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It's here 🎉 The Liberation & Inclusion Translation is now a free app on iPhone and Android, the New Testament (most of it!) in your pocket. This is a Bible that's FOR everyone. Find out more about it at litbible.net/apps/
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Brandon, translator of The Liberation & Inclusion Translation of the Bible, which emphasizes liberation, radical inclusion, restorative justice, original belovedness, and anti-authoritarian, trauma-informed, and Jesus-minded perspective. www.litbible.net
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It's here 🎉 The Liberation & Inclusion Translation is now a free app on iPhone and Android, the New Testament (most of it!) in your pocket. This is a Bible that's FOR everyone. Find out more about it at litbible.net/apps/
Our guest cohost is @jennadewitt.bsky.social (she/her), a writer, editor, and resource curator working primarily in queer Christian spaces, and centering aromanticism & asexuality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWMH...
Our guest for 1 Corinthians 3 & 4 is @druhart.bsky.social, Associate Professor of Theology at Messiah University and co-host with Jared McKenna of the amazing Inverse podcast. Dr. Hart's newest book is "Making It Plain: Why We Need Anabaptism in the Black Church."
Our guest for 1 Corinthians 3 & 4 is @druhart.bsky.social, Associate Professor of Theology at Messiah University and co-host with Jared McKenna of the amazing Inverse podcast. Dr. Hart's newest book is "Making It Plain: Why We Need Anabaptism in the Black Church."
Found In Translation is back with a new season, and we're very excited to share our first episode with guest Miguel de la Torre, ethicist, liberation theologian, and author of 50 books! We loved talking through the beginning of 1 Corinthians with him. Give it a listen! youtu.be/Rjw7s1J19qw?...
This is beautiful and true, and beautiful because its true. Full confession: I cried. theclutteredmouth.com/the-gospel-o...
Y'all. We started a nonprofit called Liberating Scripture Collective, and it's the new home for the LIT Bible and Found in Translation. I can't wait to see what happens next. Check it out at liberatingscripture.org
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In his Palm Sunday homily, Pope Leo XIV declares that Jesus, as the King of Peace, "does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them." www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/ne...
I am honored to have been a guest for the second time on Why Me Lord? talking about the LIT Bible, vibing on embodiment being a sacred thing, and trying to protect my kids from being traumatized by harmful uses of the Bible. Check it out! inhimglobalmedia-ca-9288.subspla.sh/dwg2kwc
Thank you @dr-maeforrest.bsky.social for this. We deeply need these words today. open.substack.com/pub/maeforre...
I was excited and honored to join Rev. Kamal Hassan and Brad Sanders on *Why Me Lord?* We got to talk #litbible and the impact of words like "conversation" and "liberation." I had a great time talking with them, and I hope you enjoy hearing it. inhimglobalmedia-ca-9288.subspla.sh/3x5pp58
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"Whether we have forced migrants from their homelands through climate change or genocidal warfare, only for them to arrive and face detention and deportation, these are the crucified peoples of our time with whom God stands in solidarity through the person of Jesus." sojo.net/articles/opi...
Why joy is the perfect resistance to a politics of fear wagingnonviolence.org/2017/08/joy-...
Hey, y'all! We would be absolutely thrilled to present on the podcast stage at the QCF Conference in January. If you appreciate Found in Translation, we would be honored to have you recommend us :) Here's the link: www.qcfconf.org/podcast-stag...
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I had such a blast exploring Matthew 24 & 25 in the @litbible.net through an anti-authoritarian lens with @pastortrey05.com! He brought loads of wisdom. Also in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc youtu.be/pFAVsrdpSRg
Jesus' discussion on nationalism The Black church and Anabaptism The Bible as the testimonies of the losers Jesus' advice for getting through apocalyptic times Immigrant-love as Christian witness Exasperation with revolutionary violence Where to see Jesus every day youtu.be/pFAVsrdpSRg?...
Jesus' discussion on nationalism The Black church and Anabaptism The Bible as the testimonies of the losers Jesus' advice for getting through apocalyptic times Immigrant-love as Christian witness Exasperation with revolutionary violence Where to see Jesus every day youtu.be/pFAVsrdpSRg?...
Our guest co-host is @pastortrey05.com who serves as the pastor of The Intention Church, an intentionally online church community built on the historic Black Church and the Anabaptist traditions. Pastor Trey also serves as the Executive Pastor at the Refuge Church in Homestead, Florida.
The queer theology anthem that happened to be Jesus' favorite song lyric Jesus' street pageantry parodying the imperial occupation; Merch tables in the part of the temple dedicated to hosting outsiders; Jesus' sense of his looming lynching; Jesus' GTFO clapbacks; and more. youtu.be/3RjV2-4OGFs?...
The queer theology anthem that happened to be Jesus' favorite song lyric Jesus' street pageantry parodying the imperial occupation; Merch tables in the part of the temple dedicated to hosting outsiders; Jesus' sense of his looming lynching; Jesus' GTFO clapbacks; and more. youtu.be/3RjV2-4OGFs?...
Why did Jesus' thoughts on divorce and marriage cause his disciples to question whether anyone can get married? Why did Jesus respond with this thing about three kinds of eunuchs? Does Jesus reinforce patriarchal ideas of marriage or deconstruct them? youtu.be/fg47hnuzfCk?...
Why did Jesus' thoughts on divorce and marriage cause his disciples to question whether anyone can get married? Why did Jesus respond with this thing about three kinds of eunuchs? Does Jesus reinforce patriarchal ideas of marriage or deconstruct them? youtu.be/fg47hnuzfCk?...
Our guest co-host is @kaliehargrove.com. Kalie is a writer, theologian, and activist and is Director of Digital Outreach at @propheticimage.bsky.social which seeks to connect the intersection of socio-spiritual discernment and radical justice in our world.
"Christianity, as set forth by the words and actions of Jesus Christ, taught by the original Apostles of Jesus, and affirmed [for the most part] by the Church, is the antithesis of nationalism." phfumc.org/christian-na...
Why is Jesus so reactive to his students' misunderstanding his vocation? How does Jesus plan to escalate his confrontation with the Roman Empire and their local enablers? How is Jesus' strong words against harming children a fierce rebuke to queerphobic parents? and more! youtu.be/UZxj2M-mWpo?...
Why is Jesus so reactive to his students' misunderstanding his vocation? How does Jesus plan to escalate his confrontation with the Roman Empire and their local enablers? How is Jesus' strong words against harming children a fierce rebuke to queerphobic parents? and more! youtu.be/UZxj2M-mWpo?...
Our guest cohost is @avery-arden.bsky.social. Avery is a genderqueer autistic minister in Atlanta whose work proclaims the holiness and agency of trans and disabled people. Drawing from both Catholic and Reform traditions, their theology is incarnational, Trinitarian, and rooted in breaking binaries
The story of the Canaanite Woman in Matthew 15 is the quickest way to get people who like Jesus to question that opinion. Maybe it's more an issue of bad translation than racist Jesus. youtube.com/shorts/iQQ_p...