The Evangelicals Calling for War on Poor People | The New Republic
Evangelical Christians cashing in their faith in Jesus Christ in pursuit of worldly riches. These 'Christians' embrace the 'prosperity gospel' and ignore the teachings of Jesus.
They degrade and weaponize the church by incorporating extreme right wing Republican political tenets that dehumanize and demonize the poor.
The poor need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps - without any help from the Prosperous Evangelical 'Christians'.
What's next? Unwanted children who live in poverty and neglect? They've already accomplished that goal.
Evangelicals were once those who asked "What would Jesus do?"
They don’t even try to hide their hypocrisy anymore. #truth #truthbomb #realtalk #forreal #prosperitygospel #fakechristians (at Oak Cliff, Dallas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm7k8XRvNtt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
I believe that the prosperity gospel is a dangerous belief system that creates a false sense of salvation and biblical viewpoint, did God ever promised us health, wealth and happiness? The Pentecostal church I used to attend was embracing the idea by inviting pastors that would preach about how God would enrich his followers, if you give two dollars then God will multiply that into four, And if you give five hundred God will give you one thousand, I was furious but I was an insecure introverted teenager back then so I couldn’t openly protest to the head pastor about these visiting pastors. #prosperitygospel https://www.instagram.com/p/CGZTjr2lKKl/?igshid=p5dxr4q800vu
Saint John Chrysostom, an early Church Father, biblical interpreter, and archbishop of Constantinople. The zeal and clarity of his preaching, which appealrd especially to the common people, earned him the Greek surname meaning "golden-mouthed."
What do you think about this quote from Saint John Chrysostom?
#evangelicals are #completely #outofstep with the #teachings of #Jesus. He was a #middleeastern man who put the #poor and the #sick first, told #followers to #pay their #taxes, and challenged #religious and #political #authority. This is not the #prosperitygospel Jesus of #joelosteen or the #conservative Jesus of #religiousright. https://www.instagram.com/p/BngnMnVFoyE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12lxf1mqj85u9
The 2nd episode of Outlaw’s Evidence of the Unseen is LIVE (link in bio)! In this tour de force, we discuss none other than THE Juanita Bynum and revisit her 1997 video sermon that started it all, “No More Sheets.” What was it about this particular message that resonated with an entire generation of single, Black Christian women (and gay men)? Do any aspects of it hold up today? *cringe* We also analyze her whole career, from evangelical darling to her eventual fall from grace, detangling the pathologies of Christian sexual politics, prosperity gospel, and internalized misogyny along the way. Swipe to preview a couple of clips and catch the full episode at the link in my bio! #juanitabynum #nomoresheets #prosperitygospel #christiansexuality #sexism #womanthouartloosed #tdjakes #singlesministry #evangelism #exvangelical #deconstructingfaith #lgbtchristian https://www.instagram.com/p/CUXjn4EAnId/?utm_medium=tumblr
3520 – Wednesday, September 11, 2019 — Can We Ever Understand the Trump Phenomenon?
Pontificating and writing books and articles about what I will call the Trump phenomenon has become (forgive my use of this cliché), a Cottage Industry. I have three books on my shelf right now in which an author has gone on a quest (to a remote area of America) to find the reason why so much of rural and middle America embraced Trump. Read more https://bit.ly/3ie28kz.
The third trade paperback of The Faith Fallon series from @markosiauk will feature issues 9-12 of the original run. Did I mention there are all new, never before scene pages added to this edition. Consider this the director’s cut. Besides the new material I refurbished virtually every page. This is the definitive climax to Faith Fallon and she deserves the best climax ever. #ink #art #gwb #Potus43 #911 #prosperitygospel https://www.instagram.com/p/CA_pNVThGVr/?igshid=oyqy41lwmcj4