#presbyterian — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #presbyterian, aggregated by home.social.
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Nott reads Job 29 against the poverty of his city. Job didn’t merely give aid; he rescued and delighted the suffering, made the widow’s heart sing. Nott applies this to scenes that would chill one’s blood: snow through roof holes, families without fuel. His response is prayer for relief, not theological satisfaction in the spectacle. Some contemporary commentary manages the opposite.
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Brown of Edinburgh on 1 Peter 4:9: hospitality offered grudgingly loses more than half its value. Good deeds are acceptable to God only when they embody love; gratifying to recipients only when they appear to. God sees the intent; the recipient feels what is projected. One wonders what charity projects when dispensed with visible contempt for the undeserving.
#presbyterian #hospitality #deservingpoor #charity #godliness #bible
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First Presbyterian Church of Monterey, a Presbyterian Church USA congregation (e.g., https://pcusa.org/about-pcusa/who-we-are/social-witness), had a presence at #NoKings event in Monterey. Photos courtesy of Elaine Cole.
Solar-powered, bike-friendly FPC-MRY (fpcmonterey.org) is our home church of 36 years. Its Jay Bartow Memorial Garden is a peaceful rest stop near downtown: https://bikemonterey.org/rest-stop-tip-jay-bartow-memorial-garden-monterey.html
#PalmSunday #NoKingsMonterey #Presbyterian #Christian #Christians #WWJD #WhatWouldJesusDo
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#OTD in 1892 a #Presbyterian minister named #JamesNaismith published his rules for the game of "Basket Ball", which developed as an indoor recreational activity at the #Springfield #YMCA during long Massachusetts winters. Naismith was hired as a chaplain at The #UniversityofKansas soon after, and part of his duties included teaching phys ed which eventually evolved into being the obvious choice as the school's #basketball coach. Despite supposedly "inventing" the game in 1898, somehow during his tutelage, he became the only #CollegeBasketball #Coach with an overall losing team record in the entire history of the #KansasJayhawks. Here is a rare WOR #RadioInterview recording that was uncovered in the 21st century where Naismith describes inventing #theGame