American Christianity
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Revival outside the gates
Recognition: The Gate and the Hunger In 2 Kings 7, the city of Samaria was dying behind its own walls. Famine had rotted its conscience. Mothers traded their children for survival. Religion had become rhetoric. Power had become cannibalism. And outside those walls sat four lepers. Unwelcome. Unclean. Unfit. They were the ones the system… Continue reading
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The World and the Believer
When Jesus warned against “the world,” He wasn’t talking about nightclubs, gay neighbors, or secular music. He was talking about systems of power — empire, exploitation, and the machinery that crushes the poor. In Scripture, “the world” is shorthand for Mammon’s operating system: debt, hierarchy, and respectability built on fear. But the American church—especially the… Continue reading
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Principle: The Gospel Was Never for Sale
Once upon a time, the church spoke truth to power. Now it rents the microphone from it. Once, pulpits thundered against Pharaoh and Mammon. Now they’re branded with logos, sponsored by banks, and tied to corporate donor boards that would crucify Christ again if He walked into their sanctuary unannounced. This is not persecution. This… Continue reading
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The Right’s false revival talk.
What they’re calling a “revival” isn’t revival at all — it’s idolatry draped in scripture. A true revival breaks chains; this one forges them. It doesn’t lead people to the Spirit, it binds them to the State. When political power becomes the altar, and patriotism the praise song, you don’t have a move of God… Continue reading
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To American Preachers
Every person who is called a “minister of the gospel” in this nation — this is your line in the sand. You have watched the rise of fascism in your own backyard. You have seen immigrant families torn apart, asylum seekers pepper-balled, protestors beaten, the poor crushed beneath corporate greed — and you said nothing.… Continue reading
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Faith on the Spectrum!
I didn’t choose this kind of faith — it chose me. I didn’t learn it in a classroom or from a pulpit. It was burned into my chest the first time I heard Christ speak and I knew — He wasn’t being poetic. He meant it. “Take no thought for tomorrow.” He meant it. “Sell… Continue reading
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A Clarion Call in the Dark: A Manifesto of the Light
Hear me, you brave souls—this is not a prayer, not a sermon—this is a summons. Not to violence, not to partisanship, but to that primal, sacred power within: conscience. Stand. Withdraw your consent. Unbind your hands. Refuse your complicity. Part I: The Times Demand Witnessing We live in a time when the old boundaries tremble,… Continue reading
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Body of Christ Dysphoria
Recently, I have attempted to take a step back from my life and to rearrange it in a way that maybe could make me feel better. So, I decided to start with a very simple question. “What do I have to live for?” That was four days ago… The only answer that I’ve come up… Continue reading
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I am Bad for the Church.
So, here we are all… Coffee is in the foyer and if you’ll fill out this visitor card, you’ll get a free gift for visiting us today! Hi. I’m JC and I am bad for the church. Now, some of you are not like me. You are Jonathans, raised in the house of your father,… Continue reading
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Monday, February 8, 2021
A religious mentality, characterized by timidity and lack of moral courage has given us today a flabby Christianity, intellectually impoverished, dull, repetitious, and to a great many persons, just plain boresome. This peddled as the very faith of our fathers in direct lineal descent from Christ and the apostles. We spoon-feed this insipid pabulum to… Continue reading
The People’s Revival 