Dan Ray

Vancouver. Media wonk; former pastor; guitar; post-evangelical; 🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦; hot tubs; writer; 🏀;🏃🏽‍♂️; son; uncle; husband; dad—beloved. Opinions IMO only.

[Dan Ray @danielkylinray]

God is an ocean and our knowledge of God is but a drop.

We would do well to understand this.

(and yes, I stole the line from DarK).

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@thescottbarber Christian xenophobia looks like Nationalism.

[Codify @CodifyBaseball]

Alejandro Kirk leads MLB catchers in pitch framing runs this year and maybe you can see why (these were all called strikes).

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https://t.co/xRq5rWuz1I

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

We have to stop baptizing bigotry with Bible verses. We have to stop wielding Scripture like a weapon.

Scripture has too often been used to shame and scold, judge and condemn, marginalize and oppress. Far too many folks have experienced the Bible as a toxic text that causes more harm than good.

This book is an attempt to take what I’ve learned from brilliant authors, activists, scholars and theologians, as well as from the incredible people I get to minister alongside every day, and synthesize it into a helpful resource for reading the Bible in better ways.

To do that, we’ll dismantle four common lenses for reading Scripture that lead to harm—Literalism, Apocalypse, Moralism, and Hierarchy. And then we’ll explore four new lenses—Jesus, Context, Flourishing, and Fruitfulness—that promote healing and wholeness for all people.

We’ll take these better lenses and apply them to frequently weaponized biblical passages, concepts, and statements, like “I do not permit a woman to teach,” the creation story in Genesis, the notorious “clobber verses” used against LGBTQ+ people, the book of Revelation, eternal conscious torment in hell, and much more.

I started this journey because I came to believe that if our way of interpreting the Bible hurts people, then it must be reconsidered. The way of Jesus always leads to healing, not harm. Better ways to read the Bible exist, ways that lead to restoration, wholeness, and flourishing for all people. If you feel similarly and are ready to take a fresh look at the Scriptures, welcome to the journey. Let’s discover better ways of reading the Bible together.

Also, PLEASE PREORDER TODAY! The book comes out August 12th, but preorders are so important, especially for a first-time author like me. If you do preorder, you get the audiobook for free 🙌

[Dan Ray @danielkylinray]

@RevPastorJustin I’m sorry you are so tall. It’s a burden I know.

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@ericmjl yeah, reading the tea leaves it seems like threads has a better chance of getting some interaction

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Miss all you folks I interacted with

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@paulloewen well before elon

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I miss posting on twitter before it was evil.

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Short ppl will never know this but being really tall and having to fold laundry is a special kind of torture.

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My 11 year old just told me in all seriousness that he thinks my favorite song is, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”.

Didn’t ask but I’m pretty sure he thinks this because I sang it a lot to him when he was 3.

Kids are so cool.

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@thescottbarber Wild at Heart much?

Miss ya Scott!

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I know this hug. This is a Dad hug.

[Missy 🏄‍♂️ @missysinghsongs]

Seeing so many crazy comments about LeBron. I admit I wasn’t a fan, but damn that man put his head down and did the damn thing so Luka could get those wins both times he faced the Mavs. I’m truly grateful for him.

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I've learned from personal experience that when you play chicken with a narcissist, everybody loses.

When you do anything with a narcissist, usually almost everybody loses.

The US President is an extreme narcissist, and so we all are going to keep losing. Sucks but it is.

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Why would you make a deal with somebody who never keeps their word?

Why would you make a deal with somebody who lies all the time?

Why would you make a deal with somebody who doesn’t pay their debts?

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@PastorTrey05 Omg

[NBA Memes @NBAMemes]

Kyrie- Hurt
AD- Hurt
Luka- Traded

Klay Thompson on the Mavs:

[Dan Ray @danielkylinray]

I want a show with @mradamscott and @Dichenlachman. NO scifi necessary. No severance procedure required. Just them together, doing anything for an hour a week. I'll watch every episode.

#severance

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@EstateLevy What are you anticipating? I've followed you a while and always value your opinion on these matters.