Bethany Addington

Sister; minister; bridge-builder; theology student; recovering perfectionist

[Bethany Addington @bethanyadd]

@GRUStormCentral Our power is not restored on NW 28th Lane

[Bethany Addington @bethanyadd]

Buying myself some new tires for Valentine’s Day because I’m a hopeless romantic. ❤️

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

Honestly, y’all, be careful of a theology where you’re only allowed to think of yourself as a pathetic worm. Worminess is appropriate at times but, if you are in Christ, you are blessed beyond comprehension, chosen, called, forgiven, redeemed and sent forth to serve a lost world.

[Bethany Addington @bethanyadd]

My friend after I poured my heart out to her today: “Thank you for weeping. The Lord loves you in your weeping. And I do too.” Who says a sermon needs to be longer than 15 words?

[Bethany Addington @bethanyadd]

Rural Illinois mechanic, handing me my invoice and car keys: You’re all set! See ya later.
Me: I hope not!
Him: Oh, right, yeah. Uh...cheerio.

[Christina Edmondson @DrCEdmondson]

Americans have no command to love and treat their neighbors as themselves.

But, Christians do.

[Matt Smethurst @MattSmethurst]

Then Peter said to him, “Lord, how long must we sing the ‘Oceans’ chorus? As many as seven times?”

Jesus replied, “I do not say to you seven times, but 77 times.”

On hearing it, his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” And many walked away sad.

[Bethany Addington @bethanyadd]

Christ Himself is the common ground that lies between our many differences and disparities, and it is spacious, holy ground. There is room for us all there. “For Christ himself is our peace; he has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier—the dividing wall of hostility.”

[Bethany Addington @bethanyadd]

Jesus’ prayer “that all of them may be one” means that my commitment to you as my brother or sister in Christ supersedes every ideological, political, & cultural difference that stands between us. I am eternally bound to you because I am bound to the One who died to make us one.

[Bethany Addington @bethanyadd]

@Humanberg but def not depressed.

[Bethany Addington @bethanyadd]

PhD research, day 253: accidentally referred to the Trinity as “the Gosh-head.”

[Bethany Addington @bethanyadd]

@gabriellerselby Hey, I have a Nikon D60 that I’d be willing to sell! Works great and super user-friendly. Dm me if you’re interested!

[Bethany Addington @bethanyadd]

@VickiD22 Greatest Of All Time (Seniors)?

[Bethany Addington @bethanyadd]

My dentist, lobbing me a softball: “How often do you drink tap water?”

[Winfield Bevins @winfieldbevins]

“The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.” Martin Luther King Jr.

[Church Curmudgeon @ChrchCurmudgeon]

After Pavlov discovered the response he could elicit by simply ringing a bell, he founded the Salivation Army.

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

Lord, I repent of being complicit in & contributing to racism & white supremacy in the church by profiting off a system that was unjust to people of color. Forgive me for thinking it was enough to simple say & believe it to be true, “I’m not racist.” Forgive me for my passivity.

[Dr. Eric Mason @pastoremase]

The way to know the problems in your theology is to study the theology of our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world!

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

This thread really matters. I encourage you to read and digest it. We can think globally and comprehensively and work on issues of injustice in inclusive, strategic, intentionally diverse ways. https://t.co/FFcohOf79U