Stephen Venable
@stephenvenable
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Living for the glory of Jesus and the hope of His Day, husband of Karli the beautiful, father of two amazing sons.
Joined January 2011
We are so profoundly grateful for all the love and generosity during this difficult time š So close to the finish line now!
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***Update from Karli February 2025: I am about nine months out from mā¦ Kristen Soenen needs your support for Urgent Need - Medical Crisis for the Venables
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On this day in 1847,Ā Missouri passed an act that prohibited Black people from learning to read and write and assembling freely for worship services. The act also forbadeĀ free Black people from migratingĀ to the state.
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On this day in 1847, Missouri passed an act prohibiting the education of Black people.
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Please read this - they are important words. There is a very real sense in which the deluge of pain being expressed is self-authenticating. We have lost the plot and strayed into the margins if we donāt reckon with this. #ihopkc
Pain has to be reckoned with. One of the things that has been excruciating to many of us who know Jane Doe and have been walking with her for the last many months is that while we are grateful for the potential internal shift that has come from the brave disclosures of Tammy and
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Pain has to be reckoned with. One of the things that has been excruciating to many of us who know Jane Doe and have been walking with her for the last many months is that while we are grateful for the potential internal shift that has come from the brave disclosures of Tammy and
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Kids canāt go to school. Believers canāt go to church. Families canāt go to the grocery store. Friends canāt go to a concert. And now fans canāt go to a SUPER BOWL PARADE without the real fear of being a part of a mass shooting in America. WHAT ARE WE DOING?
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Love this post. As someone living with a degenerative illness who spends most of my time limited to a very small space that I require lots of help to manage, I have spent a lot of my adult life untangling myself from the burdens in much of the church and our culture for
No more "movements". No more "mandates". No more predatory leaders drawing a following promising revivals, renewals, or elite status in the Kingdom. Find a community committed to mutual love, humility, and authenticity. Serve Jesus in the normal rhythms, enjoy his presence, enjoy
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I give room for the fact that the brave testimony of Tammy Woods may have been a tipping point for some people - perhaps even for @bennettisaac and @ihopkc as a whole on some level. If this was the case, then they are acknowledging that they actually didnāt believe the
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co-sign on this šÆ time is up āļø no more excuses
Thisšš¼ Whole. Entire. Familiesā¦ groomed, divided (some even torn apart), so that he could isolate and abuse young women, including a 14 and 19 year old, all while using (and ultimately defaming) the name of Jesus to do so š¤¢š” If thereās anyone left who has any questions as
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Dear Church: can we please put a permanent moratorium on calling women āwitchesā and āJezebelsā from the platform? It is really offensive and dishonoring of women, and quite honestly, it makes many of us feel unsafe and unloved in the church. So please, sincerely, letās STOP
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this is so important. we desperately need authentic repentance and systemic change
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THEY SAID KC-MIA WOULD BE CLOSEā¦ THEN KC BLEW THEM OUT & THEY BLAMED IT ON THE COLD. THEY PICKED BUFFALO TO WINā¦ THEN SAID BUFFALO HAD NO CHANCE DUE TO INJURIES. THEY ALL CALLED FOR AN EASY RAVENS WINā¦ WHAT WILL THEY SAY TOMORROW???
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The average person in the West (and more and more the entire world) has ease of access to a truly unprecedented volume of information - even exponentially beyond several decades ago. And yet increasingly there seems to be a widespread inability to think in an informed and nuanced
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This is so good. Read the entire š§µ ā¦ @venablefour and I have been so grateful for the voice of @jburn over the last several months
I used to tone-police people who were processing and in activated pain cycles. Like an empathetic ear who subsequently critiqued delivery and analyzed motivations. I did not know how unhealthy and abusive that is. If you experienced that from me - I deeply apologize. 1
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Today is a sad day for me. From the very beginning of this crisis, I have been working towards a peaceful solution to an agreed-upon, third-party investigation. Major General (Ret.) Kurt Fullerās video last night was a new low-point in this heartbreaking situation. Kurtās
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In the year 125AD, a Greek philosopher named Aristides attempted to explain Christianity to Roman Emperor Hadrian. Hereās how he described these early Christiansā¦ āThey love one another. They never fail to help widows. They save orphans from those who would hurt them. If they
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I dunno guys... it's probably just coincidence that the largest US evangelical denom is dealing w/ fallout of enabling a sexual predator b/c it was politically expedient at the *exact* same time evangelicals are backing a sexual predator for POTUS b/c it's politically expedient
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And here is the truth (see the š§µ) behind all the misdirection of the last few daysā¦ ihopkc was never going to do anything but try to sweep all the abuse under the rug and make it go away.
āThe Executive Director and I met with members of the Advocate Group today on this very topic. This option is still on the table.ā @EricVolz This is what the IHOP attorney emailed to me just two days agoā¦.you be the judge. 1/4
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No duo in NFL history has connected for more postseason touchdowns than Mahomes to Kelce. Theyāve played together for 5.5 postseasons.
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