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Morgan Opens $100K Political Stakes as Biblical Text Circulates
John Morgan launches a $100,000 Florida political contest. Interest also rises in Gospel of John chapter 1. See who is affected and why.
#FloridaPolitics, #JohnMorgan, #PoliticalContest, #GospelOfJohn, #May21
https://newsletter.tf/florida-100k-political-contest-john-gospel-interest/
Florida lawyer John Morgan is offering $100,000 for a political contest. This comes as searches for the Bible's Gospel of John chapter 1 have also increased.
#FloridaPolitics, #JohnMorgan, #PoliticalContest, #GospelOfJohn, #May21
https://newsletter.tf/florida-100k-political-contest-john-gospel-interest/
What Makes Truth Valuable? Let's think about that and what we do with that -- tonight on Steadfast, we're exploring John 5:31-34. https://youtube.com/live/Dnu7hiTLTfI
Whoever hasn’t sinned should throw the first stone.
[Ὁ ἀναμάρτητος ὑμῶν πρῶτος ἐπ᾽ αὐτὴν βαλέτω λίθον.]
The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
John 8: 7 (Jesus) [CEB (2011)]
More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/4570/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #bookofjohn #gospelofjohn #jesus #accusation #guilt #guiltyconscience #humannature #selfawareness #shame #sin #sinfulness #sinlessness
Do we view God's promises as a distant wafting smell of barbecue or a mouthwatering meal served up to us? Tonight we continue in John 5:25-26... https://youtube.com/live/ZwEnGilveLU
#Christianity #PromisesOfGod #Gospel #GospelOfJohn #EternalLife #Resurrection
What do we really need and what is just a stubbed toe? John 5 is going to help us direct our focus where it really matters in a brand new series that starts live at 7 (Central)... please hop on the journey with me! https://youtube.com/live/V-az0kb_o1o
#Gospel #GospelOfJohn #SpiritualHealing #Miracles #Christianity
The #GospelofJohn is #FakeHistory:
The Beloved #Disciple is Fictional!
Dr. Bartosz Adamczewski
Opening Prayers for the Second Sunday of Easter Year C (April 27 2025)
These opening prayers for Sunday worship take their inspiration from the Scripture readings of the Revised Common Lectionary. Worship leaders are welcome to use them for worship, but if you print or display any part of them, please credit the author. Comments welcome. The following prayers are for based on the readings for Easter 2C, April 27, 2025. NB The Psalm used is Psalm 150.
The congregation say the words in bold italics.
Call to Worship
Praise God in his sanctuary!
Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!
Psalm 150:1,6
Let us worship God.
Prayer of Approach and Confession
Let us pray.
God of life,
the source of all that is,
you are the Alpha and Omega,
the first and last of creation and eternity
the one who is, and was, and is to come
almighty beyond our imagining.
Yet you have sent Jesus Christ,
to bring us salvation.
In his resurrected body
his wounds remind us
of the costliness of Christ’s love
for each of us and all creation.
And now he has defeated death
freed us from sin
and made possible a new world-
your Kingdom of love and justice.
You have exalted him over all things-
to him be glory for ever and ever!
To your people
you promise the gift of the Holy Spirit
to strengthen our faith
to sustain us in our doubts
and to help us be
the disciples of Christ in the world.
Eternal God,
our Creator, Saviour and Sustainer,
we praise and worship you.
We confess, God of grace,
that we need the strength your Spirit brings.
We fail to be attentive
to the risen Christ’s presence among us.
We find his command to forgive those who sin against us
hard to put into practice.
We want certainty, when Christ asks for faith;
we demand to see what must remain mystery.
Forgive us, and by your Spirit,
strengthen our faith.
silence
By his death and resurrection
Christ has made possible the forgiveness of sins.
So receive the Holy Spirit,
and know that Christ is among us. Amen.
Sharing the Peace
When the Christ stood among the fearful disciples
he said, ‘Peace be with you’.
Christ is among us now
and so let us share the peace of Christ
with each other,
greeting one another with the words
‘Peace be with you’.
The congregation share the peace, saying
Peace be with you.
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Featured image: The Incredulity of Saint Thomas- Caravaggio, 1573-1610. Neues Palais in Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany. from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54170
#Christ #DoubtingThomas #Easter #GospelOfJohn #LectionaryPrayers
The #GospelofJohn is Fabricated: #FakeHistory Exposed! | Dr. Hugo Mendez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvqn5McIwXY
Through Mendez's expertise, the course offers a rare chance to uncover the historical truths and academic debates that shape our understanding of #Christianity’s origins.
Esoterica: A discovery process which adds to breaking a set material reality created before we knew what they were up to. #FateApocrypha #Good #Matrix #History #Meta #Metaphysics #Feminism #GospelOfJohn #Monday #Mind #Mystery https://youtu.be/oHQ3H2D8JII?si=y7DdG2L-Q9w3T1qE
One of the most quoted #Bible verses is a forgery
youtube.com/watch?v=TdqROjwIre…
#gospelofjohn #womantakeninadultery #lethewhoiswithoutsin #gospels #danmcclellan #jesus #atheism #religion
The Unforgettable Legacy of #Paul the #Apostle | Dr. Robyn Faith Walsh
https://youtu.be/mn2-QESI5l8?si=tfZMCOJP5ySUqKaJ
#robynwalsh
#robynfaithwalsh
#newtestament
#academia
#academia
#gospelofmark
#gospelofmathew
#gospelofluke
#gospelofjohn
#paultheapostle
Who Really Wrote the #GospelofJohn?
Almost everyone assumes that #Jesus' #disciple, John the #SonofZebedee, wrote #theGospelofJohn. But is there any compelling reason to think so? In this episode we look into many of the issues that most people have never thought about. Most, for example, do not realize that the author of this book never mentions John, let alone calls himself John. There is a person called "The Disciple #Jesus loved."
John 1:1 (Byz): Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. #BibleStudy #GospelOfJohn
Is The #GospelofJohn #AntiSemitic?
https://www.stitcher.com/show/misquoting-jesus-with-bart-ehrman/episode/is-the-gospel-of-john-anti-semitic-303001786
The #Gospel of #John is one of the most puzzling books of the #NewTestament, especially when it comes to understanding its view of #Jews and #Judaism. How can one book so fully embrace Judaism and yet condemn it?
#christianity #theology #apologetics #atheism #bible #NT
Jesus answered her, “If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, ‘Give me some water to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” John 4.10 NET.
Why do we ask for lesser things when the water of eternal life is being offered?
@JoeCool @multilingualchurch @royal
Hmm, it's hard to not allow #TheChosen to color my opinion of #Nicodemus, as Eric Avari's portrayal was so incredibly alive to me. The scene where he kissed Jesus' hand had me weeping openly, it was so powerful. I'm getting a little misty-eyed just thinking about it. "Kiss the Son, lest He be angry" ... "Blessed are those who put their trust in Him"
*phew* *exhale*
If we believe that version of Nicodemus as being canonical (which is admittedly quite a leap), then Nicodemus truly believed, but lacked the will to sell all and follow Jesus. We know from the #GospelOfJohn that he asked earnest questions of Jesus, and contributed expensive embalming spices to Jesus' followers, so it's not a stretch to say that he likely was a follower of Jesus, and died in faith.
BUT Mary did not have as much to surrender. If she had the devotion to surrender her time, I think she might have been "closer to the Kingdom of God" than Nicodemus, but I can't quite make that claim. The accounts in Mark and John don't quite agree on who's house Jesus was at, but since the woman with the spikenard wasn't named in Mark's gospel, it's reasonable to say that it was Mary, Martha's sister, like John says.
But first of all, we must define what being close to the kingdom of God really is. I'm not sure I have a good answer, except I can surmise that it entails having a value system and a lifestyle that is molded by and in hot pursuit of God's kingdom.
In that light, is the faith of a wizened teacher of the law who is engrossed by the person of Jesus but not yet mature enough (in faith, that is) to "sell all and follow" less "close to the Kingdom of God" than the child-like faith of a teenage girl who wants nothing more than to sit by the Master and hear His words (but has much less, at least socially, to give up for His kingdom)?
I'm not sure I have an answer to that. The comparison is made difficult by no only the relative paucity of details of the lives of both individuals (as is usual in biblical accounts, journalistic depth not generally being a goal), but also the great difference between the two individuals and their station.
I'd like to think that both had a vital role to play in His kingdom, and that both died in faith, ready to receive a Martyr's crown (understanding a Martyr to be a witness, and not necessarily someone who was murdered for their faith).
If you love #TheChosen, you really must check out the 2003 #GospelOfJohn movie.
It's not nearly as good as The Chosen in a lot of ways, BUT Henry Ian Cusick is actually quite a good Jesus, and it's literally the entire book of John (Good News Translation) set to a movie. Word for word. Very enjoyable, beautiful music and scenery, Christopher Plummer knocks the narration into the stratosphere, and I thought the disciple John was cast very well, as well. Peter, too.
It was strongly overshadowed by The Passion of the Christ (2004), but it's still one of my favorites. Listening to the soundtrack right now.
The entire (3 hour long) movie: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=lchB_CEg5VI
Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospel_of_John_(2003_film)
In this Sunday's gospel, we read that John the Baptist saw the Spirit come down from heaven and remain on Jesus; in a similar way, St Elizabeth of the Trinity begs the Spirit to come upon her and create "a kind of incarnation of the Word."
🙏🏾 Read her famous prayer to the Holy Trinity
http://carmelitequotes.blog/2023/01/14/liz-prayer/
#stelizabethofthetrinity #sunday #gospel #gospelofjohn #stjohnthebaptist #holyspirit #heaven #jesus #incarnation #eternalword #prayer #catholic #carmelite #quotes
Everything I have belongs to you, and everything you have belongs to me, and I have been glorified by them. John 17.10 NET.
Jesus prayed to the Father shortly before his betrayal. Even in the apostles’ slowness to understand him and his mission, they received his self-revelation and proclaimed it to others — as they continue to do today in the New Testament.
