Richard Jarman

Inclusive pastor. Preaching liberation because our lives depend on it. he/him

[Richard Jarman @Richard_TPBG]

God said, “set aside the Bible’s dietary laws, & invite Gentiles into the kingdom.” He said, “set aside the Bible’s circumcision laws, & bring gentiles into the kingdom.” For God, it’s always love & inclusion above the letter of the law. Why are LGBTQ+ people any different?

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Just a reminder: Mark Walter, co-owner of the @Dodgers, is part of the GEO Group, which helps ICE track & detain undocumented workers.

He has #LorenzoAraujo’s blood on his hands

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Ignorant Americans scream “socialism has never worked!!!!!” While the U.S. government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars & millions of lives over the last century to keep socialism from working

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When this regime is over, every member of the administration that had a hand in immigrants being hurt or killed in foreign prisons will face civil and/or criminal liability.

And I, for 1, will be waiting for it

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If you voted for a rapist and probably pedo, I can’t believe you’re genuinely upset about Graham Platner. Save your performative outrage for someone else

[Richard Jarman @Richard_TPBG]

Zohran Mamdani said, “The most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I worked all day, and I can’t feed my family.’”

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Does it say something about me that I got today’s Wordle answer in 3 guesses? Probably

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@Jubilee4CHANGE I completely agree with what you said first. And America is great for me—a straight, white man

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Spent some time. With a homeless, wheelchair-bound Army veteran at the gas station tonight. He was begging for money.

Tell me again how a disabled veteran has to beg, while we have billionaires & trillionaires. Is America great again yet?

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How do I know it’s 4th of July in America? The shootings, of course https://t.co/CilMC9VTJM

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The U.S. must repent of its many sins—not just slavery, Jim Crow & mass incarceration. We are responsible for millions of deaths all over the planet. We have funded mass killings for decades. It must stop.

And we must acknowledge & repent for our sins

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Just watched a documentary on the life of Neil Diamond. He said that he was originally known as Neil Coal, until the pressure got to him.

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It’s ironic that conservatives will warn against the evils of socialism, though they went to public schools, drive public roads, use public fire & police, etc

All they really care about is ensuring billionaires keep profiting from private companies & exploiting workers

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MAGA tells us immigrants come here to live off government programs. And they also say immigrants drive up housing prices by paying cash for tens of thousands of homes.

So are they lazy freeloaders, or wealthy people w wads of cash? They can’t be both

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Some ignorant people say socialism has never been successful, wherever it’s been tried. But Cuba has near 100% literacy, universal health care, lower infant mortality rates than the U.S. all in the teeth of a crippling U.S. embargo.

That seems pretty successful

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Capitalism thrives on—really depends on—inequality of income and outcomes. It needs a class of people to remain poor in order for it to work as planned

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A study from UC Riverside found that 140,000 people a year die from the effects of long-term poverty.

But, sure, capitalism is good for everyone. And socialism is a disaster

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Please read my latest Substack article: “The table keeps getting wider”

https://t.co/rifvao2LfZ

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Today is my last day of being 59 years old. I am mentally and emotionally strong, & growing. Physically, I’m a work in progress.

I’m not slowing down—I’m just getting started!

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@Jubilee4CHANGE Thanks! I still have a lot of growing to do

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Christians who claim to use the Bible as their “supreme authority” are actually diminishing the role of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers.

They’re exchanging the wild unpredictability of the Spirit for the false security of a book

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“Jesus consistently touched the untouchable. He ate with the rejected. He centered people everyone else overlooked.”
(From my newest Substack article)