Christian hypocrisy
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Fat Emperors and Huckster Followers.
Most folks didn’t walk away from God — they walked away from Churchians who were kind in church and then showed their whole ass the minute they stepped outside. Everybody on the outside saw it.The only ones who didn’t were the ones doing it. And here’s the truth: we don’t need another definition of Christianity.We’ve Continue reading
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The Lies of the Right
In 2008–2009, I was a small-town pastor. I’d grown accustomed to watching Fox News because they seemed friendly to what we called “normal” Christian values. But when Obama was elected, Fox started screaming about the “Socialist threat” and the “godless Muslim in the White House.” I began tuning in to Glenn Beck, who claimed to Continue reading
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The First Church of Goshen, Inc.
There was once a people who lived in a place called Goshen — a safe corner of Egypt, close enough to Pharaoh’s wealth to prosper, far enough from his whips to pretend they were still free. They had comfort, routine, and a steady supply of grain. They had peace with empire — and they mistook 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
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Frailty, thy name is hypocrite.
Hi there. My name is JC, you may remember me from long ago or you may just have gotten to know me recently. Perhaps you don’t know me at all and stumbled across me on social media or this blog. It really doesn’t matter, I guess. I’ve been a preacher for years, ever since I Continue reading
The People’s Revival 