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We will recover from this tragedy by doing what we have always done: Proclaiming revolutionary love for a world that needs it. Our justice and joy will rise! Please, help us at

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If you’re a reporter, don’t you dare call this a victory for religious people. Millions of us just had *our* religious freedom stolen.

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“You shall not use God’s name in vain” is not about cursing. It’s for blasphemy like using prayer to hide why you won’t pass laws to stop kids dying.

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Wild to watch Christians who praise Jesus feeding the 5,000 shout about how poor kids shouldn’t get lunch.

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Some common ways antisemitism shows up in churches, and what to do instead 🧵 “The Jews killed Jesus.” No. Jesus was executed by the Roman Empire for resisting imperial rule. (continue below)

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The most fundamental lie is that we can thrive while our neighbor suffers.

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Name something that people think is in the Bible but isn’t.

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Jesus never said "Blessed is the Suburban Lifestyle Dream." Ideology that hates poor people is theology that hates God.

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Things that do not offend God: Dressing up in costumes. Magic & witches. Ouija boards. Delighting in eerie things. Things that offend God deeply: Poverty. Racism. Homelessness. Patriarchy. Homophobia. Religious persecution. Transphobia. Medical debt. Prioritize accordingly.

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Number of times the Bible demands a free market economy: 0 Number of times it demands we care for the most vulnerable: 300+ Yet a strange number of “biblical literalists” obsessed with the former.

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Bringing life into the world is a choice to co-create with God and one another. To forcibly conscript this gift is blasphemy. And to do it in Jesus’ name is a stench before God.

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If you don’t want people sleeping on subways, house them.

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God has such bigger dreams for you than dutifully obeying capitalism

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“It’s easier to fly a rocket into space than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.” - Jesus, probably

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If not one person said Merry Christmas, but everyone was housed and fed, God would rejoice.

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Obsession about saying Merry Christmas—while refusing to give struggling families desperately needed money—mocks Jesus.

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Be biblical, they say. Okay! Be antifascist (Exod. 3) Tear down prisons (Acts 16) Redistribute wealth (Acts 11) Eradicate borders (Exod 12) Center disability (Luke 5) Welcome trans/n.b. folks (Acts 8) Rejoice in sex (Song of Songs) Break unjust laws (Mark 11) End racism (Gal. 3)

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Rounding up books is always a prelude to rounding up people.

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“The Bible clearly says…” 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

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There’s no such thing as a “personal decision” not to get vaccinated. You’re not just deciding for yourself. You’re saying your preferences are more important than your community’s wellbeing. Love your neighbor. Get that jab.

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If telling the truth will break a relationship, that relationship is already broken.

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Guns are not created in God’s image. People are. Legislate accordingly.

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This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and dismantle white supremacy!

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Thanks to everyone for your support. It means so very much in our overwhelming grief. The Church is not a building, but buildings matter. This is home. We’ll have more to say in the days to come, but here’s the link for anyone looking to donate.

Donate

www.middlechurch.org

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It’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a man who flees Texas for Cancun to enter the Kingdom of God.

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This is the day the Lord has made! Let us rejoice and raise the minimum wage.

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A God who wanted you to raise yourself by your bootstraps wouldn’t lift up the story of a community lowering their friend through a roof

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“No one who works 40 hours a week should live in poverty” is still capitalism talking. God says, “No one should live in poverty.”

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“Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt.” - Exodus 22:21

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“In the Old Testament God was angry, in the New Testament God is loving.” Don’t. This denigrates Jewish holy texts. It’s also wrong! There’s stunning images of God’s love in the Hebrew Bible, and plenty of prophetic fire in the gospels. (Also outright bigotry in the epistles.)

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“When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross,” getting awfully literal.

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“Come to our Christian Seder!” Stop. Judaism is an independent religion, not a liturgical grab bag to rifle through and appropriate. We have our own liturgies. Use those.

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“Christians are being persecuted.” In the U.S., Christianity is the dominant religion. It shaped our laws and still unduly dictates public policy. We are not persecuted. “Christianity under threat” framing feeds bigoted narratives about who is doing the threatening.

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This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and dismantle white supremacist indoctrination. Antiracism is God’s calling—and our work.

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be gay resist tyrrany aid and abet abortions and if you’re Christian, do it in Jesus’ name

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Hell hath no fury like whiteness asked to share power

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"Kyle Rittenhouse acted like any colonizer: He traveled with a dangerous weapon to a community he didn't live in, and then claimed self-defense when they reacted to the threat that he posed." - @GRITlaura

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This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and dismantle capitalism!

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That brokenness you feel? It, too, is love. Never apologize for caring enough that it leaves you aching, yearning for a better world than this.

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“Old Testament” & “New Testament” Period. This sets up Judaism as something that needed to be replaced. Use “Hebrew Bible” “Tanach” or similar to avoid supersessionist framing.

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We reap what we worship.

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If churches remain silent about rising fascism, it's not "staying out of politics." It's abandoning the gospel.

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Setting up “Pharisees” as the gospel villains. This maps neatly onto antisemitic descriptions that Jesus came to replace Judaism. Jesus did not intend to birth a new religion. Conflict with other religious teachers should be understood as discussion within the Jewish community.

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God's pronouns are God. Everything else is metaphor. However, choosing *only* masculine metaphors deifies masculinity. Everyone deserves to see themselves reflected in the Holy One.

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If a trans or gender expansive kid happens to read this, we want you to know: God loves so you fiercely. You’re created in Their image, and you deserve to flourish. And we’ll do whatever we can to fight beside you.

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Your healing is allowed to be messy. Jesus wasn’t resurrected without scars.

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“Our church believes God loves everyone, even if you’re gay…” 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 Don’t be anybody’s “even.” You are wondrous, and deserve a home that celebrates your blessings.

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The flag doesn’t belong in sanctuaries—on July 4 or any other day. There’s no nationalistic exemption to God’s proscription against idols.

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Nothing more white evangelical than loudly advertising Jesus’ radical commitment to love, while quietly funding campaigns to steal people’s bodily autonomy and basic rights.

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They blamed Jesus for his own state murder, too

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Parents, please be careful with your kids trick or treat candy this year. We just found white Jesus in ours.

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A god-honoring culture has a hell of a lot more to do with how we welcome migrants than whether there is prayer in schools.

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A sign at a @NYConf #UCC church reads, “Bigotry wrapped in prayer is still bigotry.” Shared from Rev. Freeman Palmer in his preaching today.

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Transphobia is blasphemy—a sinful desire to name bad what God made good.

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“The fact that men often mix being caring and being violent has made it hard for everyone in our culture to face the extent to which male violence stands in the way of males’ giving and receiving love.” - bell hooks

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Love. Period.

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Christians who oppose civil disobedience should reread the story of the magi. The time is always right to take a different road, away from unjust power.

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This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice in rebellion against fascism!

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“People say ‘the child was shot because of the color of his skin,’ like melanin can reach out and telekinetically pull the trigger. No, he was shot because of racism—because of the white supremacy that lives in the officer!” - @robtstephens

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Your queer body is sanctified. Your personhood is sacred. Your sex is anointed and your joy is holy. Your grief can start a revolution. In your tears, know you are beloved.

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This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and send N95s and rapid tests to every person!

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Your #MayDay reminder: the Bible says nothing about abortion but relentlessly condemns wage theft.

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It’s abhorrent to violently suppress public mourning, then subsequently condemn public anger. So often, rage is curdled grief.

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May peace be more resilient than those who wish to shatter it. God, wrap your arms around the terrified. Disarm those pursuing war.

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Expanded PTO and robust public childcare is a better way to thank everyone who mothers than greeting cards

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God cares infinitely more about making sure everyone has food, shelter and healthcare than “accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and savior.”

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“A voice is heard in Ramah; wailing and loud lamentation. Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be consoled for they are no more.” Refuse consolation. Demand justice.

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When a child is murdered, calm is betrayal

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago issued an appeal for calm on Thursday as officials prepared to release video of a police officer fatally shooting Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old boy, last month.

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Abortion isn’t just essential healthcare. It’s also essential religious liberty. People deserve to decide whether they create a new human. No state should be able to pass laws restricting that right.

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Every trans child is made in God’s image.

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I was a stranger, but you deployed floating saws to kill me at the border

Laiken Jordahl

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Texas Gov Abbott has installed circular saws between the Rio Grande border buoys to maim or kill anyone who attempts to climb over. Two bodies have already been found trapped in the floating barrier. He wants more migrants to die.

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A God who created the platypus loves all your complexities, too ❤️

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This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice, and extend the eviction moratorium immediately.

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how it started how it's going

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For all the howling Christians: Erasing debts is an essential gospel theme. If you don’t like it, take it up with Jesus. 🧵

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This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and use public funds to house neighbors who need a place to sleep!

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A post-Labor Day reminder that "You shall not steal," applies just as much to exploiting people's labor as it does to taking an item from a store. Systemic theft is still theft.

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Hey Siri: What is idolatry?

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Chosen family is deeply biblical

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Every trans child is created in God’s image.

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George Floyd is dead. Grateful for accountability, but there will never be justice. Gianna can’t hug her father.

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Trans people are sacred. Trans bodies are good. Transphobia is sin.

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This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and reclaim Christianity from the fascists!

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If you’ve had an abortion, know that God loves and affirms your agency. You, and your body, are blessed and wondrous. And anyone who says differently certainly isn’t speaking for God.

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This is the day that the Lord has made. But God did not create homophobia. They did not birth transphobia. This morning, Jesus weeps. And God calls us to abundant life beyond this bigotry, hatred and death.

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God, as you were with Daniel, be with Congregation Beth Israel. May your love prevent further violence. Shepherd them to safety.

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Reconciliation requires repentance

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It’s July 1, but we’re gonna go ahead and be super queer the rest of the year, too

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For those who say $1,400 is a slippery slope toward government being responsible for providing people’s basic needs: Yes. Let’s make that slope slippery.

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Grief and hope aren’t opposite ends of a spectrum—they’re companions.

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Suffering isn’t redemptive, and churches shouldn’t pretend it is

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If a majority-white capital city of 160k people had toxic water for over a month, government and the news wouldn’t talk about anything else.

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"Normalize using nonbinary pronouns for God" challenge

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Jesus be a calming spirit, and an end to white supremacy.

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Poverty’s existence is a policy choice. It’s not inevitable and it certainly ain’t God’s will.

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Our bell will ring again, and our love is still ringing.

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Boy math is saying women can't preach when Jesus chose Mary Magdalene to proclaim his resurrection.

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Don’t let anyone tell you that staying in church is more important than healing. God wants you to be whole. If that path leads you to a different church, that’s beautiful. And if it leads you somewhere else, know how deeply you are loved.

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Too many Christians act as if the Bible asks us to beat plowshares into swords.

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“People love to say, ‘this is not who we are,’ but this is who we’ve always been. This is *exactly* who we are. This is what our systems were designed to do.” - @RevJacquiLewis

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There are no homophobic or transphobic exemptions to loving your neighbor

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This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and welcome refugees as kin!

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