“Jesus is a victim of identity theft.”
Sen. Rev. Warnock names a hard truth with moral clarity. When faith is weaponized to punish the poor, it’s not Jesus you’re following—it’s a counterfeit gospel that swaps the crucified peasant for the powerful and privileged.
Sen. Rev. Warnock names a hard truth with moral clarity. When faith is weaponized to punish the poor, it’s not Jesus you’re following—it’s a counterfeit gospel that swaps the crucified peasant for the powerful and privileged.
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WATCH: "I think we are in a moment where Jesus is a victim of identity theft. I don't know what Bible folks are reading—attacking the poor in the name of the faith," says Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock.
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This isn’t abstract. Jesus makes care for the vulnerable the standard of faithfulness—and warns of judgment for neglect.
He identifies with the hungry, the stranger, the sick, the imprisoned.
To ignore them is to ignore him.