Rev. Benjamin Cremer is a remarkable pastor, a man of integrity and courage. He was born to a fundamentalist family in Idaho and home-schooled K-12. But as he read the Bible, the stern fundamentalism of his youth faded and was replaced by the teachings of Jesus, most especially His call to care for and protect the neediest.
He wrote recently in his newsletter about the hypocrisy of those in Washington who use the Bible to justify their cruel, greedy actions.
Here are some quotes from his account in X and BlueSky.
“I just can’t imagine wanting an entire secure ballroom for one man and not wanting gun reform for every child in America.”
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“Imagine calling Renee Good and Alex Pretti “domestic terrorists” and calling immigrants “animals” then turning around and telling people they need to “tone down their rhetoric.””
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“It is a broken Christianity that says “God protected him!” when a president survives and “thoughts and prayers” when school kids die.
A god who only protects the powerful and not the vulnerable is an idol”
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“Christians should be the loudest voices advocating confronting climate change, not its biggest deniers.
If we truly believe that God created all things, called it good, and called us to be stewards, then acknowledging and confronting climate change is the only faithful response.”
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“Reading the entire Bible and broadcasting it to the entire nation while actively taking food, healthcare, clean water, clean air, shelter, due process, and basic human dignity away from people is the exact kind of religious hypocrisy Jesus raged against.”
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“No amount of reading the Bible publicly can compensate for a heart that is committed to hate.”
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“One of the biggest lies we Christians have come to believe is that the best and most effective way to address the pressing issues of our time is to gain more control over others rather than become more compassionate towards others.
This is the opposite of the gospel of Jesus.”
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“Paula White comparing the president to Jesus was met with applause.
The Pope calling for peace and ending the war was met with condemnation.
Beware of any Christian movement that measures loyalty to God by loyalty to the president.”
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“Sean Hannity said that he was no longer Catholic in 2019. How many times is he going to leave the Catholic Church?”
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“Notice how Christian nationalists suddenly believe in the separation of church and state when Bishop Mariann Budde asks the president to be merciful, when the Pope asks the president to be peaceful, and when anyone suggests that the government should take better care of the poor.”
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“If our Christianity causes us to defend the president rather than the poor, the powerless, the sick, the hungry, the homeless, and the immigrant, that’s when we know we are following someone other than Jesus.”
I love this man!
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In The Bible one of the only times Jesus shows his anger is in Mathew 21:12-13. “Jesus became angry with the merchants, money changers, and those buying and selling animals (oxen, sheep, and doves) in the Temple courtyard. He drove them out, overturned tables, and scattered coins, stating they turned his Father’s house—a “house of prayer”—into a “den of thieves”. We know what Jesus would think about this administration.
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