“The way of acquiescence leads to moral and spiritual suicide. The way of violence leads to bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. But the way of nonviolence leads to redemption and the creation of the #BelovedCommunity.” #MLK
Here are some signs that you may have been programmed by dispensationalist theology more than the Sermon on the Mount
If your first reaction to seeing this is:
-suspicion of its validity because I'm retweeting a Muslim
-responding w/ "but Hamas!" instead of lament
To adjust is to be complicit.
Let’s not adjust to mass shootings.
Let’s not adjust to institutionalized racism.
Let’s not adjust to voter suppression.
Let’s not adjust to police brutality.
Let’s not adjust to poverty and despair.
Let’s not adjust to any forms of violence.
Making it illegal to bring food and water to people standing in long lines that are only long because of policies you created to specifically and intentionally limit the electoral power of Black people is honestly more egregious and abhorrent than I have the words for.
Christ is not American.
The Church that Christ heads is global.
Our neighbors are all of humanity.
The U.S. National Anthem is not a song unto the Lord.
The U.S. flag is not the banner for the Kingdom of God.
Christianity is not just about winning fights, turning people into arguments, monopolizing influence, making yourself the final authority on everything, and hiding your own ignorance. That type of faith is exhausting. It is not like Jesus. But sadly, it’s the faith of too many.
I’ve seen what LOVE can do.
Love is not weak or passive.
Love implements the demands of justice.
Love is gracious and gritty.
Love is tough and tender.
Love builds hope and houses.
Love is about service and systemic change.
Love will even deconstruct, disrupt and dismantle.