Founding member of the God Squad returned last week to fill in for Desimber Rose. We had a lot to cover including the ICE raids and protests in L.A., fascist hatemonger Stephen Miller, the Southern Baptist Convention, and biblical marriage. https://youtu.be/KZ-fun7-Zyw https://youtu.be/aGZ8UkXglTA https://youtu.be/Wlq3-wn2Rkk https://youtu.be/XvjLZGqb9z8 https://youtu.be/1zw2NQoe1DA Full episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/048-trump-and-co-vs-los-angeles-newsome-and-california/id1754574318?i=1000712749348
Tag: religion
On the wrong side of history…again
I moved to the town of Blue Ridge, TX just before I turned 12 years old back in the late winter of 1984. It didn't take long for the secretary of the First Baptist Church (FBC) of Blue Ridge to knock on our door to invite us to come to the church. A few months …
Full blown fascism
Back when Donald Trump entered his first race as a presidential candidate, it was clear to many of us what kind of presidential administration he would have were he to inexplicably win the election. During that campaign I had begun work on my Master's thesis which would later become my first book and in the …
Joseph Yoo talks to the God Squad
Episcopal priest and social media theologian joins the God Squad to talk about progressive theology, faith, and his book When the Saints Go Flying In. I highly recommend his book and social media. https://youtu.be/QYrYgT-4Yeo https://youtu.be/0EvT4bEi9Sk https://youtu.be/i3XSTMIlpJM https://youtu.be/JkbTJybrITc https://youtu.be/xViCbA0GUtM Full Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/045-when-the-saints-go-flying-in-with-special-guest/id1754574318?i=1000709571062
Right response, I don’t think so Joel
Refuting Joel Webbon's virtue of hatred.
Highlights from this week’s episode of the God Squad Pod
God Squad Pod highlights from May 2, 2025 episode.
Creation care and honoring Pope Francis
"Give us this day our daily bread." - Jesus of Nazareth "But let justice roll down like water and righteousness from an ever-flowing stream." The prophet Amos Creation care is a theological imperative because we can not love our neighbors, either next door or across the globe, by polluting the biosphere. Jesus' prayer for enough …
A Tale of Two Creations
Fundamentalists do not like it when Biblical scholars and theologians point out Biblical truths which contradict their conservative readings of biblical texts. As a theologian who grew up fundamentalist, and now recognizes the intellectual bankruptcy that under-girds American fundamentalism, on social media, I often point out passages that refute those conservative readings of the Bible. …
A Lament for today
Yesterday's sermon at the church I recently started to attend was about lament and several verses from different psalms were read. One thing that the pastor said that struck me was something she had recently read about hope and lament -- our hope can only go as high as our lamentations go deep. She went …
The Tattooed Theologian 