Inappropriate Conversations

  • Autor: Vários
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Too often, political and/or religious ideologies stop open dialog. Its time to speak freely and break down the barriers that keep people separated. Let's have an inappropriate conversation about

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  • Getting a Head (Lent Roll 31)

    03/04/2025 Duración: 02min

    "But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed, though I have seen my head [grown slightly bald] brought in upon a platter, I am no prophet -- and here's no great matter; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid." T.S. Eliot Matthew 14:1-14 (it’s shocking that the execution of a prophet as a prize for an impromptu dance at a birthday isn’t the most offensive thing about the fate of John the Baptist, whose head was “served” on a platter before party guests) #IC 75: Reason, but No Rhyme, to Poetry (12/3/11) 93: Poetry Providing Perspective (7/1/12) The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock The Waste Land and Other Poems  

  • Sabbath and Mercy (Lent Roll 30)

    02/04/2025 Duración: 02min

    "Sometimes shalom is disruptive. Sometimes peace making makes people uncomfortable. Sometimes these are conversations we'd rather not have or truth we would rather not acknowledge. Speaking truth to power is rarely comfortable for anyone." Sarah Bessey Matthew 12:1-14 (whether by healing people or picking grain, Jesus broke the law constantly in the eyes of his legalistic critics) #IC 223: Torment as Tactic (1/29/20) Walk The Earth 44 (6/24/17) Jesus Feminist Field Notes for the Wilderness Walk The Earth #6 (12/9/13) #IC 134: Gender Segregation (12/14/13)  

  • Poor Among Us (Lent Roll 29)

    01/04/2025 Duración: 02min

    "Far from saying in defeat that we should not worry about the poor, since they will always be among us, Jesus is pointing the church to her true identity—she is to live close to those who suffer." Shane Claiborne Matthew 26:6-13 (while arguing over the cost of perfume, the disciples seemed to miss Jesus predicting his imminent funeral) #IC 94: The Missionary 'Position' is Local (7/8/12) #IC 143: Verticality of Time (5/13/14) The Irresistible Revolution Palm Sunday  

  • His Honour (Lent Roll 28)

    31/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    "Are you debating whether to take a step in faith in Jesus or to wait until you can see how to do the thing yourself? Obey Him with glad reckless joy. When He says something and you begin to debate, it is because you have a conception of His honour which is not His honour. Are you loyal to Jesus or loyal to your notion of Him?" Oswald Chambers Matthew 14:22-33 (Peter couldn’t walk on water by himself, only through Jesus) #IC 146: The Idea of Christ (7/6/14) My Utmost for His Highest  

  • Law Fulfilled by Love (Lent Roll 27)

    30/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    "Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law." Paul of Tarsus Romans 13:8-10 (love is the fulfilling of the law, doing no wrong to a neighbor) #IC 13: Companionship Marriage (5/31/10) #IC 150: Opening the Scriptures (9/23/14)  

  • Let the Children Come (Lent Roll 26)

    29/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    "[Jason Varitek] … He caught it!"   Luke 18:15-17 (faith needs to include the awe and wonder of childhood)   #IC 66: Child's Play and Imagination (8/24/11)   #IC 67: Making the World Safe for Kids? (8/30/11)  

  • Healing from the Roof (Lent Roll 25)

    28/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    "When he spoke it would raise the roof. Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth, but he made too many enemies of the people who would keep us on our knees." Andy Partridge   Mark 2:1-12 (some religious people were unhappy at seeing miraculous healing)   #IC 53: Secular Visions of Divinity (4/17/11)   #IC 29: My Prayer for a Football Game (9/23/10)   #IC 30: Establishment of Religion (9/30/10)   XTC - Nonsuch  

  • Jesus Picks the Way (Lent Roll 24)

    27/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    “We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him.” C.S. Lewis John 14:1-14 (when Jesus says He is the Way, He is not identifying gatekeeping rules that even He must obey as our Lord; He is telling us that He picks the Way) #IC 20: Reading 'Chapter and Verse' on What I Don't Believe (7/20/10) #IC 61: Impermanence of Time (6/27/11) Mere Christianity    

  • It’s Going to Rain (Lent Roll 23)

    26/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    "What do you think it's gonna do when I live by faith and now my work is through? It's gonna rain! … I'm so happy to say, it's gonna rain on the world today." Gordon Gano Genesis 6:9-7:24 (flood continued for 40 days, and waters swelled on the earth for 150 days) #IC 3: Light and Shadow (3/19/10) Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground  

  • Ever-flowing Stream (Lent Roll 22)

    25/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    "Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." Amos of Tekoa Amos 5:21-24 (it’s not about festivals, assemblies, songs or offerings; it’s about justice) #IC 157: Letting Justice Roll (1/19/15) #IC 231: Letting  Justice Roll 2 (7/29/20)  

  • Teaching of the Wise (Lent Roll 21)

    24/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Aristotle of Stagira   Proverbs 13:13-17 (teaching of the wise is a fountain of life)   #IC 60: Ten Areas of Agreement about Abortion - part 2 (6/15/11)   A Return of Sorts – 10 Areas of Agreement (10/8/23)   #IC 55: A Better Way to Debate (5/8/11)  

  • Face It (Lent Roll 20)

    23/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    "Why were we put here? What for? We're unsure. We sure weren't put here to hate." Nate Albert and Dicky Barrett Matthew 7:13-23 (knowing them by their fruit, there are some who claim the name of the Lord but Jesus has said he won’t even recognize them) #IC 180: Jesus Quote Bubble (2/10/16) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It  

  • Jesus Has Other Sheep (Lent Roll 19)

    22/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    "You cannot ask Jesus into your heart alone. He will ask, 'Can I bring my friends?'  You will look at his friends -- the poor, the marginalized, the oppressed -- and you will hesitate. But Jesus is clear, 'Only if I can bring my friends.'"  Peter Storey John 10:14-16 (“I have other Sheep,” Jesus said. “I must bring them also”) #IC 150: Opening the Scriptures (9/23/14) Walk The Earth 29 (8/22/15) Walk The Earth 30 (9/1/15) #IC 172: Proud To Know You 2 (9/14/15) With God in the Crucible: Preaching Costly Discipleship Peter Storey  

  • Be Angry but Not Sin (Lent Roll 18)

    21/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    "I see anger as a complex series of body changes triggered off by a sudden awareness of danger. This reaction to stress can be regarded as our survival kit, shared in some measure with all living creatures. All of us live, to some extent, in danger." David R. Mace Ephesians 4:26 (the old adage about not going to sleep angry is directly Biblical) #IC 8: Christian Response to the Sexual Revolution … Or Not (4/24/10) #IC 13 Companionship Marriage (5/31/10)   #IC 9: Overview of the Decades (5/3/10) David R. Mace  

  • Judgement Against Cain (Lent Roll 17)

    20/03/2025 Duración: 03min

    "Whether we can take 'a life for a life' is one question; whether we should is another. Cain and Abel pose an answer. Rather than taking life for life and delivering a powerful message by killing Cain, God instead banished Cain from the community. To say the least, we must not be cavalier about death penalty decisions." The Author   Genesis 4:13-16 (mark of Cain directly dismisses any death penalty rule)   #IC 62: Protecting Society With, and From, Capital Punishment (7/14/11)  

  • Speak the Truth (Lent Roll 16)

    19/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    "Honesty is not the best policy because of the pitfalls of lying; it is best because of the feeling of being deeply and genuinely known." The Author Ephesians 4:25 (speak the truth because we are part of one another) #IC 167: Speaking Truth to Power (6/18/15) #IC 217: Right Reasons  

  • To an Unknown God (Lent Roll 15)

    18/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    "Life's an essay test; we're obliged to give essay answers." The Author Acts 17:16-34 (I proclaim to you now what you worship as Unknown) #IC 1: Introduction to Inappropriate Conversations (3/7/10) #IC 150: Opening the Scriptures (9/23/14)  #IC 97: Any One Being Ashamed (8/8/12)    

  • Things Not Said (Lent Roll 14)

    17/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    "It's the things which aren't said that do the most damage." Luc Longley Acts 4:1-22 (we cannot keep from speaking about what we’ve seen and heard) #IC 80: Revelation Weekend (2/5/12) Walk The Earth 48 (11/18/17) Lucien James Longley  

  • Film Year 1926

    16/03/2025 Duración: 11min

    The General,  Aloma of the South Seas,  Faust,  among others.  

  • By Our Fruits (Lent Roll 13)

    16/03/2025 Duración: 02min

    “The world is like a book that can be read in either direction. There is the power of creation, to make something of nothing. And there is the power of destruction, to make nothing from something.”  Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz Galatians 5:13-26 (works of the flesh versus fruits of the spirit) #IC 21: Permanent Things I Believe (7/27/10)  Larry Crabb - The Silence of Adam Rebbe Pinchas of Koretz

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