My book American Idolatry uses data and history to tell Christians

1: the best way to love God is to love your neighbor and to define neighbor as broadly as possible

And

2: Christian nationalism keeps you from doing #1 b/c it demands you idolize power, fear, and violence

We must always be aware that both secular and religious systems easily draw us in by the use of words and the glitter of power, calling us to serve the kingdom of man rather than the kingdom of God.

Solid, fascinating lineup right here.

Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction

07734, does he know about writing words upside down yet?

Many of us grew up in the church being taught to root for Moses, Daniel, and John the Baptist in the Bible, only to grow up and have our churches question our faith for not cheering on the Pharaohs, Nebuchadnezzars, and Herods in our world today.

Don’t make me tap the sign.

For people of faith, please read this thread. 👇🏼

May God grant us ears to hear, and the courage to respond in ways that are bold and faithful to Jesus.

He is being thrown to the ground, wrongfully detained, deported, and tortured. He is crying out for His mother and father who are being ripped from Him as He's being picked up from school. He is having slurs and derogatory jokes made about Him as He's rounded up with other Black and Brown people.

Excellent thread here, especially for parents or anyone who cares about youth development in these troubling times.

The fruit of this teaching is not peace-keeping or peace-making.

Forced obedience is a short-sighted enterprise that leaves families picking up the pieces long past the days when adults secure their own personal peace through “reigns of terror” over small children. 22/

who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season."

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice;

who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action";

But his DMs

But just as quickly as they started, they stopped.Back to business as usual.

We talk a lot about corporations backtracking on their DEI commitments.

We should also talk about church leaders backsliding on racial justice.

Thank you.

"Conservative" is not the word. It's "extremism"--and a host of other words.

But there is nothing conservative about what this regime is doing.

Their project is not conservative, it's regressive.

They don't want to conserve, they want to destroy.

We do not deploy American forces against Americans in our own cities.

Our military is not trained for domestic law enforcement.

It’s illegal and un-American.

The rogue shenanigans ICE folks are doing right now are just pure evil.

All eyes on Broadview, Illinois tonight.

Broadview is a suburb about 12 miles west of Chicago.

Our friends are reporting on the scene ⬇️

Christian nationalism is never about the faithful practice of Christianity. Thanks to @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social and @profsamperry.bsky.social for the reminder.

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So disturbing. Can't wait to hear what they think of gleaning laws and that caring for the sick is caring for Jesus.