Tag: Church Fathers

• Be Careful What You Ask For Church

  

  The last few weeks have been full of intensive Bible study. (The fruits of that will bear soon in a few articles I’m working on) I cracked a smile at one point, realizing that when the church says to “study your Bible,” is that really what they want? Growing up in a conservative church, there…

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  November 6, 2025

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• A Heavenly Conversation

  

  Jesus: “Hey dad, those humans are acting up again.” God: “Which of their many shenanigans are you referring to?” Jesus: “They keep demanding that the stories their own ancestors made up as mythology and etiology, are literal factual history. And they keep sweeping away all my near-exclusive teachings on the poor, the widow, and the…

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  September 6, 2025

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• “She’s Gotta Be a He!”- The Patriarchy

  

  Humans have this two steps forward, one step back approach to making progress towards equality. Seeing as we’re currently in a one step back phase right now, it feels like a good time to cover a lesser known figure. Meet Junia, the female apostle. You may have heard of her before, but have you heard…

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  April 10, 2025

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  apologetics, Apostle, argument, bible, christianity, Church Fathers, debate, deconstruction, faith, female, god, Greek, Junia, leadership, patriarchy, Paul, Seventh Day Adventism, she, theology, Women