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chezer59.bsky.social
It looked & sounded like a sermon from a megachurch.

I’m surprised they didn’t parade gay & trans people up to have the devil sucked out of them when Hegseth touched their foreheads.

#uspoli #usmedia
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h
ICYMI — Hegseth and Trump are turning the 🇺🇸 military into a Christian army. Seems like this should be a bigger deal 🤷🏼

(As we accuse other countries of being religious fanatics)

(H/T @atrupar.com)
October 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
clascam.bsky.social
🍂 Our first Open Seminar of Michaelmas is coming up!

Book launch: From Megachurch to Metachurch. The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God

Professor David Lehmann, CLAS Senior Research Associate

📅 12 Oct · 5:15 PM
📍 SG1, ARB

All welcome · Refreshments afterwards.

#CLAS60Years
October 1, 2026 at 3:38 PM
bruce-brews.bsky.social
But Bluesky still lets you post.

Former children's pastor who tried to kill family weeps in court
premierchristian.news/us/news/arti...
California megachurch elder and her parents charged with murder, torture of adopted 11-year-old daughter
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Lori Vallow gets life in US for killing her two children in ‘doomsday’ plot
Idaho woman Lori Vallow claimed to be a goddess tasked with ushering in the second coming of Jesus Christ.
www.aljazeera.com
October 1, 2026 at 3:12 PM
jeremyjernigan.bsky.social
What if Job Never Repented? This clip is from episode 87 of the "Cabernet and Pray" podcast. 👋🏻 I’m Jeremy - author, podcaster, speaker, and recovering megachurch pastor. I help people rebuild their faith after it breaks (oftentimes there's wine involved). Follow along for weekly reflections and
October 1, 2026 at 3:08 PM
bruce-brews.bsky.social
You ought to have a talk
with your Christian pals.

California megachurch elder and her parents charged with murder, torture of adopted 11-year-old daughter
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Lori Vallow gets life in US for killing her two children in ‘doomsday’ plot
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Brother of 4-year-old boy allegedly killed by religious leaders speaks out
YouTube video by NBCLA
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October 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
politicianpages.bsky.social
Roger Marshall's Snapshot 📸

Prior to the Senate, Marshall was a physician, Army Reserve officer, and Rep. for Kansas' 1st District

Marshall faces Adam Hamilton, a megachurch pastor who founded his congregation with just 4 people in 1990, in the midterms

The race is polling razor close
October 1, 2026 at 2:52 PM
dmnd.me
If you’ve ever wondered what a synagogue would be like if it had internal factional battles reminiscent of a real deal megachurch, may I recommend my hometown of Livingston and one of its many conservative (as in Jewish religious tradition) synagogues
reginageorgebush.bsky.social Waschesalon Grammy Campaign Manager @reginageorgebush.bsky.social · 18h
every state will eventually invent Livingston, New Jersey from first principles if given a large Jewish population and a post-industrial city that people can white-flight their way out of, kind of like how ~every blue metro has a Cop Town(s)
October 1, 2026 at 2:37 PM
rns.org
(RNS) — An investigation by podcaster Pablo Torre and Mother Jones magazine alleged that Life Surge, which runs Christian leadership and wealth events featuring sports stars and Christian celebrities, pressured attendees into taking on tens of thousands in debt.
Megachurch pastor Craig Groeschel follows Tim Tebow in suspending ties to Life Surge
(RNS) — An investigation by podcaster Pablo Torre and Mother Jones magazine alleged that Life Surge, which runs Christian leadership and wealth events featuring sports stars and Christian celebrities, pressured attendees into taking on tens of thousands in debt.
religionnews.com
October 1, 2026 at 2:10 PM
susanoftexas.bsky.social
Trump’s going to come to Texas and tell exurbans near Dallas that they have to pay through their nose to take the F150 to the megachurch in the city or Iran will bomb Houston and they will not be happy. They hate Houston.
October 1, 2026 at 12:47 PM
daviddarmofal.bsky.social
Dude, she's not going to just show up on your doorstep uninvited. Just shut up already about this already, @hamilton4kansas.bsky.social. You're not acting like much of a pastor but you're definitely acting like the megachurch pastor you are.
October 1, 2026 at 12:10 PM
thoughtpunks.com
The Wound is the first thing that character creation asks you to address. Doing this and fighting the megachurch isn't some abstract notion or higher ideal for you. It's deeply personal.

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You get a burner phone, a compound dossier, keys to a storage unit with mostly useless random items but a few bits of (poorly maintained and fragile) equipment as well, and a laminated card that reads: CALL IF YOU NEED SOMETHING UNETHICAL BUT NOT EVIL Your job: • Get in. • Free Jesus. • Get Him out. The Cathedral's job: • Stop you with extreme prejudice. • Post it to their forty-million-subscriber channel. Your Wound The First Church of the Perpetual Tithe, or something built on the same assumptions, did very specific wrongs to you or someone you love. Not abstract notions of harm. Not hypothetical possibilities. Detailed harm, lasting harm, real harm. The kind that lives in your chest, burrows in your bones, and does not leave. Write one or two sentences. Describe what they did. This is more than the seed of a backstory in BLOOD.MONEY.GOSPEL. It is high potency fuel. This is a key to why Lucifer chose you out of countless others. This is why the Cathedral is going to have a very bad night. • “They took my mother's savings and called it a seed offering. She died carrying the debt.” • “My town's only hospital became a conference annex and the annex has a Starbucks.” • “I believed. Actually believed. For seven years I gave everything I had, and now I know what it was worth to them, what I was worth to them.” Writing Your Wound “They took my mother’s savings and called it a seed offering. She died carrying the debt.” This fires because the mechanism is named (seed offering), the relationship is named (mother), the outcome is named (died in debt), and the institution’s framing is named (“seed offering”). You can draw a line from that sentence to a hundred different moments inside the Cathedral. The offering system. The rhetoric about generosity. A staffer processing donations. Whenever the Wound is directly relevant to why the Sinner is doing what they’re doing right now, the line will be obvious. Not argued for. Obvious. “I believed. Actually believed. For seven years I gave everything I had. But now? Now I know what it was worth to them. What I was worth to them.” This mentions the financial hooks but focuses on false performances and betrayal. Its triggers are similarly clear. A believer defending the Pastor. An Anointed member who cannot hear the question you’re asking. The hollow sound of the Cathedral’s rhetoric when you’ve heard that pretend sincerity before and paid dearly for it. The Wound doesn’t require money. It requires a betrayal you can smell in the air. Compare: “The church hurt my family.” This holds no fire. There is no line to draw. There is no specific loss, no clear emotional hook. It is the vague shape of possible pains, rather than a Wound. If a Sinner writes something like this, ask directly: What specifically did they do? Not what kind of thing. What thing in itself. If anyone is stuck, work with each other to help everyone develop their story.
October 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM
thoughtpunks.com
Leaving the remaining spots open while I edit. If you wanted to support splattering a corrupt megachurch, rescuing Jesus for Lucifer, THIS is the last chance. Core rules already in supporter hands, next segment coming soon!

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Black background, black and white + low color image of Jesus on the cross against a stone wall, money in the shape of the cross transparent overlaid on the crucified Jesus, blood red letters in an arc around and above it ("BLOOD.MONEY.GOSPEL"), white stamped letters in black area at bottom ("Written by Rev Casey" + "Published by Thought Punks") The Gist Jesus Christ came back. Of course He came back. He said He would. The problem is that He came back gentle and confused and asking questions about sparrows and rent prices. Before He could get His bearings, Pastor Dominion Crale of the First Church of the Perpetual Tithe had Him zip-tied in an Escalade and driven to the compound in forty-seven minutes flat. That was eighteen months ago. The main Cathedral now operates HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD™, a multi-level wellness sacrament pipeline moving vials of genuine messianic blood at a year’s Toronto/London/Paris professional’s salary per unit (Blessed Faithful Anointed Healing Moment™), the cost of a large luxurious home in Tokyo or NYC (Chosen Hosts Exclusive Miracles Package™), a tier only reachable by mega-millionaires and billionaires (The Perfected Saints Full Indulgence Membership™), and a newly launched Divine Disciples Triple Elite Plus Eternal Covenant™ option for the most wealthy that comes with a personal blessing, concierge, They operate on artificial scarcity (above and beyond the limits of their gruesome extraction process). The First Church ensures that even the Eternal Covenant™ tier has a waiting list. Lower tier lottery winners can wait in line even through the night to receive their “blessings” on High Holy Days™. (Universal Love For All™ financing plans available.) The Vatican filed a complaint. It is in a drawer somewhere one guy has the keys to, and nobody’s seen him in a while. The SEC wrote a memo about drafting a proposal to explore a process to review the complaint. It’s in another drawer. Jesus is in the Sanctum Sub-Basement, connected to the Eternal Harvest Array. He cannot die. He cannot leave. He has been patient about this. He waits, faithful, hoping, suffering. He waits for you. You have been recruited by Lucifer. Yes, THAT Lucifer. (Please don’t call them “Satan” or “The Devil.” I would say if you value your life, but that is the least of what the Morningstar can take.) Lucifer (pronouns variable and flexible, presentation business casual, stress beginning to show through the seams) sought you out personally. The pitch ran for almost two hours and included a PowerPoint with extensive citations. The end of the pitch: “I know how this looks. I know you have questions. That’s too bad. It’s none of your business, really. What I need you to understand is this situation is more personally offensive to me than your little brain can grasp. I pursued every available channel for months. I am standing in this awful parking lot talking to you, exactly because there are no more channels. Please. You will be well-treated for your help. And I am asking nicely. I am… not good at asking nicely.”
October 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM
fromeach.com
Schumer plans to stay as Senate Democratic leader though the Kansas pastor he needs won't back him
The same week, CBS News profiled the candidate the party is counting on to make that…
https://fromeach.com/story/7171-schumer-plans-to-stay-as-senate-democratic-leader-though-the.html
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Schumer plans to stay as Senate Democratic leader though the Kansas pastor he needs won't back him
The same week, CBS News profiled the candidate the party is counting on to make that leadership even worth keeping: Adam Hamilton, a megachurch pastor who left the Republican Party
fromeach.com
October 1, 2026 at 4:40 AM
democratswin.bsky.social
A megachurch pastor who participated in a "multilevel marketing scheme" to help elect Trump — and who has been accused of using "unethical" practices to win fame and fortune — preached his apocalyptic gospel to a young woman the world knows best as the president's human "binky,"
👉 bit.ly/4juSkVO
October 1, 2026 at 3:32 AM
ljoymills.bsky.social
Natalie Harp's first devotion wasn't Trump — it was a hellfire pastor who helped him win

www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

I knew there was something "off" about Natalie. Pastor David Jeremiah played a crucial role in pitching dear leader to his congregants. She's been a follower since she was 13.
Natalie Harp's first devotion wasn't Trump — it was a hellfire pastor who helped him win
A megachurch pastor who participated in a “multilevel marketing scheme” to help elect Donald Trump — and who has been accused of using “unethical” practices to win fame and fortune — preached his apoc...
www.rawstory.com
October 1, 2026 at 3:06 AM
degolierthomas.bsky.social
but a pastor with the temperment and capacity to build a mainline church into a megachurch has a lot of the skills needed
October 1, 2026 at 2:23 AM
venezuelanewschepa.bsky.social
Adam Hamilton, a former Republican and megachurch pastor, aims to flip the Kansas Senate seat to Democrats, a feat not achieved since 1932.

Fuente: CBS News
🔗

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kansas-senate-adam-hamilton-roger-marshall-campaign-iran-gas-prices/
October 1, 2026 at 2:12 AM
wgntv.com
A woman is claiming she was a victim of sexual abuse at a suburban megachurch decades ago, and she has since filed a lawsuit arguing church leadership knew about the allegation and did not do anything to stop it.

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5ck65ezm
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October 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
illinews.bsky.social
Woman sues megachurch over alleged sexual abuse decades ago
Woman sues megachurch over alleged sexual abuse decades ago
A woman is claiming she was a victim of sexual abuse at a Willow Creek megachurch decades ago, and she has since filed a lawsuit arguing church leadership knew about the allegation and did not do a…
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September 30, 2026 at 11:31 PM
columbus.tomkahe.com.ap.brid.gy
Victim testimony begins in sexual abuse trial for son of New Albany megachurch leaders
September 30, 2026 at 11:04 PM
sjpete.bsky.social
It is now being reported that Natalie Harp has been obsessed w someone other than DJT. A megachurch pastor who participated in a multilevel mrktg scheme 2help elect Trump. He’s been accused of using unethical practices 2win fame & fortune, & preached his apocalyptic gospel 2 her.
September 30, 2026 at 10:45 PM
soundgood2.bsky.social
Someone tell him how much more money he an make if he opens a megachurch!
September 30, 2026 at 10:19 PM
10tv.com.web.brid.gy
Victim testimony begins in sexual abuse trial for son of New Albany megachurch leaders
The prosecution began its case with testimony from a woman who said Keesee sexually abused her when she was between 5 and 8 years old.
www.10tv.com
September 30, 2026 at 11:37 PM
bradleyonishi.bsky.social
As a former megachurch youth pastor I can tell you that Hegseth is running the military like a megachurch youth pastor, which as a former megachurch youth pastor I can tell you is a bad idea.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
Hegseth: "Send me to right the Redcoats, send me to fight the communists, send me to fight the Islamists. Send me."
September 30, 2026 at 10:01 PM
returnedknyaz.bsky.social
love it when dem candidates just show up places and carouse. underrated skill in politics

(ofc Hamilton is capable of it, he's a megachurch pastor!)
September 30, 2026 at 9:55 PM