"Death is not defeat." Stephen Colbert said it years ago, and his final episode kept repeating it.
I didn't expect a late-night goodbye to hand me the best illustration of grief and resurrection I've seen in a while.
https://t.co/QJSJbuPZIP
6/ We don't follow the bunny.
We don't follow Trump.
We don't follow the Empire.
We follow Jesus alone.
Our allegiance is to an audience of One.
Full post here: https://t.co/1YNyJZuxFq
1/ The bunny, the bunny, whoa, I love the bunny...
I couldn't stop humming this when a 23-foot golden statue of Trump was unveiled in Florida — blessed by pastors and dedicated in prayer.
A thread. 🧵
5/ What we watched in Doral is Christian Nationalism.
To be a "true" American is to be a Christian. To be a faithful Christian is to be a "true" American. And "American" means Trump.
Empire doesn't ask you to stop believing in God. It just asks you to believe God is on its side.
Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney#Cameroon https://t.co/bKteFZ3iWE
One of my goals for 2025 was to start writing again. I just set up a new substack page. My first piece of writing is coming out tomorrow. You can subscribe here. https://t.co/vHR4pMxyws
"We're going to put kids in cages. It's going to be glorious."
(Mike Davis - possible Trump pick for Attorney General)
We're about to see just how incompatible "MAGA" and Christianity really are.
"If by mass deportation President-elect Trump means deporting all undocumented immigrants, that would mean deporting the parents of 4 to 5 million children… That would be very troubling to us at @WorldRelief & the vast majority of Evangelical Christians" https://t.co/HtlrPqoSxe