We pray for peace in church. Well, this is violence. It’s also one of the reasons democracy is shaky all over the Western world. Most Americans lead precarious lives, knowing that just replacing the tires would require borrowing money. 1/4

The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells. Americans once opposed this inhumane system. The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.

Ok, when you think about it, this is just funny. 22 When [Zechariah] did come out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept motioning to them and remained unable to speak.… 24 After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived….

Joy and peace to all people! “The throne of God in the world is not human thrones, but in human depths, in the manger.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)

Among other things, “what is near CECOT” is an answerable question, not a fun imponderable. There is actually a lot of reporting out there about the construction process behind the prison and how it polluted the surrounding areas

This is a valuable piece by a noted expert, Molly Worthen. She points out how “Christian nationalism” is far from a perfect category, that movements like the New Apostolic Reformation are not monolithic, and that it’s hardly radical for Christians to seek to influence politics. But…. 1/2

UPDATE: in point of fact there is not an innocent explanation for this.

Things “That Guy” and his minions will never get. 1 Authentic confidence is rooted in part in humility. 2 Confident leaders inspire calm among those around them.

While Pete Hegseth may have missed the Pentagon Christmas sermon today, Franklin Graham offered the Secretary of War a Christmas gift by proclaiming a God of war.

‘Consulting firm BCG found that only 5% of 1,250 executives surveyed between May and mid-July saw widespread value from AI. Forrester predicts that in 2026 companies will delay about 25% of their planned AI spending by a year.‘ www.reuters.com/business/bus...

This @theatlantic.com piece misses the point entirely—as does almost all the reporting. Trump didn’t “desecrate” or “insult” Reiner. He effectively called for more violence, as he’s done multiple times.

🎙️ New episode is live! We’re joined by @gregcareyphd.bsky.social on This Is Not Church to talk about his latest book, Rereading Revelation: Theology, Ethics, and Resistance (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, out now). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

It’s not that these vapid Christian moralists promote the notion that empathy is a sin. It’s that American evangelicals so desperately gobble up every nonsense distraction from the way of Jesus.

Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."

I love the conversations where our hosts show genuine curiosity and nudge back a bit. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Episode 101: Rereading Revelation with @gregcareyphd.bsky.social

My conversation with @gregcareyphd.bsky.social on his book Rereading Revelation will be available tomorrow wherever you get podcasts! youtube.com/shorts/8Lgsv...

The FBI infiltrated an encrypted chat of immigration court watchers in New York. Then it issued intelligence calling them violent extremists—terrorists. As I told @theguardian.com, this targeting of people who show up for immigrants is straight COINTELPRO: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

So grateful that Ryley Hepner was this curious.

So grateful that Ryley Hepner was this curious.

They have zero respect for human life. None. So it starts with “easy” cases: he’s brown, and he came here illegally. They send people to die. They send people to torture. They murder people on the high seas. They torture people in our own detention centers. 1/2

Reagan-appointed federal judge: “The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.”

incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries

Most cruel people are cowards. But what about the ones who inspire cruelty at scale?

Being a tyrant ain’t all grifting and bullying. Well, it’s pretty much all grifting….

Grateful to talk with Dillon and Disember on their God Squad podcast tonight. Soulful conversation about Revelation, its world and ours.

🧵[CW Sexual violence] William Yoo's book on Presbyterian history doesn't beat around the bush, but explains that most white Presbyterians in 18th-19th cent were ghoulishly immoral and tried to turn the brutalizing and rape of enslaved humans into an issue of Biblical interpretation #AwesomeWork 1/10

Local prayer mischief. My second post.

Any Christian movement that recruits from the “top” of society is likely toxic. Lots of campus ministries are that way, but it applies to churches too.

Showing up matters. Has to be backed by determined action, but it absolutely matters. * If it didn’t matter, they wouldn’t pass petty laws to make protest harder. * If it didn’t matter, they wouldn’t whine about it all the time. * “, despots all over the world would just let it happen. It matters.

Video of my TheologyU podcast with Will Bennink. Had a ball….

Very much enjoyed my conversation with Will Bennink on TheologyU!

An international authoritarian movement, y’all.

Gov. Pritzker: "[ICE] killed an unarmed person just a couple of weeks ago in Franklin Park...They killed somebody...They are just putting out their propaganda and then we've gotta later determine what actually happened."

More data-center pushback— on Page One in Ohio: “.. I don't see this as a valid investment .. ," he said. "Frankly, I think there's a growing number of members on my side of the aisle that are like, 'This is ridiculous.'" www.dispatch.com/story/busine...

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Dean: The president is unhinged Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals. Johnson: I didn’t see it. Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.

Our latest review from @drbobcornwall.bsky.social covers the surprising contemporary insights from the Book of Revelation that are explored in @gregcareyphd.bsky.social’s timely “Rereading Revelation: Theology, Ethics, and Resistance” (@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social).

Put two concepts together: no rules of engagement and US cities as war zones/training grounds. Distraction from Epstein, economy, and shutdown? Sure. Just the fascy kind.

My review - Rereading Revelation: #Theology, #Ethics, & Resistance by @gregcareyphd.bsky.social (@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social ). A thematic look at an enigmatic but important biblical book Mainliners need to pay attention to. www.bobcornwall.com/2025/09/rere... #BookReview @erbks.bsky.social ks

So grateful to Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren for hosting this event with Tulane’s terrific Andrew Ward and me. We had 250-300 folks in person and online. 1/2

Two questions, friends. 1 How close are we to being Hungary, the EU’s poorest country? Answer: one rigged election. The only difference I can see.

I published this a couple of days ago, but the server went down. I do think I offer some important considerations here.

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"Brazilian democracy was not shaken," one of the judges said, referring to the"virus of authoritarianism."

Most simply, Christian Nationalism describes movements that seek to impose their versions of Christian values upon government and the rest of society. But biblical scholar and theologian @gregcareyphd.bsky.social helpfully clarifies some points that are often misunderstood.

My new piece with @wordandway.bsky.social #ChristianNationalism