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andrewgoldfinch.bsky.social
Presbyterian pastor, student of theology, anthropology and Ancient Near East religions.
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What if turning the other cheek isn’t about submission, but resistance? Under abusive regimes and unjust policing, turning the other cheek can become an act of defiance. A new look at Jesus’ most radical command. youtube.com/shorts/ul--9...

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How could this despicable JD Vance dare to compare Greta Thumberg (schoolgirl protesting environment-cidium) with a midlife billionaire with clear fascist tendencies!!!!!?

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So I read it. It is labeled JD (couch) Vance speech at the Munich Security Conference. I would rather call it a fascist’s stream of consciousness. Or even better American Christofascist’ pseudothough vomit. Disgusting!

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Another well informed videoblog by Anders Puck Nielsen about Txxxp, Putin and Ukraine youtu.be/TWLqSk4ZlN0?...

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I cannot express how deeply ashamed I feel for the US treatment of Ukraine.

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Our upcoming Sunday theme: youtube.com/shorts/TUprJ...

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Well, who would tell?! Is it really such a surprise? Single use plastic has always been dangerous for many different reasons and microwaving food in plastic is generally bad idea. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Cellphones are compromised by Israeli (US) spyware. It is like under Communism. If you want to have truly a private conversation, leave your cellphone home and take a stroll in a park. And don’t use Gmail for any private communications. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Evolution Sunday at Rutgers Church we celebrate Charles Darwin and this time 20,000 years of co-evolution of humans and dogs. youtu.be/G8IqZFZ_9Go

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Oh, those poor racist white Afrikaners! They are so persecuted! They cannot oppress any longer local black people what a shame! They definitely deserve asylum in Trumpistan! Trump cuts aid to South Africa over ‘racial discrimination’ against Afrikaners

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Like many other churches we are now grappling with legal and constitutional questions - here are some questions I prepared for conversation with our attorney and in our Session.

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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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I have an ever growing suspicion that Txxxp has a well developed case of neurosyphilis. My wife, an MD, says it’s impossible. But I am a doctor of religion and history and I am well familiar with all those megalomaniac crazy rulers of the past. You judge!

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Anders Nielsen is a highly knowledgeable Danish commentator and analyst. It gives me shivers. youtu.be/p7_rduK5WA0?...

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Today is the 119th birthday of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Murdered by Nazis on the 9th of April, 1945.

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Morning surprise.

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Here is a slightly different link. Preaching about seated preacher. youtu.be/qDLksE23rrA

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We know that in Jesus’ time, preachers delivered their sermons while sitting. This Sunday, I preached on the passage about Jesus’ sermon in Nazareth, and for the first time in my life, I tried preaching while seated. You can check out how it went! youtu.be/qDLksE23rrA?...

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On these bleak and depressive days I needed a reminder of colours and joys.

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I am turning more and more to ancient mythology. Social media are the Pandora Jar of our times. Promising to give so much (πᾶν, "all" and δῶρον, "gift") and delivering to us only curses and suffering. If the main criterion is to grab attention - all different demons oh human psyche get loose.

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The oldest account of synagogue worship is actually preserved in the New Testament in the Gospel of Luke youtube.com/shorts/DVvQs...

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Was Jesus literate? Or how much of it is Evangelist Luke social and cultural enhancement? youtube.com/shorts/AMEXT...

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I believe the Orange Boarhead never heard that Danes are actually Vikings. The State of Denmark on a broad bipartisan platform approved great increase in military spending for Arctic security. Three specialised navy ships, special arctic drones etc.

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Preaching mercy did not trigger even the staunch communist apparatchiks when I preached my first sermons under the surveillance of their secret police in the 1980s!

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Some Canadians are describing their experience living next to the USA to living right above an apartment converted into a methlab.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

My attempt to translate a prayer by my Czech colleague Rev. Tomáš Trusina:

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Dämonen raus! - Since they use Sieg Heil greetings - they should understand Dämonen raus! Dämonen raus! Dämonen raus! Song from 2017, but so much more relevant just now. jacket2.org/commentary/f...

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Poor (uber) drivers in teslas, people started to sieg heil them.

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Texting with our first grader. I got bad flu and she is so concerned.

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On the day when Txxxp took our country from World Health Organisation I got a bad flu from my grandson. Poor little toddler! Poor me! Poor all of us in the US and around the world. That orange boarhead should be roasted on high fevers from swine flu for eternity.

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The bishop clearly spoke on behalf of many, many, many Christians in our country. If the government proceeds in the direction they are heading - well, they will have rebellion from us, peaceful, passive but also active resistance. youtu.be/ACcD8FA15uY

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That is the memory I want to keep and remember from this day.

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

Isla’s birthday

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How did Martin Luther King Jr., in 1959, prepare, equip, and inspire his congregation for nonviolent resistance? And what lessons can we take from it today? youtu.be/PCYtp4lOTa0?...

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