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Currently getting lots of real life cases-in-point of how so much of conservatism is about destroying society and then realizing why it existed in the first place.

The cruelty of Trump’s deportations is an affront to human dignity as a whole. But one of the most disgusting parts is the anti-Christian hypocrisy. Trump makes a commission to address “anti-Christian” actions, while sending Iranian Christians to their deaths. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

Drake’s fall from grace—from pop superstar to rap beef punchline—is proof that we as a nation can turn away from Trumpism with the proper amount of ridicule and grassroots communal celebration I will not be taking questions at this time

Yeah we are at like Watergate x 100, and we are only three weeks in.

Truly never thought they’d go after the Lutherans. Just blazing a path through that “at first they came for the trade unionists” proverb.

Over the next several months, we’re gonna see which pastors were just celebrating Dietrich Bonhoeffer because it was the cool thing to do, and which recognized the narrow way of Jesus when they saw it.

The US constitution was built to avoid centralized power and tyranny. It is not the constitution that is failing us. It is the partisans who have promised to uphold the constitution that are failing us.

The way a Christian layperson or minister reacts to church members now being targeted by the administration, and taken out of the sanctuary … is exactly how that layperson or cleric would have reacted when the Nazis came for the Jews. www.ajc.com/news/georgia...

Surprised that Gladiator II didn't get mentioned as a possible Exceptions/Patreon episode! The way it went from across-the-board contender to one hopeless nomination is one of the flops of the season.

In case @iwriteok.bsky.social ever wants to do a follow-up to their Dr. Phil episode:

Christianity without integrity (2016) Christianity without truth (2020) Christianity without mercy (2024)

One bishop, in one church, literally just asked the president to be nice and him and everyone in his circle been melting down for a week. These aren't strong people. They're very, very weak people. They can be beaten.

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

A lesson from the TikTok Affair should be that bipartisan efforts to preserve U.S. national security are vulnerable to the incoming president getting bought off and switching sides for his own personal and political benefit. Not great!

Take notice, Chicago. 👇

I believe this is called murder

Mohler, who stands with a convicted felon, self-confessed serial molester of women, and adjudicated rapist … claims Carter rejected scripture because (checks notes) … he didn’t use Caesar’s sword to wage culture war by warping the law to a specific credal pov. Sigh.

The "accomplishment" that earned Penny this honorific visit with the incoming President and VP was that he killed a homeless man with his bare hands, and then was acquitted of criminally negligent homicide by a jury in the same city where Donald Trump was recently found guilty of 34 felonies.

when christians in america claim they’re being persecuted i wish this is what they mean

Had a student open-mouth cough in my face today. He coughed multiple times. It was intentional. I am so tired, so over this job right now.

Remember "He can't do that" is not a helpful reaction. He *can* do whatever he gets away with. The questions to ask are "How will he be stopped from doing this?" and "Who will stop him?"

The purpose of a Border Patrol chaplain should be to call the agents to hearty repentance and the renunciation of their wicked profession

A government run by billionaires will never be for the people.

I never had a faith crisis moment where I woke up and realized "Oh my gosh, I don't believe this." I had a faith crisis moment looking around at everyone else in church and realizing, "Oh my gosh, THEY don't believe it."

The "hold your nose and vote for Trump for president, not pastor" to "oh my gosh, the child he trafficked wasn't even that young, stop being such a prude" pipeline turned out to be exactly eight years long.

Vaccines do not cause autism.

Wendell Berry is so good

It is amazing, once one gets outside of the conservative evangelical bubble, how many folks with a more liberal view toward social issues have their views rooted in a deep understanding of Christian faith. Yet in that bubble your faith is questioned if you don’t toe the conservative line.

We are responsible for the least of these. We are our brother's keeper.

The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry: a great poem for troubled time...