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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 5h

Gotta stretch those cringecepts first thing in the morning, before you look at your phone.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 6h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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piquedpensioner.bsky.social @piquedpensioner.bsky.social · 1d

I highly recommend subscribing to @gregsargent.bsky.social 's podcast for TNR, The Daily Blast. Every one is short & articulate conversation with none of the filler that makes for too many, too long podcasts. If you're a fellow "antifa terrorist" you will like it.

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 20h

One more thing to say for the night: if you're sliding into the notifications of people you don't know just to police what they're talking about, maybe don't? It's a free platform, and there are lots of ways to ignore stuff you don't want to listen to.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 21h

*Scott's term via Eric Barreto: www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries...

Commentary on Luke 18:1-8 - Working Preacher from Luther Seminary

Persistence in a broken system.

www.workingpreacher.org

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 21h

Not coincidentally! I'm preaching this Sunday.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 21h

Being rude to people you don't know seems maladaptive but what do I know

Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 21h

To be fair, the Dodgers seem to be taking her advice, so joke's on me.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 21h

In the meantime, you've got a sign to make and comfortable shoes to get. God won't delay in helping, but it'll take more than one protest, so settle in, bring some water, and look for ways to have fun on the streets. God bless and get persistent. Amen.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 21h

4. Those who seek justice for themselves and even more those who seek it for others may never be heard by the judges of the world.

But God the ultimate judge hears those who cry out, and someday, their vindication will come.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 21h

3. Persistence is a "weapon of the weak," in James Scott's memorable phrasing, and protesting is famously a form of prayer.

You protest kids, like the widow, have agency. You can make things happen just by showing up again and again and again.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 21h

2. But even those judges can be made to listen to the cause of the poor and defenseless. Sometimes, that's because (rightly or wrongly) they're afraid of getting a poke in the eye. And sometimes, it's because they just plain get worn down by getting the same demands day after day.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 21h

That's all background, really. The sermon itself goes like this:

1. There are an awful lot of unjust judges out, people who don't care about public opinion or doing what is right, but only what they can get out of you.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 21h

You'll be heard just like the Israelites were heard in Egypt, I should say.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 21h

If a poor defenseless widow can wear down an unjust judge, Jesus tells his listeners, then how much easier do you think you'll have it with the God of justice?

You cry out, and you keep crying out, says Jesus, and you'll be heard.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 21h

That little word "cry" has huge implications. It's what tells us this isn't *just* a story about persisting in prayer. You see, it's the same Greek word used to translate Exodus 2:23, where the Israelites "cry out" to God under Egyptian oppression.

Friends, this is not an accident.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 21h

So he gives in, does right by the widow, and Jesus spells out the lesser-to-greater lesson for his disciples. "Will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night?" he tells them. "Will [God] delay long in helping them?"

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 22h

The judge is at first inclined to blow her off, but she wears him down over time. Or as he says, "because this widow keeps bothering me." Except that's the toned-down version. Literally he says something like "She might strike me." It's possible he's afraid she'll give him a black eye!

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 22h

(This little old lady, like so many I have met, is *terrifying.*)

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 22h

"Grant justice" means to protect or defend someone, to give them legal protection, vindication...or vengeance. www.editorialboard.com/under-trump-...

Under Trump, there is no law. The people want payback

Forget accountability, says legal expert. Think retribution.

www.editorialboard.com

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 22h

The widow, meanwhile, is *persistent.* Day after day, she comes to the judge, saying "Grant me justice against my accuser."

That accuser? Yup, adversary, the same word used as a title for Satan.

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 22h

(Okay, okay, dude's a judge, not a ruler, and we're not told he's a world-class terrible person like Trump. Stick with me.)

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 22h

Or have any sense of shame? www.harperwest.co/the-humility...

The Humility Deficit in Trump and Narcissists | Harper West

As an expert in shame and its impact on human behavior, I have been keenly aware of a lack of shame among Republican politicians, especially in the past 10 years. Donald Trump, of course, is leading t...

www.harperwest.co

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 22h

And who do we know that seems not to fear God: www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

MSN

www.msn.com

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Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social · 22h

"Respect for people" is a bit trickier, since it has a lot of possible meanings. One could translate it very loosely as "was shamed by no man."

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