Christianity doesn’t fail because of relativism or secularism or cultural change or political shifts. Christianity fails when people claim to follow Jesus while being cruel towards their fellow human beings.

My newsletter this Sunday will be called, “Caring in a Cruel World.” In it, I invite us to just name how heavy the world is right now and process together some practical ways to care for all that’s happening without burning out. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile

My newsletter this Sunday is called “Genuine Conversations In A World Outrage.” In it, I invite us to consider a more creative and different approach to difficult conversations with others in our deeply polarized and volatile world. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile?fbcl...

Our only real enemy is the belief that this world is filled with enemies to be conquered rather than filled with neighbors to be loved.

My newsletter this Sunday is called, “Practicing Lament In A World of Revenge.” In it, I invite us to take up lament as our lens to process all that is happening. From Charlie Kirk, gun violence, our country and the reputation of Christianity. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile?fbcl...

My newsletter this Sunday is called, “Anti-intellectualism isn’t a fruit of the Spirit.” In it, I invite us to explore some of the history that led us to this moment in American life and why reason shouldn’t be seen as a threat to our faith. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile

Anti-intellectualism has been rebranded as patriotism.

If you can no longer tell the difference between spite and your faith and your patriotism, then spite IS your faith and your patriotism.

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My newsletter this Sunday is called “Thoughts and Prayers.” In it, I invite us to look at the context of God’s rebuke in Isaiah 1:15 and how it applies to prayer’s essential relationship to justice for the most vulnerable today. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile

“Thoughts and prayers.” “There is something deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you are unwilling to resolve.” -Miroslav Volf

When our Christianity makes the ultra wealthy and powerful feel safe and supported and the poor and powerless feel unsafe and unsupported, that is when we can be sure we are following someone other than Jesus.

My newsletter tomorrow is called “Nationalism and Patriarchy Go Hand In Hand.” In it, I write about how neither reflect the gospel of Jesus and provide resources to help navigate these topics in conversations with others. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile

The reason I don’t want a “Christian nation” isn’t because I’m against Christianity. It’s because I’ve studied church history and learned about the horrors caused by the church crawling into bed with the empire. The separation of church and state helps keep Christianity Christian.

A Christianity rooted in patriarchy will always define women first and foremost by their relationship to men. A Christianity rooted in the gospel of Jesus will always see women first and foremost as fellow human beings created in God's image. May we understand the difference.

On a truck at the rage against the regime rally in Orlando Florida.

The truth will always be seen as a threat to those who profit from propaganda and whose power is built on lies.

My newsletter tomorrow is called: “Not Even God Demands Unquestioned Loyalty. Beware of Those Who Do.” In it, I invite us to reflect on the dangers of uncritical allegiance and how we can oppose such mindsets, starting with ourselves. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile

Using Christ to justify cruelty is one of the oldest and most common forms of taking Christ’s name in vain.

One of the most successful deceptions of our time was getting so many Americans to fear diversity more than racism, equality more than misogyny, democracy more than fascism, immigrants more than authoritarians, the poor more than corrupt billionaires, and empathy more than cruelty.

This was announced as 150 million people across the country were under heat alerts. Fossil fuel interests spent nearly $100 million on Trump's re-election. Then the industry pumped $19 million into his inaugural fund. They're cashing in at the expense of the rest of us.

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”-James Baldwin

My newsletter tomorrow is called: “Yes, I Am My Brother’s Keeper.” In it, I invite us to explore the biblical context of this phrase and why the answer is a resounding “yes” for those who claim to follow Jesus. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile

When any Christian movement becomes convinced that it is the only authority on truth, that anyone who opposes it is evil, and that things will only get better if it is in charge of all positions of power, that is when we know it is no longer worshiping God. It is worshiping itself.

Believing what the rich and powerful say about the poor and powerless rather than believing what the poor and powerless say about their actual lived experience is the root cause of so many of our problems today.

Any political party that claims to represent Christianity should be held more accountable by Christians, not less.

Don’t let someone’s refusal to soften their heart harden yours.

My newsletter tomorrow is titled “From Insulation to Incarnation.” In it, I invite us to reflect on the pain of watching those we love respond with indifference to suffering and how we might engage them in more meaningful conversations. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile

Any Christian movement that ties itself to a political figure will share the reputation of that figure in everything now and for generations to come.

The idea that some human beings should be treated as created in God’s image and some shouldn’t is the beginning of every kind of cruelty Christians carry out in the name of Christ. Every human being is created in God’s image and should be treated accordingly. Period.

We are being told to trust the government without question by the same folks who have been telling us for years that we should never trust the government.

You can’t support and celebrate mistreatment and cruelty towards your fellow human beings and follow Jesus at the same time. They are diametrically opposed to one another. You can follow cruelty or Jesus, but you can’t do both. You take Jesus’ name in vain when you try to.

My newsletter tomorrow is called, “Caring Without Crashing.” In it, I invite us to address the crucial balance of trying to stay informed and proactive without becoming overcome with despair. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile

It will always baffle me how easily people will believe that the poor, the sick, the marginalized, and the immigrant are the cause of all their problems, rather than the people in the most powerful positions in their country who refuse to fix problems and exploit them instead.

We are living in a time where people are cheering at the idea of people being eaten by alligators and still demanding that we believe they are “pro life” and follow Jesus.

My newsletter tomorrow is called “Clarifying Our Moment.” In it, I wanted to share some distinctions I’ve found helpful in defining our current moment, share some practical ways we can resist, and offer hope. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile

Cruelty has become the dominant politics and religion of our time and Christianity has been hijacked to justify it all.

It is moments like this that you begin to understand why so many have demonized empathy and compassion. They want us to care so little for others that we will ignore injustices being carried out against them. It is in moments like these that love for others is revolutionary.

“Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.” -Proverbs 14:31

If our Christianity causes kids to go hungry, the sick to go without healthcare, the stranger to be unwelcome, and the needy to be treated as “parasites,” all while billionaires get richer, we’ve profoundly misunderstood the most basic elements of Jesus’ teachings.

My newsletter tomorrow is called, “The Stones in Our Hands: Misreading John 8 and the Sin of Condemnation.” In it, I invites us to explore how the phrase, “go and sin no more” is so misused today and what that misuse says about our time. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile

"To treat land, water, wildlife, and wilderness as mere commodities—up for sale to the highest bidder—is a violation of both Scripture and conscience. This is not stewardship. It is desecration." - @brcremer.bsky.social

If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge. Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden. This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy. It’s not America. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...

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One of the oldest forms of religious hypocrisy is people using God to justify the kind of actions against others that they themselves would cry out to God in agony if those same actions were carried out against them.

My newsletter tomorrow is called: “This Land is Not for Sale: An Idaho Pastor’s Plea for Creation.” In it, I invite us to evaluate harmful theology that leads to disregarding the earth rather than caring for it and why we must advocate for it. Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile