Rev. James Mahoney

A very Anglican sort of Methodist. @AsburySeminary grad. Ordained Elder in the @GlobalMChurch. The love of God is worth passing on.

[Rev. James Mahoney @JamesEMahoney]

My latest for Firebrand:

https://t.co/CVrrK049Wc

[Jeremy, Writer & Dad & Collector of Parks @JeremyWingert79]

A reminder to my fellow humans of a basic principle we used to share in civil society.

Delighting in death is cruel. Dancing on a man's grave & eviscerating his legacy on the day he dies, while his friends mourn him, is inhuman.

*Please* don't let politics warp your soul.

[Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck]

I had relentlessly criticized Lindsay Graham for years when I was removed from the ballot in 2022. At the time the most recent polling had me soundly winning the race for Congress.

Lindsay Graham got my phone number and called me wanting to contribute $ to my lawsuit to get back on the ballot, despite my criticism, and said it was unAmerican that people wouldn’t get the chance to vote for me.

I’m sure he would’ve voted for someone else if he lived in the district but still, he wanted people to get to vote for who they wanted to vote for and ultimately, for people told decide the election instead of a dozen people in a back room.

Ultimately the lawsuit didn’t restore my name on the ballot (the back room won) but I was always perplexed and moved by him doing that because he knew what I had publicly said about him and he knew I was more right wing than him. Still, he wanted to help fix it.

He even offered to call SEC members who had voted to remove my name from the ballot. For all my foreign policy criticism of Lindsay, this was a totally genuine/non-cynical offer. I told him I wouldn’t stop criticizing his foreign policy and he laughed, saying he wouldn’t count on it.

Lots of people do things for cynical/bad reasons in DC but he genuinely just wanted to help because he saw it as totally wrong to steal that choice from voters. It showed me a side of him I hadn’t seen or imagined. So, yeah, Lindsay Graham was a man of complexities.

Also incredibly cool he adopted his sister after his parents died and managed all of that as a young man.

I sincerely hope no state actor was involved in his death because that’s the last thing the world needs BUT it must be fully investigated since he was very active in both the Russia and Iran conflicts. Especially since he just left Ukraine. Wishing peace and God’s love to his family!

[Rev. James Mahoney @JamesEMahoney]

“The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful
men in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the
Sacraments duly administered according to Christ’s ordi-
nance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to
the same.” —Art. XIII, Art. of Rel. #gmchurch

[Jonathon Van Maren @JVanMaren]

President Donald Trump is transitioning the GOP into a pro-choice party, step by step. To understand why this is happening, a historical corrective is in order.

"Why did the first Trump administration produce an unprecedented number of pro-life policies, while the second has sought to sideline the pro-life agenda? Who was primarily responsible for pro-life access and pro-life appointments? Many rank-and-file pro-lifers erroneously believe it was Donald Trump."

I spoke with former Vice President Mike Pence, @marctshort, and many others for this essay in @firstthingsmag:

https://t.co/glKhFwylG4

[Rev. James Mahoney @JamesEMahoney]

@KeithMcilwain Really wish the proposed Articles of Faith had retained this *somewhere*.

[Rev. James Mahoney @JamesEMahoney]

Thinking back on when I was trying to find a place to publish this piece, it was concerning one publication rejected it for fear that it might “do unintended harm” to those navigating divorce/remarriage. Worse is the harm of socially-acceptable adultery.

https://t.co/Rfx4V6tgzL

[Rod Dreher @roddreher]

"We are all Protestants now," sighs my Catholic friend @kalezelden. He's right, in the Charles Taylor sense that in modernity, everybody chooses -- even Protestants. The free part of my newsletter addresses modernity, authority, & church disintegration:
https://t.co/i9PSu3jLog

[Andrew Pessin @AndrewPessin]

why isn't this front page news?

[Fox News @FoxNews]

BREAKING: Justice Clarence Thomas pens a scathing dissent after the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship.

Thomas accuses the majority of “repurposing” the 14th Amendment “to protect its own set of preferred rights that the Reconstruction Congress never contemplated and that cannot find support in its text.”

“Today, the Court does so again by recognizing a constitutional right to citizenship for the children of all foreign birth tourists and illegal aliens.”

“I am not sure that today’s opinion will stand the test of time. The Citizenship Clause ‘added greatly to the dignity and glory of American citizenship.’ Today’s opinion devalues that citizenship.”

“I respectfully dissent.”

[Rev. James Mahoney @JamesEMahoney]

And all things, as they change, proclaim
The Lord eternally the same.

—Charles Wesley (“When Israel Out of Egypt Came”)

[Rev. James Mahoney @JamesEMahoney]

@Bombasotta You’ve never seen @TimTennent ’s bow tie, then.

[Ed Stetzer @edstetzer]

This is helpful from @MarkTooley, including asking why some self-identified evangelical schools are still on the United Methodist list while @AsburySeminary is not.

[Timothy Tennent @TimTennent]

Read my reflections on the recent decision by the UMC to no longer accept Asbury graduates starting Fall of 2027.
https://t.co/vhH77p0qQq

[Rev. James Mahoney @JamesEMahoney]

@edstetzer Just wait til there’s a 120 degree day.

[Mike Pence @Mike_Pence]

The American people deserve to know that MOU with Iran postpones answers on critical nuclear questions but provides immediate economic benefits through sanctions relief and energy exports, which will generate an estimated $5 billion a month for the Iranian regime.

That gets the sequence backwards. The U.S. shouldn't be providing economic relief first and seeking security concessions later. We should be securing concessions first. That’s what we used to call “America First”🇺🇸 https://t.co/4GBNqxQYhc

[UN Watch @UNWatch]

BREAKING: Ilana Gritzewsky, who was held hostage by Hamas, just took the floor at the United Nations to confront Reem Alsalem, the UN rapporteur on violence against women. Her dramatic testimony:

Special Rapporteur, your report speaks about violence against women. Why is there no mention of Hamas?

On October 7, terrorists stormed our Kibbutz — murdering, kidnapping, and burning.

I was beaten and mutilated before blacking out.

I woke up half naked with seven terrorists standing over me, not knowing what happened to me in those lost moments.

I went through days of pain and horror in captivity, and even now the feeling of being powerless and violated still lingers.

I came back with a broken hip, a broken jaw and a shattered soul.

People see my face and think I’m free. But freedom is not a switch. Trauma doesn’t vanish once you are released.

Now, every air-raid siren, and every rocket from Iran, throws me back into that hell.

On October 7, and in captivity, Jewish women were raped, abused, and humiliated.

And you, Special Rapporteur, you chose silence and denial.

Ms. Alsalem, you said there was no evidence of sexual violence on October 7.

I am standing here today — not as a report, not as a statistic.

I am a woman who survived. I am the living proof of sexual violence by Hamas.

When I and other Israeli women begged not to be raped, why were you silent?

Please look at me. Do you believe us now?

Will you apologize?

[Rev. James Mahoney @JamesEMahoney]

@AndrewPetiprin Many places would not accept a $100 bill even if they did accept cash, too.

[Rev. James Mahoney @JamesEMahoney]

@monkofjustice @lancelormand Reading revelations like this makes me think I dodged a bullet by withdrawing from JAFC’s (Jones’ chaplain jurisdiction) ordination process.

[Rev. James Mahoney @JamesEMahoney]

@roddreher In 1700s-1800s Methodism, you were required to attend a class meeting (a small accountability group). You were issued a ticket if you did. Only those with a ticket would be allowed to attend church. So, somewhat similar to the ancient practice.