Stephen Intagliata

Pastor, Daniels Run Peace Church, Fairfax, VA; member of MCUSA.

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@HawkEmDownChris John Roseboro

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@_iamlougotti Damian Miller, D-Backs catcher during World Series run.

[Richard @ricwe123]

When the illusion finally cracks, you’re left staring at the reality you tried to ignore: the man you trusted wasn’t a savior, just a hollow performance propped up by bluster and ego.
The confidence, the promises, the swagger,it all collapses into something far less impressive.
Not a mastermind, not a disruptor, just a loud, erratic figure out of his depth, masking incompetence with noise.

In the end, what looked like strength reveals itself as pure theatrics,a caricature, a spectacle, a punchline that stopped being funny the moment you realized you were the one who believed all his bullshit......

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@VinnysCorner1 Sal Bando

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@kaitlancollins The word “apology” is not in his (limited) vocabulary, let alone his heart.

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@EHelmuth18097 @ShaneClaiborne Please don’t speak for everyone else. I take him seriously and I know many others who do as well. The message and values of @ShaneClaiborne are more like Jesus than so many people claiming to be Christians.

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@SeizeTheNae I grew up in LA listening to Vin Scully and I’ve heard a lot of other announcers, but for baseball he is the GOAT.
Chick Hearn for the Lakers and Dick Enberg for the Rams were also great!

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@themightybruins The post and prediction didn’t age well. Bruins in a blowout!

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@HawkEmDownChris Fernando Valenzuela

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So much truth in this.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

There is something deeply unsettling happening inside parts of American Christianity.

And if we are honest, it did not start with Donald Trump. But it has become impossible to ignore in the Trump era.

A recent piece in The Atlantic from Peter Wehner, a former speechwriter for the administrations of three Republican U.S. presidents, captures this tension well. It argues that for many believers, politics is no longer shaped by faith. Increasingly, it is replacing it.

Christianity was never meant to be about power. It was meant to be about transformation. Jesus did not call His followers to win culture wars. He called them to carry a cross. He did not say, “Defeat your enemies.” He said, “Love your enemies.” He did not say, “Protect your tribe at all costs.” He said, “Whoever wants to save their life will lose it.”

And yet, what we increasingly see in some corners of modern Christianity looks very different. We see anger reframed as righteousness. We see cruelty justified as strength. We see loyalty to political figures elevated to something dangerously close to devotion.

What we are witnessing is a substitution of faith with politics, transformation with power. When faith becomes shallow, something else fills the vacuum. And politics is very good at doing that. Politics offers identity. It offers purpose. It offers belonging. It offers a clear line between “us” and “them.” In many ways, it offers everything religion offers — except transformation.

And that is the danger.

Because when politics becomes a substitute for faith, it does not make people more Christ-like. It makes them more tribal. It teaches them to win, not to love. To dominate, not to serve. To justify, not to repent.

And over time, something subtle but profound happens: Jesus is no longer the center. He becomes a symbol — used to defend something else.

To be clear, this is not about left vs right. It is not about whether Christians should engage in politics. They should.

But engagement is not the same as surrender. Christians are called to influence the world. Not be conformed by it. And when the language, tone, and spirit of politics begin to override the teachings of Christ, something has gone wrong.

Deeply wrong.

But here is the hopeful part.

This is not the end of the story. Throughout history, Christianity has gone through seasons where it drifted toward power, toward institutions, toward political alignment. And each time, renewal came. Not through louder politics. But through deeper faith. Through people who returned to the core: humility, repentance, sacrifice, love.

That path is still open. And maybe that is the real question for all of us: Are we following Jesus… or are we using His name to follow something else? Because those two paths may look similar at first. But they lead to very different destinations.

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@olskool888 You and I lived in Rieber Hall in 1973-74, along with my PV High classmate Jim Spillane. I loved watching you two play at Pauley—any chance you can suit up for tonight’s game against UConn? Go Bruins!

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@VinnysCorner1 Maury Wills

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@MaestroRock @HawkEmDownChris Me as well! I bleed Dodger blue!

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@HawkEmDownChris Wes Parker

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This is really helpful.

[Dr. Eric Mason @pastoremase]

The problems with Christian nationalism & why It’s one of the most dangerous false teachings of our day?

1. It Confuses the Kingdom of God with Earthly Nations

The Bible consistently teaches that God’s kingdom is not tied to any earthly nation-state.
• John 18:36 – Jesus says, “My kingdom is not of this world.”
• Philippians 3:20 – “Our citizenship is in heaven.”

The people of God are not defined by national borders but by faith in Christ. The church is a transnational community.

This becomes clear after Pentecost, where people from many nations become one people of God.

2. It Reverses the New Testament Mission

The New Testament mission is making
disciples of all nations, not making one
nation Christian.
• Matthew 28:19 – “Go therefore
and make disciples of all nations.”

The church spreads through evangelism
and discipleship, not through state power.

3. It Confuses the Church with the State

Scripture keeps a clear distinction between
the mission of the church and the role of
government.
• Romans 13:1–7 – Government exists to restrain evil and maintain order.
• Acts 5:29 – “We must obey God rather than men.”

Government has a limited, temporal role, while the church carries the spiritual mission of redemption.

4. It Tempts Christians Toward Idolatry of Nation

Scripture repeatedly warns against idolatry, including trusting political powers instead of God.
• Psalm 146:3 – “Do not put your trust in princes.”
• Isaiah 31:1 – Warning against trusting political alliances instead of God.

When national identity becomes sacred, it can become an idol.

5. It Undermines the Multiethnic Nature of the Church

The gospel creates a multiethnic people of God, not a single cultural or national expression.
• Revelation 7:9 – A multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language.
• Ephesians 2:14–16 – Christ breaks down dividing walls between peoples.

Christian nationalism often elevates one culture or ethnicity as the “true Christian culture.”

6. It Risks Forcing External Christianity
Without Heart Conversion

Biblically, true faith must be voluntary
and internal.
• Jeremiah 31:33 – God writes
the law on hearts.
• John 3:3 – People must be
born again.

State-enforced Christianity can create
cultural Christianity without genuine faith.

7. Presents a false form of the Christian faith to the world
* 2 Corinthians 6:3 It creates obstacle to the gospel for non-Christian’s
* Matthew 23:23 seeks to rewrite history to subvert biblical justice

Christian nationalism bears false witness and creates cognitive dissonance to blind people to the comprehensive scope of the gospel. They affirm the content of the gospel, but deny its scope thereby preaching another gospel

To all the non-Christians, who will look at this post this is not THE WAY or what is commonly called Christianity? It is something else.

“I mean strictly to apply to the slaveholding religion of this land, and with no possible reference to Christianity proper; for, between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference—so wide, that to receive the one as good, pure, and holy, is of necessity to reject the other as bad, corrupt, and wicked. To be the friend of the one, is of necessity to be the enemy of the other. I love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land — Frederick Douglas

“Woe to those who enact evil statutes And to those who constantly record mischief, So as to turn the poor away from their cause And rob the afflicted of My people of their justice,
Isa 10:1-2

““Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness;
Matt 23:23-24 —Yehoshua

#christian #justice #God #Jesus #christiannationalism

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@HawkEmDownChris Willie Davis.

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@Matt_Pinner In 1986, I owned a Datsun 710 hatchback station wagon. Great car until it broke down. 😖

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Fox News is a cancer to our society and cannot be trusted to report anything truthfully.
Please spread the word.

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

Fox News admits to airing an old dignified transfer video on its program this morning, one that did not show Donald Trump wearing a white ball cap.

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Incredible comeback win for our Bruins! They turned the game—and hopefully their season—around.

[Nick Bateman @nickbateman33]

Most chaotic week of all time for UCLA basketball

From the Mick Cronin crashout to an all time coast to coast buzzer beater over a top 10 team in a must win game

CINEMA