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As a pastor, I had a front row seat to how Tucker Carlson negatively influenced the spiritual formation of people in my faith community. 🧵
He dealt in the currency of fear, anger, and conspiracy and he expertly repackaged them as courage and truth.
Naturally, I saw how this led people into a constant state of frantic anger, especially towards those they considered their "enemies."
This not only had a detrimental impact on their relationships with others, but it placed such a heavy strain on their mental health as well. It broke my heart to watch, especially feeling as though I could do so little about it.
How can my sermon on Sunday compete with the constant consumption of such rhetoric throughout the week?
Especially for us Christians, it shouldn't be controversial or partisan to point out obvious falsehoods, the blatant demonization of others, and deeply negative spiritual influences around us.
No matter our political leanings or preferred news sources, if the voices we are listening to stoke our fear, anger, and hatred towards others, rather than our love, compassion, and a desire to better understand others, then we are allowing them to disciple us instead of Jesus.
May the still small voice of Jesus always be the loudest voice in our hearts and minds.
If someone tells us to hate, condemn, and conquer our enemies, may we respond by saying, “Jesus asks me to love my enemies. That is what I’m going to do.”
If someone tells us to hate, condemn, and conquer our enemies, may we respond by saying, “Jesus asks me to love my enemies. That is what I’m going to do.”
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