“…among whom licentiousness was taken for gaiety and cheap cynicism for intelligence.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons At the beginning of the year I’ll teach a ten-week online class on Dostoevsky’s “Demons.” It’s not for the faint of heart. Try wolc.com/demons and you might find more info.

There is no Christian theology or eschatology that can justify man-made starvation. Even if people are viewed as enemies, the Scriptures still tell us what to do: “If your enemies are hungry, feed them.” The baptized have pledged their allegiance to Jesus Christ, not the Pentagon or the IDF.

Oh, it be good!

I'll eventually put this in a linktree but I got a kofi account. I'll eventually use this for paying for longer form works, but right now a dollar donation gets you a doodle of whatever. ko-fi.com/ducknuk

“ Lord, how shall I judge my neighbour with a hammer when I ask you to judge me with a feather? Have mercy.” —Sinner Ireneé

My new rainbow sheep sticker is for anyone who's ever felt a little different and decided that’s their superpower. 🌈 I hope you love it as much as I do. #pridemonth

Final station Mind the gap Pray for us

I am thinking of how our notions of God, expressed in worship, devotion, theologies are like songs—some harmonious, some cacophonous—all expressions of the beautiful diversity of humankind. But our songs of God are not God. God exceeds every conception of God. Every mystical tradition says this.

To celebrate cruelty is demonic.

Via @bradleyjersak.bsky.social

DBH (paraphrase): Absolute Sovereignty is God’s executive order freeing HIM to do evil because HE can. And the bliss of the elect is increased by viewing of the torment of the damned bc it is a fuller revelation of God’s majesty. #monster DBH; “moral imbecility”

Activism can be anything from the smallest kind word or act, to speaking truth to power. This is a version of a cartoon where she's planting a question mark. It's the same when you plan even the smallest seed of love. More love less hate! (Like our new tee in my shop!)

DBH (paraphrased): contra the free will defence of hell, to “drag” (John 12:32) the soul from the inescapable jaws of bondage into freedom is not a violation of freedom, but the means by which we are freed—

Spot on! sin has a wage God has a gift

New Rubio order (leaked to me) directs the State Department to spy on student visa holders and applicants social media for "a hostile attitude toward U.S. citizens or U.S. culture (including government, institutions, or founding principles).” www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...

The Anabaptists were right: they are antithetical. We’re seeing why yet again all over.

I loved this conversation with @bradleyjersak.bsky.social on unwrathing God and rediscovering the transformative beauty of the cross. #PeaceableandKind

“Hurrah for Karamazahnd”

This cartoon, one of my 10 most popular, has been around for 11 years now.

Editing a podcast and hearing my friend @bradleyjersak.bsky.social say, "Look, Is it going to be self-giving love or is it going to be power-over and domination? You can't do both. So if we can just keep cleansing our own hearts with the Beatitudes, that'd be great." *Snort* That WOULD be great. 😭

Decades ago, Girard’s exposed the scapegoating mechanism as a fraudulent violent shortcut to pseudo-peace. It’s continued use against the vulnerable is now overt & willful.

When institutions want to do what they want to do, they will find a word to make it sound justified. But a sword by any other name can still kill. The only hope we have is to change our own minds. Because institutions are made up of people - people like us.

"You know the sun is setting on a civilization when its small men start casting long shadows."

They are not republicans, they hate republics.

I see distressingly little difference between the German Christian Movement of the 1930s and American Christian Nationalism in the 2020s. I’m not being hyperbolic; I’m dead serious. And if you’re inclined to doubt or dispute this, I invite you to examine the history for yourself.

The Department of Government Efficiency isn't interested in efficiency. Or transparency, or cutting costs. It's real goal is to destroy the federal civil service. In other words, regime change. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

These shouldn't be called or taught as doctrines as they are not part of the Nicene or Apostles’ creeds.