What I’ve watched over the past several years is the radicalization of white evangelicals by clerics who are driven by the dominionist heresy, a mythical view of American history, racist xenophobia, charismatic extremism, & fear of losing cultural hegemony.
They have led people into violence and away from Christ. They saw in the GOP a vehicle for their ascent to power and the GOP saw in them the same. To the GOP belongs shame for allowing religious fanaticism to infiltrate & take over its ranks.
To the Church belongs the shame of whipping up apocalyptic frenzy & dumbing down discipleship, so poorly teaching people that they would fall for the most outrageous of charlatans in both religion & politics, buy the lies of dark web conspiracies, commit acts of violence...
...and excuse them, all in the name of Christ, patriotism, & pro-life. This is a terrible day & a fearful assault on the foundations of truth & freedom. The reckoning for these missteps is only just beginning to roll in. They’ve sown the wind and the whirlwind is being reaped.

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16 Jan
The errant Christian participation in the Capitol insurrection has its roots in the apocalyptic craziness espoused by the likes of the late Hal Lindsey and Tim Lahaye. Their 'end of the world' mania misled many, laying the foundation for conspiracy theories...
... and the horrid view of the civil government so many trapped in the maze of this nonsense espouse. In an odd-couple marriage, Christian post-millennialism was then married this movement to a 'save America', all in the name of a mythical 'lost' Christian America and hopes for a
... future Christianized state, a theocracy in the Christian sense. Opposition to Christian positions on moral issues was equated w/ opposition to God. How? Paul Weyrich and the Reagan-era GOP saw this as an opening to win the Evangelical vote for themselves & beat Carter in 1980
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15 Jan
Let's suppose you're looking to understand and rebuild a theology of creation and society, especially within a US historical context. What books would you use to begin that discussion? I'll suggest a few but I'm sure many here can name others.
On racism in the US Church, don't miss @JemarTisby and his 'Color of Compromise'
On social engagement, don't miss James Davison Hunter's 'To Change the World'
On creation, I still commend 'He Shines in All That's Fair' by Mouw, and 'Creation Regained' by Wolters
On history, don't miss 'Dominion' by @holland_tom and on the refutation of Reconstructionism, read Molly Worthen's article 'The Chalcedon Problem' from Cambridge University Press, and this: thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/christ…
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13 Jan
Church Leaders/Pastors in the US have a very difficult challenge in helping congregations navigate the swirling political waters. How to help?
1. Keep pointing people to Christ. Scripture reveals him and directs us to proclaim him. Pastors aren't pundits but prophets. So...
...don't make the political issue/s the subject of the message. Make the beauty and love of Christ the only possible answer to the idols of politics, and the glorious splendor of his Kingdom the only possible way for our desires to be fully realized.
2. Point out that subordinate loves become idols when we ascribe to them the devotion and passion that belongs to Christ alone. Idols will always fail to give life but will not fail to kill. Summon God's people to their first love. It's critical to get disordered loves in line.
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12 Jan
The subject of true and false prophesying has been raised recently. See @derekradney especially. It’s important because as @PLeithart notes in his fine commentary on 1&2 Kings, Israel’s history is not so much political as it is prophetic.
One example - Ahab. Not only does he despise & reject the three prophets God mercifully sends him, but he embraces the hundreds who falsely prophesy in God’s name. That latter fact is the issue. It’s not that the false prophets are invoking Baal but YHWH.
Ahab’s prophets are false for numerous reasons but let me cite just one. They aimed to reinforce an unholy alliance between Judah’s future king and Ahab’s daughter Athaliah, a disaster that resulted in the attempted destruction of the Messianic hope.
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12 Jan
Love divine, all loves excelling,
joy of heav’n, to earth come down,
fix in us thy humble dwelling,
all thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
pure, unbounded love thou art.
Visit us with thy salvation;
enter ev'ry trembling heart.
Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit
into ev’ry troubled breast.
Let us all in thee inherit,
let us find the promised rest.
Take away the love of sinning;
Alpha and Omega be.
End of faith, as its beginning,
set our hearts at liberty.
Come, Almighty, to deliver,
let us all thy life receive.
Suddenly return, and never,
nevermore they temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
serve thee as thy hosts above,
pray, and praise thee without ceasing,
glory in thy perfect love.
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12 Jan
We return to our 'first love' for Jesus because he 'first loved us'. This is top-button stuff. If we get the supreme love, the top love, wrong, everything else will be crooked. Get 'first love' first, and all other loves will be in joyful order.
pastordavidcassidy.com/christian-nati…
When we make a proper and subordinate love a supreme love - including love of country or even a cause - and supplant love for Christ with this lesser love, we turn that love into something deadly. The lust for power and the fear of loss are driving these actions.
You can see the idolatrous love in action when people act & speak violently, moved by anger and heart-homicide for others, and do this in the name of Jesus. They deny the very one who bought them using his name to defend their hatred, anger, and arrogance. It's time to repent.
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