“The power the Holy Spirit gives is the strength to take up our cross and follow Jesus.
Political power is a cheap substitute for power from on high. It's a devil's bargain” @brianzahnd.bsky.social
Posts by Ian Ashby
Truth:
“Jesus is building his church, not a political party. And I'm absolutely certain that political partisanship costs us our prophetic voice. We end up a tool to one side, an enemy to the other, and prophetic to neither” @brianzahnd
‘Beauty will Save the World’
Any attempt to use Jesus Christ to serve some nation, politics, ideology, ism, or cause, other than the divine mission to reconcile all things so that in the end God is all in all, is to reduce Jesus Christ to a false idol.
CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD.
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An unbelievable first-half. 🔥
President Trump is sending tanks rolling through the streets of the capital not to honor service, but to celebrate power, @eliotacohen.bsky.social writes:
“we assume that the Lord has given our church everything that it needs for everything he is calling us too and we work hard at developing the people we’ve been given.”
Agreed!
True power:
Gov. Gavin Newsom made the case in a televised address Tuesday evening that President Trump’s decisions to send military forces to immigration protests in Los Angeles have put the U.S. at the precipice of authoritarianism. https://trib.al/EpbF098
Former employees say worship-protest leader Sean Feucht overstated attendance at events, diverted donations, and failed to properly disclose spending, in addition to underpaying people who worked for him www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/sean...
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If you are in church tomorrow, keep an eye out for the widows and widowers.
Give them some extra care. 🤍
My wife is an incredible artist. I find this beautiful video an antidote to all the craziness and chaos in the world!
youtu.be/hqv51U-RX6o?...
Inhuman and sick
I’m getting lit up reading ‘Lit up with Love’. @derwinlgray.bsky.social
Recommend.
"Run, John, run! the Law commands
But gives us neither feet nor hands
Better news the gospel brings
It bids us fly and gives us wings."
- John Berridge
AI and Christianity thinktheology.co.uk/blog/article... #technology
“Demons, Parasites & the Hubris of Power”
Right on @kkdumez.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/kristind...
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"The decision to love and serve the stranger, the refugee, and the foreigner with charity is a hallmark of the Christian faith, such that a government crackdown on this work seems to be a threat to Christian practice itself," Elizabeth Bruenig writes:
This week may be a good time to share this article I wrote for @christianitytoday.com on whether Jesus asked us to prioritize caring for our own families: www.christianitytoday.com/2024/10/jesu...
“The United States is not the kingdom of God. So, whatever our policies, we should be careful not to co-opt biblical stories uncritically to support our political agendas”
@carmenjoyimes.bsky.social @christianitytoday.com
“For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.”
Hosea 8:7
The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.—Proverbs 29:7
Got an email from World Relief saying they need to raise 8 million dollars to feed refugees who are already settled in the USA bc their funding has been halted.
give.worldrelief.org/site/Donatio...