Why being transgender is not a sin – Baptist News Global
Nov 9, 2018 · Cross-dressing is about finding pleasure in wearing certain clothes. Being transgender is about finding mental and spiritual peace by aligning outward presentation with inner being. Occasionally, people will point to Genesis 1:27 as a condemnation of transgender identity: “male and female he created them.”.
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Michael Curry was elected 27th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in 2015, after previously serving as bishop of North Carolina. One of America’s most-renowned preachers, he is perhaps most widely known for his sermon at the “royal wedding” of…. In case you missed it. Catch our webinar with Amanda Tyler.
Faithful America inducts 12 more into its ‘false prophets’ hall of fame
Nov 6, 2023 · Two weeks into his new job, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives already has made the list. Although it’s a list he might not want to be on. Mike Johnson is one of 12 “false prophets” highlighted this year by Faithful America, the organization behind the “False Prophets Don’t Speak for Me” campaign. The 12 new inductees into the hall of …
Crash-course in Bible history: How the Bible came to be
Feb 14, 2023 · There has been debate about when the Hebrew Bible began to be written down, but the oldest possible manuscripts of a biblical text archaeologists have found are the Ketef Hinnom Scrolls, which were written in the seventh century BCE. They read in Hebrew, “May Yahweh bless you and keep you; May Yahweh cause his face to Shine upon you and grant ...
After 30 years, the NRSV gets an update: Here’s what that means
Mar 15, 2022 · The New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, also known as NRSVue, currently is available for digital download and will be published in printed copies later this spring. The update is significant, in part, because the NRSV is a preferred translation for many biblical scholars, seminaries, and mainline and progressive Protestant churches.
I asked people why they’re leaving Christianity, and here’s what I ...
Dec 13, 2022 · According to a September 2022 Pew study, people identifying as Christian have decreased from 90% of the U.S. population in 1972 to 64% in 2020. But it’s not just researchers who are talking about this. As of Dec. 6, 2020, the hashtag “#exchristian” had 696.7 million cumulative views on TikTok and was assigned to more than 68,600 posts on ...
Brentwood Benson Music announces sudden closing and the end …
Dec 8, 2021 · The owner of the world’s largest Christian music publishing catalog is closing its business, citing the effects of COVID-19 as the reason.. Brentwood Benson Music — which reportedly owns about 60,000 copyrights and is a storied Christian music business based in Nashville — announced on its website that it will cease operations by the end of this year.
I grew up in the church-cult from - Baptist News Global
Dec 6, 2023 · Then it happened to me. I sobbed watching Let Us Prey, memories of my own abuser haunting me.He fit the typical profile for an IFB predator: a leader in church ministry, much older than his victims and a groomer who had been playing the long game — for years.
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Facing the reality of governmental oppression, as a form of imperial reaction and suppression to the revolutionary movement of the church, early Christians anticipated unavoidable suffering. Living within an autocracy, anyone or any movement that stood in contradiction to this…. Opinion Jamar A. Boyd II. 1.
An oft-quoted biblical scholar changes his mind on LGBTQ …
In 1996, Hays released Moral Vision of the New Testament and it quickly became a standard text for biblical scholars, theologians and ethicists alike. In the 16th chapter, Hays carefully works through the few relevant New Testament passages and concludes the witness of the New Testament is against homosexuality.