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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What does Jesus call his followers to do in the public square? Also, Christian Nationalists misread the Bible, people, and God's grace! Rick Barry from The Center from Christian Civics explains. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaYn...

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Christian Nationalists Misread the Bible, People, and God's Grace

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin have issued an apology & an 18K word rebuttal to their 2006 stay-at-home daughter manifesto, So Much More. Some are celebrating the Botkin sisters' change of heart, others are cautioning deconstructors to take their apology "with a grain of salt."

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Wondering how to talk about Jesus -- who he is and what he has done for us -- in the restorative paradigm? Join: Jesus and the Healing of Our Sin-Sickness! Another four week cohort starts Wed, Aug 12th @ 8pm! Register at: anastasiscourses.thinkific.com/courses/jesus-heals

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Come explore C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce with us Starting next Tuesday, July 7th! 2 cohorts: one @ 12noon EST and one @ 12pm PST

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Here is Part 2 in our series on Romans! Sin is addictive, and God sends Jesus to heal human nature -- first in himself, then in us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY2D...

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God's Wrath Is Not What You Think

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The Atonement debates, and Romans 5:10 as test case: Jesus was a medical, not penal, substitute. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AJF...

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Saved by his Life? Rethinking Romans (Series Pt. 1)

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

"I am your retribution," Trump said. Against who? Apparently... Against children who cross the border unaccompanied, and the Catholic Charities folks who serve them, who now have $11 million less in funding because Trump just cancelled it.

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Scapegoating as a Spiritual Formation Problem

Explore how Penal Substitutionary theology encourages people to accept arbitrary authority and deploy harsh retributive justice. Explore how Medical Substitutionary theology from Early and Eastern Chr...

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Another Parenting Workshop! When: Friday, April 17th at 8pm A few months ago, we gathered to talk about restorative justice in parenting. This time, we'll gather to talk about emotional connection.

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Mako was on the podcast of The Allender Center! Thank you Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen! Why is scapegoating immigrants a spiritual formation problem? Why is it made worse by the theology of penal substitutionary atonement? theallendercenter.org/2026/04/refr...

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Reframing Good Friday: From Scapegoating to Restoration with Mako Nagasawa - The Allender Center

Theologian Mako Nagasawa helps draw an important connection: what we call “scapegoating” today is actually a distortion of how it’s used in the biblical story.

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I've kept Hell in my toolbox to teach against Christian Nationalism. This is a good example of why. Byron de la Beckwith said, “I shall oppose any person, place, or thing that opposes segregation. And further when I die I will be buried in a segregated cemetery...

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

What if heaven and hell are the same thing - the love of God - but some people feel eternal conscious resentment about it? Discuss C.S. Lewis' classic. Two possible cohorts. Starting Mar.21 (Saturdays) and Mar.25 (Wednesdays) Register at anastasiscourses.thinkific.com

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The Wicked movies show us that we are probably Post-Postmodern. In Modernism, people made truth claims, which were really power claims in disguise. In Postmodernism, people thought if we undermined truth, we would have more equal power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV3L...

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Are We Post-Postmodern? Back to Personally Struggling Between Good vs. Evil?

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Why do White Evangelicals have a developed taste for retribution? Retired Minnesota pastor turned commentator Pat Kahnke says, “In a nation where MAGA pseudo-Christians cheer for ICE raids, buy “Alligator Alcatraz” merch, and defend a bill that devastates the poor while fattening billionaires...

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The Wicked movies show us Post-Postmodernism. In Modernism, people made truth claims - really power claims in disguise. In Postmodernism, people thought if we undermined truth, we would have more equal power. Postmodernism gave us fascism instead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6GZ...

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Are We Post-Postmodern? Back to Personally Struggling Between Good vs. Evil?

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Thank you, Spencer Owen, for this interview. I really appreciate being able to tell my personal journey through Western theology to Early and Eastern theology. youtu.be/GvDuY5xCKWw

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The Emotions of God (Mako Nagasawa) -- EXPERT-TEAS

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Retool. For everyone’ sake. www.anastasiscourses.com/courses/scapegoating

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Critique and correct “Christian Patriarchy” A great explanation of the egalitarian-equality position, in practical and biblical terms new classes in February!

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Take 4 minutes to get an overview of the biblical theme of Empire. The U.S. is certainly acting like an Empire with its unprecedented action in Venezuela. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk1E... See comments for the full video from which this was taken.

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Empire in the Bible vs. Jesus' Garden Vision (in 4 minutes!)

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

"Who can say if I've been changed for the better?" Many fans of postmodernism said all truth claims were power claims. So if there is no objective beauty, goodness & truth, then we would get more freedom, peace & democracy. Intead, we got the Wizard www.youtube.com/shorts/UUdHt...

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Many Christians criticize the 2 Wicked movies (2024, 25). But we think the movies help us better understand the Bible & live in our political moment. youtube.com/watch?v=wPBo... Video goes public at midnight. Strength & courage to you in 2026!

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How Wicked Helps Us Understand the Beasts of Revelation, Empire, Trumpism & Our Political Moment

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

"As Press Secretary..." -- Madame Morrible Wicked says a lot about our political moment, and the Book of Revelation. youtu.be/0JijMwMB670 Another 2 minute trailer! Stay tuned for a new video on the Wicked movies

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Trump's Press Secretaries -- Like Madame Morrible? Like the Second Beast in Revelation 13?

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Did you catch how Jeffrey Goldblum -- as the Wizard of Oz in the Wicked movies -- inflected his voice to sound like ... George W. Bush? <2 minute trailer: youtu.be/ZMtEaZwMMP8 Stay tuned for a new video on the Wicked movies.

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George W. Bush -- An Inspiration for the Wizard of Oz? Who Else Was an Inspiration?

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

How does Penal Substitutionary Atonement influence what emotions I want other people to feel? And is that okay? We'd be grateful for discussion! youtu.be/UutlBXCdLec

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Dr. Geoff Holsclaw, Mako Nagasawa -- Penal Substitution Skews the Emotions We Want Others to Feel

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Were wives the property of their husbands? Daughters, of their fathers? We’ll look at: 💍 Male guardianship in Ancient Greece and Rome ⚖️ How women's rights improved under the influence of Jewish and Christian teachings, but afterwards regressed... youtu.be/nR1x7EQfv6c

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

🌟Our series FINALE is out!!! Episode 8, Part 1 of 2🌟 In the late 1960s, the Radical Feminists believed that dismantling the patriarchy was going to involve a social revolution that would eliminate the institution of marriage. But... youtu.be/HHMGy8yTgHM

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Episode 8.1: Saving Marriage From Patriarchy, Part 1

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

What does the Bible really say about modesty? How did a call to humility become a culture of control? We trace the tangled history of Christian modesty—from early church debates, medieval dress codes, to modern purity culture & influencer trends. youtu.be/-SA_P_J4KNY

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Episode 7: Hashtag Modesty:The Evolution of Modesty from Tertullian to Tik Tok

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Joel Webbon says that women can't be judges because "women were made by God to nurture, but criminals don't need nurturing, they need hanging ... and that's what men do well." Check out special guest Judge Tim Fall's response below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3js... Ep5 of "It's a Man's World"!!

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Episode 5: From King of the Hill to the Kingdom of God: Why Christian Patriarchy Fears Empathy

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

US Evangelicalism: Fertility cult, Death cult, & Eugenics: In this episode, we'll see how a modern version of the cult of fertility - eugenics - was syncretized with American Christianity at the beginning of the 20th century - an unholy marriage found in the "Quiverfull" movement...

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

New classes starting in late October. Serving every time zone! Stay tuned for more details. Read our vision. Watch the videos as we release them. www.anastasiscenter.org/mansworld

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Mako Nagasawa @makonagasawa.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I’m excited to co-lead this class!

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Tonight! Restorative justice in parenting. A Zoom convo

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

American men are in crisis, if... - Some want to be bullies for billionaires. - Others want to take away the vote from women... www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPxq...

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"Masculinity in Crisis" TEASER for "It's a Man's World: The Genesis 3:16 Effect"

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Can you make sense of C.S. Lewis' vision of Heaven and Hell, reward and resentment? Learn how the Early and Eastern Christian themes of Divine Restorative Justice and Healing Atonement supply the best answers. A four week Zoom class in September

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Quite a few people have said to us that they are grateful for our view of God as restorative, because it helps them parent their kids. Restorative justice helps us focus on repairing relationships and rebuilding trust.

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Jesus did NOT face separation from God the Father. A preview of our conference, Constant Connection, in Philadelphia PA on Oct 3-4, 2025. Info and registration: www.anastasiscenter.org/conference-2025

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Your sin does NOT separate you from God. A preview of our conference, Constant Connection, coming to Philadelphia PA on Oct 3-4, 2025. See link below

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Mako Nagasawa @makonagasawa.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Shame and Glory - Constant Connection Conference, coming October 3-4, 2025 to Philadelphia PA. www.anastasiscenter/conference-2025

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

The Emotions of God - Constant Connection Conference, coming October 3-4, 2025 to Philadelphia PA. www.anastasiscenter/conference-2025

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

This 1 minute video seemed appropriate to repost on "No Kings" day. The Biblical foundation for impeachment, because public office is a public trust www.youtube.com/shorts/hNdbT...

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Who Is Leading the U.S. Away from God? Impeachment vs. Immunity

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Empathy is a sin, now? But Jesus calls us to empathize with him. His emotions heal ours. This is just one of the topics at our conference, Constant Connection, in Philadelphia PA on October 3-4. Check www.anastasiscenter.org/conference-2025 for more

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Ever notice that Jesus appeals to our emotions, to connect with us? And to connect us with himself? Jesus treats our emotions as windows into his own emotions, and into God's love. youtube.com/shorts/3UU1M...

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The Bible knew of moments like this: When political elites forget the past and use immigrants for labor... Yet, the elites also fear and suppress them. "Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph..."

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

ICYMI: The preview episode for #ItsAMansWorld is now live! @patchthebun.bsky.social and @trueconsolation.bsky.social take us through the origins of patriarchy according to the Bible, how women are taught spiritual bypassing, and how "Masculinity, Inc" is hurting men. youtu.be/Tl8LiuFQPwc

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Episode 1 EARLY PREMIERE: Why We Trust the Man of Dust: The Surprising Truth About Patriarchy

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Patriarchy is an empire that is literally built on dust. @trueconsolation.bsky.social explains the "Man of Dust" motif in Genesis 3 and 1 Corinthians 15. youtube.com/clip/UgkxqGf...

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Happening TONIGHT at 9pm eastern! We'll see you there! Link in the comments.

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The Anastasis Center for Christian Education and Ministry @anastasiscenter.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

🧵Just how "traditional" are "traditional gender roles"? For that matter, how "biblical" are "biblical gender roles"? These are the kinds of questions we're dealing with in our upcoming series, "It's a Man's World: The Genesis 3:16 Effect." For example ...

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