Ladies and gentlemen, the United States government, acting like grown ups.

The powerful are only as powerful as the horizon of your imagination. Needed this reminder today: "Put no more trust in a mere human, who has only the breath in his nostrils. What is he really worth?" (Isaiah 2:22 CSB)

Note: The pastor being thrown to the ground and arrested here while protesting outside an ICE facility here — who police single out — appears to be Rev. Michael Woolf, a Baptist pastor (he’s ordained by both American Baptist Churches USA and Alliance of Baptists).

The current administration *depends* on the public having goldfish-like attention spans. That’s part of the strategy, I’m pretty sure.

The young people here are the Very Online RCN bros who have been harping about this for months. I know because I’ve been listening to them for months

I wouldn't say the dam is breaking or anything, but this week was the first week I saw some real cracks. Lots of CNs are very unhappy with their man.

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Also, this one seems relevant. "'What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?' declares the Lord GOD of hosts."

Reflecting on the fact that childish people in power was a sign of judgment for Israel... "And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them." (Isa 3)

Tbh, the dead-eyed cynicism that’s going to set in over the next few years is what really concerns me.

I mean, yeah. But Trump was convicted of sexual assault, bragged about sexual assault, was convicted of fraud, etc, etc and ppl still elected him to be the president of these United States so maybe we’re dealing with a more systemic problem is all I’m saying

Reminded again that your sin will always, always, aaalllllwaaayyysss find you out.

Hey hey it’s another post about Christian nationalism! open.substack.com/pub/bobsteve...

still crickets over on X re: the emails. what *is* happening is that they're big mad at Trump over H1B and 50 year mortgages. it's not going to be the pervy stuff that starts the uprising—it's going to be the price of houses and the fact that there are still people with accents here.

The pro-Trump CNs have been (unsurprisingly?) silent on Twitter re: those emails.

Repentance is the only way out of this mess.

Part Three is up. Today we talk about the nationalists and their idea of the nation. open.substack.com/pub/bobsteve...

Just a little aurora borealis over Aurora

[sic] is such a fantastic passive aggressive burn Like, I may not be published like you, but in quoting you I can tell the world you spelled that word wrong.

Really glad to see this reporting. I'd been pulling a similar thread (and might still write on it) but Logue does good work here. thedispatch.com/article/home...

Increasingly convinced that the RCNs are just terrible at reading the Bible. If we're going to challenge the ideology, I think it really needs to be at the level of exegesis.

Who can say what magnets are Nobody knows

Adventures in far right Twitterworld: CN posts frustrations that ppl keep criticizing Trump for not doing enough. Asks, "What exactly is he supposed to do? Declare martial law and suspend the constitution?" People respond.

Pushing a third (or fourth, or fifth) party option doesn’t look so bad now does it?

Gonna use that big, new word I learned from @bobstevenson.bsky.social Xenomisia

Good morning friends—Jesus is alive. Take heart.

Hard to articulate the dissonance of this with everything else we’re seeing. Also, what an empty way to live. Like what lasting good is this going to bring to anyone—Musk included? Dude would do well to read Ecclesiastes. —— Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Tesla Payday www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...

One thing that strikes me from yesterday's activity on RCN twitter is that these dudes are SO SCARED OF GIRLS

I know it’s not what he meant but I can only read this in one way

Very annoyed this morning by racists who post bar charts that badly abuse or misrepresent the data. Nothing makes me do the meme more than this. xkcd.com/386/

Part 2 is up. In this post we start to get into the weeds around what Christian nationalists want from a Christian state. open.substack.com/pub/bobsteve...

i'm getting whiplash flipping between twitter and bksy

The meltdown on CN twitter is incredible. They really believe they’re all gonna get hunted down by libs. The epistemic isolation is so toxic. Sheesh.

Man. I wish CNs would learn to do decent exegesis. This is just embarrassing. Oh and racist. Definitely racist.

Next post up. We get into the weeds of the political-religious vision of Reformed Christian Nationalists! open.substack.com/pub/bobsteve...

This is exactly a conversation that every parent has had with their 5-year-old child

I really don’t like this timeline.

TBH, I expected more from the masculinity bros. Absolutely no shock and awe shame campaigns for the Big Tough Ice Agents who go to court because they were bested by a thrown sandwich.

There is a humane and just way to do immigration enforcement. The current administration is choosing injustice and dehumanization.

This is excellent. Read through, watch the videos, and stay for the critical points re: democratic credibility.

Very proud of my kid.

Absolute insanity. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Texting with your teenage son is an adventure in textual scarcity.

What, exactly, *does* Mike Johnson know about?

Asmr from outside my house at sunset last night. I was out wrestling in prayer for a young mom who teeters between life and death at the hospital in our town. It’s a treatable disease but she only just started medication. Will her body hold out long enough for the medicine to start working?

Did you know what decade had the *lowest percentage* of foreign born people in the United States was, according to the US Census? 1970. In 1970, the % of foreign-born residents in the US was 5.4%. In 1860 it was 15.2%. I find this fascinating.

This is, unfortunately, very true.

Friends, most of us will live, labor, and die in obscurity. But God sees. God knows. And his approval is all that matters.