This Is Not the Gospel Pete Hegseth is celebrating a war in the name of Jesus. Jesus had something to say about that.

Praying for victory in Jesus's name while dropping bombs on image-bearers. This is not the Gospel. New piece.
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@secdef.govpeeps.us

A Christianity Mostly About Winning Christian Nationalism calls itself Christian. But look at where Jesus started.

Christian Nationalism keeps invoking Jesus. But Jesus opened his most important sermon w "Blessed are the meek" — not w 10 Commandments & not w national identity. There's a word for wanting the kingdoms Satan offered. It isn't Christian.
www.goodwillhinton.com/p/a-christia...

Negronis, Swingers, and the Label Test A hotel-bar conversation about labels and staying human

A stranger asked the question we’re all asking each other now: “What are you?” Politics. Religion. Labels. I tried something else—curiosity. Here’s what I learned about control and leaving a conversation with warmth intact.
www.goodwillhinton.com/p/negronis-s...

The Infrastructure You Can’t Outsource Why friendship is more than a nice-to-have

Real community shows up after the official part is over.
Not with a text—with presence.
Here’s what I’ve learned about friendship as social infrastructure (and a question worth asking).
www.goodwillhinton.com/p/the-infras...

You Don’t Have to Be Progressive or Conservative—Just American How shared civic commitments became partisan property

You don’t have to be progressive to care about democracy.
You don’t have to be conservative to care about crime reduction.
When every belief becomes a badge, citizenship becomes a loyalty test.

Maybe the bar isn’t left or right—just American. 🇺🇸

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Not Everything Deserves a Response. This Does. When partisan loyalty asks you to trade in your conscience.

Not everything deserves a response. This does. When a leader shares dehumanization, it’s not “controversy”—it’s moral corrosion. And it tests what we’re willing to excuse for our side.
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Justice Without Victory What MLK’s “Commitment Card” exposes about our craving to be right—and what reconciliation actually asks of us.

You can tell the truth and still be cruel. You can be right and still lose your soul. This is an essay about reconciliation—not as softness, but as disciplined courage.
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Maps, Not Ladders How a Geography Major Built a Nonlinear Career in Digital Strategy and Consulting

Your major is a starting coordinate, not a prison cell.

Wrote about geography, GIS, commercial real estate, web dev, consulting—and why our careers look more like maps than ladders.
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This Isn’t About Immigration It’s about restraint, due process, and who we’re willing to call an enemy

This isn’t about immigration. It’s about restraint, due process, and who we’re willing to call an enemy.
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The Smear After the Smoke Renee Good, the ICE shooting in Minneapolis, and the reflex that keeps getting people killed

Renee Good had just dropped off her 6-year-old at school. Hours later, she was dead—shot by an ICE officer. The footage and the talking points don’t match. This is about accountability, masks, and the reflex to defend power before we look.

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Real Men On the tiny phrase that shrinks boys—and the wider masculinity we actually need

A narrow masculinity doesn’t just harm boys. It ripples outward—into marriages, workplaces, and public life. A few thoughts on “real men,” self-control, and becoming safe.

www.goodwillhinton.com/p/real-men/

The Fire They’re Hoping For MLK Day, 2026, and the discipline we cannot afford to lose

If you oppose authoritarianism, don’t imitate its spirit. MLK’s nonviolence wasn’t a vibe—it was a refusal. The fire they’re hoping for is the one we’re tempted to light.

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When the Tribe Becomes Your Moral Compass A citizen’s framework for evaluating breaking news through ethics, the Constitution, and what we normalize next

The Venezuela headline wasn’t the most revealing part. The comments were. A framework for judging the news by ethics + constitutional limits—not tribe loyalty.
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Why “Everything Is Corrupt” Is an Escape Hatch, Not Wisdom Why sweeping contempt for institutions isn’t realism—it’s retreat

“Everything is corrupt” sounds like realism. Most of the time, it’s an escape hatch. On why Christians should choose reform over burn-it-down cynicism.
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The Good Old Days for Whom? On nostalgia, fear, and the memories we refuse to inherit.

Howard Thurman: “Too often the weight of the Christian movement has been on the side of the strong and the powerful…” That line is why “take the country back for Christ” makes me nervous.
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Less Outrage. More Life. A year-end note on silver linings, discipline, and the kind of hope that holds.

Year-end note: Less outrage. More life.
Silver linings aren’t accidents—they’re often chosen. Writing, building SPO 33, investing in community, & learning (w/out surrendering skepticism) all pushed me there. What’s the truest thing you learned this year?
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Drifting from Evangelicalism, Clinging to Jesus How leaving a subculture helped me love my neighbors more

I’ve drifted from a lot of evangelical culture over the years—but I haven’t drifted from Jesus. If anything, I’m more attached to him and more loving toward people who don’t share my faith. New piece on why that might be spiritual growth, not rebellion.
www.goodwillhinton.com/p/drifting-f...

Merry Christmas Isn’t a Loyalty Test On greetings, gatekeeping, and what we’re really defending in December

If our faith feels threatened by Starbucks cups and a cashier saying “Happy Holidays,” the problem isn’t the barista.
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#Christmas #Christianity #ChristianNationalism

Hot(ish) Takes, Cool Heads - December 18, 2025 Hot(ish) Takes, Cool Heads is a weekly set of short, sourced opinions—sharp but civil—on family, economics, politics & faith, masculinity, and the modern attention diet.

Fit beats brand. Power shrinks the gospel. Childcare is infrastructure. Three quick takes, zero dunking—built for dialogue. Read + tell me where I’m wrong.
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Voting vs. Vouching: When Evangelicals Defend What They Used to Condemn Evangelicals didn’t just vote—they defended. And that defense is forming us.

There’s a difference between voting and vouching. Evangelicals didn’t just “hold their nose.” Many learned to defend what they once condemned.
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#Christianity #Trump #Reiner #Evangelicals

When We Choose the Commandments Over the Beatitudes How American Christians learned to chase symbols of power instead of the posture Jesus actually blesses.

We’ll fight like crazy for Ten Commandments posters and “prayer in schools.”

But ask us about the Beatitudes—the poor in spirit, the meek, the peacemakers—and it gets quiet.

New essay on symbols, power, and what Jesus actually blesses.
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#Christianity

From Quarter-Zip to Sport Coat: The Next Step in the Men’s Style Revival How Gen Z’s new uniform became a doorway back to tailoring.

Gen Z’s quarter-zip era is more than “midtown uniform” cosplay. It’s a quiet way of saying, “I want to look like I’m going somewhere.”

I wrote about why I’m cheering this on—and why I hope some of these guys add a sport coat or suit next.
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Cui Bono? Who Profits from Your Outrage? How the outrage economy trains us to be angry, and who’s cashing the checks.

Our outrage isn’t random—it’s curated, monetized, and fed back to us. In my latest essay, I ask a simple question of social media, cable news, and culture-war leaders: cui bono? Who actually benefits from your anger, and what is it doing to you?
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Authenticity Isn’t What You Wear. It’s Why You Wear It. A menswear reflection on intention, presentation, and the hidden dress codes we all follow.

Hot take: anti-suit snobbery is still snobbery.

New piece on why:
– “Casual = real, formal = fake” doesn’t hold up
– Clothes always signal something
– Authenticity isn’t what you wear, it’s why you wear it.
www.goodwillhinton.com/p/authentici...
#menswear #suits

The Christian Life Is Not a Policy Platform Why how we do politics may matter more than what we win

“If I hold all the ‘right’ positions but become less like Jesus defending them… what exactly am I winning?”

New essay: why the way Christians do politics may matter more than any single policy win.
www.goodwillhinton.com/p/the-christ...
#Christianity #Politics #ChristianNationalism

Thankful for the People Who Changed My Mind How disagreement, discomfort, and grace have helped me grow up

What if your Thanksgiving list included the people who lovingly disrupted you? New essay on gratitude for the ones who changed my mind.
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#Thanksgiving #Friendship

When Authoritarian Talk Stops Shocking Us On Trump, Treason Talk, and the Quiet Erosion of Our Moral Immune System

We’ve heard so much authoritarian talk that “hang them” barely shocks us anymore. This isn’t about every Trump outrage. It’s about the red lines we can’t afford to shrug off.
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#Trump #MAGA #Democracy #UCMJ

From Satanic Panic to QAnon: How Fear Became a Christian Virtue (and Why It Isn’t) Fear might win elections. It does not make disciples of Jesus.

From Satanic Panic to QAnon, a lot of American Christianity has quietly treated fear as a virtue.

Jesus didn’t.

New essay on how we got here—and how “do not be afraid” could still reshape our politics and our faith.
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#Christianity #Fear #Q #MAGA

Embarrassing Our Guest: When Christian Nationalism Protects the Crown Instead of the Cross What an Oval Office photo-op with Trump and Mohammed bin Salman reveals about our loyalties.

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Embarrassing Our Guest: When Christian Nationalism Protects the Crown Instead of the Cross What an Oval Office photo-op with Trump and Mohammed bin Salman reveals about our loyalties.

www.goodwillhinton.com/p/embarrassi...