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Advocating for a joyful, inclusive Christianity. LGBTQ+ affirming pastor. he/him

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Richard Jarman

10 months

God said, “set aside the Bible’s dietary laws, & invite Gentiles into the kingdom.” He said, “set aside the Bible’s circumcision laws, & bring gentiles into the kingdom.” For God, it’s always love & inclusion above the letter of the law. Why are LGBTQ+ people any different?

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2 months

The future of the LGBTQ+ affirming church is exceptionally bright. The non-inclusive church? Not so much

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4 months

If your theology calls for you to “show visceral disgust” & “want to vomit” when you encounter trans people-all of whom are beloved by God-you aren’t following Jesus. You’re serving an anti-Christ theology.

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2 months

Preached on how we misuse the Bible when we use it to beat up on LGBTQ+ people. A couple of people walked out in the middle. Not sure if it was bc of the content. I will not stop speaking, even if some don’t like it. LGBTQ+ inclusion is too important for Christians to be quiet!

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3 months

I believe LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church will continue to happen slowly, then very quickly. As the older, more stuck in tradition, generations move off the scene, our LGBTQ+ siblings will be fully embraced in churches by younger generations. The tide is turning!

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3 months

I’m perplexed at the number of Christians who are convinced we’re in the “end times” bc of women pastors or LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church. This is NOT apostasy. This is God’s blessings breaking out in this world like a new dawn

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1 year

What if all the pro-LGBTQ ads & merch from all the stores is a sign that God is pouring out a spirit of freedom & liberation on the US? What if evangelicals are missing a revival bc it doesn’t look the way they want it to?

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2 months

I just want to make sure I get this: women can’t speak in an SBC church, but Donald Trump can speak at their national convention? #SBC24

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3 months

I don’t see things like the #UMC decision this week to affirm gay clergy as a sign of decline or apostasy, as some do. I see it as the continuing of a revival in the church, as Jesus breaking through man-imposed obstacle to freedom & liberation

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10 months

@5Solas2 So being a megachurch celebrity pastor who covers up sexual abuse in a church is ok, but being a woman preacher is apostasy? Got it

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1 year

@PastorSJCamp @CJ_Cregg_Cook So you take 1 word in Greek (arsenakoitai) that had never been used before, the meaning of which is still unknown-except that when other writers use it, it means a financial sin not a sexual one. Then you condemn a whole group of people as not saved. That’s bad exegesis, brother

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1 year

If you are an LGBTQ+-affirming Christian, you need to speak up about it. In your churches. On social media. Everywhere. Speak boldly and lovingly. Our siblings deserve your support. You might face damage. Criticism. Loss. But doing what’s right isn’t always easy. Speak up!

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5 months

Bc I am pro-LGBTQ+ inclusion & don’t believe in an eternal hell, I am told all the time that I don’t believe in or condemn sin. But I preach the need for people to turn around & follow the self-sacrificial way of Jesus as much as anyone. Do some think there’s only 1 sin?

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1 month

Conservative evangelicalism is dying. May already be dead. And I’m not crying over it. Cause of death? Emphasis on doctrine over love, LGBTQ+ exclusion, political activism, and the desire to create “Christian” subculture instead of engaging secular culture

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2 months

I’m still amazed at how quick non-LGBTQ+ affirming Christians are to resort to names and dehumanizing insults. I got called a slur a bit ago by someone who assumed I’m gay bc I’m affirming. It’s this lack of love that will ultimately be the downfall of non-affirming Xians

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3 months

Wow! You make a post saying that God actually loves LGBTQ+ people & some Christians start losing their minds. I dont think God loving people should be controversial

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1 year

@JonnyRoot_ I’ve never been prouder to be a Dodger fan!

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4 months

Saw a comment here yesterday (don’t remember who) that “God is not a God liberation, he’s a God of laws & rules”. This is such a sad, hopeless view of our endlessly beautiful God. But it seems this idea is at the heart of many debates in todays church

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Richard Jarman

2 months

Look at all the bigoted Christians who can’t handle the thought of God loving LGBTQ+ folk into his family! I truly believe they would rather see all queer people burn in hell, than to acknowledge that queer people are loved & accepted by God

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1 year

@gailendavid A pastor’s perspective on Pride month

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10 months

@tomascol @bartbarber Tom, if you cared as much about stopping sex abuse in SBC churches as you do stopping women preaching in SBC churches, I might want to hear about your (wrong) interpretation of the Bible. But you don’t. So you really need to shut up & get your priorities straight

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2 months

Wow! It’s all fun and games for people until you dare to say that LGBTQ+ inclusive churches are the future of Christianity. Then everybody loses their minds

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1 year

I’m convinced the church will be overwhelmingly LGBTQ-affirming within the next generation. And I’m also convinced it will largely be because of the testimony of LGBTQ Christians, living out their love for Jesus every day. My LGBTQ siblings inspire me to be a better Christian!

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2 months

@NeeverH Good thing being LGBTQ+ isn’t a sin

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1 year

@CJ_Cregg_Cook As a formerly non-affirming pastor, I’d say this is mostly true

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1 year

@HonestYPTweets @thechosentv There are a lot more affirming pastors than you may think. And our numbers grow every day, thank God

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6 months

The idea that LGBTQ+ Christians need to be “acceptable” or “respectable” for the church as a whole still puts them in a lesser status where they need the approval of others to belong. That’s completely wrong. I know others know this well. I’m really just processing it

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@bethfelkerjones Yes! All the time. And there’s some truth to it. That’s why little boys need adults to make it clear that it’s never ok.

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Richard Jarman

3 months

Some people are gonna be really shaken when they get to heaven and find there are LGBTQ+ people there

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1 year

@CarissasNewLife It amazes me how many Christian parents think homeschooling will shelter their children from the “evils of this world”. I know so many homeschooled kids who are gay. Because being gay isn’t an infection that comes from outside. It’s part of who some people are

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2 months

@RevJohnLecia New age church? What’s new age about obeying the call for everyone to be welcomed into God’s family?

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1 year

@dalepartridge Dude! Why do you care so much about 2 guys holding hands? Are you afraid there won’t be any guys left for you to hold hands with? It’s a weird obsession

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1 year

@bbm2C406B20 @stvp68 Tell me the Bible verse where it says that marriage is only & always between 1 man and 1 woman

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2 months

@Tac0_B3lle Celeste is a gorgeous woman. You are simply a hate-filled bigot

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1 month

My TL today is a sewer of conspiracy nuts & neo-Nazi filth. Then this glorious piece of love & goodness came across my feed! What an amazing, loving couple Matt & Alejandro are. Thank you for brightening my day!

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It’s been four years since this guy flew to the Bay Area in the middle of a pandemic and got me to fall in love with him. July 6 is the day we decided to "go for it."

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4 months

What if, instead of adopting a wooden, literal, flat reading of the Bible, we decided to wrestle with it, like Jacob did with the Lord? What if we asked hard questions, and didn’t accept easy answers?

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1 year

@NathanielJolly Please stop tweeting. Please

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1 month

Violence is never the way for a Jesus follower. Even against our enemies. Especially against our enemies. We win by employing relentless love that comes in never-ending waves. The way of the world is violence. The way of Jesus is love

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1 year

@grcastleberry You could also try giving up inerrancy, & see the Bible for what it is: beautiful, messy, inspired and filled with wisdom. Let the Holy Spirit guide you into the wonder God has for you in Scripture

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1 year

@seanfeucht Can you show us the “grooming” sections in these books? I’m sure you’ve read through all of them

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Richard Jarman

3 months

The fields are ripe for harvest in post-Christian America. But we must be willing to bring in LGBTQ+ people, & anyone on the margins. And we need to love them exactly as they are. In the end, there’s no us and them. We’re all US!

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5 months

The tide is turning & the pro-LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church side is winning (& will soon be the majority opinion). What is turning the tide? The obvious fruit in the lives of LGBTQ+ followers of Jesus. It’s clear which side is marked by love, grace, forgiveness & which isn’t

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1 year

@Billieiswriting God is so much bigger and more wonderful than we allow him to be. Thank you for posting this!

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9 months

When I see “Christians” spouting anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, I’m always struck by the cold, proud, unloving attitude I see. I see a different attitude in pro-LGBTQ+ people. Love, grace, understanding. I’m generalizing, but I see much more of Jesus among LGBTQ+ believers

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1 year

@masonmennenga @Protestia I’m actually surprised that this is an issue. Why would anyone want to have sex with someone who’s not enjoying it?

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5 months

If you blow a huge chunk of your “community ministry” budget on Easter eggs for a big egg hunt after service tomorrow, but you don’t regularly clothe & feed the poor around you, please stop using the word “church” to describe your gatherings. You’re a social club

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1 year

@JacobDL8 @iamelizabethadd @kevinmyoung Maybe you weren’t aware of this. But Jesus actually repeats the “Love God and love your neighbor” statements. So that’s why they arent simply OT laws

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1 month

If you’re watching the footage surrounding Trump’s assassination attempt, & your take is, “women shouldn’t be Secret Service agents,” you are a moron.

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2 years

@LivingGodsTruth It’s odd that in the other Scriptures that talk about S & G, homosexuality isn’t brought up as one of their many sins. Wonder why that would be?

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2 years

@RevDaniel It seems a lot of people are looking for loopholes, so they don’t have to love others

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1 year

@thisisfoster You’ve acted really obsessed with her for no reason. She’s expressed how uncomfortable you make her feel. Can women going to your church expect this level of weirdness from you?

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2 years

@ADFLegal Allowing another group of people to have the same rights you do is not punishment. It’s called equal treatment under the law. You should know that

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1 year

@TerriGreenUSA Terrible decision for the SBC. They’d rather have sex abusers than women pastors.

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1 year

@ScottAniol If you can’t see a distinction between consensual, loving same-sex relationships and child rape, then I genuinely worry about your children

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@CarissasNewLife I choose life, so I’m gonna pass

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1 year

@unsafeturtle It’s astounding to me that there are any gay Christian’s at all. What they go through is so painful

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2 months

It is so liberating to block anti-LGBTQ+ bigots. I feel so free!

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2 months

@Katiemix87 That’s so sad. People who refuse to include LGBTQ+ Christians in their churches are really excluding part of their own souls

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1 year

@wendelltalks So, you’ve never actually read the Bible. Got it

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2 years

@kevinmyoung Honestly, if someone tells me to mark and avoid someone else, it’s 100% sure that I’m gonna check out that profile. And about 95% sure I’m gonna follow them. “Mark and avoid” is a great recommendation

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2 years

@AdamPage85 And yet, you quote no scripture. You give no references. You have no context. Why is that?

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6 months

I don’t know how many people agree with me, but I’m going to vote this year based on a single issue: which candidate will commit to protecting the life and safety of LGBTQ+ people in our society? For too long we’ve allowed our LGBTQ+ siblings to worry about their care & safety

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@SlowToWrite Why would that be a question? That’s a strange little cult you’re building

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1 year

@DennyBurk Now, why don’t you tell us about how great it was when interracial couples couldn’t get married! I know you love that one too

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2 years

@Kdubtru So, you tell them they’re hated by God because of what they are, they can never be a follower of Christ because of who they are, then complain that they don’t like it? What a shocker!

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1 year

@unsafeturtle Chris, I am so sorry you’re going through this! I lost a job this year due to my affirming views, so I know something of what you’re feeling. God is using you, & will use you, to bring life to people who desperately need it. I love your courage! Keep going!

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2 months

If you’re a Jesus-follower struggling with anxiety, panic attacks, depression, or any kind of mental illness, go see a mental health professional immediately. Doing this doesn’t mean you have weak faith. It means you let experts work in areas where they have expertise

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8 months

The number of Christians on X who try to defend slavery, genocide & any number of atrocities found in the Bible amazes me. Why not just admit that God doesn’t actually condone those things, & Bible writers got those things wrong?

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2 months

@Tac0_B3lle You don’t have the authority to make that decision. Only Celeste does. And she is a beautiful, confident, smart woman. And your bigotry makes you ugly as sin

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1 year

@TJSumpter So the permanent, race-based slavery in Lev 25:44-46 is good, holy , and wise? You’re showing that either you don’t know scripture very well, or you have a truly perverted sense of justice. If slavery laws are moral, then “moral” has no meaning

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1 year

@_nomadic_soul I added pronouns to my bio for the same reason—to show support. And it gives me quick insight into a person who replies to my content. If the first they say is, “you’re a fake Christian, you have pronouns in your bio”, I know I can block them right away

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10 months

@ZachWLambert Being LGBTQ+ affirming is definitely the harder road to take. But I guess the way of Christ usually is

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1 year

@natgrace79 This is someone who should’ve never had children

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1 year

@disntr So he’s essentially quoting Paul, who pointed to eyewitness testimony to prove the resurrection happened. How is that wrong? Some of you need to give up your Bible worship so you can follow Jesus

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started @kevinmnye1 ’s book, “Grace Can Lead Us Home”. Its a call for Christians to end homelessness. I have a feeling it’s going to be foundational for the nonprofit we’re starting. Ending homelessness is an audacious goal. But anything’s possible when God’s people act boldly!

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1 year

@TradReform You have an odd fascination with gay sex. It’s ok to just come out of the closet. God loves you

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1 year

What if Christians celebrated Pride Month as proof that the message of liberation iis breaking through to society at large? The sky isn’t falling, but God’s love and mercy is shining all around us—in the lives of our LGBTQ siblings

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@TomBuck Why don’t you tell that to all the women who were abused by straight pastors in SBC churches? I bet they’d disagree with you.

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5 months

“TouchPoint Church is fully LGBTQ+ affirming and celebrating. That means we welcome LGBTQ+ Christians & seeekers as fully part of God’s good creation. We don’t have any barriers to membership, service or leadership based on one’s sexual orientation or gender identity.”

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@bbm2C406B20 @stvp68 You’re not answering my question. Where in the Bible does it say that marriage is only and always between 1 man and 1 woman? Hint: it’s not in there

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2 months

@NeeverH True, except that being LGBTQ+ isn’t a sin

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9 months

I gotta say, celebrating holidays as an affirming Christian is so enjoyable. I’m convinced my queer family members (& there are several) are just as much a part of God’s family as I am. I’m free to relax and enjoy them! I just wish I’d come to the affirming side earlier

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@TomBuck You are, without doubt, a horrible human being. You would deny a child love and security, just to make a theological point. You’ve missed the entire point of Jesus.

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@mattnightingale Today, my 13 y.o. was playing w a cigarette lighter on my desk. He said, “gotta be careful. I don’t want to burn anyone.” It struck me that even a teen knows that it’s wrong to burn people. But the most loving Being in the universe thinks it’s ok? What a strange being to worship

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@kevinmyoung Former southern Baptist pastor here. Still a pastor, not SBC. Openly and proudly affirming ally (along w my wife and kids). Once pastors start announcing that they’re affirming, the tide will turn in a huge way. (It already is turning, tbh)

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2 years

@jchasedavis Wow! You really showed her! I bet she had never read those verses before.

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2 months

My former writing partner, who dumped me bc I went public w my support for the LGBTQ+ community, sent me an email wishing me a happy birthday. Like nothing ever happened. Im not sure how to think about this

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@D_B_Harrison I’ve rarely seen as much disdain for people you believe are reprehensible, combined with a lack of love and bad exegesis, as I’m reading in your tweet, and the comments. You win the “awful tweet of the day” award

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1 year

I am fully convinced that, in the not-too-distant future, the Christian church will be largely LGBTQ affirming. (With some pockets of bigotry here & there.) why do I say that? several reasons, but one of the big ones is that only the affirming side reflects the heart of Jesus 1/

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@ajwhitewolf Definitely! And the thing they don’t get is not only are they harming the LGBTQ+ Christian community, they are harming themselves. They cut off the part of themselves that’s designed to wonder at God’s wild creativity

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@realalexlains Totally see the love of Jesus in this tweet

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3 months

Well, the Pride event I’ve spent months organizing is over! It was exciting and exhausting. A great event celebrating the LGNTQ+ community! Thank you to everyone who prayed for me/the event. If you prayed against the event, just know: God’s not listening to your hateful nonsense

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@mattnightingale This is shocking! You should let your husband know immediately🤣🤣🤣

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4 months

Feeling very hopeful today. Talked to someone from a church that is considering becoming LGBTQ+ affirming. Talked about how we went about it & what our experiences were/are. So glad to be part of a revolution that will see the vast majority of God’s church become LGBTQ+ affirming

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There’s a fundamental disconnect if you say God is essentially good, but He keeps 95% of humanity alive for eternity just so He can torture them. Both those things can’t be true. Either He’s good, or He’s a torturer.

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A University of California, Riverside found that being in long-term poverty (defined as below the poverty line for more than 10 years) is responsible for 295,000 deaths annually. Is this acceptable in a rich, allegedly Christian nation like the USA?

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@Jm_OneAfrica It’s coming whether you like it or not

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@HwsEleutheroi Why is this perverse and evil? Is it because the baby has 2 loving parents who happen to be gay? That is not evil. It should be the goal for every baby.

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@LivingGodsTruth Also interesting that you call a brother satanic for disagreeing with you. Maybe you should look at what the Bible teaches about slander

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