The Wicked movies show us that we are probably Post-Postmodern. In Modernism, people made truth claims, which were really power claims in disguise. In Postmodernism, people thought if we undermined truth, we would have more equal power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV3L...

Why do White Evangelicals have a developed taste for retribution? Retired Minnesota pastor turned commentator Pat Kahnke says, “In a nation where MAGA pseudo-Christians cheer for ICE raids, buy “Alligator Alcatraz” merch, and defend a bill that devastates the poor while fattening billionaires...

The Wicked movies show us Post-Postmodernism. In Modernism, people made truth claims - really power claims in disguise. In Postmodernism, people thought if we undermined truth, we would have more equal power. Postmodernism gave us fascism instead. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6GZ...

Thank you, Spencer Owen, for this interview. I really appreciate being able to tell my personal journey through Western theology to Early and Eastern theology. youtu.be/GvDuY5xCKWw

Retool. For everyone’ sake. www.anastasiscourses.com/courses/scapegoating

Critique and correct “Christian Patriarchy” A great explanation of the egalitarian-equality position, in practical and biblical terms new classes in February!

Take 4 minutes to get an overview of the biblical theme of Empire. The U.S. is certainly acting like an Empire with its unprecedented action in Venezuela. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk1E... See comments for the full video from which this was taken.

"Who can say if I've been changed for the better?" Many fans of postmodernism said all truth claims were power claims. So if there is no objective beauty, goodness & truth, then we would get more freedom, peace & democracy. Intead, we got the Wizard www.youtube.com/shorts/UUdHt...

Thanks, Rachel Darnall, for continuing to do great work! @trueconsolation.bsky.social youtu.be/V_AnvXRitXs?...

Many Christians criticize the 2 Wicked movies (2024, 25). But we think the movies help us better understand the Bible & live in our political moment. youtube.com/watch?v=wPBo... Video goes public at midnight. Strength & courage to you in 2026!

"As Press Secretary..." -- Madame Morrible Wicked says a lot about our political moment, and the Book of Revelation. youtu.be/0JijMwMB670 Another 2 minute trailer! Stay tuned for a new video on the Wicked movies

Did you catch how Jeffrey Goldblum -- as the Wizard of Oz in the Wicked movies -- inflected his voice to sound like ... George W. Bush? <2 minute trailer: youtu.be/ZMtEaZwMMP8 Stay tuned for a new video on the Wicked movies.

How does Penal Substitutionary Atonement influence what emotions I want other people to feel? And is that okay? We'd be grateful for discussion! youtu.be/UutlBXCdLec

Were wives the property of their husbands? Daughters, of their fathers? We’ll look at: 💍 Male guardianship in Ancient Greece and Rome ⚖️ How women's rights improved under the influence of Jewish and Christian teachings, but afterwards regressed... youtu.be/nR1x7EQfv6c

🌟Our series FINALE is out!!! Episode 8, Part 1 of 2🌟 In the late 1960s, the Radical Feminists believed that dismantling the patriarchy was going to involve a social revolution that would eliminate the institution of marriage. But... youtu.be/HHMGy8yTgHM

What does the Bible really say about modesty? How did a call to humility become a culture of control? We trace the tangled history of Christian modesty—from early church debates, medieval dress codes, to modern purity culture & influencer trends. youtu.be/-SA_P_J4KNY

Joel Webbon says that women can't be judges because "women were made by God to nurture, but criminals don't need nurturing, they need hanging ... and that's what men do well." Check out special guest Judge Tim Fall's response below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3js... Ep5 of "It's a Man's World"!!

US Evangelicalism: Fertility cult, Death cult, & Eugenics: In this episode, we'll see how a modern version of the cult of fertility - eugenics - was syncretized with American Christianity at the beginning of the 20th century - an unholy marriage found in the "Quiverfull" movement...

New classes starting in late October. Serving every time zone! Stay tuned for more details. Read our vision. Watch the videos as we release them. www.anastasiscenter.org/mansworld

I’m excited to co-lead this class!

Tonight! Restorative justice in parenting. A Zoom convo

American men are in crisis, if... - Some want to be bullies for billionaires. - Others want to take away the vote from women... www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPxq...

Can you make sense of C.S. Lewis' vision of Heaven and Hell, reward and resentment? Learn how the Early and Eastern Christian themes of Divine Restorative Justice and Healing Atonement supply the best answers. A four week Zoom class in September

Quite a few people have said to us that they are grateful for our view of God as restorative, because it helps them parent their kids. Restorative justice helps us focus on repairing relationships and rebuilding trust.

Jesus did NOT face separation from God the Father. A preview of our conference, Constant Connection, in Philadelphia PA on Oct 3-4, 2025. Info and registration: www.anastasiscenter.org/conference-2025

Your sin does NOT separate you from God. A preview of our conference, Constant Connection, coming to Philadelphia PA on Oct 3-4, 2025. See link below

Shame and Glory - Constant Connection Conference, coming October 3-4, 2025 to Philadelphia PA. www.anastasiscenter/conference-2025

The Emotions of God - Constant Connection Conference, coming October 3-4, 2025 to Philadelphia PA. www.anastasiscenter/conference-2025

This 1 minute video seemed appropriate to repost on "No Kings" day. The Biblical foundation for impeachment, because public office is a public trust www.youtube.com/shorts/hNdbT...

Empathy is a sin, now? But Jesus calls us to empathize with him. His emotions heal ours. This is just one of the topics at our conference, Constant Connection, in Philadelphia PA on October 3-4. Check www.anastasiscenter.org/conference-2025 for more

Ever notice that Jesus appeals to our emotions, to connect with us? And to connect us with himself? Jesus treats our emotions as windows into his own emotions, and into God's love. youtube.com/shorts/3UU1M...

The Bible knew of moments like this: When political elites forget the past and use immigrants for labor... Yet, the elites also fear and suppress them. "Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph..."

ICYMI: The preview episode for #ItsAMansWorld is now live! @patchthebun.bsky.social and @trueconsolation.bsky.social take us through the origins of patriarchy according to the Bible, how women are taught spiritual bypassing, and how "Masculinity, Inc" is hurting men. youtu.be/Tl8LiuFQPwc

Patriarchy is an empire that is literally built on dust. @trueconsolation.bsky.social explains the "Man of Dust" motif in Genesis 3 and 1 Corinthians 15. youtube.com/clip/UgkxqGf...

Happening TONIGHT at 9pm eastern! We'll see you there! Link in the comments.

Click to attend: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl8L...

🧵Just how "traditional" are "traditional gender roles"? For that matter, how "biblical" are "biblical gender roles"? These are the kinds of questions we're dealing with in our upcoming series, "It's a Man's World: The Genesis 3:16 Effect." For example ...

Check out our conference, Constant Connection, on October 3 - 4, 2025 in Philadelphia PA! youtube.com/shorts/8Gxsz...

More info coming tomorrow!

ICYMI: Full Trailer for "It's a Man's World: The Genesis 3:16 Effect" is now LIVE! Motherhood in the Old Testament is not the stuff of Hallmark cards. So why do we act like Christianity is about the formation of picture-perfect, nuclear families? www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfMM...

Full trailer for "It's a Man's World: The Genesis 3:16 Effect" is live NOW! This October, join Hayley Rose and Rachel Darnall as we discover what the Bible really says about motherhood and being a woman in a fallen world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfMM...

ICYMI: The teaser trailer for our upcoming series, "It's a Man's World: The Genesis 3:16 Effect" is live NOW! Stay tuned for the full trailer drop later this week! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0EF...

@makonagasawa.bsky.social will be teaching two Anastasis Center classes starting mid-February! We’d love for you to join. Please register now at anastasiscourses.thinkific.com More information at www.anastasiscenter.org

Trump to billionaires: I don't want you to feel cold, so I am moving the whole inauguration indoors. Trump to his devoted Iowan followers: Come and caucus for me in subzero temps, even if you are sick, and if you pass away "it will be worth it."

Update: senators have rejected amendments to protect children and pregnant women and to restrict to convictions. Instead, almost 20 Dems voted to *expand* the law, including misdemeanor APO. This means any cop in the US could get someone indefinitely detained in the new camps.

THREAD. It's important for all people of good will to understand the Laken Riley Act before the Senate votes on it tomorrow. It’s unconstitutional. It’s horrific in every word and clause. But there is a deeper, more imminent violence lurking beneath its hate-filled text.

The irony of this is that the Bastrop area where Musk is moving Twitter's headquarters is surrounded by the ruins of the Bastrop County Complex fire, the largest and most costly fire in Texas history, which happened in 2011. 32,000 acres burned, 2 people killed. It took 55 days to contain it.

Many White American Christians have been the reputation launderers of Plantation Capitalism. Whenever the Plantation elite have exploited people and the planet, various White Am church leaders bent over backwards to justify, deflect from, or ignore it. youtu.be/Tjhc5NnFe8Q