Listening to Eddie Cano and eating tabbouleh and having a gin and tonic while slow grilling in the dark.
My fast has ended, and I’ll be going to several dinners tomorrow.
But we wanted one for ourselves.
May all be well.
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Black graphic with an image of the title page of The Gospel of the Typical Servitude, a sermon preached in Greenfield, Ohio, by Samuel Crothers (1783–1856), Pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Beside it is a quote: “He instructs them by his word and spirit, and clothes them with his righteousness and feeds them with the bread of life, and protects them from all their enemies. Hence the disciples loved to call Jesus master. They gloried in the title, servants of Jesus Christ. They would not have exchanged it for that of Caesar. It humbled them, and cheered them and kept alive in their hearts a sense of their obligations to the Saviour who had done so great things for them.“
Samuel Crothers: both enslavers and Jesus are called “Master.” But consider what Jesus gave those who called him that. Slavery didn’t merely oppress bodies—it poisoned a sacred word, turning a term of divine tenderness into something people now flinch to say.
#presbyterian #antislavery #jesus
Let’s talk about the #ShroudofTurin and why it actually matters
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#PalmSunday at First #Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, NC, incl. sermon by Rev. Dr. Tara Bulger, March 29, 2026. www.youtube.com/live/WMUtMos...
William Swan Plumer (1802–1880) Alt: Black background quote graphic with portrait of Presbyterian theologian William Swan Plumer. He states that Scripture repeatedly commands believers to help the poor, noting that many biblical passages affirm this duty.
Q: Who radicalized you?
A: The Concordance
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I’m curious to see how the discussion plays out regarding the proposed new confession in the lead up to and during #GA227. #PUCSA #Presbyterian
Quote graphic featuring an illustration of a riverside mission building beside boats on the water. Text identifies David Sandeman (1826–1858), Memoir of the Life and Brief Ministry. The quotation condemns Britain’s involvement in the opium trade and coerced labor, expressing moral shame and warning of divine judgment for profiting from human suffering.
Scottish missionary David Sandeman, witnessing opium being forced into China under the British flag, wrote in shame: his nation defied God’s laws knowingly, poisoning both mind and body—and the coerced labor trade was equally wicked.
#missions #Presbyterian #pulpitsky
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Where are the #Presbyterian, #Evangelical, #protestant #church leaders these days? Speak out!!! Against pedophilia, against bombing children, against locking children up in concentration camps! "WHAT WOULD JESUS DO" do you really follow him, or just getting donations from the congregation!
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Tara Bulger, First #Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, NC, 3-15-26:
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'From lament to action: Baltimore church backs racial repair'
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Black quote card with a monochrome engraved portrait on the left. Beneath the portrait, white text reads “BENJAMIN GROSVENOR (1676–1758)” and “Health. An essay on its nature, value, uncertainty, preservation and best improvement.” On the right, a long white quotation emphasizes compassion for the sick as a moral duty—calling for tender regard and care for those in helpless conditions, grounded in providence, friendship, pity, and obligations of relationship or office.
Benjamin Grosvenor observes—quite sensibly—that if you happen to be healthy, the sick become, inconveniently, your responsibility. Providence hints at it, friendship nudges you, pity supplies the emotion, and duty seals the matter. When people are helpless, compassion is not optional.
#presbyterian
Black background quote graphic featuring a sepia portrait of Frank Field Ellinwood (1826–1908) on the left, identified as a Presbyterian missions leader. On the right is a quotation warning that European powers’ desire to seize lands from weaker nations impedes foreign missions and world evangelization, taken from Recent Hindrances to Missions and Their Remedies.
Frank Field Ellinwood, #Presbyterian missions leader, warned that evangelization was hindered when powerful European nations seized weaker lands. The obstacle wasn’t God’s will, but uncharitable, imperial conduct by nominally Christian powers. How will you speak up for the weak?
Black background quote graphic with a portrait of William Swan Plumer (1802–1880), Presbyterian preacher and author of Hints and Helps in Pastoral Theology. The quote says churches should care for their members so none end up as inmates in poorhouses or similar institutions.
William Swan Plumer, a #Presbyterian leader, said churches should not allow their members drift into poor-houses. Everyone would probably agree. But how many would allow (recent) residents of poor-houses to become members? Have their kids sit next to yours at Sunday School?
#homeless #evangelism
PROTESTANTS AND PATRIOTS presents a complex narrative of #Presbyterian understandings of political #Authority and the role of the #Church in society.
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Black-background quote graphic featuring an engraved portrait of Thomas Boston seated with a book. White text quotes his teaching on church communion, urging generosity toward distant congregations and affirming that all churches form one body in Christ. His name, dates (1676–1732), and “On Church Communion” appear alongside the portrait.
Thomas Boston, Scottish #Presbyterian, rebuked those who begrudge aid to needy churches. Citing Romans 15:26, he says believers share one body in Christ—even faraway congregations are brethren. Why treat distant suffering as none of our concern?
#pulpitsky #synod #christian
Is anyone else doing a chronological Bible this year? #Anglican #Christian #Lutheran #Catholic #Baptist #UnitedChurch #Presbyterian #Mennonite #Quaker #Calvinist
Black background quote graphic featuring a small, yellowed book title page reading “Preaching Christ. Sermons” by Llewelyn John Evans, suggesting a 19th-century printed volume. Beside it is a long quotation reflecting on selfishness, Cain’s question “Am I my brother’s keeper?”, and the reluctance to bear others’ burdens. The author’s name, Llewelyn John Evans (1833–1902), and the sermon title “Bearing Each Other’s Burdens” appear in bold white text.
Llewelyn J. Evans, #Presbyterian minister, warned that selfish hearts resist Galatians 6:2: bearing others’ burdens. We ask, “Don’t I have enough of my own?”—which sounds suspiciously like Cain: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” How can we carry one another’s burdens instead?
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Portrait of Presbyterian minister Philip Lindsley (1786–1855) beside a quotation from The Pastoral Office and Work praising Christian efforts to end slavery, calling it a long-standing and “more than fiendish” violation of justice and humanity.
Philip Lindsley, #Presbyterian minister and college pres, praised the pastoral office in 1833 Tennessee. Decades before emancipation, he called slavery “fiendish contempt” for justice and humanity, urging pastors to declare the whole counsel of God. What does faithful pastoral courage look like now?
Black quote graphic with a portrait of John Livingston Nevius (1829–1893) on the left. An excerpt from China and the Chinese reflects on how Chinese observers judged Western morality in light of foreigners forcing the opium trade upon China despite government opposition, contributing to war and shaping perceptions of Christianity.
#Presbyterian missionary John Livingston Nevius observed that Chinese hearers judged Christianity by Western conduct—especially the Opium Wars, when Christian nations forced opium by violence. The result: evangelism suffered. What tolerated practices today quietly wound the gospel?
#missions
Black quote card featuring a sketch portrait of Alexander Murdoch Mackay (1849–1890), identified as a pioneer missionary. The quotation cites a letter from Dr. Emin Pasha arguing that lasting peace and prosperity in Central Africa require stopping the importation of firearms, ammunition, and gunpowder that fuel slavery and violence.
A. M. Mackay, a Scottish #Presbyterian missionary to Uganda, opposed the slave trade by urging limits on imported weapons fueling violence. He believed gospel work required protecting life as well as preaching salvation. How can Christians serve souls while safeguarding bodies?
#missions #gospel
#Presbyterian signatories include the Rev. Jihyun Oh, the stated clerk of General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
Dare I ask how a combination of Californian osmosis and taste caused someone who was raised #Presbyterian slide toward "a tiny, declining, #FringeReligion" that misuses #BlasphemyLaw in #ChildSexAbuse cover-up #LegalBullying?
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#UUism #UUA #ClergySexAbuse
Black quote card with an engraved oval portrait of John Abernethy on the left. Beneath the portrait, white text reads “JOHN ABERNETHY (1680–1740)” and “SERMON IX — Of Brotherly Kindness and Charity.” On the right, a long white quotation explains that those who show no mercy will face judgment without mercy, while the compassionate and charitable rejoice in hope of escaping condemnation.
John Abernathy, #Presbyterian minister, taught that Christ’s life and the Last Judgment test mercy, not mere devotion (Matt 25; Jas 2). Gratitude to God must move outward. Piety that ignores the poor misses obedience. How will you show mercy today?
#mercy #piety #ConfessionalFaith #TheologyMatters
Black quote card with an image of a book title page on the left. Beneath it, white text reads “LLEWELYN JOAN EVANS (1833–1902)” and Bearing Each Other’s Burdens. On the right, a long white quotation vividly describes the suffering faces emerging from crowded city tenements and challenges the viewer to examine whether such misery stirs genuine, thoughtful compassion or merely passes unnoticed.
Llewelyn Joan Evans, a #Presbyterian minister, says bearing burdens starts with noticing. He saw tenement faces marked by poverty and vice and asked: do they stir even a flicker of concern? Faith isn’t looking away—it’s looking back. What happens when suffering meets your eyes?
