Bethany @bethany@dingdash.com
www.backtojerusalem.com
Joined Jul 2020
@Will are you trying to suggest I have no survival skills?? (obviously you'd be right - I'm just surprised you have the nerve to suggest it to me... 😂)
@Will your readiness to abandon me is touching
@Olamide great Monday motivation as always, friend! Looking forward to the series 🙏🏼🔥
@Will no, don't get your hopes up. Just me and the sheep 😂
@sinbach @Berrybunchfamily I wonder what the cause and effect situation is there? Are there more women priests ("priestesses"? I don't know, that sounds weird) because there are less men in the church, or are there less men in the church because there are more female priests?
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http://www.whychurch.org.uk/gendergap.php
In light of your podcast with @bethany when I stumbled on this I thought of you
This is pretty distressing reading and very blunt - "Men will be absent from church by 2028 at the current rate" and the departure of men is, according to statistics anyway, "speeding up"
It states Mentioned that men are increasingly not applying to be priests/vicars/ministers etc
Church attendance in the UK has dropped by 50% since 1950, and "has become a place by women for women"
Also, that two thirds of the UK Christian populations do not attend a church.........
Those few quotes made me re-read them several times!
@Berrybunchfamily @sinbach wow, this is super sad
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Joined an underground meeting of about 25 people today. The Holy Spirit came down during 10 hours of crazy fellowship.
I didn't want it to stop!
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Apple joins China to help ban Bible app.
https://backtojerusalem.com/apple-helps-chinas-ban-bible-app/
@tanjaostman sooo jealous you have snow!
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While Afghanistan is no longer in the news cycle...Continue to #Pray for the #Christians remaining in #Afghanistan https://bit.ly/2ZrWc2R
@tymektt I'm zooming in, trying to spot the zombies
@tymektt what is it with you and the apocalypse recently 😂
@Cmarquis @Nate317
"Saved by grace through Steve" 😂 this was a great podcast you guys (as always)
https://forgeforward.org/blog/2021/10/12/episode-97-the-biblical-jesus-among-other-jesus-es/
@richardafaherty it does! It really forces you to walk in the shoes of the other perspective
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@bethany I found a bright Muslim man who was not looking for Jesus God’s Son; but willing to look at the truth and finally accept Jesus as God’s Son and Savior! This book helps you understand both belief and social systems in an honest way!
@Will look at you with the promo 😉 actually having those in the background wasn't intentional, but you're right. Both books have a very similar journey
"While I was wallowing in self-pity, there was a whole world with literally billions of people who had no idea who God is, how amazing He is, and the wonders He has done for us. They are the ones who are really suffering. They don't know the message of the gospel.
But now I knew what it meant to follow God. Now I had found Jesus.
And all suffering is worth it to follow Jesus. He is that amazing."
This has easily become one of my favourite books I've read this year. Highly recommend for those who haven't read it.
www.backtojerusalem.com
Joined Jul 2020
