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Not my typical kind of read, but so far it's pretty interesting.
"We're clinging to something in America that is a sad parody of what Jesus has already won. We have a kingdom awaiting us, but we're trying to appropriate a part of this world and call it a kingdom." Winans pointed out the window. "God told us, this place is not our promised land," he said. "But they're trying to make it a promised land."
— Oct 29, 2026 02:57PM
"We're clinging to something in America that is a sad parody of what Jesus has already won. We have a kingdom awaiting us, but we're trying to appropriate a part of this world and call it a kingdom." Winans pointed out the window. "God told us, this place is not our promised land," he said. "But they're trying to make it a promised land."
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Well, I wasn't expecting to read this completely, but here we are.
— Nov 06, 2026 11:32AM
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"If a politician claims God's support and that politician goes on to lose, can we blame unbelievers for concluding that God lost, too? And if God lost something as trivial as a political campaign, how can he possibly triumph over the grave? This is the problem with politics as a substitute religion."
— Nov 05, 2026 12:22PM
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To be a Christian is to sacrifice, not for the benefit of those we already have around our table, but for the betterment of those we have never considered to invite.
It’s a funny thing about loving your enemies: Once you love them, they cease to be your enemies.
— Nov 03, 2026 06:50PM
It’s a funny thing about loving your enemies: Once you love them, they cease to be your enemies.
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“Humility doesn’t come easy to the American evangelical. ... We are an immodest and excessively indulged people. We have grown so accustomed to our advantages—to our prosperity and our worldly position—that we feel entitled to them.”
— Nov 03, 2026 11:18AM