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S.M. Reed
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A Christian who believes loving Jesus means loving others. Author, blogger, divinity student, trauma-trainer, and co-head of a family.
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On the Throne
This week in one of my classes, we are studying the enthronement psalms.
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March 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Inspired by some wise words I heard lately...
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Smelling like Sheep
I’ve been spending a lot of time this past week thinking about something my dear friend and pastor said to me when we had lunch together on Monday.
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March 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Have you ever contemplated, if we are indeed saved, what are we saved from? And, what are we saved FOR?
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Saved from What?
And for what?
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March 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Long Live the King? open.substack.com/pub/jadedeva...
Long Live the King?
"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
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February 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Who remembers WWJD? Perhaps we could do better today if we asked ourselves more, what would Jesus do?
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WWJD
What would Jesus really do?
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February 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Our country is heading in a concerning direction. Even as a Christian woman, I do not celebrate the idea of a Christian state. I certainly don't celebrate all that's been done lately which harms the least of these in our country.

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Check Your Privilege
One of the latest orders coming down from the White House is a bill to "end anti-Christian bias".
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February 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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#MeToo Isn't Over
Many of us recall the #metoo movement of 2017.
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January 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Oreo Cookie Faith
This photo makes me thirsty for a glass of milk...
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December 22, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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This is Not a Game
For those who have been baptized, do you remember that day?
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December 20, 2024 at 3:27 AM
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Do you really know God? open.substack.com/pub/jadedeva...
To Really Know Someone
Many years ago, I worked in refugee resettlement.
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December 20, 2024 at 3:25 AM
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We are not alone in our suffering.
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The Fourth Man
‘But I see four men unbound, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the fourth has the appearance of a god.’
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December 8, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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Faith is more than mere intellectual belief. Faith is belief in action.
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Salvation Issues
Belief... in action
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December 7, 2024 at 3:49 AM
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The Jewishness of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew: A Bible Study for Individual or Group Use
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December 3, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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A folktale... or the truth?
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A Tale as Old as Time
A folktale? Or something more...
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December 3, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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When Christianity looks more like an American nationalist than like Jesus, is it even still Christianity?
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Bad News for the Poor
This is not the Jesus way
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November 30, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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Wake up, Church.
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Preferring to Stay Asleep
The Church needs to be woke
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November 25, 2024 at 11:12 PM
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Still true. the-jaded-evangelical.webador.com/blog/1310599...
I am the 19% / Blog | The Jaded Evangelical
On Monday, June 1st, 2020, former president Trump made a speech in the Rose Garden in regards to the death of George Floyd and the subsequent protests and rioting that were spreading not only across t...
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November 21, 2024 at 3:33 AM
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What does God require of us?
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What does God require of us?
What does God require of us?
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November 17, 2024 at 3:47 AM
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I started this blog because I was fed up with how the Evangelical Christian Church is often more Republican than Christlike. You too? Follow me here:
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Letters to the Jaded Evangelical | SM Reed | Substack
A blog on separating faith from religion, politics, and culture. Originally posted here: https://the-jaded-evangelical.webador.com/blog. Click to read Letters to the Jaded Evangelical, by SM Reed, a ...
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November 15, 2024 at 1:54 AM