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Showing posts with label Violence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Violence. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Militant 'Christian' Nationalism in the halls of Congress: An affront to the true Gospel

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  Rep. Andy Ogles (center), Def. Sec. Hegseth (left), Sec. State Rubio (right) - AI image, 3/23/26 Yesterday, Congressman Andy Ogles (TN) po...
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Thursday, July 27, 2023

Jason Aldean's "Try That In A Small Town" and the dangers of conflation

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  Much has been said about country music singer Jason Aldean's recent song and accompanying music video, "Try That In A Small Town....
Friday, November 11, 2022

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #24: Luke 14:23

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  Luke 14:23  NIV “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house wil...
Friday, September 30, 2022

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #19: Matthew 26:52

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The Vision of the Cross , 1520-24 by Raphael and his assistants Matthew 26:52     New International Version “Put your sword back in its plac...
Friday, September 9, 2022

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #12: Matthew 16:21-23

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  Matthew 16:21-23     New International Version 21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem a...
Thursday, August 11, 2022

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #3: Psalm 33:16-19

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Psalm 33:16-19 New International Version 16 No king is saved by the size of his army;     no warrior escapes by his great strength. 17 A hor...
Monday, January 10, 2022

Sermon Video: Swords and clubs to arrest the Prince of Peace - Mark 14:43-52

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  They came with swords and clubs to arrest Jesus because they expected him to fight back, they couldn't imagine that Jesus would not re...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

What the 10th Century 'Peace of God' Movement can teach us about our country's embrace of political partisanship and violence

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Rapid economic change in 10th Century Western Europe led to instability, which created fertile ground for those with power to press their cl...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

The downward spiral of Bonhoeffer biographer Eric Metaxas

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At a recent rally, noted author Eric Metaxas, whose book on Bonhoeffer was a tremendous commercial success (Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prop...
Monday, September 30, 2019

The insanity of a pastor warning of Civil War to protect a politician

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The American Civil War cost 600,000 lives.  It should surprise nobody who is paying attention that America in the 21st century is deeply div...
Thursday, August 8, 2019

White Supremacy is not a "hoax" (sorry Tucker Carlson)

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How many acts of domestic terrorism, how many mass murders, does it take for a problem to be "real"? "Its actually not a re...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

After another mass shooting, what can be said?

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Update: This post was originally written in August of 2019 after mass shootings occurred on consecutive days: The El Paso, Texas Walmart sho...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

A 16th Century Attempt at Toleration within Christendom

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While the 17th century is rightly remembered for the epic bloodshed of the 30 Years War which saw atrocities committed by, and against, Cath...
Friday, February 23, 2018

If I say anything about guns...

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As a minister of the Gospel, if I say anything about guns, whichever side I take, half of you will no longer listen to my proclamation of th...
Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Why the killing won't stop...

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After yet another horrific mass shooting in America, this one breaking the "record" for most people killed in one incident, a ...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

The non-Christian militancy of Jerry Falwell Jr.

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It has often been said that moderate Muslim clerics and imams need to denounce terrorism and the philosophy of jihad that lies behind it.  T...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

Another day, another mass shooting, is the world going to hell in a hurry?

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If you watch the news, diligently, you will hear a story about a mass shooting and/or an act of terrorism somewhere in the world each and ev...
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Monday, September 10, 2012

When you know the little ol' ladies are praying...

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I have a theory: God listens to those little ol' ladies when they pray.  How do I know this?  I've had a sizable number praying for ...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

The Hunger Games

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The Hunger Games movie was just released this week after years of sales of the trilogy of books by Suzanne Collins.  The moral effort made ...