I used to be enamored with politicians and public servants who openly used Christian faith language in interviews and speeches.
I’m now far more enamored when politicians and public servants openly treat others with Christian kindness.
The American evangelical turn from wanting to evangelize all the peoples of the world to wanting to keep out anyone with a different ethnicity is pretty crazy.
Things that didn’t exist on Christmas 25 years ago:
iPhone
Tesla
YouTube
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SpaceX
Gmail
Instagram
Bitcoin
Facebook
Skype
Amazon Prime
Google Maps
Netflix streaming
Android
App Store
WhatsApp
TikTok
Snapchat
Fitbit
Xbox
Pinterest
LinkedIn
iPad
Uber
Airbnb
Reddit
Spotify
Zoom
China is on track to have more Christians than the entire population of the United States. With 300 million Chinese already identifying as Christian—many Pentecostal—and their numbers growing rapidly, the world's largest officially atheist nation may soon become its largest Christian one.
It's worth noting the civic grace shown by Biden/Harris in accepting an election loss. No claims of voter fraud. No conspiracy theories. No rage or incitement to violent. The peaceful transfer of power will go forward. It's such a welcome/civilized contrast with Trump/MAGA world.
Our nation’s democratic system functioned last night and we have a new President-elect. All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections. We now have a special responsibility, as citizens of the greatest nation on earth, to do everything we can to support and defend our Constitution, preserve the rule of law, and ensure that our institutions hold over these coming four years. Citizens across this country, our courts, members of the press and those serving in our federal, state and local governments must now be the guardrails of democracy.
No one should refer to any other human being as garbage; we are all imprinted with the Imago Dei - the image of God. Sadly, we are all also broken, messed up image bearers of God who need his mercy and forgiveness. But we are not garbage to him.
There is clearly a high level of racism in this country that has been smoldering for a long time. Evil people are now speaking it a loud, “legitimizing” it, emboldening it, endangering the lives of black and brown people in this country. It must stop.
"Don't be naive, political parties are more interested in Christian votes than they are in Christian values" - @BrianZahnd
i.e. don't be a sheep. Strap on your thinking cap and resist the empire's game of using you to gain power. #nokingbutchrist
Alex Rodriguez asked a question. Reggie Jackson answered it.
(Shouts to the producer and rest of the desk for staying out of Reggie’s way and just letting him talk. I doubt they expected this answer. But it’s a great few minutes of television.)