What is Good & Right – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

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Maybe Doubting Thomas Was The Only Reasonable One
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Putting Women Back In The Story with Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney
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The Revolution Starts Here
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Exclusive First Look at ”No One Taught Me How To Be A Man”
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Cry it Out with Rev. Ben Perry
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Failing At Gender
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The Power to Change Our Story with Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew
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The Politics of Jesus
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Turning Pain Into Glitter with Jamie Kushner Blicher
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Roundup: Reading, Watching, Writing, Listening
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It Comes Back to Community: An Interview with R. Scott Okamoto
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From Shame To Pride
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Taking The Sting Out Of Paul (Colossians 3:1-17)
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The Sex and Spirit Connection
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The Danger of Shallow Forgiveness an interview with Kaya Oakes
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Shame-Sex Attraction with Lucas Wilson
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Taking Another Look at Paul: An Interview with John Dominic Crossan
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Heading to the UnYeshiva with Judaism UnBound
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Exploring Spirituality Through Storytelling with Marques Hollie
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Imagining New Worlds an interview with Eliot Schrefer
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Queer Affirming Therapy an interview with Ann Russo
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The Importance of Visibility An Interview with Chris Tompkins
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The Cool Christians an Interview Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere)
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The Misunderstood Mystical Meaning of Advent
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How To Handle Fraught Situations
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The Messy Scandal of Ruth
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huddled together after the election
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Remembering Who We Come From
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Healing When It's Hard
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The Stories That Shape Us
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Rewrite Your Story
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Spirituality Outside of Boxes: Listener Q&A
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Cruising For God: Queering Jacob
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John Green Asks, “Why Religion?” We Answer
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Habits For Changing Seasons
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Love is a Verb
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Undoing Shame
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Poly Possibilities
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Listening to the Wisdom of Your Body
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Cultivating Curiosity [Listener Question]
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Unlearning and Relearning
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Holding Space with Avra Shapiro
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The Feedback Loop of the Divine with Rabbi Andy Kahn
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Brian & Shay: A Big Announcement
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Growing Up with Jennifer Knapp
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Being a Good Contaminant with Billie Hoard
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Conversations with Genesis with Jessica Jacobs
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Queering Contemplation with Cassidy Hall
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Finding Your Pride
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The 5 Minutes a Day That Will Change Your Life
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How to Feel More Connected to Queerness Every Day
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We’re Here Interview with Latrice Royale
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13 Alternatives to Prayer
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7 Questions to Deepen Your Faith
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of The Bible
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We Come From Fighters
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What's an LGBTQ-Affirming Bible translation?
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Do You Have To Believe In Miracles?
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Fear & Faith On Palm Sunday
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Affirming Theology Vs. Queer Theology
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A Trans Perspective on Masculinity
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Love Beyond Monogamy
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Deconstruct Your Faith Without Losing Yourself with Angela Herrington
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Queering Lent
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In the Margins
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Caring For Your Body as a Sacred Act
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Soulful Sexuality
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Rigid Rules Vs. Sexual Ethics
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Sexual Scandal and Uncovering Shame
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What Makes You Bloom with Kevin Garcia
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Holy Desire
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Queer Spiritual Ritual
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Queering Christmas
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Help For When the Holidays Suck
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Expanding Your Idea of What's Possible
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Learning To Love Yourself & Others Well
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Listening to the Truthtellers
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Worship Music Is Killing Your Soul
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Find Your People (And Change Your Life)
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Is It A Relationship or a Religion?
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Why We Remember Those We've Lost?
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Moving Past Terrible Theology
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Tools For Rebuilding A Spiritual Home
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Healing from the Places that Hurt You
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Moving From Surviving to Thriving
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Start Small… but Start
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Recovering from Religious Trauma with Cindy Wang Brandt
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Red Lip Theology with Candice Benbow
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A God Who Gives A Damn with Candace Simpson
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Cultivating Joy with Bishop Karen Oliveto
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10 Years and 500 Episodes
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Bonus Episode: Queerness Everyday Challenge
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An Untidy Faith with Kate Boyd
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The Power of Polyamorous Stories with Kevin Patterson
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Living Your Liberation with Madison Morrigan
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The Heart Of A Scholar with John Dominic Crossan
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Centering Black Trans Experience with J Mase III
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BONUS Episode: Special Update!
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Wrestling and Dancing With the Big Questions with Rob Bell
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The Power of Story with Claire Willet
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Vulnerable Storytelling with Adil Mansoor
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I Followed Jesus Out with Tamice Spencer-Helms
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Joy In The Silence with Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen
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Cultivating Healthy Communities with Rev. Solomon Missouri
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Living Bravely with Rabbi Eger and Rev. Neil
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A Community of Mutual Responsibility: Galatians Chapter 6
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What Leads To Justice? Galatians Chapter 5
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Holy Discomfort and Scriptural Allegory: Galatians, Chapter 4
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Scripture Arguing With Itself: Galatians Ch. 3
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Disagreement and Belonging: Galatians Chapter 2
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What’s the Deal With Paul? Galatians Ch. 1
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The People Who Shape You (+ some Q&A)
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Q&A and The Importance of Community
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The End. Or Is It?: Matthew Chapters 26-28
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The Cost of Discipleship: Matthew Chapters 21-25
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Join The Resistance: Matthew Chapters 17-20
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Called To Treason: Matthew Chapters 14-16
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The Sky Is Falling: Matthew Chapters 10-13
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Jesus Changes Everything. Or Does He?: Matthew Chapters 5-9
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Jesus is Political: Matthew Chapters 3 & 4
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The Meaning of the Beginning: Matthew Chapters 1 & 2
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Healing Is Joy with Mary Lambert
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Liturgies of Silence and Speech with Cole Arthur-Riley
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Surviving & Thriving After Ex-Gay Experiences with Jonathan Merker, LMHC
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Church Is Performance Art with Rev. Micah Bucey
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Bodily Autonomy Is Sacred with Rev. Angela Tyler-Williams
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You Mean It Or You Don’t with Jamie McGhee & Adam Hollowell
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Abolition as Spiritual Practice with Rev. Nikia Smith Robert Phd
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In the Defiant Middle with Kaya Oakes
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Fierce Love with Rev. Jacqui Lewis
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Imagine A Better World with Taj M. Smith
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Making Space & Bridging Communities with Bishop David Strong
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Trailblazing for Queer Women Religious Leaders with Rabbi Denise Eger
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God is a Black Woman with Dr. Christena Cleveland
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Asked & Answered: October 2022
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Founder Stories: How We Got Here
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The QueerTheology.com Origin Story
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Still Scared About Sex & The Bible?
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Sunday School Sex Ed
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Doing What’s Demanded: Active Allies
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You Can Demand More: Active Allies
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Following Your Calling
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What Is Your Calling?
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Rituals for Resistance and Resilience: Creating Your Own Rituals
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Rituals for Resistance and Resilience: You Might Have More Rituals Than You Think
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Rituals for Resistance and Resilience: The Surprising Meaning Behind What We Have
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In The Margins: Launch Day Special
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Rituals for Resistance and Resilience
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Asked And Answered: July 2022
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Affirming Parenting: Queer Parents’ Perspective
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Affirming Parenting: How To Do It Right
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Affirming Parenting: When Your Kid Comes Out
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Affirming Parenting: Sharing Our Stories
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Angelic Troublemakers: Continuing The Work
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Angelic Troublemakers: Edafe Okporo
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Angelic Troublemakers: Rev. Dr. Robert E. Shore Goss
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Angelic Troublemakers: A Pride Series
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Growing up Suburban Jewish & Finding Your Faith With Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
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Celebrating Jewish Empowerment & Teaching The Masses via TikTok with @milli_not_so_vanilli
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Conversations that Change with Enzi Tanner
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A Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Teaches Us About The New Testament with Dr. Amy Jill Levine
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Asked And Answered With Brian And Shay: May 2022
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When Empires Crumble: Mark Week 4
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Healing and Oppression: Mark Week 3
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What’s The Deal With The Pigs?: Mark Week 2
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The First Gospel: Mark Week 1
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Scary Things: Will You End Up In Hell?
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Scary Things: The Fiery Pit
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Scary Things: The Devil and His Many Names
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Scary Things: The Great Snatch and the End of the World
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The What's Next: Deconstruction Part 3
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The How: Deconstruction Part 2
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The What and Why: Deconstruction Part 1
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Asked And Answered With Brian And Shay: February 2022
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Justifying Desires with Sarah Ngu
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Intersections with Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey
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Music And The Journey Of Coming Out with Trey Pearson
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Loving Deeply with The Triad Fam
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Using Humor as Protection with Amir Yass
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Public Witness Not Private Suffering with Emmy Kegler
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Gender is a Calling with Justin Sabia-Tanis
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Seeing The Divine in Music with Jess Garcia
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The Prophet Speaks with Joy Ladin
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Experiencing the Divine Outside the Church with Alicia T. Crosby
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Journey to Babylon with Namoli Brennet
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Faith Merges with Justice & Design with Asher Kolieboi
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Deconstruct and Unhook from Unhealthy Theologies with Crystal Cheatham
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We Can Choose Our Family - Ruth 1:1-18
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Don’t You Know That You Don’t Belong To Yourself? - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
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Movement Is Messy - Mark 10:35-45
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Get A Little Taste of Eternal Life - Mark 10:17-31
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Mythology vs. History - Genesis 2:18-24
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To Disrupt the People is To Disrupt God - Mark 9:38-50
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Be One With The Marginalized - Mark 9:30-37
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Take Your Time To Figure Out Who You Are First - James 3:1-12
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Do You Have a Good Reputation? - Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23
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Baptized in Tear Gas an interview with Elle Dowd
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God did not give you a spirit of timidity! [Summer Series]
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Can you be anti-LGBTQ and a Christian? [Summer Series]
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Jesus Comes Out [Summer Series]
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How do you justify Romans? [Summer Series]
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Even When Your Family Doesn't Get It [Summer Series]
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Faith In Action & Costly Conversion [Summer Series]
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Faith & Justice [Summer Series]
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Don’t Ask Permission [Summer Series]
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God Trusts You To Pick Your Partner [Summer Series]
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Jesus Steals A Donkey [Summer Series]
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Leaving Can Be Good For You & Them [Summer Series]
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When It All Began: Brian’s Story Part 2
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When It All Began: Brian’s Story
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Dry Bones Back to Life
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Transitioning My Body & Faith
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Push The Boundaries - Acts 10:44-48
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Unhook From The Fear of Hell - 1 John 4:7-21
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Love with Action and Truth - 1 John 3:16-24
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The Resurrection and Humanity - Luke 24:36-48
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Queering Your Family - Psalm 133
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Queering The Resurrection
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Palm Sunday: A Queer Reflection
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COVID Self-Care: One Year Later with Rev. Jonathan Vanderbeck, LCSW
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Divine Lover - John 3:14-21
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Queering the 10 Commandments - Exodus 20:1-17
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Walk Into Your New Name - Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16
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Jesus, Suffering & Salvation - 1 Peter 3:18-22
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God, Praying & Anxiety - Matthew 6:5-14
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God is Everywhere - Isaiah 40:21-31
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The Divine Authority - Mark 1:21-28
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The Catalyst - Mark 1:14-20
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My Temple My Rules - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
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Grow And Change - Acts 19:1-7
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Body & Flesh Matters - John 1:1-18
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Queer Theology Holiday Special
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The Hymn About Power - Luke 1:46b-55
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What is Good & Right - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
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What Type of Ancestor Are You? - 2 Peter 3:8-15
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Wake Up and Pay Attention - Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19
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Sheep and Goats - Matthew 25:31-46
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Gender Expansive Leadership - Judges 4:1-7
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Wisdom Is She - Wisdom of Sol 6:12-20
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Tuning Fork - Revelation 7:9-17
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Leviticus’ God - Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18
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It’s a Trap! - Matthew 22:15-22
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Coming Out Day: A Comforting Word - Philippians 4:1-9
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Safety vs. Being Saved - Philippians 3:4-14
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The Uncomfortable Path to Healing - Exodus 17:1-7
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Is Your Anger a Good Thing? - Jonah 3:10-4:11
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Get Off The Hamster Wheel - Romans 14:1-12
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Queer Sacred Space #throwback
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The Power of Queer Community - Romans 12:9-21
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Blackness, Queerness & Following Christ with Indigo and Beatrice
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What Is Our Salvation? - Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 & Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32
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What Do You Dream Of? - Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28
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Miracle or Mutual Aid - Matthew 14:13-21
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Learn & Change the World - 1 Kings 3:5-12
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Step Into Fear, Be Brave - Romans 8:12-25
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The Lamp, The Light, The Path - Psalm 119:105-112
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The Bible is Sexy AF - Song of Solomon 2:8-13
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Responding To The Call - Jeremiah 28:5-9 & Matthew 10:40-42
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Prophetic Troublemaking - Matthew 10:26-39
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Stand Firm and Be Saved - Matthew 9:35,10:8-23
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Original Blessing, Not Sin - 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 & Matthew 28:16-20
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Christianity Checklist? - Acts 2:1-21
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From Worship Songs to Protest Hymns - Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35
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Your Inner Divinity - John 14:15-21
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Queerness is a Cornerstone - 1 Peter 2:2-10
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Queerness is Caring - Acts 2:42-47
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Breaking the Bread - Luke 24:13-35
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The Transformational Power of Queering Scripture - John 20:19-31
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Women Take Center Stage - Matthew 28:1-10
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Jesus Gets Hangry - Mark 11:12-14
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The Humanity of Jesus - John 11:1-45
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Walking Through the Dark Valley - Psalm 23
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Safe in Stuckness - Exodus 17:1-7
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When Jesus Came Out - Matthew 17:1-9
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Knowledge Not Shame - Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
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Crafty Myths and Inner Wisdom - 2 Peter 1:16-21
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Jesus & the Male Gaze - Matthew 5:21-37
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Sex & Love with Sarah - 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
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What Does God Require? - Micah 6:1-8
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Unity In All? - 1 Corinthians 1:10-18
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The Gospel of Queer Community - John 1:29-42
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The Biblical Origins of Queer Theology - Isaiah 42:1-9, Matthew 3:13-17
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New Year Goals, Sexual Resolutions, Trans Theology (and more!)
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What Child Is This? Matthew 1:18-24
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Mary’s understanding of God – Luke 1:47-55
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Waiting on Advent - Isaiah 35:1-10, Psalm 146:5-10
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Advent: What Are We Waiting For?
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5 Ways to Observe Advent (and how queerness is part of that)
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Is it ok to lie? + Winter Is Coming
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Finding God in Silence & Singleness, feat Caryn Saxon – John 15:12-14, Matthew 18:20
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A Place to Belong feat Brandon Beck – Jonah 2:5-7
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Divine in the Differences, feat Indigo Rose – Romans 1:24 – 2:8, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31
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#300: LGBTQ Christian Progress – Matthew 7, Genesis 32:22-31
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Embarrass Them Into the Kingdom – Luke 18:1-8
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Settling Down & Surviving – Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7
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Gender, Shame, and Faith – 2 Timothy 1:1-14
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Beautiful Reminder – Psalm 91:1-6, 14-16; Amos 6:1a, 4-7; Psalm 146
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Q&A + Book Giveaway
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Being Found – Luke 15:1-10
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What does it mean to choose life? – Deuteronomy 30:15-20
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What It Means to Honor Marriage (and other important lessons) – Hebrews 13:1-8
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Take Care – Isaiah 58:9-14
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Context Matters – Hebrews 11:29-12:2
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God is in the Margins – John 4:5-42
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Sexual Immorality – Colossians 3:1-11
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Sodom & Gomorrah – Genesis 18:20-32
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God Gets Pissed at Our Politics – Amos 8:1-12
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Trust Yourself – Deuteronomy 30:9-14
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What really matters – Galatians 6:1-16
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50 Years of Stonewall – Pride 2019
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Depressed – Psalm 42-43
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Holy Suffering – Romans 5:1-5
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Jesus Brought Receipts, You Can Too – John 14:8-17, 25-27
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What Does it Mean to be Saved? – Acts 16:16-34
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Jesus Heals (Literally!) – John 5:1-9
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God Is Still Speaking – Acts 11:1-18
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Those who came before us – Revelation 7:9-17
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What happens when the excitement fades? – John 21:1-19
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Easter Q&A Part 2
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Easter Q&A
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Easter Every Year – Why We Follow The Lectionary
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Extraordinary – John 12:1-8
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The Extravagant Love of God – Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
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All who are thirsty, come to the water – Isaiah 55:1-9
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Prophets in our midst – Luke 13:31-35
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Who was scripture written for? – Deuteronomy 26:1-11
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Sometimes the Bible is wrong – 1 Corinthians 15:51-58
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Interpersonal Dynamics & Activist Strategies – Luke 6:27-38
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God has an agenda – Luke 6:17-26
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LIVE from Q Christian Fellowship Conference with Sarah Ngu of Church Clarity – Acts 17:26-27
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How to be a more effective prophet – Luke 4:21-30
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The story of what God has done among us – Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21
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Marriage Metaphors – Isaiah 62:1-5
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Getting Personal + 2019 Preview
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Activist Epiphanies – Matthew 2:1-12
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Closing out the year, preparing for the new year
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Jesus’s Birth: Then & Now
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How to escape angry judgement – Luke 3:7-14
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How do we know God’s will? – Philippians 1:9-11
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Christ the King
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Transgender Day of Remembrance 2018
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Your identity matters – Jeremiah 31:7-9
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Seduction – Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17
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Making Meaning – Job 38:1-7, 34-38
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The Greatest Command Is Old – Deuteronomy 6:1-9 & Mark 12:28-34
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How do we relate to God? – Hebrews 4:12-16
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God trusts you to pick your partner – Genesis 2:18-24
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Biblical Allyship – Mark 9:38-50
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Queer Sacred Spaces: Ours & Yours
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Words Matter – James 3:1-12
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Immigrants are healed & Jesus changes his mind – Mark 7:24-37
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Does this offend you? John 6:60-69 #throwback
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Wisdom is a Woman – Proverbs 9:1-6 #throwback
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It’s Okay to Not be Okay – 1 Kings 19:4-8 #throwback
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Use Your Gifts – Ephesians 4:1-16 #throwback
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Do the Easy Thing – 2 Kings 5:1-15 #throwback
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With His Body – Ephesians 2:11-22 #throwback
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I Am Not A Prophet – Amos 7:12-15 #Throwback
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Leaving Can Be Good For You & Them – Mark 6:1-13
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Forgiveness is with you – Psalm 130
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Bringing About The Kingdom: Mark 4:26-34
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Even When Your Family Doesn’t Get It: Mark 3:20-35 – Throwback
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When liberation turns into oppression – 1 Samuel 8
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Christians & LGBT people carry death in our bodies – 2 Corinthians 4:5-12
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How to enter the Kingdom of God – John 3:1-17
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Bodies Matter – Ezekiel 37:1-14 – #Throwback
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The Truly Happy Person – Psalm 1
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Divine Revelation & Respectability Politics – Acts 10
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Something new is happening here – Acts 8:26 – 40
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This is his commandment… – 1 John 3:16-24
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Faith Into Praxis, Politics Into Activism
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How to handle tough feelings on your faith journey
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Holy Week 2018
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Crucify him! – Mark 15:1-15
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“They tried to bury us…” – John 12:20-33
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The Politics of Jesus
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Collaborating with the empire – John 2:13-22
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What will you give in exchange for your life? – Mark 8:31-38
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Figuring out your relationship with God – Mark 1:9-15
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LGBTQ Christians reflect the glory of Jesus Christ – 2 Corinthians 4:1-6
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We want to recruit you – 1 Corinthians 9:16-23
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Community Question: How do you make spiritual resolutions?
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Change your heart & your life – Mark 1:14-20
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You knit me together – Psalm 139
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New Year, New You
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Mary’s understanding of God – Luke 1:47-55
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This is God’s good news – Isaiah 61:1-4
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John the Baptist & Building on Queer Activism – Mark 1:1-8
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Your oppression is not your fault – Isaiah 64:1-9
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Can you be anti-LGBTQ and a Christian? – Matthew 25:31-46
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Listener Questions: How do you know it’s OK to be transgender?
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Faith & Justice – Amos 5:18-24
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Transgender & Christian 2017
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Why Should Christians Talk About Sex?
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Don’t get trapped by anti-LGBTQ Christians – Matthew 22:15-22
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God’s Comfort – Isaiah 25:1-9
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Queer Christians are the cornerstone of the Kingdom – Matthew 21:33-46
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Jesus takes no sh*t – Matthew 21:23-27
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The Generosity of God – Matthew 20:1-16
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The Exodus didn’t happen. The Exodus is true. – Exodus 14:19-31
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Back to the (Queer Christian) Basics
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Love Is An Action – Romans 12:9-21
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A Holy Ruckus – Exodus 1:8-2:10
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Is gay sex defiling? – Matthew 15:10-20
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A Depressed Prophet – 1 Kings 19:9-14
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Wrestling with God – Genesis 32:22-31
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The Kingdom of Heaven is like… – Matthew 13:44-46
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Wild Goose 2017
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Why you should read the Bible queerly
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Welcoming Churches – Matthew 10:40-42
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Pride Month 2017
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LGBTQ Suffering & Pulse Shooting, one year later – Romans 5:1-8
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LGBTQ People Are Made In God’s Image – Genesis 1:1 – 2:4
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One Queer Body – 1 Corinthians 12:12-13
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Easter 2017
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Palm Sunday & Holy Week 2017
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Resurrection Miracles – John 11:1-45
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Queering The Bible
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The power of queer community – Genesis 12:1-4
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When I kept silent… – Psalm 32
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Transfiguration: Jesus Comes Out – Matthew 17:1-9
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What does it mean to be God’s temple? – 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23
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Will you choose life? – Deuteronomy 30:15-20
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What does it mean to be a light? – Isaiah 58:7-10
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What does the Lord require? – Micah 6:1-8
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Identity
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Advent, Christmas, and Waiting for 2017
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Speak in the name of the Lord – James 5:7-10
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Psalms, Kings, and Donald Trump – Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19
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Self Care in the Christian Lectionary
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An important Transgender Day of Remembrance message for Christians
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God’s Vision for a New Earth – Isaiah 65:17-25
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“The Bible says weird things about marriage” – Luke 20:27-38
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Sodom & Gomorrah – Isaiah 1:10-18
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Is it all about getting into heaven?
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What does it mean to be inspired? – 2 Timothy 3:14 – 4:2
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This is my good news … God’s word cannot be imprisoned – 2 Timothy 2:8-13
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God did not give you a spirit of timidity! – 2 Timothy 1:6-14
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Don’t Worry Be Happy? – 1 Timothy 6:6-19
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What the F*#k Do You Do with Money? Luke 16:1-13
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Changing God’s Mind – Exodus 32:7-14
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You are not ruined – Jeremiah 18:1-11 & Philemon 1-21
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Psalm 68:4-7,10-11 – God’s Recurring Priorities
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How do you justify Romans? LGBT Clobber Passage
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Love & Freedom – Galatians 5:1,13-18
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“Go Off Script” – on the Orlando Massacre at Pulse Nightclub
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How to go from oppressor to ally – Galatians 1:11-24
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Is this from God? Galatians 1:1-12
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Queer Virtue: An interview with Rev Liz Edman
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What we learned from 3 years of queering the Bible
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Obey God – Acts 5:27-41
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Doubting Thomas – John 20:19-31
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Are you a new creation? – 1 Corinthians 5:17-21
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What’s your burning bush? Exodus 3:1-8
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Sassy Jesus Gets Sh*t Done – Luke 13:31-35
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Piety or Politics? – Romans 10:8-13 & Luke 4:1-13
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Prophetic Stories – Isaiah 6:1-18
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Gifts for the Common Good – 1 Corinthians 12:4-11
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Different Types of Activism – Isaiah 42:1-9
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The Light In Us: John 1:1-18
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Submit to What?? Colossians 3:12-21
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Self-Care and the Holidays
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The Body of Christ Has AIDS
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Queer Theology Synchroblog 2015 Announcement
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What Kind of God? Psalm 146:7-10
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A New Heaven and A New Earth: Revelation 21:1-6
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Your Faith Has Made You Well: Mark 10:46-52
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The Nones Are All Right: an interview with Kaya Oakes
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Make the Work of Our Hands Last: Psalm 90:12-17
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Welcome the Children: Mark 10:2-16
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Weep and Moan: James 5:1-6
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A Place for Anger: Psalm 54
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Faith Without Works Is Dead: James 2:14-18
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Who Do You Favor? // James 2:1-5
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Does Queer Sex Make You Unclean? – Mark 7:1-8,14-15, 21-23
476
Does this offend you? – John 6:60-69
477
Wisdom is a Woman – Proverbs 9:1-6
478
It’s Okay to Not be Okay – 1 Kings 19:4-8
479
Use Your Gifts – Ephesians 4:1-16
480
Queering Theology
481
With His Body – Ephesians 2:11-22
482
I Am Not A Prophet – Amos 7:12-15
483
Shake It Off, Shake It Off – Mark 6:1-13
484
What Does Healing Look Like? Mark 5:21-43
485
Pride is a virtue
486
Even When Your Family Doesn’t Get It: Mark 3:20-35
487
God Did Not Give You A Spirit of Fear – Romans 8:14-17
488
The Power of Community
489
When Queer People Love Each Other, There God Is: 1 John 4:11-16
490
Nothing God Makes Is Unclean: Acts 10
491
What Does Solidarity Look Like? – Acts 9:26-31
492
Queer People Bring Salvation: Acts 4:8-12
493
Jesus’s Body Matters – Luke 22:35-48
494
A Community of Care – Acts 4:32-35
495
An Empty Tomb? // Easter 2015
496
Why Do We Do This? Maundy Thursday
497
Stories Can Change the World
498
Your Sassy Gay BFF? – Psalm 137
499
Bodies Are More Valuable Than Windows – John 2:13-25
500
Jesus Comes Out – Mark 9:2-10
501
We Are Christ’s Ambassadors – 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2
502
Behold I Am Doing Something New! Isaiah 43:18-19, 21-22, 24-25
503
God Is To Be Praised: Psalm 146:1-6
504
Marriage is a Distraction: 1 Corinthians 7:32-35
505
After John Went To Jail: Mark 1:14-15
506
Your Body Is A Temple: 1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20
507
Happy New Year 2015!
508
Advent: What Are We Waiting For
509
Mary, the Fierce Mother of God – Luke 1:46-48, 49-54
510
What Kind Of Person Do You Want To Be? – 2 Peter 3:8-14
511
Trust Your Experiences – 1 Corinthians 1:3-9
512
Who Gets Eternal Life? – Matthew 25:31-46
513
God Wants You To Be Happy – Psalm 128:1-5
514
Does God Really Hate Worship Bands? – Amos 5:18-24
515
All Saints Day – Matthew 5:1-12
516
God’s Destruction – Exodus 22:20-26
517
Need and Plenty – Philippians 4:12-14
518
The Kingdom Is Ours – Matthew 21:33-43
519
Survive/Thrive
520
Paul’s Ambiguous Message – Philippians 1:20-24
521
How Do You Know What Is True? – Exodus 14:19-31
522
Let No Debt Remain – Romans 13:8-10
523
Fire In Our Bones – Jeremiah 20:7-9
524
Put Your Body On the Line – Romans 12:1-7
525
Is America A City On A Hill? – Isaiah 56:1, 6-8
526
Redefine The Missionary Position – Romans 10:5-15
527
Share & Share Alike
528
“We Were Never Meant to Survive”
529
God is On Our Side – Jeremiah 20:10-13
530
God Is Your Wingman – Genesis 1:1-2:4
531
Get A Bigger Vision – Acts 2:1-21
532
Mary Was With Them – Acts 1:12-14
533
A Comforter Will Come – John 14:15-21
534
Repent & Be Saved! – Acts 2:14-41
535
When the Work Begins – Luke 24:13-35
536
And There Were No Needy Among Them – Acts 2:42-47
537
Unlikely Witnesses – Matthew 28:1-10
538
Jesus Steals a Donkey – Matthew 21:1-11
539
Bodies Matter – Ezekiel 37:1-14
540
Children of Light – Ephesians 5:8-14
541
The Kingdom is Bigger – John 4:5-42
542
God Is On Our Side – Psalm 121
543
The Temptation of Christ (and Us) – Matthew 4:1-11
544
Jesus Comes Out – Matthew 17:1-9
545
God’s Temple – 1 Corinthians 3:16-23
546
Feeding the Head & the Heart
547
Salt of the Earth – Matthew 5:13-16
548
The Low Class & Low Life Followers of God – 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
549
Come & Follow – Matthew 4:12-23
550
Come & See – John 1:29-42
551
Marking Moments – Matthew 3:13-17
552
Sanding Down the Edges John 1:1-18
553
What Kind of King? Isaiah 9:2-7
554
What Child Is This? Matthew 1:18-24
555
Waiting on Advent
556
Prepare the Way of the Lord – Matthew 3:1-12
557
Choosing to Die – Luke 23:33-43
558
War on Who? – Luke 21:5-19
559
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2013
560
All Saints Day 2013
561
What about sin? – Luke 28:9-14
562
Do the Easy Thing – 2 Kings 5:1-15
563
Fan the Flame – 2 Timothy 1:1-14
564
Names – Luke 16:19-31
565
Is There a Balm in Gilead? – Jeremiah 8:18-9:1
566
Where do you fit in? – Luke 15:1-10
567
A Cost Involved: Luke 14:25-33
568
Missing the Point – Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
569
What Will You Be Called? – Isaiah 58:9b-14
570
Run The Race – Hebrews 11:29-12:2
571
What Worship Is Required? – Isaiah 1:10-20
572
Communal Tradition – Psalm 107
573
What Are You Asking For? Luke 11:1-13
574
What’s Your Role? Luke 10:38-42
575
It’s In Your Heart: Deut 30:9-14
576
Shake It Off – Luke 10:1-11
577
Passing the Mantle – 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14
578
Got Demons? – Luke 8:26-39
579
How are sins forgiven? Luke 7:36-8:3
580
Don’t Ask Permission: Galatians 1:11-24
581
Which Gospel do you follow? – Galatians 1:1-12
582
Holy Flamers: Pentecost Sunday 2013
583
Introducing Queer Theology’s Weekly Bible Podcast - Psalm 23
584
Faith In Action & Costly Conversion: Acts 16:16-34

What is Good & Right - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

December 13, 2020

29:18

In this episode, we answer a question from a listener and Sanctuary Collective member about money and how some churches, organizations, or congregations make their members feel guilty about giving small pledges or sometimes nothing at all.

We queered the text from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 which ties back to the listener question of having the ability to make choices. How? You’ll have to stay tuned to find out. This passage was also Brian’s touchstone Bible passage as he was starting to question his sexuality. More of that in this episode.

Key takeaways:

Brian, Soul Safe workshop and queer holidays [0:40]
Fr. Shay revisiting his old journals and the non-existent boundaries with parents [5:01]
Listener question about giving money to the congregation [9:15]
You SHOULD NOT be made feel guilty for giving $1/month [10:31]
Generosity vs. insurance [11:25]
Acts and sharing everything in common [13:37]
Hard to be in the community [17:01]
Queering the text: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 [19:27]
Brian searching “Is it okay to be gay?” and coming across this passage [20:21]
How this passage was taught to us as kids [23:44]
Figuring out to follow our calling [25:04]
How this text reminds us of Jeremiah’s passage? [28:03]

Link mentioned in this post:

Self-care workshop

Queers The Word Devotional

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1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

Rejoice always. Pray continually. Give thanks in every situation because this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Don’t suppress the Spirit. Don’t brush off Spirit-inspired messages, but examine everything carefully and hang on to what is good. Avoid every kind of evil. Now, may the God of peace himself cause you to be completely dedicated to him; and may your spirit, soul, and body be kept intact and blameless at our Lord Jesus Christ’s coming. The one who is calling you is faithful and will do this.

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