Sneha

[Sneha @upratn]

India is my country.
All Indians are my brothers and sisters.
I love my country.
I am proud of its rich and varied heritage.
I shall always strive to be worthy of it.
I shall give my parents,teachers and all elders respect,and treat everyone with courtesy.

[Fr. Joash P. Thomas @JoashPThomas]

God stands with oppressed peoples everywhere - regardless of their ethnic backgrounds.

And if the oppressed and oppressor ever switch sides, God also switches sides to stand with the newly oppressed people.

Scripture is actually clear about this.

[Ameen @Ameen_HGA]

That is how you use Jesus as a mascot for an agenda instead of seeing Him as Lord over ALL THINGS including your political ends and desires.

[Fr. Joash P. Thomas @JoashPThomas]

When Jesus said, “Make disciples of all nations” - he wasn’t saying, “Win converts so that their souls would be saved for a future heaven.”

He was saying, “Win people over to my way of living who live lives that reflect the justice of God - on earth as it is in heaven.”

[Mason Mennenga @masonmennenga]

evangelicals: “jesus came to die for your sins”

jesus: “i came to proclaim good news to the poor, proclaim freedom for the prisoners, recover the sight for the blind, set the oppressed free, and proclaim the year of jubilee”

[Fr. Joash P. Thomas @JoashPThomas]

Reminder:

Obsessing over end times tribulation & hell is a luxury - one that people living under oppression (their everyday hell) do not have.

There’s a good reason why western evangelicals are more susceptible to this.

[Kim W. Chafee @RevKimWChafee]

Reminder…

[InspiringPhilosophy - Michael Jones @InspiringPhilos]

“Lord, where shall I find You?
Your place is lofty and secret.
And where shall I not find You?
The whole earth is full of your glory.”

– Judah Halevi

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

Not a single word in the Beatitudes relates to human notions of what a kingdom is like. Human ideas of kingdom building focus on nation, race, tribe, military strength, and wealth. Jesus teaches that greatness in His kingdom is found in the character that reflects His likeness.

[Bishop Fulton Sheen @Bishop_Sheen]

Skeptics always want miracles such as stepping down from the Cross, but never the greater miracle of forgiveness.

[InspiringPhilosophy - Michael Jones @InspiringPhilos]

Muslim lies and says Mecca is in the Bible!

[James Bejon @JamesBejon]

Israel are to pursue tzedek tzedek—‘justice and only justice’ (16.19).

On one side of that verse, they’re not to twist justice (lo titteh),

and on the other they’re not to plant an Asherah beside YHWH’s altar (lo titta).

Divided passions lead to compromised justice.

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

The greatest gift Christians can offer the world is our ongoing transformation in Jesus.

[Fr. Joash P. Thomas @JoashPThomas]

Western Christianity: If anyone wants to follow Jesus, they must believe the right things and pray a prayer confessing they believe these right things.

Jesus: If anyone wants to follow me, they must deny themselves, take up their cross and follow me.

[Fr. Joash P. Thomas @JoashPThomas]

So much of global poverty today & injustice today is a direct result of centuries of western colonization (propped up by the Western Church).

Most folks in the West today will never understand this reality.

[Thaddeus Patrick ☦️ @thaddeusthought]

A sign that a man is truly repentant is that when his sin is brought up he accepts it without being defensive.

Repentance reduces defensiveness.

[Bob Roberts Jr. ن @bobrobertsjr]

The very first church wide fund raiser was for the poor - let that sink in - not a capital campaign for a building

[Rich Villodas @richvillodas]

Jesus directs his “you must be born-again” statement (John 3) not to the worst of sinners but to the most moral of persons in the land (Nicodemus).

To be born again is conversion of life & requires rethinking everything in light of Jesus. This is how we see the kingdom.

[Sneha @upratn]

There are hundreds of people who rose from the dead, lived a few more years and then died.
But Jesus' resurrection is different from all of them in that Jesus' physical body was glorified.
He rose from the dead to never die again, having defeated death.

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

When we fail to serve the abused and oppressed, we fail to follow our Head. A body that does not follow its head is a sick body. When we turn from those who have been abused—in our midst or elsewhere—we have chosen to value something else more than love and obedience to our God.