Bran

I love Jesus a lot, I like to talk about His favorite book. Musician, Music Director, MA Biblical & Theological Studies. These views are my own. He/Him

[militant @alasiye7e]

A thread of Pope Francis being truly progressive and truly Christlike. Rest in Paradise 🕊️🧵

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

The continued (mis)treatment of migrant children by our country on both sides makes a mockery of the Lord’s Supper, the Lord’s incarnation, and the Lord’s Kingdom. Disrespecting religious symbols isn’t cool we can all agree, but enough with the pearl clutching

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

@catholicpat So, that being said, where do you find a biblical case for “some sins” only? And btw as a Protestant I’ll acknowledge that doesn’t immediately do away with the need for bishops or priests, but it does drastically change the weight of your argument if unfounded.

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

@catholicpat When you said it’s “unbiblical” it made me hope you’d give a biblical refutation. But your argument is almost entirely couched in your statement that you can only pray for *some* sins to be forgiven, those that don’t “kill the soul”. The only part in the thread w/o a reference.

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

@jovial_cynic Being easily edified

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

@emuplace There’s a button in the app to go to my files to import but the file I’ve downloaded is greyed out. I’ve tried downloading on laptop and dragging into Limon while the phone is connected but then it doesn’t show up on the app

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

@emuplace Have the app on my phone running but cannot figure out how to get ROMs on it

[Patrick Schreiner ☧ @pj_schreiner]

GIVEAWAY: I'm sending someone 3 books on the transfiguration.

1) My exegetical and theological reading
2) Patristic homilies on the transfiguration
3) Tim Chester's devotional on the transfiguration.

(https://t.co/tnGXKHafcE)

RT to enter.

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

@felipeswife The Essential Karl Barth: A Reader and Commentary https://t.co/wNcEt0Ve8P

His main work, the Dogmatics, can be very hard to get into but this book does a great job of giving you the “highlights” of what makes Barth unique and in there is a section devoted election.

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

@felipeswife Barth’s view of election is unique in Protestantism and my personal favorite

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

@PastorTrey05 @AndrewRillera I second this but also, “Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?” by Michael Morales is incredible on this.

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

Belief in the historic incarnation of God, the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and the inspiration of the scriptures has defined “Conservative Christianity” for millennia. Why in the passed 60-70 years has it become “progressive” to anchor one’s faith in this alone??

[Trey Ferguson @PastorTrey05]

If abuse passes for love when your god does it (even if in accordance with some warped sense of “justice”), I can promise you that the people you think you love are being shortchanged.

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

@PastorTrey05 Damn this is such a bar

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

“Even the more simple of those who claim to be of the Church have supposed that there is none greater than the Creator, doing so soundly; but they suppose such things about him that would not be supposed of the most savage and unjust human being.”(Origen)

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

“Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered” - Prov. 21:13

Oh that this advent we would not close our ears to the cries of the poor in our midst bearing the image of Christ. (Matt. 25:37-40)

[Bran @Bran_Kobrin]

The apex of the gathering is the celebration of the Eucharist

[Tim Amor @TimAAmor]

Who would Jesus kill?
(no one)

Who would Jesus die for?
(everyone—even his executioners)

We follow Jesus.

Or we don’t.

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