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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 1d

Peace can be quiet. Reconciliation? That’s loud with love. Risky. Costly. Brave.

At The After Party, we’re not settling for just not fighting. We’re learning to cross lines, sit at tables, and do the real work of restoration.

Because Jesus didn’t just avoid conflict—he healed the wounds.

The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 4d

So in a culture of filters and factions, may we become people who are real.
May we be pure not to impress, but to perceive.
To see God—not just someday, but even now.
#TowardBetterChristianPolitics

The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 4d

It’s the deep, defiant choice to live with integrity, to let our hearts be undivided, even when the world rewards duplicity.

And Jesus says if we walk that road—however slow, however quiet—we will see God.
Not just in eternity. But here. In the midst of chaos. In the faces of others. In the mirror.

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 4d

It means resisting the temptation to posture.
It means choosing honesty over spin, sincerity over strategy.
It means not just looking right, but being whole—when no one’s watching.

Purity of heart isn’t naiveté. It’s not detachment.

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 4d

In a time when so much feels clouded—when words are weaponized, when motives are questioned, and when even faith can feel like a performance—what does it mean to be pure in heart?

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 5d

To be pure in heart doesn’t mean untouched by pain. It means refusing to let pain make you bitter.

It means seeing the brokenness—clearly, painfully, honestly—and choosing to love anyway. To keep your heart soft, even when everything in you wants to shut down or shut others out.

The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 8d

This was @drmoore.bsky.social's prayer on our call last week.

A reminder we all need: Purity isn’t a performance. It’s not earned through power or belonging to the right group.

It’s a gift—given in mercy, that lets us see clearly again. Let’s accept the gift.

Listen in here: youtu.be/iE_Mj-M4mPA

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 10d

“Blessed are the merciful”—but what does mercy actually look like?

Colossians 3:12 gives us the wardrobe: compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience. These are not soft virtues. They’re hard-won practices in a world wired for outrage.

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 12d

We live in a culture that rewards the sharp comeback, the cutting headline, the tribal win.

But Jesus blesses the merciful.
This prayer isn’t about being passive.
It’s about choosing a better way—especially when it’s hard.

Swipe through and pray with us.

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 14d

We're living in an age obsessed with big platforms and bold takes.

But as Elizabeth Neumann reminded us: “We’re used to big strategies, but God is calling us to be faithful in small places. That’s how change happens.”

Faithfulness in the quiet corners of our lives still matters deeply. Maybe more.

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 16d

It’s not about excusing evil. It’s about seeing brokenness — in others, in ourselves — and choosing compassion over contempt. That mercy? Jesus calls it blessed.

If you’re longing for something gentler, something stronger than the outrage around us, come sit with us.

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 16d

Next up: “Blessed are the merciful…”
Not bitter. Not vindictive. Not keeping score.
Merciful.

The kind that bends low. That forgives. That refuses to reduce people to their worst moments.

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 16d

Tired of cynicism that hardens your heart? Of justice that feels more like vengeance?
You’re not crazy. You’re not alone.

This fall at The After Party, we’re listening to Jesus — slowly, week by week. One Beatitude at a time.

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 17d

Not blessed are the loudest. Or the most certain. Or the most politically “correct.”
Jesus blesses the hungry.

The ones who ache for justice but won’t weaponize it.
Who long for truth but won’t trade it for cruelty.
Who thirst for wholeness—and are brave enough to believe it’s still possible.

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 18d

So in this time of deep division and real danger, let us not hunger for vengeance. Let us not thirst for power.
Let us long to be made right, and to make right, in the way of Christ. (4/4)

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 18d

Righteousness isn’t sanitized. It’s costly.
It draws close to pain. It stands in the gap. It breaks cycles of contempt with courage and compassion.
And Jesus says if we hunger for that—if we ache for that kind of goodness—we will be filled. (3/4)

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 18d

It means refusing to numb out or give in.
It means craving not just “what’s best for me” but what is good for our neighbors, our enemies, & country.
It means praying for peace while standing against injustice.
It means caring more about mercy than momentum, more about healing than humiliation. (2/4)

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 18d

In this moment—when violence is no longer unthinkable, when politics has become a blood sport, and when cynicism feels like the only sane response—what does it mean to hunger and thirst for righteousness? (1/4)

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 19d

It’s easy to hunger for the wrong things.
To crave victory more than justice.
To thirst for control more than Christ.

Swipe through, pray slowly, and let your heart be re-centered.
Because healing begins not with a headline, but with a hunger for God.

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 21d

Next week, on Tuesday, September 30 at 12pm ET, join Curtis along with Kaitlyn Schiess, Russell Moore, Chuck Mingo, Sara Billups, Dr. Mark Turman and others for 30 minutes of prayer for our country.

Bring a friend. Invite your church. Register here: luma.com/gw7x9233.

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 23d

It’s time to pause the punditry. To log off from the outrage. To stop debating for a moment—and start praying.

Next week, on Sept. 30 at 12pm ET, join Curtis along with Russell Moore, Chuck Mingo, Sara Billups, Mark Turman, for 30 minutes of prayer for our country.

Register Here: luma.com/gw7x9233

Good Faith: Praying For Our Country · Zoom · Luma

Join Redeeming Babel and the Good Faith podcast for a live (virtual) time of prayer for our country. Stay tuned for a full roster of the guests who will be…

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 23d

If you’re craving something deeper than tribal politics or religious performance — come sit with us. Let’s find another way.

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 23d

Not comfort. Not control. Not being proven right.

Righteousness.

The kind that restores. That heals. That feeds the soul — and the world.

It’s not about moral superiority. It’s about longing — aching — for things to be made right, in us and around us. That ache? Jesus calls it blessed.

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 23d

Tired of compromise that feels like selling out? Of righteousness that looks more like rage?

You’re not crazy. You’re not alone.

This fall at The After Party, we’re listening to Jesus — slowly, week by week. One Beatitude at a time.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness…”

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The After Party @theafterparty2024.bsky.social · 26d

“Blessed are the meek” doesn’t mean “blessed are the doormats.” It means blessed are the restrained in a world obsessed with domination. Blessed are those who choose gentleness over cynicism, mercy over memes, and grace over winning.

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