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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. 3w

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. 🤪 3w

BarbaraJean @Tamra It is excellent and accessible but also challenging—both emotionally and on a perspective-shifting level! 3w

Tamra @BarbaraJean oops, I meant that comment for Stoneyard Devotional, but honestly this one is intriguing too. Stacking! 3w

BarbaraJean @Tamra 😂 😂 They're BOTH excellent, for very different reasons! 3w

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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. 😡 1mo

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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

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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 1mo

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Deblovestoread

Jesus Christ Superstar: The Authorised Version | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Braun, Peter Stimpson, Richard Eckford

https://youtu.be/NEETldY4jCo?si=AKWNHPEgvxI1yhC9

#TuesdayTunes

The soundtrack of the tagged play was released in 1970 and my dad bought the album. I was 11. Somewhere in the mid 60‘s my mother became a Seventh Day Adventist and our household drastically changed. Listening to this album constantly was an act of rebellion. She HATED it. This clip popped up on IG yesterday so I thought why not share here. I still know all the words.

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Suet624 I‘m with you. I know pretty much every word of this play. 1mo

Ruthiella I am an atheist and I love this musical. Particularly the film version with Carl Anderson as Judas. What a performance ! 👏👏👏 1mo

quietjenn Such a favorite! 1mo

TieDyeDude My mom had the soundtrack on vinyl and CD. We didn't have to rebel to listen to it, but it's awesome that you did 😁 1mo

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bibliothecarivs

Jesus: An Historian's Review of the Gospels | Michael Grant

Random book from our home library:

📖 Jesus by Michael Grant

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KellyHamHer

Lamb | Christopher Moore

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If you have not read this book, please do me a favor and put it on your #tbr list. This book had so many laugh out loud moments for me. I read this every few years because it is so lighthearted and it pulls me out of my #thriller and #historicalfiction genres. Sometimes you just need a change and this is definitely my go-to.

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