Ron Furgerson

Former Navy and retired law enforcement and Christian Church pastor.

[Yehuda Teitelbaum @chalavyishmael]

One of the most thought provoking speeches I've seen in a while.

@Miss_Snuffy on how raising a generation to see the world through oppressors and the oppressed is changing the West.

If you don't have time, bookmark it. It's worth every second.

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[Ron Furgerson @ronfurg]

Re progressive Christianity and syncretism: "When Scripture's authority is neglected or ignored, everything else becomes negotiable cultural preferences rather than non-negotiable spiritual convictions." ~Todd Wilson in How Did We Get Here?~

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A "disruptive moment" is a time, perhaps unlike any other, when one is more apt to move into communion with God and be receptive to the most searing truths about self and the world. When this happens, it has usually occurred at what I call soul-level. ~Gordon MacDonald~

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The only thing that teaches one what life's about -- the joy of understanding -- the joy of coming in contact with what life really signifies -- is suffering, affliction. ~Malcolm Muggeridge~

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In the hardships of life, as well as in our deepest woes, only in hindsight do we realize the hidden hand of God at work in them. He is not making us stronger but showing us how weak we are in ourselves, that we might live solely in the strength that Christ provides. ~Chad Bird~

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What we consistently focus on shapes the direction of our hearts. ~Josh Vaughan~

[Jerry Dorris @jerrydorris]

A member of Reformation Church submitted this video to his employer’s “What PRIDE means to me” campaign. Corporate wanted public clips to signal support for LGBTQ. After his submission, the whole program vanished. Videos pulled. Prizes canceled. No reply.

That is Christian witness. Christ is King!

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In a culture that treats sin flippantly at best and enthusiastically at worst, we need a scriptural vision of the self-absorbed, self-justifying, self-pitying, and self-destructive trajectory it sends us down and the terrifying destination it ultimately reaches. ~Andrew Wilson~

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God's comfort is real and genuine, not imaginary or illusory. It is supernatural and comes from and with God Himself. There is a depth of reality and glory and a supernatural quality in genuine comfort which makes it substantial. It represents real healing. ~Billy Long~

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Prayer is necessary for us to remain in alignment with God. ~Patrick Dennis~

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Cal Thhomas' take on Pope Leo's war doctrine is worth considering. I praise God that He can and will sort out the present termoil and continue establishing His Kingdom. https://t.co/qgXuMzY9eS

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓 𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐒

This is one of the most precise dissections of the liberal progressive mind you will ever hear.

Phillips starts with the core self-deception: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯.” From that circular logic flows everything else — the compulsive need to champion the “oppressed,” the reflexive assignment of blame to the powerful, the inability to process evidence that contradicts the narrative.

And then October 7th happened. The people they had championed as 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬 turned out to be, in Phillips’ words, “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬∗𝘭𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘤, 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘳∗𝘱𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘯.”

The liberal progressive cannot absorb this. Because if they admit the people they championed are 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, then their entire worldview shatters — and with it, their self-image as a good person. Phillips puts it bluntly: “𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮? 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭.” That’s the real terror — not what H∗mas did, but what their support for H∗mas 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.

“𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢.”

Then Phillips identifies the mechanism: 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘧.” Call Israelis “genocidal.” Call them “Nazis.” Because “𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦. 𝘞𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.”

This is why the accusation of “genocide” against Israel is not merely offensive — it is 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 for the people making it. Without it, they’d have to confront what they actually supported.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 “𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬” 𝐝𝐢𝐝. 𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐬. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥.

[Ron Furgerson @ronfurg]

God did not say, “When I see the lamb,” or even, “When I know a sacrifice was made.” He said, “When I see the blood, I will pass over you.” The distinction was not in knowledge, tradition, or proximity -- it was in the application of the blood. HT ~Worthy Brief~

[Ron Furgerson @ronfurg]

“Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven.”
N.T. Wright

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A classical education that sharpens the mind without forming the heart can turn great ideas into dangerous playthings. The result is brilliance without moral gravity and intellectualism without wisdom. ~Aaron Alexander Zubia~ HT @TrevinWax

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“Going to war without France is like going hunting without your accordion.” ~TV News Commentator~. Funny, but France sure came in handy during the American revolution. Amazing how things change in the world of geopolitics.

[Ron Furgerson @ronfurg]

This is a fascinating talk. Well worth the time to take it in.

[Brad @BradleyKellard]

In 2008, Malcolm Gladwell explained why some people succeed & some don't.

This talk reveals:
• Why ability is overrated
• Why effort alone isn’t enough
• How systems quietly decide outcomes

12 lessons from Gladwell that'll permanently change how you think about success:

[Ron Furgerson @ronfurg]

Couple of tho'ts: When you are drinking wine out of a mug, if you blow on the mug people will think you are drinking tea. And, without freedom of speech we wouldn't know who the idiots are! ~Jim Greenleaf's Grandmother~

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

Ronald Reagan was the first U.S. president who had been divorced. His first marriage, to actress Jane Wyman, ended because she chose to walk away. By all accounts, she wasn’t the easiest person to be married to — she filed for divorce from her second husband just a month after marrying him, and her third marriage didn’t last long either.

But Reagan’s second marriage, to Nancy, was a different story. They were together for 52 years, and their relationship was widely seen as a model of love and partnership.

In 1971, when Reagan was Governor of California, his eldest son Michael was getting married. Reagan couldn’t be there in person, so he sent him a letter. What he wrote wasn’t just a note of congratulations — it was honest advice from a father who had lived, learned, and deeply valued his own marriage:

Dear Mike,

You’ve probably heard all the jokes from people who are bitter or cynical about marriage. But here’s the truth: you’re about to start the most important relationship in your life. And it will become whatever you choose to make it.

Some men try to act tough by living like the guys in locker room stories — thinking that what their wife doesn’t know won’t hurt her. But believe me, even without lipstick on your collar or shady excuses about where you were at 3 a.m., a wife always knows. And when that trust starts to break, the magic in the relationship starts to fade.

More often than people realize, the ones who say marriage doesn’t work are the same ones who put the least into it. It’s like physics — you get out exactly what you put in. If you only give half, you’ll only get half back.

Sure, there’ll be moments when you’re tempted — when you notice another woman or miss your old single life. But I’ll tell you something: real strength, real masculinity, is sticking with one woman your whole life. Anyone can cheat — that’s easy. But to stay interesting and loving to the same woman, through all the normal, messy, everyday stuff — that takes real character.

If you love her, really love her, you’ll never embarrass her by flirting with others or making her question where you’ve been. And you’ll never put her in a position where another woman could give her a knowing smile — like she knows a secret your wife doesn’t. Even for one second.

You, more than most, understand what it’s like to grow up in an unhappy home. Now, you have the chance to build something better.

There’s no greater feeling than coming home after a long day and knowing someone’s waiting just to hear the sound of your footsteps.

With love,

Dad

P.S. Say “I love you” at least once a day. It really does help.

Those words came from more than just a father — they came from someone who knew what marriage meant and how important it is to nurture love and loyalty every day.

Reagan made sure Nancy never had to doubt she mattered. He made sure she always waited for him with love. As people say, you reap what you sow.

And Nancy — graceful, strong, and loyal — chose him just as much as he chose her. She wasn’t just the First Lady of the United States. She was, first and always, the First Lady of his heart.

And Ronald Reagan — the strong, determined leader known to the world — never forgot who he was at home: a husband, a father, and a man who truly loved his family.

Like many good men in this world.