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Christian Nationalism Is Wimpy

Christian Nationalism is wimpy.

July 15, 2026 at 8:49 PM

sdardh.bsky.social

@sdardh.bsky.social

substack.com/@brianzahnd/...
And how is this helpful to anyone but Musk?

Trillion dollar idiocy.

July 11, 2026 at 3:12 AM

Bill

@bkr8un.bsky.social

Nice morning at home after a few days at the Lake of the Ozarks. #coffee #UnseenExistences #BrianZahnd a.co/d/02D7PYIZ

June 22, 2026 at 5:45 PM

SkepticalPriest

@dproffitt.bsky.social

Brian reminds us that war is a world where the baptized do not belong.

The world of war is a world to which the baptized do not belong. And for its first three centuries the church knew this. It only changed when Caesar invited the church to have a seat at the table of ...

March 6, 2026 at 9:54 PM

Bird LeCroy

@autull.bsky.social

“The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it goes, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.” –John 3:8 (NLT) To be b...

March 1, 2026 at 7:22 PM

Bird LeCroy

@autull.bsky.social

Authentic Christianity flourishes when it exists as an alternative to the world as it is—the world governed by the principalities and powers. But it withers when it becomes a willing dupe in service o...

February 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM

Lou Huesmann

@louhuesmann.bsky.social

A war budget of 1.5 trillion dollars (proposed for 2027) is $4,322 for every man, woman, and child in America. Mars is a voracious god. (Artwork: “The Face of War,” Salvador Dalí, 1941)

January 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM

Taube

@la-palomita.bsky.social

The Magi and I

A Post for Epiphany

January 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Ian Ashby

@ianashby.bsky.social

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’

December 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM

Tom Sims

@pastortomsims.bsky.social

A Christianity that promotes the interests of empire* is a Christianity that rides the back of the beast as the whore of Babylon. * Empires are rich, powerful nations who believe they have a divine r...

#BrianZahnd #Beloved #WhatWillYouBelieveIn

November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM

Beloved Inclusive Catholic Community

@belovedcatholic.bsky.social

October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM

CrystalwolfLady

@crystalwolflady.bsky.social

Pastor& author BrianZahnd posted on Bluesky that “It grieves me to see people I’ve known for years seduced by a mean-spirited culture-war Christianity that is but a perverse caricature of the authentic faith formed around Jesus of Nazareth." www.alternet.org/trump-jesus-...

Trump is 'an almost perfect inversion of the moral teachings of Jesus': GOP speechwriter

The former speechwriter for three Republican presidents and a senior fellow at the non-profit Christian organization The Trinity Forum explains what he calls "fully MAGA-fied Christianity" in his late...

www.alternet.org

September 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM

View from Argus

@viewfromargus.bsky.social

"After fifty years of reading the #Bible I can summarize the politics of the Torah, the Prophets, and Jesus in one sentence:
Make sure everyone has what they need and protect the little people from the big people."
#SundayMessage
substack.com/@brianzahnd/...

After fifty years of reading the Bible I can summarize the politics of the Torah, the Prophets, and Jesus in one sentence: Make sure everyone has what they need and protect the little people from the...

July 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM

View from Argus

@viewfromargus.bsky.social

After fifty years of reading the Bible I can summarize the politics of the Torah, the Prophets, and Jesus in one sentence:
substack.com/@brianzahnd/...

After fifty years of reading the Bible I can summarize the politics of the Torah, the Prophets, and Jesus in one sentence: Make sure everyone has what they need and protect the little people from the...