Josh Scott
@joshscott.bsky.social
Appalachian. Pastor at GracePointe. Author. Human flourishing is the goal. 🏳️🌈 ally. Subscribe to my newsletter for FREE at joshscott.online. #ProgressiveChristianity
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Friends, now is the time to speak up and speak out. This is absolutely disgusting. If Trump and his fans don’t want to be compared to Nazis, then don’t cozy up to them and their symbols. If they don’t want to be labeled as racist, don’t embrace symbols of racism (for starters). 1/2
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Friends, now is the time to speak up and speak out. This is absolutely disgusting. If Trump and his fans don’t want to be compared to Nazis, then don’t cozy up to them and their symbols. If they don’t want to be labeled as racist, don’t embrace symbols of racism (for starters). 1/2
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Here’s an important reminder: Christian Nationalism may talk a lot about Jesus, but it is completely void of Christlikeness. Rejecting Christian Nationalism isn’t rejecting Jesus. Rejecting Christian Nationalism is what following Jesus looks like.
#christianity #christiannationalism #jesus
#christianity #christiannationalism #jesus
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Here’s an important reminder: Christian Nationalism may talk a lot about Jesus, but it is completely void of Christlikeness. Rejecting Christian Nationalism isn’t rejecting Jesus. Rejecting Christian Nationalism is what following Jesus looks like.
#christianity #christiannationalism #jesus
#christianity #christiannationalism #jesus
What is the story of Sodom and Gomorrah really about? Who’s committing the sin of Sodom today? Watch for my response.
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
What is the story of Sodom and Gomorrah really about? Who’s committing the sin of Sodom today? Watch for my response.
The Trump Administration is moral??? Only on Opposite Day. The moral responsibility incumbent upon pastors in this moment is not to baptize this government’s immorality, but to stand up, speak out, and resist (just like Jesus taught us). #trump #christianity #progressivechristianity
July 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Trump Administration is moral??? Only on Opposite Day. The moral responsibility incumbent upon pastors in this moment is not to baptize this government’s immorality, but to stand up, speak out, and resist (just like Jesus taught us). #trump #christianity #progressivechristianity
Everyone cherry-picks the Bible. What is revealing about someone’s theology is not “if” they cherry-pick, but what they cherry-pick and why.
#cherrypicking #thebible #bible #scripture #faith
#cherrypicking #thebible #bible #scripture #faith
July 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Everyone cherry-picks the Bible. What is revealing about someone’s theology is not “if” they cherry-pick, but what they cherry-pick and why.
#cherrypicking #thebible #bible #scripture #faith
#cherrypicking #thebible #bible #scripture #faith
To my LGBTQ+ siblings as we begin Pride Month🌈:
You are holy. You belong. You wonderfully bear God’s image. You are beloved, affirmed, and celebrated this month and always!
Happy Pride🏳️🌈!
You are holy. You belong. You wonderfully bear God’s image. You are beloved, affirmed, and celebrated this month and always!
Happy Pride🏳️🌈!
June 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
To my LGBTQ+ siblings as we begin Pride Month🌈:
You are holy. You belong. You wonderfully bear God’s image. You are beloved, affirmed, and celebrated this month and always!
Happy Pride🏳️🌈!
You are holy. You belong. You wonderfully bear God’s image. You are beloved, affirmed, and celebrated this month and always!
Happy Pride🏳️🌈!
Paul’s words in Galatians 3, that in Christ all the hierarchies we’ve constructed meet their end, is likely an early baptismal creed. If so, the earliest creed wasn’t about believing the right things, but about announcing inclusion + belonging. We should get back to that.
May 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Paul’s words in Galatians 3, that in Christ all the hierarchies we’ve constructed meet their end, is likely an early baptismal creed. If so, the earliest creed wasn’t about believing the right things, but about announcing inclusion + belonging. We should get back to that.
So excited for this chat with my friend Derrick Weston about my latest book, “Cross-Examined: Reading the Bible in Times of Division.” amplifymedia.com/scalpelandsw...
April 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
So excited for this chat with my friend Derrick Weston about my latest book, “Cross-Examined: Reading the Bible in Times of Division.” amplifymedia.com/scalpelandsw...
Friends, you can help me dislodge Al Mohler from the number one new release spot by preordering “Cross-Examined” today! It releases next Tuesday (April 15)! Let’s do this! a.co/d/jlIBse7
April 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Friends, you can help me dislodge Al Mohler from the number one new release spot by preordering “Cross-Examined” today! It releases next Tuesday (April 15)! Let’s do this! a.co/d/jlIBse7
I’m looking forward to an upcoming collaboration with my friend Tom Oord! If you’re in Nashville, save the date for Sunday, April 27, at 6pm. 1/2
March 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I’m looking forward to an upcoming collaboration with my friend Tom Oord! If you’re in Nashville, save the date for Sunday, April 27, at 6pm. 1/2
I’m so grateful for these kind words about “Parables” from a friend and hero, Brian McLaren.
Have you read it? If so, it would be so helpful if you’d take a couple minutes to rate and review it. It helps more people find the book. Thanks so much, friends!
Have you read it? If so, it would be so helpful if you’d take a couple minutes to rate and review it. It helps more people find the book. Thanks so much, friends!
March 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I’m so grateful for these kind words about “Parables” from a friend and hero, Brian McLaren.
Have you read it? If so, it would be so helpful if you’d take a couple minutes to rate and review it. It helps more people find the book. Thanks so much, friends!
Have you read it? If so, it would be so helpful if you’d take a couple minutes to rate and review it. It helps more people find the book. Thanks so much, friends!
Surprise! I have another book releasing soon (April 15)! This is a short book that cross-examines the way we engage the Bible and the harmful doctrines many Christians have embraced that weaponize Scripture and exclude God’s beloved children. Pre-order here: www.cokesbury.com/Cross-Examined
March 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Surprise! I have another book releasing soon (April 15)! This is a short book that cross-examines the way we engage the Bible and the harmful doctrines many Christians have embraced that weaponize Scripture and exclude God’s beloved children. Pre-order here: www.cokesbury.com/Cross-Examined
We haven’t been overreacting.
We haven’t been sensationalizing.
We haven’t been blowing things out of proportion.
He fancies himself a king.
He will never be my king.
Do not comply in advance.
We haven’t been sensationalizing.
We haven’t been blowing things out of proportion.
He fancies himself a king.
He will never be my king.
Do not comply in advance.
February 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We haven’t been overreacting.
We haven’t been sensationalizing.
We haven’t been blowing things out of proportion.
He fancies himself a king.
He will never be my king.
Do not comply in advance.
We haven’t been sensationalizing.
We haven’t been blowing things out of proportion.
He fancies himself a king.
He will never be my king.
Do not comply in advance.
My Christian siblings of all labels and theological perspectives, our ancestors fell for this before with Constantine. We sold out the radical message of Jesus for a religion affirmed and supported by empire. We can’t do it again, especially for Temu Constantine.
February 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
My Christian siblings of all labels and theological perspectives, our ancestors fell for this before with Constantine. We sold out the radical message of Jesus for a religion affirmed and supported by empire. We can’t do it again, especially for Temu Constantine.
Join me as we explore the challenge and message of Jesus’s parables for the world in which we live. “Parables: Putting Jesus’s Stories in Their Place” is available now, wherever you buy books.
February 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Join me as we explore the challenge and message of Jesus’s parables for the world in which we live. “Parables: Putting Jesus’s Stories in Their Place” is available now, wherever you buy books.
It’s book release day for “Parables: Putting Jesus’s Stories in Their Place”! 🥳
February 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It’s book release day for “Parables: Putting Jesus’s Stories in Their Place”! 🥳
Remembering Marcus Borg today, on the tenth anniversary of his passing. Marcus’s work shaped and impacted me in immeasurable ways. He is one of those people without whom I probably wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing today. What a gift he was and still is for both the academy and the church!
January 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Remembering Marcus Borg today, on the tenth anniversary of his passing. Marcus’s work shaped and impacted me in immeasurable ways. He is one of those people without whom I probably wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing today. What a gift he was and still is for both the academy and the church!
We are now living the bad part of The Lion King.
January 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We are now living the bad part of The Lion King.
Changing our minds doesn’t mean we are being unfaithful to God. In fact sometimes it means just the opposite. Faithfulness looks like letting go of understandings that are too small and that don’t cultivate human flourishing.
December 30, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Changing our minds doesn’t mean we are being unfaithful to God. In fact sometimes it means just the opposite. Faithfulness looks like letting go of understandings that are too small and that don’t cultivate human flourishing.
God is a Mystery, yet there’s one thing I’m confident about: Where we are wrong about God (and we are all wrong about something) it is not because we took the idea of God’s love, patience, and compassion too far. Where we are wrong it is because we didn’t take them far enough.
December 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM
God is a Mystery, yet there’s one thing I’m confident about: Where we are wrong about God (and we are all wrong about something) it is not because we took the idea of God’s love, patience, and compassion too far. Where we are wrong it is because we didn’t take them far enough.
Good news: God believes in humanity.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
December 25, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Good news: God believes in humanity.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas