1 Peter 4:8

itsfullofstars:

High Resolution Image of Earth by NASA’s New Suomi NPP Satellite
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A group of Christians showed up at a Chicago gay pride parade in July. They w…ere holding up signs saying “I’m sorry that Christians judge you” “I’m sorry for how the churches treated you” and “I used to be a bible-banging homophobe, I’m sorry”… Agreement and acceptance are two very different things. Love thy neighbor.

tbcl:

P1160810 by we-make-money-not-art on Flickr.
Gerhard Gronefeld, Junge Stockenten auf Holzente geprägt, Seewiesen, Germany, ca. 1958

ccc:

Miss Moss : Lucas Maassen & Sons

NOOOOO! ➜

Who is the King of Glory?!: The gospel according to MLK... ➜

“Certainly God in His sovereignty utilized Martin Luther King as a catalyst that brought about social change. That , however, does not make MLK any more a man of God than it does Hitler. I know that statement just fell on some of you like a ton of bricks so let me explain. The social gospel…

Joan of Arc’s Death at the Stake
Stilke Hermann Anton

theartmajor:

The Incredulity of St. Thomas | Caravaggio, 1601-1602Currently kept at the Sansoucci in Potsdam, Germany
Caravaggio is my current favorite because of the very fleshiness and physicality of his paintings. So very human.
Incredulity. How do you capture that? Caravaggio must have known what doubt was like, or how could he have captured that look of shifting shock on Thomas’ face? It is almost as if he managed to pause the moment where the blood drains from his face. The moment his cynicism is broken, but the moment before he feels shame — the sudden understanding his doubt was so very misguided.
He hasn’t realized the implications yet. In this moment, it is only physical contact between he and Christ.
The wrinkles in his forehead — his brow was once furrowed, and now they have shot up. Five minutes earlier he was so sure of himself, so cynical, that even if Christ himself appeared before him, that was not enough. He needed to stick his hands under the flap of the wound in Jesus’ side.
Thomas needed flesh and blood and this risen Christ is fully flesh and blood. No halo, no ethereal glow, no look of royal triumph. He is carefully, humbly using his pierced hands to guide Thomas’ hands to his wounded side, into the very wound.
The rip in the shoulder of Thomas’ tunic. The other two men with their furrowed brows, craning to see. Thomas’ other hand, clutching his own side. He who thought his pessimism and scorn were so justified — suddenly looks like a child. I see myself in him.

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