#faith formation

[biblebloodhound]

True Faith (Hebrews 11:1-3, 13-19)

People of faith allow their belief in what is coming to shape how they live now in daily life.

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible…. All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed…

[bluerasbunny]

ok so i was listening to brass goggles by steam powered giraffe and went “hey wait a minute. this kinda fits the DCA” and then i blinked and this was on my screen

[sunkissedlouis]

👁️🍺  faith in the future world tour in brisbane, australia 01.30.24

[shewhosleepsalotincemeteries]

Positive reminders 🫶

[absolutely-not-my-main-blog]

Everyone says they love a devastatingly painfully slow burn romance until I, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia—

[jennicatzies]

Thems

Extra under the cut [ drawn blood cw ]

I was supposed to do Gary and Amy as well but. Impatient

Neways John alt yaaaay

[tiredsn0w]

To my most favouritest characters, I bestow unto you the greatest honour that I can offer: delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, or other schizo-spec symptoms.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Faith No More - A Small Victory

[adelaidedrubman]

—LOCAL CRINGEFAIL MASS MURDERERS WALK INTO SEX THERAPY. (template found here. | credit to @derelictheretic for both oc portraits used!)

was alerted to the existence of this incredible meme by dearest @henbased and obviously had to do it for the flop couples and try starting off a game. below cut is blank template (+ full res johnjess version for easier reading because tumblr decided to be difficult with me on preserving transparency) and tags to play if you have any failsex couples to share!

tagging: @florbelles @henbased @derelictheretic @nightbloodbix @mccarthycormac @corvosattano @shellibisshe @socially-awkward-skeleton @voidika @fourlittleseedlings @blissfulalchemist @clicheantagonist @cassietrn @firstaidspray @josephseedismyfather @cloudofbutterflies92 @stacispratt @strangefable @nonfunctioning-queer @nowandthane @risingsh0t @direwombat @ladyoriza @g0dspeeed @inafieldofdaisies @deputyash @afarcry5fromstraight @orionlancasterr @wrathfulrook + nsfw games opt in here!

[feluka]

[Autistic] I actually appreciate it when people let me know that someone is deliberately being malicious rather than ignorant or confused.

[evilvvithin]

"God will not let you take me."

[biblebloodhound]

What’s the Point of All This Suffering? (2 Thessalonians 1:3-12)

Every book of the Bible addresses human suffering.

We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing. Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring. All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted…

[un-vaticand]

Saw the asks were open! For the modern Au,

Does John ever notice the oddities about Gary? ie. slight fangs/claws? In the Ref thing it says even Gary doesn't know he's a demon.

(//sorry if this is the wrong format for an ask. I didn't know how to phrase it like i was asking John in person)

“Mr. Miller is an…odd person…”

“Though, I shouldn’t judge…”

(Bonus image)

((/OOC: thanks for the ask! ^_^)

[dnangelic]

eng speakers will forever glorify dark as the cooler/better one and damn daisuke as lame or unnecessary or just a filler for their own self projection but i cannot emphasize enough that dark is the servant in the servant-master relationship between the two; dark is the dependent, he's the erik to daisuke's christine just as much as he's representative of daisuke's own darker flaws. dark is always, always thinking about daisuke and giving daisuke sanctity and presence and longing for daisuke no matter who or how many people long after dark. a life without his tamer, without daisuke, has no meaning and serves no purpose. daisuke's a necessity; a heart's a necessity to live and daisuke is that heart!!

[abnerkrill]

exvangelicals and similar. isn’t it wild how you thought you understood the concept of “dying to yourself” as a sheltered youth only to realize with sudden clarity when you were a little more grown up that the old self that needs killing is in fact the self that was formed through church teachings; and the new self being resurrected is all the things you were taught to hate & fear.

[breezybeej]

Faith season 4:

The Jonathan episode. Adam makes a statement that is very interesting in the broader theme of the season. He is not susceptible to Jonathan's spell because he knows himself. He is aware of who he is and is therefore immune to Jonathan changing that awareness. Down to the molecule, he says.

Buffy is the only member of the team who becomes aware of what Jonathan is doing. Once she starts unraveling the thread, the rest of the Scoobies gradually join her. But that's a fun indication that Buffy really is starting to know herself. And who she is is the Slayer. She first notices something is wrong when Jonathan is better at fighting than she is. That is her role. That is who she is.

Let's go back to this year's girl. Isn't it crazy how Buffy has an episode with Faith where they literally become each other, feel each other's emotions, and afterwards Buffy has a more complete awareness of herself.

On Faith's end, she started her body swap plan not really giving a shit about her role as the Slayer. She only killed the first vampire because she wanted to drag the charade along farther until she could get the hell out of Dodge. (Which by the way Buffy said she would do if she were in Faith's position. Funny how faith tried to take that advice in the end before succumbing to her better self.)

Over the course of these episodes , faith embodies Buffy's attitudes more and more until at the end she is almost indistinguishable. She is the spunky one-liner throwing blonde Slayer girl who fights evil. We see that if faith has a chance at redemption, she just is Buffy.

And when she is faced with her own body again, she reacts with violence. She doesn't want to go back, she is disgusted at herself and what she has done. Who she was and will have to be again.

What emotions do you think lingered when Buffy got back into her own body after this tantrum? Do you think she could recognize the feeling of "fear that you will have to go back"? Do you think she could feel the desperation to cling to Buffy Summers? The desire to continue being her? (She is basically looking into a mirror and screaming "you're nothing! Disgusting! Murderous bitch! You're nothing! You're disgusting!") All of those things are what people said of faith to her in Buffy's body over the course of the episode, btw.

It is almost exactly the same arc that Spike followed where he hung out with the Scoobies individually and learned about himself via the physical manifestations of Buffy's psyche AKA the Scoobies. By the end, he had a much better understanding of himself and was taking control of his life again. At the end of this arc, faith has left Buffy in a state of knowing more about herself and we don't see where she goes after that. I get the feeling that I'm going to be a wreck when I find out.

The reason all of this has driven me insane over the past few days is that Buffy was in Faith's shoes literally. She had no hope of anyone believing her, and her a deranged psychopath but she still managed to be Buffy. She still converged with Faith at that chapel to kill those vampires and rescue those people. In Buffy's shoes, Faith did not become her own self again. She became more like Buffy. But she could not convey this change to her. It wasn't until Buffy experienced faiths physical emotional responses that she understood.

I know it's the same thing when Faith had sex with Riley. You could see the confusion as the physical feeling swelled up within her from Buffy's body responding to Riley. By experiencing those emotions, she realized that Angel was not "just some guy" she threw off and Riley was not "some random guy" she picked up.

All of these things add up to Buffy reaching some level of self-actualization. When she has nothing, she still knows who she is. When everyone else in the world has forgotten her role as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she knows. Even in the No-Shrimpverse. And of all of the people, it was her own shadow that shined the light and revealed this to her.

Once I actually finish the series, I really want to go back and reorganize all these thoughts and actually lay them out in an outline and collect evidence and quotes and things. I'm disgusted with myself. I hate this show.