CuriousFolk

Jesus first. Politically nonpartisan. Convictions held. Questions welcomed. Curiosity encouraged.

[CuriousFolk @CuriousFolk2]

The bad news is the darkness is much deeper than we think.
The good news is the Light is much brighter than we can possibly imagine.

[Joshin and Jokien @joshcarlosjosh]

[youth pastor voice] Outlook may be down, but let me tell you about the Word that will never fail

[CuriousFolk @CuriousFolk2]

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[Rod Dreher @roddreher]

My God. My God. The pettiness and hatred in that man's heart. He is literally a character in Dante's Inferno. Despite being given so much in life, he hates his enemies more than he fears God. MASSIVE respect to Douthat for posing the question, and then pressing him to answer.

[John Reasnor @johnandrewwords]

Salvation or damnation by a political vote is a false gospel.

[Matt Martens @martensmatt1]

“Forgive the Never Trump Republican a little gloating this week. It’s been a long decade.” We long saw Trump “as a dangerous, know-nothing con man.” And we rightly, as it turns out, feared “that Trump’s political project would eventually collapse and bury his party in the process.”

[Jim Geraghty @jimgeraghty]

It’s not just the war with Iran that’s turned into a foreign policy mess. The administration has effectively switched America’s side in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine; as noted in yesterday’s Washington Post column, just 3 percent of Americans are more supportive of Russia than Ukraine. Every chance he gets, Trump gushes about what good friends he is with Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un and gets into irate feuds with the government of countries like the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Canada. Eighty percent of Americans think positively of Canada. No one was clamoring for a big trade fight with our northern neighbor — particularly not any Republican who had to run for office in a state that borders Canada.

[Matt Martens @martensmatt1]

Ten years ago I decided that, because Trump was morally / mentally unfit, I would never support him for president. That decision had professional consequences.

But I’ve never been more sure I was right. And I now expect my view will be vindicated within my professional lifetime.

[CuriousFolk @CuriousFolk2]

Will sanity prevail? Or will this just be the same thing from a different side of the spectrum.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Trump failed at regime change in Iran but he succeeded in Texas

[Covie @covie_93]

Pete Hegseth wanted people to watch a public execution, well they're seeing it tonight.

[CuriousFolk @CuriousFolk2]

If the only limit to his global power and actions is "[his] own morality, [his] own mind," I sure hope he’s not a sore loser.

[David Cassidy @DPCassidyTKC]

@SecRubio I join many others in asking you to CANCEL THE DEPORTATION of our Afghan allies. Do not send them to their death. You and your family know what liberty from tyranny means. You know what your Faith teaches you. And what of American promises? Such deportations do not make America great; they debase her.Dear@SecRubio

[David French @DavidAFrench]

I had no idea that the sovereign creator of the universe depended on GOP turnout to sustain His church.

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

I take it back. THIS is the greatest closing argument ever.

[Joel Rainey. ن @joelrainey]

I'm not the least bit interested in your "vote for the lesser of two evils" argument if you are the sort of person who never says a word about the lesser evil.

[Governor Larry Hogan @GovLarryHogan]

For years, Maryland was considered the poster child for extreme partisan gerrymandering in the nation. Our congressional districts were so unfair, twisted, and distorted that they became a punchline on every list of the worst-drawn maps in America.

We appointed an independent, non-partisan redistricting commission that held hearings all across the state and heard the testimony of thousands of Marylanders. The legislature's extreme partisan maps were thrown out by the courts, and the legislature was ordered to redraw fairer maps. These are the ones we currently use today.

Our fair maps took eight years to win in Maryland, and the effort received bipartisan praise across the country.

Now, to ensure that their partisan, illegal maps can never be thrown out again, the monopoly in Annapolis is attempting to rewrite our state Constitution to clear the way for the same kind of maps that the courts already said violated the law.

Let me be clear, the way I've been clear about this for decades: partisan gerrymandering is a cancer on our democracy, and it's wrong no matter who does it.

Marylanders, regardless of party, should say NO to extreme partisan gerrymandering. NO to politics as usual. NO to being the worst in America. We are better than this.

https://t.co/30bcCtNhqs

[Nikki Haley @NikkiHaley]

There are certain decisions that will go down as history-defining moments. This is one of them. It's a terrible misjudgment of Putin, who has made it clear he wants to destroy the West. We shouldn't help him do it.

[CuriousFolk @CuriousFolk2]

@drewdyck We can call them death streamers, akin to death eaters in Harry Potter.

[Philagape 🇺🇲🇨🇦 @keithrobphil]

"If you put your faith in earthly persons, parties, or organizations, you will spend your life defending their speech when they err and their actions when they sin.
If you put your faith in Jesus Christ, He needs no defense because He is perfectly righteous."

Nate Pickowicz

[Mark Chironna @markchironna]

If we walk out of a worship service saying we weren't moved, we are making an assessment shaped by far more than sound theology. It can reflect preference and bias. We live in a culture that has trained us to judge every experience by the residue of the feeling it leaves us with, so when the feeling fades, we assume God has left us in the lurch. In a consumer culture, worship has become a commodity, a product we review and critique after the experience. If we truly want to be faithful, we begin with the understanding that worship is an offering we bring to the Triune God, and that remains true even on those Sundays when nothing in us stirs.