Ian is the Priest-King of the Sacred Grove at Nemi

oh, I’ve never seen it either

I used to bless things as a Pentecostal all the time…!

oh, soccer’s on the up in America — but hockey’s always been an odd thing that only some people get into — baseball and football are always top of mind here, ofc

dropped that I’m a minister, so I guess I’m going to have coffee with the guy to talk about making connections in the district too — y’know what, I hope this guy is legit, because we so desperately need … a non-fascist representing us in the House!

met a guy who was getting petitions signed to run for Democrat for my district and I told him, straight up, that I honestly don’t care who he is, we need Mary Miller out of office — and apparently I’m not the only person who told him that today, based on the signatures

It’s abolition, baby

a man in a hood says " goooooo " in front of him Alt: The emperor steps forward, saying "gooooood"

Yes, yes, good. Give in to your wisdom. Let the Spirit. FLOW through you...

I'm, like, ridiculously fastidious about it. So much so that when I have a heavy week and my elders feel concerned about burnout I calmly bring out my planner and show them all the places where I'm taking rest!

Simple Bible Christianity ™️

I hated my sermon, so tonight, like Penelope, I am ripping out all the threads of my shroud and starting anew. Sometimes you just gotta let a sermon die so a better one can be born!

it’s so good (which isn’t to say he’s perfect, ofc!)

I’m steadily getting to the place where my usual Gospel proclamation is something like:

“As John Calvin says… [insert something that sounds like Gustavo Gutierrez wrote it, but is absolutely Calvin’s words].”

the "kid drowning while mom helps other kid" meme. The Mom is labeled "white evangelicals explaining the gospel," and she's focused on the kid labeled "the crucifixion." The kid drowning is "The resurrection." The forgotten skeleton at the bottom of the pool is "liberation."

Liberation is, as it were, a sacrament of the general resurrection.

see I’m just a simple Bible preacher — the Word says “release for captives” I say “God will release the captives,” the Word says “set the oppressed free,” I say “God sets the oppressed free”!!! if that’s “gobbedygook,” then those boys aren’t reading their Bibles

Might be time to send missionaries to share the gospel with the white evangelical church in America.

Trey Ferguson: Might be time to send missionaries to share the gospel with the white evangelical church in America. A white evangelical: What is the gospel?

A white evangelical: What is the gospel? Trey Ferguson: Release to the captives. Restored vision. Freedom for the oppressed. Jubilee.The defeat of the power of death.

A white evangelical: That's liberation theology, not the gospel. Be sure this kind of gobbledygook is not what Paul had in mind as "the power of God for salvation to all who believe...

Trey Ferguson: See? You've never encountered the gospel a day in your life. Repent and believe, beloved. *posts screenshots of Jesus & Paul saying what he just said*

YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?!

They never heard the Good News!!!

i believe in the republic of letters to come

I was around Messianics a lot in my early days, so that meant some of these very evangelical assumptions around Law-Gospel were never really so self-apparent for me (albeit, I have a lot of frustrations with how the Messianics have evolved since then — and some anachronisms they take uncritically…!)

yeah, a big part of figuring out how to read the Gospels and the Letters properly is paying close attention to the findings of Second Temple scholarship, where both Jesus and Paul fit squarely within the Pharisee camp, albeit, obviously, with their (internal, or near-internal) critiques of it!

(This is literally the normative point of view of a theological tradition that has 75M+ members worldwide.)

this is stereotypically Reformed / Calvinist of me, but the synthesis of all the above was me sharing “the Law is Good, Jesus is not opposed to the Law, Paul does not abolish the Law” and the exvangelical was just absolutely gobsmacked that someone could have that point of view???

we also had to chat about how “your evangelical pastor’s interpretation of Paul” and “the Apostle Paul” are just straight up not the same thing

had a convo with an exvangelical the other day and, maaaaaaan, he was very shocked when I shared that “Pharisees are the bad guys” is a form of antisemitism — and that Marcionism is too!!

Hi! Are you distinguishing (wrongly) between the God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament? You might be (you definitely are) committing a heresy called Marcionism.

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

ooh, ooh, “Survival” by Yes!!!

Don't doubt the fact there's life within you / Yesterday's endings will tomorrow life give you / All that dies / Dies for a reason

One of the most common consequences of spiritual sadness is to choose nothing. The person who experiences it is seized by an interior laziness that is worse than death. To hope, on the other hand, is to choose.” - Pope Leo

For the churches that have contributed data so far, the strongest correlation to asa growth over time, more than size, more than number of visitors per week, is how quickly congregations follow up with visitors. Quick follow-up (within a week or, better, a day) is the best predictor. 🕯️