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The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus | Lee Strobel

so-so

3 Stars • Lee Strobel‘s The Case for Christ follows the ex-atheist journalist‘s quest to verify Jesus‘ life, death, and resurrection through scholar interviews. Accessible and engaging, it argues for the New Testament‘s reliability but leans pro-Christian and skips deep counterarguments. Great for believers or curious readers, less for hardcore skeptics. Slightly dated (1998).

#TheCaseForChrist #LeeStrobel #Bookish

Roary47 Great review! I struggled to read this and DNF because it was verbally heavy. 1w

suvata @Roary47 I hear ya 7d

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GingerAntics

Jesus: A 365-Day Devotional | Zondervan,

So this is the evangelical answer to the poor. Not “what you do to the least of these…” just this. Oh my god the rage is strong within me! Hobby Lobby and The Signatry must be so proud. I would love to be a fly on the wall when they find out either their sky daddy isn‘t real, or they are on his 💩 list.
#evangelicals #ragebait #jesus #HobbyLobby #TheSignatry

TheBookHippie 🤮 2w

Prairiegirl_reading What is that??? 2w

Deblovestoread Certainly an interesting twist on the narrative. How low will they go? 🤬 2w

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Sace Wait. Wut? And how does this square with prosperity gospel? 2w

GingerAntics @Prairiegirl_reading it‘s from the “He Gets Us” commercials. 2w

GingerAntics @Deblovestoread right? Absolutely disgusting. 2w

GingerAntics @Sace I think they‘re saying poor people need to stop being upset that they are poor because of injustice and iniquity, because Jesus was poor too… and probably if we prayed more and voted republican more we could be rich too! 2w

Bookwomble Rich religious people usually gloss over the whole "camel through the eye of a needle" thing ? 2w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I know about Jesus helping the poor but not about Him struggling. They just make things up to justify their actions. 2w

GingerAntics @Bookwomble of course! They cherry pick what they like about the Bible and ignore the rest. 2w

GingerAntics @DrSabrinaMoldenReads it would probably change their tune REALLY quick to tell them that Jesus being poor is very much a Catholic idea. The Catholic Church still teaches that Jesus‘s family was really poor, despite nothing in the Bible saying anything to suggest that. They were just an average Jewish family of the time. These are the same morons who want to start another sectarian war, so telling them might actually shut them up. 2w

Prairiegirl_reading @GingerAntics sorry. Canadian here. I don‘t know what that means. Who gets us? Jesus? Who is putting out these commercials? Or should I say propaganda? 2w

GingerAntics @Prairiegirl_reading yeah, Jesus gets us. It‘s this whole campaign paid for by a bunch of anonymous evangelical organisations, but mainly “The Servant Foundation” which is more ominously known as The Signatry and the lunatics behind hobby lobby. 2w

GingerAntics @Prairiegirl_reading it is 100% propaganda 2w

franciscopoppie @GingerAntics Hi GingerAntics
I don‘t usually comment like this, but I must say, I‘m truly impressed by your profile and your personality. Your sense of humor really stands out too it's refreshing and inspiring 🌺❣. You can send me a message in my gmail: franciscopoppie@gmail.com 2w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @GingerAntics I‘m Catholic. But that‘s Ok! I‘ve only known Catholics to stress what I said about Him helping the poor and that is in the Bible. Following Jesus‘ teachings, this is why Catholicism is the largest religious charitable organization in the world. (edited) 1w

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Vivlio_Gnosi

Truth for Today: A Daily Touch of God's Grace | John F. MacArthur

#Christian #Bible #God #Jesus

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BarbaraJean

The Four Vision Quests of Jesus | Steven Charleston

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SUCH a powerful book. Steven Charleston is a (now retired) Episcopal bishop and a citizen of the Choctaw Nation. This book tells a bit of his journey to integrate and faithfully follow both paths of his spiritual heritage. The first half of the book gives background for the second half, as Charleston orients the reader in his faith and Native heritage, contextualizing Christianity in terms of Native American perspectives and traditions. ⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) Then the second half interprets four different experiences from the life of Christ through the lens of Native tradition. I found a lot of the second half challenging to wrap my head around, but also deeply illuminating. And the history and context, while not wholly unknown to me, was even more heartbreaking to absorb, coming as it does through a lens of Christianity‘s role in colonialism. 2mo

Tamra I‘m likely to hoard this one once I get it because I think I‘m going to love it! I‘m weird that way. 🤪 2mo

BarbaraJean @Tamra It is excellent and accessible but also challenging—both emotionally and on a perspective-shifting level! 2mo

Tamra @BarbaraJean oops, I meant that comment for Stoneyard Devotional, but honestly this one is intriguing too. Stacking! 2mo

BarbaraJean @Tamra 😂 😂 They're BOTH excellent, for very different reasons! 2mo

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BarbaraJean

The Four Vision Quests of Jesus | Steven Charleston

“…it was not until 1978 that Native Americans were allowed to practice their religious beliefs, in spite of what the First Amendment to the Constitution had guaranteed to Americans for over 200 years.
In 1978 Congress passed the American Indian Religious Freedom Act… for the first time in the 400-year history between Europeans and Native Americans, the religious practices of Native nations were not banned.”

BarbaraJean So much for “freedom of religion.” Just for the colonizers, apparently. Much like “all men are created equal” just meant white men. 😡 3mo

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HeatherBookNerd

Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence | Diana Butler Bass

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Bass reflects on the many facets of Jesus as she shares bits from her own spiritual life. Sort of a combination of memoir, theology, and mysticism. It focuses on those experiential ways that Jesus interacts with us and guides us, leading to a more encompassing view of Jesus.

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Roary47

The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus | Lee Strobel

bailed

I started reading this with my Bible study group (years ago) and I kept telling myself I would pick it back up. It is a difficult read in which I would have to keep looking up words to even know what I was reading. With my busy life I need to be more realistic and decided to finally bail on picking this back up.

dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 3mo

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