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Joel Berry

@JoelWBerry

Oct 13

@philvischer

Last week, @philvischer and I had a back-and-forth about abortion, race, and the church, which he reacted to on The Holy Post podcast with @SkyeJethani and @KaitlynSchiess. In it, he lied and distorted what I said to fit a narrative he was trying to tell. Here's the clip... (🧵)

Before I start dismantling his nonsense, I should say that I’m annoyed to even be talking about this. I reject racial categories in the church. The scripture makes it clear that we are one in Christ. There isn’t a “white” church or a “black” church. At least there shouldn’t be.

But to postmodernists like Phil, it’s essential to speak in terms of “white” and “black” because according to his worldview, different “lived experiences” yield different truths that are essential to a full understanding of the gospel. He is the one calling my theology “white”…

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Joel Berry

@JoelWBerry

Oct 3

@philvischer

A few thoughts on the @philvischer and @William_E_Wolfe and my back-and-forth over abortion and the black church. I want to be as charitable as possible here. I'm not one to go so far as to call Vischer a "wolf" or an "apostate." He has affirmed many times that he's pro-life…

...and I don’t think I am in a position, wretched sinner that I am, to judge another man’s standing before God. I also don’t want to attribute to evil or malice what can often just be attributed to pride or stupidity or the intoxication of bad ideology.. (sorry Phil, no offense.)

I think Phil as a pro-life guy is playing devil’s advocate on this. Maybe he just gets a bit of a perverse kick out of raising questions and watching all the angry “Theobros” flail around indignantly. But I think it’s more likely he’s attempting to…

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Joel Berry

@JoelWBerry

Sep 14

“I have trauma because the church shunned me,” says Exvangelical who disowned her entire family and best friends because of how they voted in an election

I used to feel a ton of empathy for people who said "I left because I was hurt by the church." I assumed it was because the church was doing something gravely wrong. But after 10 years of stubbornly staying put in a solid Biblical church, I realized something...

Everyone has been hurt by the church, including me. Everyone is guilty of inflicting hurt, too. That's what happens when you're part of a family. That's what happens in marriage. We don't abandon our children, our siblings, our parents, or our spouses because they hurt us.

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Joel Berry

@JoelWBerry

Sep 10

I remember when the broadway show Hamilton came out and reviewers anticipated that conservatives would be outraged by the casting of black actors to portray the founding fathers. But everyone’s surprise, conservatives LOVED IT. Why? (1/x)

The play didn’t subvert the history. It didn’t vandalize the characters. It celebrated the values of America, and the virtue and genius of the founding fathers. It also represented an embracing of American values by people from all races and ethnicities. (2/x)

There’s a lesson in here for the creators of the Rings of Power. The values of Tolkien (and the founders) are the values that have underpinned the West for 2000 years. These values produced the greatest culture on earth, and lifted billions out of poverty and slavery. (3/x)

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Joel Berry

@JoelWBerry

Aug 9

The police just arrested the suspect, who is a Sunni Muslim.

Not in time to stop these cynical jerks from fomenting their hate crime and racial tension narratives.

@MichelleCABQ

“We can not denounce strongly enough what appears to be the targeting of people because of their race and religion,” -- @MichelleCABQ of the Albuquerque Office of Equity and Inclusion

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