily that they aren't "goddess worshippers", because she seems to think goddess religions are inherently peaceful and pure too and seems to be especially obsessed with "Isis" in particular. the very very few times she's openly considered it unambiguously bad for some population or another to have been exterminated (she's got a bad case of devil's advocating genocide brain), she's gone out of her way to make up some crap about how said people were a peaceful society of goddess-worshippers, almost always of isis. delusions of isis-worship seem to be the only thing that ever causes her to consider any arab or middle-eastern culture, society, or ethnicity to be relatively uncomplicatedly undeserving of extermination, in fact, because every fucking time she doesn't immediately start devils-advocating it and making remarks about how "the rest of the world should box them in and let them blow eachother up" it's when she's whinging on about how whatever specific micro-ethnicity she's thinking about are or were traditional persecuted isis-worshippers.

the sole major exception to her weird fixation on isis worship justifying worthiness of life is the whole israel thing going on, in which she has consistently made very obvious that literally the only reason she's against the genocide of palestine is because it gives her an excuse to even more openly hate jewish people than she already did. and honestly i'm not sure even that's true because i think she's made some offhand remarks about palestinians having probably been peaceful isis worshipers before the jews infected them with christianity or something anyway.

so for the last, however fucking long it's been i've been constantly having to listen to her go off about how this behavior is in the jew's blood or whatever and that they literally invented all genocide because somehow the concept didn't exist before them and wouldn't have ever been invented by the rest of humanity without those jewish aliens dropping it in i fucking guess apparently and she furthermore goes on about how every single genocide and mass-oppression movement in history is directly inspired by them, ESPECIALLY the nazis, and THEN i have to listen to her rant about how, basically, wwii was something they entirely brought on themselves by "dominating the economy and treating everyone not them like shit" and the nazis were just "using their own tactics back at them". and then she goes on a rant about how the people the original jews exterminated back in the day (aka the first ever genocide, which they invented, because jews invented genocide and hate according to her) in the middle east region were peaceful matriarchal isis-worshipers.

and then she starts making comments about arabs being backwards and palestinians either being mysogynist muslims that should be boxed in to blow eachother up with everyone else or secret peaceful isis worshippers corrupted by men's cruel hand, sometimes in the same sentence, entirely dependent on which group she's more in the mood to hate at the time.

it's exhausting. beyond exhausting. her sole purpose in existence seems to be to have the singularly most exhausting set of politics physically possible to fit into one person.

just, sometimes i think, if there really is anything at all to the incredibly stupid and inexplicably popular idea that anyone or anything has a Purpose tm to exist for, i feel like my mother's purpose is to be walking proof to me of a Type Of Guy That Is Real, cause i sure as fuck would have trouble inventing this mess if it wasn't standing right in front of me spewing confusingly bipartisan hate. all of her thoughts and opinions are these long winding nonsense chains that feel like if that man carrying thing sketch about the friend with confusing politics was a person. on meth.

[pastordin]

Cultural Intelligence and Diversity in Leadership: Embracing and Fostering an Inclusive Work Environment

The Importance of Cultural Intelligence and Diversity in Leadership

In today’s increasingly globalized world, leaders must develop cultural intelligence and embrace diversity to create a positive, innovative, and productive work environment. By fostering inclusivity and understanding, leaders can enhance team performance, employee satisfaction, and overall organizational success. This article will delve into the importance of cultural intelligence and diversity…

[thinkingonscripture]

King David: An OT Example of Submission to God

David provides a good example of an OT believer who lived in regular submission to God. The Bible describes David as a man after God’s own heart (1 Sam 13:14; cf. Acts 13:22). David walked faithfully with the Lord and surrendered to His will. David was an obedient king, for the most part, and subsequent kings were measured by him (1 Ki 3:14; 9:4-5; 11:4-6, 31-34, 38; 14:7-8; 15:1-5; 11-15; 2 Ki…

[salvationcall]

Examples of a family turning against each other

Cain turned against Abel Cain and Abel were the first two sons of Adam and Eve and were brothers. When they became adults, Cain became a farmer and Abel a shepherd. Sometime later, they offered sacrifices to God out of devotion. Cain picked some foodstuffs and sacrificed it to God. However, Abel, by faith, chose one of his best livestock and offered it to God. God accepted Abel’s sacrifice and…

[rgbfall]

QSMP egg hcs! plus some concepts for future dragon designs hehe.

I like to think that this species of dragon are shapeshifters, so mimic the form of creature's around them. they also tend to be similar to cuckoo birds, in that their young are raised by other creature's (hence the shapeshifting)

they're loosely based on Cuélebres, Quetzalcoatls, and Amarus!

text on the first image under the cut:

egg mimics form of caretaker(s), plus extra personality. colors start off muted (grays, browns etc), but are mimiced as well

2. legs + tails develop before rest of body. helps egg escape danger + find food.

3. tail can hold item. useful for protection and finding food.

4. clothing replaces shell as egg's protection

[vigilskeep]

Harker I was raised super religious southern baptist and I didn’t get the Angel shit until you said it. On the other hand I also didn’t care to learn. win some lose some. 40283938 lost memories

your religious trauma permit to not know anything has been successfully approved

[livvyofthelake]

i’m such a girl who stopped wearing their retainer and is very unlikely to ever start again. like why would i put that thing back on. to feel excruciating pain and then have straighter teeth for a day before having to put it back on overnight. every night. forever. my teeth are not that bad sorry to my parents who apparently wasted their money on braces. well you got rid of the front tooth gap nobody liked so no one can take that away from you i guess. that’s it tho