#MorningRant I’ve lost the stomach for Christians whose idea of counsel is to take a prepackaged scripture out of the freezer & serve it cold to people struggling with hard questions.
Nobody wants your “the Bible says” cold-cuts sandwiches served on stale white bread. (1)
Nobody wants your “the Bible says” cold-cuts sandwiches served on stale white bread. (1)
Social media makes it easy to read a post (without any context of a person’s struggle) & just comment some random, irrelevant verse of Scripture—as if GOD didn’t give us His Spirit to read people so we would know what WORD is appropriate to their situation & crisis. (2)
Truth should be spoken mercifully, in love, and in context. The Scripture itself is a guide to lead us to Christ. Jesus said so Himself in John 5:39-40.
If love doesn’t motivate your Scriptural counsel you’re doing nothing but sticking knives in people’s hearts. (3)
If love doesn’t motivate your Scriptural counsel you’re doing nothing but sticking knives in people’s hearts. (3)
We (Believers) have a grand opportunity to preach Jesus by the way we care for & counsel those who are terrified by current events.
But lacing the Gospel with political poison & religious pride only glorifies our egos & these echo chambers we call faith communities. (4)
But lacing the Gospel with political poison & religious pride only glorifies our egos & these echo chambers we call faith communities. (4)
We have been in a crisis since Obama took office because the church in all its racist glory was offended by a black man in office.
In the years following, America has been in steady decline because of the hatred & moral duplicity of faith leaders. (5)
In the years following, America has been in steady decline because of the hatred & moral duplicity of faith leaders. (5)
Now we’re in this seemingly never ending pandemic & they won’t even wear masks because they’re so “enlightened” & superior that no one can tell them anything.
Vaccinations are the mark of the beast. The CDC is Satan. Q-Anon. Trump won. I’m done. How are they even saved? (6)
Vaccinations are the mark of the beast. The CDC is Satan. Q-Anon. Trump won. I’m done. How are they even saved? (6)
I’d rather be a Christian surrounded by honest, kind atheists than by dishonest, unloving, & arrogant conspiracy theorists who call themselves followers of Jesus.
It is exhausting. Spiritual stupidity is the worst kind. It’s a mockery—a caricature of true faith. (7)
It is exhausting. Spiritual stupidity is the worst kind. It’s a mockery—a caricature of true faith. (7)
You may be wondering what motivated this rant. Well, it’s my repeated & unwelcome interactions with conspiracy theorists who misuse scripture to keep the world confused, drained, & angry by their incessant spiritualizing of warrantless claims & stupidity. (8)
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