Here’s an episode from my series entitled “Journey of Faith.” You can find all my podcast seasons on my website at danarmistead.com.

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We either grow deeper in our faith in this cold winter of lifeless MAGA Christianity, or we lose touch with all that is right and good about our calling to follow the way of the cross, the way of Jesus.

“Either God outgrows our present, limited understanding and we grow with God, or we regress due to our inability to love and trust what is happening.” Richard Rohr, The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage.

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“What they wanted, he would not give; what he offered, they would not receive.”

F.F. Bruce (On Jesus’s rejection after he refused to allow the people to crown him their earthly king.)

There is a way that appears right, but in the end it leads to death. (Proverbs 14:12)

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“Any social analysis is called by some ‘mixing politics with religion.’ But that’s exactly what the prophets do.” Father Richard Rohr, The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom in an Age of Outrage.

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Donald Trump didn’t need to grab MAGA Christians by the puxxy; they chased their strongman-lover down.

“In her heat who can restrain her? Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves; at mating time they will find her.” (Jeremiah 2:24)

“She carried on her prostitution openly and exposed her naked body. (Ezekiel 23:18)

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“Each culture is dominated by its own set of idols.” Timothy Keller

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Is the zealous Christian support for MAGA idolatry? Let’s see what the Bible says.

“The theological sin of idolatry inevitably leads to the ethical sin of injustice.” Reinhold Niebuhr

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The power-broker, celebrity Christian leaders in America are covering up a multitude of MAGA sins.

“Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. They see false visions and announce lying omens for them saying, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says,’ when the Lord has not spoken.” Ezekiel 22:28

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Christian’s are good news people, but MAGA Christianity with its enemy at the gates message is anything but.

“Beware you who hunt monsters lest you become monsters yourselves.” Friedrich Nietzsche.

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Prophets are seers. They live on the “edge of the inside,” seeing what the majority do not.

“God calls all kinds of people to be prophets.” John Eckhart, Prophet, Arise

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