It should. But it won't.
08.09.2025 22:49
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It should. But it won't.
I skipped church to go to the Dallas Fan Expo. I never expected to experience a masterclass in compassion, taught by a celebrity.
ZERO Redeeming Qualities
Sometimes it takes a single event to make us aware of the weight of suffering in the world. - jamespence.substack.com
For small fry like me, It's a good place. I never could get traction on X, Threads, BlueSky, or even my own website. I'm getting readers on Substack. That's mainly why I stay there.
#BookSky
Author and his wife beside their 1-week-old baby.
Yesterday would have been our daughter's 38th birthday. We only had her for a week but she changed our lives forever. open.substack.com/pub/jamespen...
It's EMS week. I'm here today because of this dedicated group of first responders. I suffered a cardiac arrest at 4 am four years ago and my odds of survival were about 5%. Thanks to these wonderful people I'm still here. If you know or see a first responder this week, thank them for their service.
NEW. John Bolton:
"What Trump has done when you add all this together...he is burning through decades of effort to build up goodwill, trust, faith, reliance on America. Our friends all over the world are saying, 'You’ve taken leave of your senses.'”
youtu.be/40SbOw-HElQ?...
Nothing good happens when the church embraces empire. Christian nationalism is not Christian.
“When we seek unity, unity grows. When we are Canadian, Canada grows.” — PM Mark Carney #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦
2nd judge rules Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations is unlawful...
https://abcnews.go.com/US/2nd-judge-rules-trumps-alien-enemies-act-deportations/story?id=121523576
Looks like me when I wake up in the morning.
Looks like me when I wake up in the morning.
Zacchaeus, by contrast, embodies the gospel in a full, powerful way.
He experiences great joy. Reviled and rejected by his community, when would he have last experienced joy?
He is repentant & renewed - bearing the spiritual fruit love in acts of mercy and justice.
A beautiful gospel story. 2/2
The rich ruler is a poetic counterpart to Zacchaeus. Luke's gospel captures this well.
The ruler assumes his righteousness and seeks Jesus for affirmation.
Jesus exposes his love of money and failure to love his neighbors.
The ruler's story ends in great sadness. 1/
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Thesis: Christians in leadership at business / church / nonprofit organizations do the weirdest things that betray their personal values because of their disembodied, gnostic, western, colonizer-inherited, and Empire-shaped theology.
Decolonizing is to reclaim our humanity.
Reagan once called Russia (the Soviet Union at that time) an "evil empire." Now it appears America has decided to align itself with that empire. It's a stark reminder to me that America is merely part of Babylon, one of the empires of this world. #empire #christiannationalism #America #Trump
I refuse to give in to despair or discouragement. Every single day is a gift from God. #hope #faith #love #nofear #nodiscouragement #nodespair #nokings
This is exactly right.
Today I will remember that people like DJT & Co. come and go. They rise and fall. And in the grand scheme of eternity they are nothing.
And they will ultimately come to nothing.
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. Matthew 23:12 #nokings
How do I fight against the despair, anger, and rage that naturally bubble up in the face of all that DJT & Co. are doing?
I remember that it's not a new battle.
Ecclesiastes 1:9: What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. #nokings
I don't often agree with the Post but they got this one right! #nokings #nodictators #standwithukraine
Very true!
