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[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Jesus' harshest words weren't directed towards "sinners."

Jesus' harshest words were directed towards those who used their religion as a tool of oppression and self serving power.

Jesus' harshest words were directed towards religious hypocrisy.

May we remember this.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

My mother’s words from 1995 remain painfully relevant.

As we face yet another Supreme Court ruling that chips away at the Voting Rights Act, her warning reminds us that voting rights are never secure when justice is weakened and representation is treated as optional. We must not be silent, passive, or discouraged. We must stay organized, educated, and engaged.

The fight for voting rights is still before us.

#CorettaScottKing #MLK #VotingRights #BelovedCommunity

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

Good morning, Loved of God. He will give you everything you need today. Practice your faith. Reject dread. Overlook offense. Choose joy. Take courage and be kind.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Today’s Supreme Court ruling further weakens a law born out of sacrifice, struggle, and the determination of people who risked everything for the right to vote.

Voting rights remain essential to justice, representation, and the dignity of citizenship. This decision certainly weakens key protections and sets up a path that could make fair representation even more difficult.

This is a critical election year, and it is also a critical moment to call for new voting rights legislation.

Through Kingian Nonviolence, we can organize, strategize, and coordinate our efforts to combat voter suppression and create a pathway to restore and protect representation.

Register. Verify your status. Make a plan to vote. Help others do the same.

If we are serious about creating the Beloved Community, we must be serious about protecting and using the right to vote.

#MLK #RestoreTheVRA #BelovedCommunity

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

When you worship violence, someone calling for peace will sound like a sinner.

[Reverend Raphael Warnock @ReverendWarnock]

I still remember when presidents had to be dignified, show some decorum, especially in the wake of a human being's death. Now there is no bottom, no leadership or humanity at the top.

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

Christian Nationalism looks like seeing Jesus hanging on the cross and saying, "he should have just obeyed the law."

Christian Nationalism looks like the Samaritan leaning over to the man beaten on the side of the road and saying, "before I pay for your treatment and shelter, tell me, are you here legally?"

Christian Nationalism looks like Jesus saying to his disciples before feeding the 5,000, "go make sure everyone here has a job and isn't just looking for a handout."

Christian Nationalism looks like using the Bible to seek first the power of the empire rather than the self sacrificial love of Jesus.

Christian nationalism looks like worshiping power rather than loving God and our neighbors.

Christian nationalism looks nothing like the real Jesus.

- @Brcremer

[Zach W. Lambert @ZachWLambert]

So we’ve got enough money to give every citizen in Greenland $100,000 cash, but we don’t have enough money to give hungry children in America free lunch at school?

And we’ve got enough money to pay Denmark $750 billion to buy Greenland, but we don’t have enough money to fund USAID which costs 21x less and saves over 3 million lives each year?

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

I don’t know what to make of prolific people on social media who appear to never have mixed feelings. Who take a certain side, defend a certain position down the line no matter what has occurred. I mean, nothing ever happens to make a person cry foul on their own team? Nothing?? Is there no point when our side has gone too far? I can’t comprehend it. Seems to me that is putting way too much confidence in humans. Nobody’s always right. The thing about straight lines drawn by human hands is how prone they are to get crooked.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

If you’re carrying grief, loneliness, or frustration today, you are not alone. Joy and sorrow often sit in the same room. I pray that we will make space for both, and for one another, as we move through this season. #BelovedCommunity

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

To those who served and loved the country that did not love them back.

Happy #VeteransDay!

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Weird how we have the money for ICE but not air traffic controllers.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

A Christianity that causes the hungry to go without food, the sick to go without healthcare, the stranger to be mistreated, and God’s creation to be ravaged, all while the greedy and cruel satisfy their every desire, is a Christianity that can no longer claim to follow Christ.

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

Search the letters of Paul and find that his primary boasts in the Lord for those early churches centered on their faith and love. Over and over some form of these words: “I’ve heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints…”

If our attentiveness to Bible study, systematic theology and doctrine do not result in the strengthening of our faith and love, we’ve somehow managed to leave the Holy Spirit out of the Holy Spirit’s own words.

This is one reason why prayer is essential to Bible study. Frequently talking to God in our studies about our studies helps protect us from the rebuke Jesus gave in John 5. Those individuals diligently studied the scriptures but did not have the love of God in them.

If Bible study makes us meaner and much of our joy comes from how well we insulted our brothers and sisters who aren’t in our camp, there’s a disconnect somewhere. This isn’t throwing stones. It can happen to any of us.

One reason i’ve had to take some social media breaks along the way was that I didn’t like what it was doing to my heart. I didn’t like that it was increasing the number of people I didn’t like. That’s bad fruit, folks.

An honest appraisal of our own hearts is a crucial practice. We can be right about a thing with a wrong heart and God’s going to look straight through that right thing to that wrong heart.

[AshantiB @wdeshay80]

@roywoodjr Hold on. Have 3 cd players in the crib and reluctant to get a new car because I don't want to give up the cd player in the car.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” #IdaBWells #WomensHistoryMonth

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

God isn't in Heaven humming the USA national anthem and saying “Hallelujah!”

"For God so loved the WORLD..."

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

Notice how it’s always “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to welcoming the immigrant, helping the poor, feeding the hungry, bringing healthcare to the sick, forgiving debts, caring for our planet, laying down our swords, or loving our neighbors.

[I AM @igotdajuice365]

Black American history is American history