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[jmar420x]

Haven’t posted in years. We grew up some. Out of 20s, now in our 30s.

#Jemar #jemarmichael #jemarmxchael #actor #artist

[nxmbnuts]

Free my nigga Goofy.

#free goofy #goofy #jemar michael #jemarmxchael #iphonography #photographers on tumblr #artists on tumblr #Jemar

[ducklee-tickles]

guys help wtf is a jerma

#jemar

[divinum-pacis]

#religion #christianity #evangelical christianity #racism #jemar tisby #united states #article #divinum-pacis

[rosielindy]

“I have often said that we are in the civil rights movement of our day. The same way we now look back on the movement of the 1950s and 1960s we might one day look back on the movement of the 2010s and 2020s.”

#racial justice #christianity #conservatism #crt #civil rights #civil rights movement #speakup #stand up for civil rights #Jemar Tisby #silence is complicity

[rank-sentimentalist]

I encourage you to read the whole article on Substack.

Here are some parts of correspondence quoted here:

Once the news that Zondervan was in talks to print this Bible came out, several Christian authors who had published with them approached me about publicly opposing the deal.

All of my books, so far, have been published through Zondervan, including my forthcoming book The Spirit of Justice: Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance.

I was eager to join in the protest.

The effort to stop the deal included an online petition that said,

Zondervan/HarperCollins has a been a great blessing to Christian publishing for many years. But a forthcoming volume damages this fine record. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11 Zondervan has licensed releasing the "God Bless the USA" Bible that will include the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and pledge of allegiance, in addition to the lyrics for the song of the same name by country singer Lee Greenwood., “God Bless the USA.” This is a toxic mix that will exacerbate the challenges to American evangelicalism, adding fuel to the Christian nationalism and anti-Muslim sentiments found in many segments of the evangelical church.

The campaign to stop Zondervan from printing the “God Bless the USA” Bible also included a letter by Shane Claiborne of Red Letter Christians and several other Christian authors, including me, as co-signers of the statement.

The letter read,

This customized Bible is a reminder that the “Christian industry” must do better to stand against the heretical and deadly “Christian” nationalism that we saw on full display on Jan. 6.  It is like a spiritual virus, infecting our churches, homes and social institutions.  Just as we take intentional actions to stop the spread of COVID, like wearing masks and staying six feet apart, we must take concrete steps to stop the spread of this theological virus.  

The letter continued with a theological and pastoral word about the Bible.

We don’t need to add anything to the Bible. We just need to live out what it already says.   And if we are to be good Christians, we may not always be the best Americans.  The beatitudes of Jesus where he blesses the poor, the meek, the merciful, the peacemakers – can feel very different from the “beatitudes” of America.  Our money may say in God we trust, but our economy often looks like the seven deadly sins.  For Christians, our loyalty is to Jesus.  That is who we pledge allegiance to.  As the old hymn goes – “My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness/ On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.”  Our hope is not in the donkey of the Democrats or the elephant of the GOP… or even in America.   Our hope is in the Lamb.  The light of the world is not America… it is Christ.

Our endeavors were successful, and Zondervan did not enter into an agreement to publish an NIV translation of the “God Bless the USA” Bible.

That’s when Kirkpatrick decided to pursue a King James Version (KJV) of the Bible because that translation does not require copyright permission in the US.

#Trump Bible #Jemar Tisby #Substack #Zondervan #NIV Bible #King James Bible #God Bless the USA Bible

[wutbju]

It is Holy Week. It's time to remember the sins that put Jesus on the cross.

Our sins that put Jesus on the cross.

There is no better exposure and confession of our sins as white evangelical Americans than the latest documentary, God & Country.

You can view it on Amazon Prime.

Watch it. Confess and repent.

#Bob Jones University #God & Country #Klandamentalism #Rob Reiner #Jemar Tisby #Is Segregation Scriptural #Youtube

[dingleberry-7708]

does anyone know anything about jemar yusuf? from my research he has a youtube channel and a reddit account (and tiktok too apparently?)

im guessing he's autistic or something

#berryzbabblez #jemar yusuf

[ausetkmt]

What Is White Christian Nationalism with Dr. Jemar Tisby

this is a very easy to listen to break down of this white christian nationalism pretend religion. Dr Jemar is clear and gives much more context to what it means when you choose White Jesus, over jesus

#What Is White Christian Nationalism with Dr. Jemar Tisby #white christian nationalism #white supremacy #white lies #christian nationalism #Dr Jemar Tisby

[reasoningdaily]

What Is White Christian Nationalism with Dr. Jemar Tisby

#white christian nationalism #kkk #white hate #white lies #Youtube

[akocomyk]

November Weekend

2022's 2nd Most Memorable Moment

Nothing beats a day well-spent with the people you love—except maybe a memory that’s made so much impact in your life, nothing else that happened after that could be more memorable. Hence, this three-day event is only the runner-up of the year.

The following song was originally meant as an allusion to drugs. In a certain point of view, love is like a drug. It makes you feel good. It can liberate you. It’s more fun if you’re enjoying it with someone special. Ultimately, too much of it can kill you.

Nevertheless, the right amount of love is just perfect.

Last November, I posted three photo collages following the same visual theme. I did so because I knew right then that those days were one of the best memories I’ve had last year—if not the best—and it’s just interesting that they all happened consecutively.

I contemplated hard within myself if I should give this the top spot or not—obviously, the other memory won.

November 11

We were supposed to celebrate this day back on October 7, few days after our anniversary. Gerald was unfortunately sick that time, much to our dismay, and we couldn’t schedule at an earlier date because he wanted to focus on reviewing for his licensure exam.

It was a good decision, though. Having it in November made it a double celebration—our anniversary and him passing his exam.

We had a staycation at a cheap hotel somewhere in Pasay. It had a swimming pool on the roof deck.

We ate a lot—Manam, Greenwich, hotel food—and we played Nintendo.

November 12

After checking out from the hotel, we went to SM Mall of Asia where my sister joined us. We watched Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

November 13

Wilma and I went to the Pintô Art Museum in Antipolo, Rizal. We ate breakfast there—pizza and pasta.

She was astounded at how quickly I roamed around the galleries—she expected me to observe longer than she and Jemar did when they visited the museum, knowing the artistic person that I am.

Don’t get me wrong. I love viewing art. Not to say anything bad about the artists who made the pieces, but I think the museum was just too cluttered—it didn’t give the pieces the ample space they deserve. I was just looking everywhere and I’m like, “Why are these displayed like this???” 

It’s difficult to appreciate a work of art if everything surrounding it is trying to grab your attention. Having said that, I still gave some time to appreciate and try to interpret some of them if they were given enough space and justice—or if I find the piece very intriguing.

So for me, the museum itself—its galleries, the collection of pieces from the different artists, and everything that makes up the whole place—is the artwork. The obra maestra of the museum's owner.

Going back to our story... We went to a nearby café right after. She had coffee and I had a calamansi juice—if I remember correctly.

Then we headed back to Cavite to grab my keyboard from her house, then to Marjette’s house to eat dinner—it was the feast day of Cavite City.

November 14 (just some extra)

Wilma was in Cavite City once more and wanted to pass the time to wait for the traffic to ease—there was heavy traffic outbound from the city. She invited us for dinner, only I responded, so we ate at Papa Chon’s Ribs and Wings.

#Spotify #top10memories #The Playlist of My 2022

[kikotapasando]

RENOBASHON DI PLASA NOBO TA KONTINUÁ

MINISTERIO KONSERNÍ DESAROYO EKONÓMIKO   RENOBASHON DI PLASA NOBO TA KONTINUÁ PUBLIKÁ RIBA 10 APREL 2024 Ta kontribuí na modernisashon, mehorashon di higiena i halsamentu di e nivel di seguridat pa usuarionan i bishitantenan   WILLEMSTAD – Minister di Desaroyo Ekonómiko, Ruisandro Cijntje, a firma un akuerdo dia 21 di mart último ku Jemar Building & Construction Management N.V., kual ta e…

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Racism and the American Church with Jemar Tisby

Since long before the MAGA movement and the January 6 insurrection, white Christian nationalists have been pushing an agenda that marginalizes and discriminates against communities of color. We have seen how right-wing extremists have hidden behind Christianity as a cover for white supremacy, antithetical to Christian values of acceptance and justice. We can’t overcome Christian nationalism in…

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[moorheadthanyoucanhandle]

MY COUNTRY, 'TIS OF THEOCRACY

Now playing at Harkins Shea:

God & Country--Produced by Rob and Michele Reiner and directed by Dan Partland, this documentary about Christian Nationalism in American politics is impassioned but lucid and not hysterical. Based on Katharine Stewart's book The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism, the movie is presented as a warning to secular or non-evangelical citizens for whom the propaganda and political agenda of that movement may be largely invisible.

The talking heads here are mostly Christians themselves, ranging from Russell Moore to Reza Aslan to Jemar Tisby to Kristin Kobes du Mez to Sister Simone Campbell to Bishop William J. Barber II to Veggie Tales co-creator Phil Vischer. They speak calmly, even a little sheepishly, but firmly and with an indisputable insider's perspective, and their message is: Christian Nationalism isn't about religious practice; it's about amassing political power.

It's not exactly breaking news when we're informed that Christian Nationalists are terrified of and enraged by feminism, LGBTQ rights, secular education, uncensored libraries and abortion rights, or that the movement is historically connected to racism and segregation. But too many people may not grasp the degree to which Christian Nationalism's ultimate aim is a non-democratic, Christian-supremacist America, and the startling degree to which it's making progress.

In support of this, Partland shows us copious clips of wild-eyed rants by Evangelical heavy hitters stating these aims in no uncertain terms. A comedic highlight comes when, in the midst of one of the movie's many montages of preachers bleating and screeching, we see Robert Jeffress say, with a straight face, "We cannot be silent any longer!"

Partland also works to debunk some of Christian Nationalism's favorite falsehoods, notably that America was intended by the Founders as a "Christian Nation" or that the Separation of Church and State is not found in the Constitution. Attorney and author Andrew Seidel observes here that true religious freedom is impossible without Separation of Church and State.

By way of emphasizing its urgency, the movie also notes that Christian Nationalists were central agents of the January 6 Insurrection, despite the irony of President 45 as the object of their veneration. "When I was a young Evangelical minister," notes Faith and Action founder Rob Schenck, "we used Donald Trump as a sermon illustration for everything a Christian should not be."

God & Country shares a twofold difficulty with many other worthy progressive political documentaries. First, though well-organized and smoothly edited, it's full of unavoidable footage of the likes of Ralph Reed, Jerry Falwell, Paul Weyrich, Greg Locke, Pat Robertson, Jim Bakker, Kenneth Copeland and Paula White, not to mention 45 himself, that can be painful for many of us to watch no matter how necessary. Secondly, many of the people who most need to see this movie probably won't watch it. To employ a more than usually apt cliché, it's preaching to the choir.

#god & country #dan partland #rob reiner #michele reiner

[rosielindy]

Yesterday I started reading The Flag and the Cross and emphatically recommend it, especially if you want to be able to influence the narrative that is pushing America toward White Christian Nationalism by a terrified minority to retain power. Jemar Tisby’s foreword compels the reader to absorb and embrace the facts presented and use them in our daily lives to recognize and confront the historical myths being used to control the masses.

As Tisby points out, this is not a conceptual book to be read and put back on the shelf. The authors borrow an approach employed by geologists who study Earth’s tectonic shifts, similarly seeking to understand and forecast America’s cultural shifts that are leading us away from democracy. I’m using the insights it provides to look differently at the people and institutions around me and hone my message to counter the lies and false understandings of history.

#american democracy #american history #nationalistic narratives #activism #changethenarrative #effectchange #talk to each other #get the facts #facts matter #jointheconversation #be the change #let’s keep democracy #fight for democracy #history is not mythology #culture war #culturaldiversity

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