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jessyka-fitness · 7 months

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The Holy War (Part II) | John Bunyan | Christian Audiobook

~ Audiobook Description ~ What if you were able to see your life from a spiritual perspective and see the actual reality of the verse above? How does our enemy, Diabolus, plan and carry out his attacks? How do his demons help, and what are their objectives? Why and how must we petition Emmanuel to get His attention and help in this great, holy war? Written four years after The Pilgrim’s Progress,…

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thelastrenaissance · 29 days

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Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.

“Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”

Hans Christian Anderson

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icecreamwithjackdaniels · 2 months

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“Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.”

— Mark 9:50 (KJV)

#bible verse #scripture #bible #quote #quotes #book quotes #excerpts #book excerpt #books #spilled ink #faith #christianity #mark #salt #poetry #bible quote #inspiring quotes #life quote #quoteoftheday

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biblealbum · 2 months

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Episode 1639/1758. The Scripture art series from Revelation to Genesis.

#christianity #christian #jesus #bible #faith #blessed #god #quotes #book #art #memes #books #inspiration #photography #love #life #poetry #typography #poem #prose

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compacflt · 3 months

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question: how do you find your research/sources? yours and dancing disasters' icemav fics are so inside baseball i love it, but how do you go about doing research?

I just read a lot & google stuff I don't know & am curious about. not that hard to start learning. and in terms of reading I've been interested in military history & milfiction my whole life. mostly related to the US army, actually--im extremely new to naval history and naval literature; all of that interest was driven by top gun. I've also been fortunate enough to visit a lot of the places I write about--ive been to Pearl Harbor a couple times & San Diego MANY times, for instance, and I've toured a few aircraft carriers and military bases. I've also finally bitten the bullet and kinda shifted my career path towards aerospace, so I've been learning a lot just by working in the aerospace & defense sector/spending a lot of time with people who do.

that's obviously not to say that I am somehow Educated in all this stuff. im pretty open on this blog about me being young & naive & wrong much of the time about how the real world works. so, you know, a lot of shit I just Make Up according to my preconceived notions of the military & the world.

here is my recommended military/navy reading list, some fiction and some nonfiction.

someone also asked recently if I had read anything good in the last 6 months--yes!! three new additions to my reading list: a) Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain. So goddamn good. If you have to read only one novel about the Iraq War, make it this one. It's more about America than it is about Iraq. b) Redeployment by Phil Klay. This one is a collection of short stories about Marines in Iraq, written by a USMC vet, talk about inside baseball. Crazy amounts of jargon in here, basically a "to-google" list. won the national book award which idk if it deserved, but it's good. c) No true glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle of Fallujah by Bing West. currently reading this one, really well done so far, talks a lot about how fucked the US strategy was in Iraq with Fallujah serving as a metonymy/case study for the war itself.

again... this is all mostly close-quarters-combat (infantry) literature, I really am not that interested in the navy/Air Force that much outside of top gun lol

though I did recently remember that in early 2022, before I was into top gun, I read "Wingmen" by Ensan Case, which is actually a gay US naval aviator romance set in WWII published in 1979! it's really authentic and kind of sad, obviously, since it was a 1940s navy gay love story published in 1979. I don't actually think Wingmen influenced how I wrote wwgattai or how I think of TG/TGM but I just remembered that I read that book in February 2022 and going "oh my god they were wingmen" so maybe you might find that book interesting.

#dancingdisaster's 'men like us' Directly inspired wwgattai and is the only other icemav/TG fic Ive ever read so I owe them a lottt #that fic opened my third eye as to 'omg what if ice lived' & then 'omg what if maverick died & ice never told him he loved him'#leading to my fics #thanks for the ask! PLEASE read billy Lynns long halftime walk #if for no other reason than its the best book I've read in 2024 and im already 12 books deep into 2024 #its so well written...... should be on the shortlist for the best great American novel......#a scathing indictment of the American christian conservative.... mmm I eat it up good soup #top gun #military history #guys I just found out yesterday that my ex whom I haven't talked to in 2 years has been stalking my twitter &#has seen me gushing about my gay top gun fanfiction #well he shouldn't have stalked my twitter ... genuinely insane behavior this is why I ended things #love men

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beautyandlifestyleblog86 · 1 year

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Consistency is key 🔑

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pasdetrois · 1 year

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on the bachelor and resurrection

Thinking about how the concept of resurrection is touched upon in Daniil’s routes, and how the Marble Nest makes something of a mockery of it, casting him into the role of both resurrectionist and the resurrected. The man with an affinity for the living trapped in a cycle of communing with the dead..

+ the reminders that neither remaining nor returning shall constitute anything akin to a victory for him—just a trick mirror and, if you'll forgive the pun, a dead end

(p.s. the original marble nest line is a bit clearer in this connection, where the word for Sunday can also mean resurrection)

#still obsessed with aglaya's intro to him because WHAT DID YOU DO DANIIL. did he invent the patho universe's first defib unit or what #to blather on—all the (probably orthodox christian inspired) religious elements of his routes are really interesting #georgiy comparing the plan for simon as something akin to communion (+that line where simon refers to him as the closest thing to an heir!)#the marble nest gravedigger calling himself a shepherd; the clerks asking if he believes in god #(which is soo juicy to think about if you answer yes—because then it introduces a whole additional layer of rebellion to his actions)#anyway.#the idea of him conjuring up an endless cycle of resurrections in his head just feels so tragic..#he has this line in p2 where he explains his lab's baseline goal as allowing people the chance to choose when they die.#to bring them back after death has 'won' is a different matter entirely—but a distorted reflection of the latter is all he is permitted #it's just. ;-; I am literally always thinking about him. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT #pathologic #daniil dankovsky #🍓.txt #does any of this make sense. probably not but wtv #the adventures in screenshot collecting will continue btw don't even doubt it #there is still much to read in this cosmist book so. 😌

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narcissosbythepool · 9 months

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What if Price and Gaz were Byzantine monks in the 6th century. What if they formed a monastic same-sex partnership. What if they explored each other's bodies and turned faith in something divine into devotion to each other. What then.

#pricegaz #gazprice #call of duty #modern warfare #fanfic #narcissosbythepool #this is. the silliest AU i've ever made.#got inspired when i read an article on monastic partnerships in Byzantium #it's fascinating stuff #early christianity is so wild #im also specializing in philology at uni rn so price copies books in this au. scriptures mostly.#pinned this bc it's funny

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queenlucythevaliant · 1 year

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Some off-the-cuff thoughts on overspiritualizing patterns in science

I remember watching a talk in middle school youth group about laminin, the "molecule that holds your whole body together" which was supposedly shaped like a cross. The suggestion, basically, was that the cross's image was integral to our molecular makeup and that this was part of God's design in a very Significant way. I was a burgeoning STEM girl, so I taped a diagram of a laminin up next to my bed for a while.

(As I would later find out, the whole laminin thing had/has some reach among Christians. There are T-shirts and everything)

Fast forever to spring of my freshman year as a microbiology student. I take my first course in cell bio, and I learn that laminins are actually one of many families of ECM glycoproteins. They aren't really any more significant in "holding the body together" than collagens, elastins, or fibronectins. They're very important, yes, but ultimately just one type of adhesive protein among many. And! They also do a bunch of other stuff that's way cooler than just. Adhesive.

While some laminins do bear resemblance to a cross when diagramed, it's really only because they have three subchains. Some are t-shaped, but others are y-shaped, and those don't look anything like a cross. Also, when they're in situ rather than in a nice, neat diagram, they tend to be all floppy and then they look even less cross-like.

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And when I learned about this I was oddly relieved. It felt like I was right about something that I couldn't even put into words, and that somehow the field of what I could call glorious had grown wider.

Christians are called to see and marvel at the presence of God in creation. I love doing that! I see God left and right through my scientific studies. Yet I also know that the human brain is pattern-seeking and that we are prone to pareidolia. I honestly don't know that there's a substantive difference between seeing the cross in some laminins and seeing Jesus on a piece of toast. It's all just seeing patterns that arise from something else (in the case of laminins, being able to bind three different molecules at once) and attributing spiritual significance. God is sovereign and maybe in the grand scope of his vision for creation it means something, but in terms of seeing God's hand in science I just find it so... small?

You could spin so many four-chain or four-domain proteins or goodness knows how many other molecules into images of the cross if you pick the right diagram. You could take every pattern of three in nature (and there are many!) as an image of the Trinity. If you really, really wanted to, you could take every six in organic chemistry as a sign of the beast, which would be hilarious in its misguidedness. It just becomes so literalistic and dull so very fast.

Look! Wouldn't you rather talk about the fact that laminins begin to appear along the edge of a developing lung at just ten weeks of human embryonic development, suggesting that they play a role in alveolar morphogenesis? That they're present in the neural stem-cell niche, which makes them an attractive candidate for helping to treat degenerative neurological conditions? I want to go back to whoever gave that talk that I watched in youth group and shake him and say, "God did that, and you're still hung up on the fact that laminins have three subchains?"

#God is so so big and as a result the horizons of science are ENORMOUS #very often when Christians talk about science it's with a tone of '#see! look we found it! the God molecule! incontrovertible proof of the divine!'#and like. my brothers and sisters in Christ. God didn't create the world for us to prove our way to him #he created a world that shouts and cries his name but we have to know HIM first! not the other way around #you're not gonna find God in Laminins if you're fixated on it being this big significant Thing that Proves that GOD SIGNS HIS HANDIWORK!#you can absolutely meet him there if you take the time to marvel at the glory of a molecule this versatile #about which we can ask questions! and draw closer to our creator by understanding his creation better!#just. i feel such a grave responsibility and a glorious joy towards promoting scientific literacy among Christians #it's hard to describe but in a lot of ways it's the thing i want most to do with my life #also to be clear: not trying to vague-post about anyone #Kaylie's post about quarks did inspire this but only insomuch as it skirted right up against this subject #about which i clearly have a lot to say #the original post was gleeful and charming and I'm so glad that you're enjoying your physics book!#just. i think it's important not to fixate on the symbols at the expense of the actual wonders of creation #wow I am such a woman in stem #good grief #pontifications and creations #all truth is god's truth #endless forms most beautiful

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ophirian · 18 days

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Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

‭—Timothy 4:8

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walkswithmyfather · 1 year

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“Jesus in Every New Testament Book” By Bible Love Notes:

“Because Christ is God’s Message to us (Hebrews 1:1-3), different aspects of His character are highlighted in each New Testament book! WOW!

In Matthew—Christ is the Fulfilment of All O.T. Prophecies

Mark—He is the Miracle Worker, the Servant

Luke—He is the Son of Man Who Felt What We Feel

John—The Son of God, The Word

Acts— Ascended Lord and Giver of the Spirit

Romans—The Justifier and Righteousness of God

1 Corinthians –The God of All Comfort

2 Corinthians—Our Righteousness

Galatians—Our Redeemer from the Curse

Ephesians—Head of the Church

Philippians—Supplier of our Every Need

Colossians—The Fullness of the Godhead

1,2 Thessalonians—The Soon and Coming King

1,2 Timothy—The Mediator Between God & Man

Titus—The Truth

Philemon—The Benefactor

Hebrews—The Blood that Covers Sins

James—Our pattern of Faith and Great Physician

1,2 Peter—The Great Shepherd

1,2,3, John—Everlasting Love

Jude—The Foundation of our Faith

Revelation—Alpha & Omega, Beginning & End, King of Kings and Lord of Lords! The One Who is Coming Again.”

Amen! 🙌

[This list is compiled from various non-copyrighted lists]

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elleventures · 1 year

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Collection of Christian Robinson's Illustrations

Happy Saturday!

Recently, I read a picture book by Christian Robinson — You Matter. After reading the book, I was inspired by some of the illustrations within the book. Hence, this week I will like to share some of the art that was created by Christian Robinson who is a children's book illustrator.

Christian Robinson is an American animator and a children's book illustrator.

In his artwork, we can see how fun, bright, and vibrant the colors are. His artwork is also very inclusive and diverse including various types of people — different races, ages, and disabilities — making it engaging for the audience as we feel more represented within his artwork.

#christian robinson #black artist #black history month #black history #black illustrator #children book illustration #children books #picture books #book illustration #art inspiration #inspiration #inclusive #inclusion #diversity

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gxlden-angels · 2 years

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The fun thing about autism is that your own trauma can become a fun little research project

#I've read 2.5 books about religious trauma and ocd #and started another about religion-inspired violence/cults #I highly recommend Leaving the Fold and Pure #I also recommend Stuf That's Loud but that's aimed more at younger audiences #I just started Jesus Freaks #I've been seriously researching it's all I can think about #I've been thinking a lot about how Im not allowing myself to be capable of being bad #it's weird #it's not even that I think I'm bad. I don't like that I am capable of being bad #ex christian #religious trauma

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icecreamwithjackdaniels · 2 months

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"Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.

Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

— Mark 10:42-45 (NIV)

#bible verse #scripture #bible #quote #quotes #book quotes #excerpts #book excerpt #books #inspiring quotes #words #faith #christianity #jesus christ #jesus #life quote #mark

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biblealbum · 1 month

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Episode 1620/1758. The Scripture art series from Revelation to Genesis.

#christianity #christian #jesus #bible #faith #blessed #god #quotes #book #art #memes #books #inspiration #photography #love #life #poetry #prose #landscape #gif

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modernwitnesses · 10 days

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One Prayer Away Excerpt by Lauren Fortenberry

We are honored to share with you Ms. Fortenberry’s debut book, a devotional called One Prayer Away: Healing Words to Speak Over Your Day (Zondervan Gift; on sale April 23, 2024). Below, we are sharing a vulnerable and beautiful excerpt from the book. “I want your life to be transformed through a closer walk with God—one that finally, finally surrenders to Him the heavy things you hold in your…

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#book excerpt #Christianity #devotional #faith #inspiration #journalism #joy #Lauren Fortenberry #life #lifestyle #new devotional #One Prayer Away #personal #prayer #relationships #truth #vulnerable #writing #Zondervan

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