This is what we’re called to resist. We will resist it with love. We’ll resist it gently when we can. But we’ll never sit down for the dismantling and perversion of what means to follow Jesus. Not without speaking up. #Jesus #Christ #Christian #Nationalism #MAGA #America

When we say “yes” to Jesus, we have to make sure it’s the actual Jesus we see in the Scriptures. How do we know if we followed the right path? There will be signs. (See Matthew 7:21-23.) #Jesus #Justice #Gospel #Poor

Just let this headline sink in. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09... #America #Constitution #Trump #Kimmel #BillofRights #FirstAmendment

I don’t think America is getting “greater,” unless you mean dumber, sicker, weaker, crueler, more afraid, and less influential. If those are what you mean, then yeah. He really is making America great again. SMFH #America #MAGA #Trump #Vaccine #China #India #Russia

No one is immune from mental illness. No one. #Trump #Netanyahu #America #Stupid www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...

Read this piece by Kristin Kobes DuMez. #evangelicalism #Christianity #DougWilson #Hegseth #Trump open.substack.com/.../p/confro...

What banana republic nonsense is in the news today. Using the army to fight cartels? It's like no one reads Tom Clancy anymore. Silencing local officials because they won't bend the knee? I saw that on TV. Selling access for cash? Maybe pop culture has been warning us about #Trump all along.

Since when does abusing and trafficking children get you transferred to a prison for non-violent offenders? I mean, aren't sexual abuse and trafficking of children violent crimes? #Trump #Epstein #Maxwell #America www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u...

I was glad to meet Munther Isaac at the Christ at the Checkpoint Conference in #Bethlehem in 2014. His words remain challenging, provocative, and deeply rooted in real Christian teachings. #Jesus #Christ #Christian #Israel #Palestine

The Christian faith in the actual Bible isn’t just different to what we see from American so-called evangelicalism, it’s opposed to it. #Christian #Bible #Faith #evangelical #Jesus #America

I choose Gospel over Empire. #Jesus #America #Gospel #God

The great William Sloane Coffin, Presbyterian pastor, chaplain of Yale University, and committed peace activist, reminding us where our true allegiance lies. #Patriotism #Christian #Jesus #Presbyterian

My uncle Pasquale D'Elia was killed in action in May 1944, on the final day of the battle for Cisterna di Latina. He had come to the US from Italy in 1940 and was called up after finishing high school. He died fighting for his adopted country about 300 miles from where he was born. #MemorialDay

My Uncle Pasquale D’Elia, killed aged 20 at Anzio in 1944. Born in Italy, he died 300 miles from his hometown. I’m flying my flag because no White Nationalist whackjob gets to decide for me what it means to be patriotic. My immigrant family gave blood for America. #memorialday #immigrant #wwii

May we become more like Christ, and more like the church he established. #Jesus #Christ #Church #America

This Sunday I'll begin a series of message for Lent, titled "What We Won't Give Up," using words from this list as inspiration. #Jesus #Lent #Trump #DEI #Christian #God www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Required reading, especially if your high school history is a little fuzzy. #America #Ukraine #Zelensky #Zelenskyy #Trump davidpgushee.substack.com/p/winston-ch...

#Ukraine is no worse off for having exposed #Trump and #Vance for the #Russian lapdogs that they are. I can’t remember ever being this deeply ashamed of my country, though I think there will be new depths ahead. #Zelensky

"We renounce secret and shameful ways. We don’t tinker with the message of the #gospel of #Jesus #Christ, and we don’t sit back and watch when others do. We do not lose heart. We don’t faint. We don’t lie about who Jesus is and isn’t.” From Sunday's message on 2 Corinthians 4:1-6

The world is watching, mostly with shocked disappointment, at what the loudest “Christian” voices are saying and doing. Time to offer a different and more authentic vision for what it means to follow Jesus. #Christian #Jesus #Trump #Vance #ICE

This at the heart my message for tomorrow, the first in a series called #Jesus and #Power. #Faith #Patriotism #Christian fpcslo.org

He was murdered for his work in 1980, and made a saint for his work in 2018. Sometimes it takes a while to catch up to the prophets. #Jesus #God #Justice #Faith #Romero

What's next? The Sudetenland? Czechoslovakia? Poland? Here we effing go again. #Gaza #Trump #Fascism #HistoryRepeats

The only real “ordered love” is Christ’s order to love: God, neighbors, enemies…everyone. Anything else isn’t just erroneous teaching, it’s heresy. #Love #Jesus #God #Christ baptistnews.com/article/theo...

Just reflecting on a short piece I wrote in November of 2016, just after the election. All of it, even more so, today. #America #Trump #Democrats #Biden #Harris #GOP faithfortherestofus.org/2016/11/09/t...

“To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.” St. Thomas Aquinas, whose feast we celebrate today. #God #Jesus #Faith #Christian #Sin #Thomas

We hear so much about #immigration from people who claim to represent the #Christian faith. Not nearly enough of their words will resemble what it says in the actual #Bible. As we watch #ICE run amok, let the equivocating begin. #God #Jesus #America

Resources for grief and loss Amy Pagliarella suggests the resources for grief pastors, caregivers, and loved ones will want on hand, to reference or offer to others in need.

This only looks like a caricature. When the Sermon on the Mount is dismissed as #liberal, or #Leftist, or (with a sneer) wokeness, we’re no longer talking about #Christian faith. This isn't just #politics. When anyone strays into territory that I’m called to represent, I won’t be quiet. #Jesus #God

No #Trump supporter can ever again post "Back the Badge" with a straight face. They don't like #police officers, they just like armed power. If they really cared about law enforcement they'd rise up against this President. #backthebadge #January6 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

No, Mr. #President, this wasn’t radical or leftist or nasty in tone. This was what calm, clear and #biblical preaching looks and sounds like. Faith in #Christ places us in opposition to any government—we forgot that for a while. Expect more of this over the next four years. #Trump #Budde

If you’re wondering (or if you somehow doubt) whether state-sponsored #racism still exists in #America, I give you Madison County in Mississippi. Is it a coincidence that Mississippi ranks 49th in #education in the US? #MLK

On this date in 1940, at the height of the German bombing raids known as the Blitz, #London waited to see if St. Paul's Cathedral had survived a targeted attack. This picture told the story.

A vision of Christmas from 1600 years ago. #Christmas

"The waiting is the hardest part. Every day you see one more card. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart. The waiting is the hardest part." Tom Petty, finding the heart of #Advent. #Jesus #Christmas

"We watch and wait for the light in the darkness so that we can become the light in the darkness for someone else." The #Advent Season continues. #Hope #Peace #Joy #Love

#God has a call on each one of our lives, and none of it is dependent on us. The deal isn’t sealed when we get enough training or pray enough or read the entire #Bible. It's sealed when we respond like this teenage girl who just realized her life was about to change forever. Luke 1:38 #Advent #Jesus

Blessings to you on this Feast of St Nicholas. #Faith #Christmas #Gifts #Heresy #Nicene

"True community begins when I stop obsessing about myself long enough to help you walk the road you have before you." @jrdkirk.bsky.social #Advent #Faith #Church #Jesus #Community

I give #thanks today for family and friends I love and who love me even when we hold different views. I’m thankful for a #faith that stirs and disrupts and calls me to action and to service. I’m #thankful for a #God who sees every one of my broken places and shapes them into something useful anyway.

Doing a little prep for the #Advent season. Hope this helps. #Hope #Grace

Christ as King makes us uncomfortable. Most kings only care about their power. But Christ turns that on its head.   #Christ gives up his power. Christ gives that up so that he can pick us up at our lowest point, so we can cross the finish line with him, no matter what kind of shape we’re in. #Faith

Enjoyed getting up early in California to watch #Arsenal dominate.

It’s in following #Jesus that we truly experience what #Christian #faith is all about. #Love #God, and love your #neighbor.

Why? Because there is nothing in my faith or politics that tells me I have to hate/exclude/marginalize ANYONE. #illgowithyou #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Jesus

"After #Pentecost the trajectory of the church of #Jesus #Christ is one of radical inclusion. Jews from outside the Holy Land; Gentiles from anywhere and everywhere; even those whose gender identities and lifestyles were considered outside the mainstream." From a sermon of mine on Acts 8:26-40

Come join us this #Advent and #Christmas season! Who knows? You might make some new friends! fpcslo.org

Some wisdom from Munther Isaac, pastor in Bethlehem. #Palestine #Bible #Jesus

Join us this Advent and Christmas at @firstpresslo.bsky.social

Whatever we do when we call ourselves #Christians, it has to match up with the things #Jesus actually said, with the life Jesus actually modeled for us to live. Love #God, and #love your neighbor. Nothing else matters.