Sam Lufi

Love listens to what you cannot express prefectly - me

[Sam Lufi @slufi]

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[Sam Lufi @slufi]

I wonder if his work at Yale was so shoddy?

"CBO anticipates that in the decade after 2034, the effects of the immigration surge on revenues and on mandatory spending for benefits will grow."

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Here are two more studies to go with it:

"Immigration inflows into a particular Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is associated with increases in rents and with house prices in that MSA while also seeming to drive up rents and prices in neighboring MSAs."

https://t.co/raG2abwOEJ

"The research literature has generally found that increases in immigration raise state and local governments’ spending—particularly on education, health care, and housing—more than their revenues.”

https://t.co/VRN5B3mnyP

[Sam Lufi @slufi]

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[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Remarkable confession by JD Vance this morning when he said he will “create stories” (that is, lie) to redirect the media.

All this to change the subject away from abortion rights, manufacturing jobs, taxation of the rich, and the other things clearly at stake in this election.

[Sam Lufi @slufi]

The majority of short term "mission" trips are part of indoctrination into American exceptionalism; they have nothing to do with following Jesus.

[Dwight McKissic @pastordmack]

The Springfield legal Haitian immigrants controversy is pulling the covers off of evangelical and Republican racism. You ask, why is it racist? Glad you asked.

Melania Trump was born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia, now part of present-day Slovenia. If 25, 000 Slovenians, Romanians, or Italians were granted citizenship to work in Springfield, there would be no protest, ridicule, nor rejection,. Why no protest? Because they would be European immigrants.

At the root of the Haitian immigrants rejection and ridicule is race. Painful watching Bible believing evangelicals & Republicans disregard biblical commands to treat immigrants on your land with hospitality and kindness. When the immigrants are the wrong color, is when we find out that it is selective border control they seek.

There are people who eat snakes, possum, raccoons, squirrels, & a host of other unsavory animals. I was shocked to discover a few years ago that squirrels and rats are in the same family. My point is, the false allegations of the Haitians diet of cats and dogs has been debunked. But, let’s not ignore the fact that eating coons, snakes, squirrels, & possums are also bizarre to many people too.

The evangelical and Republican reaction has been eye-opening.

[Sam Lufi @slufi]

@AG_USA @EuropeMissions @agworldmissions

How is Scott Martin being platformed at an anti-trafficking conference? Ministers he oversaw are facing unresolved charges for sex trafficking. It is pride and hubris that he believes he should be instructing others in this area.

[Sam Lufi @slufi]

I wonder if @reachjulieroys will be reporting on Scott Martin, an @AG_USA minister who oversaw the largest sexual abuse scandal in the denomination's history (including unresolved charges of sex trafficking), being a featured speaker at an anti-sex trafficking conference.

[John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang]

Donald Trump is a moral leader for people offended by Colin Kaepernick’s knee, but not Derek Chauvin’s.

[Sam Lufi @slufi]

@AlisonSwihart @MikeCosper @PageauJonathan The SBC and Cosper suggest that such people stay in their place and don't get uppity.

[Sam Lufi @slufi]

@LostinAusten27 @MikeCosper @PageauJonathan Cosper has roots in the SBC and Calvinist traditions. It is hatred for women that undergirds his hatred for trans people.

[Sam Lufi @slufi]

@AshaRangappa_ A black woman finding joy is a direct attack on white supremacy.

[Joshua Culley @jovial_cynic]

This thread is titled "What it Means to Work: How Mark Driscoll Lost His Way." 🧵

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[Joshua Culley @jovial_cynic]

If you adhere to a "men are like trucks" worldview, you're saying something DIFFERENT about humanity & its relationship to God. "They'll go squirrely" means they'll get into trouble. They'll fall into sin. And the prevention/solution is to keep them busy. Keep them working.

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[Joshua Culley @jovial_cynic]

But also, it might not be a story designed to teach us about marriage at all. It might be a story about those who hear the Word of God (Adam) and those who haven't (Eve), and how the consequence of disobedience affects each. Note that Eve didn't feel shame until ADAM ate.

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[Sam Lufi @slufi]

@Tazerface16 @MattWallace1701 please know that a 0 Star is laughing at you. A 0 Star!

[Dr. Derwin L. Gray @DerwinLGray]

I'm old enough to remember when certain political parties said systemic injustice and judicial corruption didn't exist. Now all of sudden it does.

[Sam Lufi @slufi]

@JWAlex_in_MTL I don't think "the" Anti-Christ is a thing. I think many people and many actions are antichrist. Few things seem more blasphemous than suggesting Trump's behavior is Christ-like.

[Sam Lufi @slufi]

For me, one of the clearest examples of why the comparison between Jesus and Trump is antichrist.

[MyFriendsCallMeJeff @JWAlex_in_MTL]

@sacwriter Thanks for your great list, Mike. If I could add:
- Jesus forgave those who crucified Him. DT insulted the judge, prosecution team, and others involved in the trial, and his followers have (allegedly) threatened jurors.