#the church is essential

[walkswithmyfather]

7 Things I've Learned In 2022:

God is still in control.

Christ is still King.

The Spirit is still within me.

The church is still essential.

Satan is still deceiving.

The gospel is still saving.

Glory is still coming!

And these things are just as true in 2023. 🙂 Amen! 🙌

[mashmouths]

does anyone know how to stop the body from keeping score? i have shit to do

[mellosghosts]

this is how their little brains work methinks

[uter-us]

this sunday, it was dissapointing to see how easy it was for the boys to run around and get their energy out outside, but for the little toddler girls in impractical frilly puffy dresses and impractical shoes, it's an obstacle for their play.

the girls', clothes are made to be seen in as opposed to being made to be worn, unlike the boys which are still nice for easter but they dont have to trip over the edge of a skirt or dress, or have their shoes fall off or pinch their toes when running, they can move and play freely.

it's a problem too cuz when toddlers don't get that energy out, they get irritable and pitch fits, so then the boys look like easy kids, and the girls difficult. let the girls run around!

female subjugation starts from birth. these girls are praised for being beautiful in their dresses, while also learning they cannot play in them. this correlation will not be lost on them especially as they grow up. "If i want positive attention from the important people in my life (like my congregation), this is what i do." the whole "beauty is pain" narrative, while not incorrect, is often viewed as normal and a justified fact of life, like "beauty IS pain and thats just how it is! oh the things us women go through to look pretty haha!". stop teaching girls that their beauty is WORTH pain, because it's not! they should never sacrifice to look attractive.

if half the congression can dress both formal and practical, so can the other half. don't handcuff little girls to femininity at the cost of their happiness and energy and play.

[canisalbus]

as a 16th century clergyman what does machete think of the printing press

I think by the time he was born the printing press had been around for almost a century and a half, so I'd reckon the society as a whole was largely past it's initial novelty and controversy. Machete himself is bookish and nerdy, he's very invested in gathering knowledge about various topics and trying to piece together a good picture of how the world works. Getting access to reading material would be a lot harder if every book was still copied individually by hand. His standards are pretty high though, there's a lot of poorly translated, shoddily printed and flimsily bound books around and he's prone to scrunching his nose at them.

[riverofrainbows]

I'm arguing with some catholic girl on tiktok (yes i know, first mistake) and she just told me that "going to church on sundays" is literally in the 10 commandments. Baffled actually.

[usercelestial]

thinking about crowley and "my lover's got humor, she's the giggle at a funeral" and "knows everybody's disapproval, i should have worshipped her sooner" and "if the heavens ever did speak then she's the last true mouth piece" and "the only heaven i'll be sent to is when i'm alone with you" and "my lover's the sunlight" and "i was born sick but i love it" and "there is no sweeter innocence then our gentle sin"

[tryingonametaphor]

my take on churchgate is that i think mike and will are gonna be present but it won’t be about byler. i think it’s gonna be about henry and patty newby

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

'The Church on Ruby Road' has a thin plot, an underdeveloped threat, and a rather abrupt ending, but it succeeds where something like 'The Woman Who Fell to Earth' failed because it is very much a story about the new Doctor becoming friends with their new companion. The Doctor and Ruby are the focus and priority, this is the their story, how they meet, how they become friends, and why they end up travelling together. It is all about establishing that crucial connection between the main characters, but also the chemistry between the leads. Like the best new doctor/companion/era episodes, it knows when to just stop, take a moment, and let the leads just play off each other.

[walkswithmyfather]

“We often talk about the church as a building, but the church is all of us who are believers in Jesus Christ.

We often speak of the church as a building -- "We are going to church." And it is true, the church can be housed in a building.

Or, we talk about our local church; and it is true, our local church is one part of the true church.

The real meaning of church is all the true believers in Jesus Christ. Here Francis Chan talks about how all of us together make up the church.”

[cyeayt]

Happy heavenly mother day of visibility

[luaminesce]

"People wouldn't hate Rhea if she wasn't Catholic-coded" is such a Christian persecution complex take.

[feddy-34]

a fundamental part of catholicism that converts dont get is automatically disagreeing with 98% of what the church says

[haellen-o]

This is incredibly ff unrelated but I wanted a rain check for anyone around

Fellow vikings and/or Nordic pagans. Is this the modern day viking longship?

(it's a Volvo 200)

[bluebear-d]

lestat carrying louis up the stairs bridal style the morning after their "wedding" <333

probably wouldn't have happened if louis hadn't been burned by the sun but still

and then they went to bed coffin together

[gxlden-angels]

I know we all hate bitch ass Calvin and his pre-determination, but I just learned the term Arminian and think we should show homeboys Jacobus Arminius and John Wesley some hate too <3