Church On The Edge

“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 in an Age of Outrage. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com

“What they wanted, he would not give; what he offered, they would not receive.” F.F. Bruce (On Jesus’s rejection after his refusal to allow the people to crown him their earthly king.) “There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.” (Proverbs 14:12) For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com

“Any social analysis is still 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. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com

Donald Trump didn’t need to grab MAGA Christians by the "you know what"; 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 For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles,...

"Each culture is dominated by its own set of idols." Timothy Keller Golden Calves, Bronze Serpents, and Earthly Kings The history of idolatry among God's People explains the worship of Donald Nehushtan Trump. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com

“The theological sin of idolatry inevitably leads to the ethical sin of injustice.” Reinhold Niebuhr  Is the zealous Christian support for MAGA idolatry? Let’s see what the Bible says. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com

“Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations.” Ezekiel 22:28 The power-broker, celebrity Christian leaders in America are covering up a multitude of MAGA sins. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.” Friedrich Nietzsche  Christians are “Good News” people, but MAGA Christianity, with its “enemy at the gates” message is anything but. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/church-on-the-edge

“God calls all kinds of people to be prophets.” John Eckhart,  Prophet, Arise Prophets are seers. They live on the “edge of the inside” seeing what the majority do not. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/church-on-the-edge

“The crowd is untruth.” Soren Kierkegaard Surprised by American Christianity’s support of Donald Trump? Don’t be - the religious majority always follows the broad road to destruction. Just ask Jesus. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/church-on-the-edge

“Donald Trump is not the betrayal of evangelical values; he is the fulfillment of evangelical values.” Kristen Kobes Du Mez The rotten roots of American evangelicalism are eye-opening, but crucial to understanding evangelical support for Donald Trump. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/church-on-the-edge

It’s easy to feel alone and cut off from people and churches that we love and belong(ed) to. Militant MAGA Christianity is corrupting the church, and it is heartbreaking to see. But you are not alone.  For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/church-on-the-edge

The temple for the Jews was the place where God dwelt. From the tabernacle or tent of meeting in the wilderness to Solomon’s great temple, and later the temple in Jesus’s day, worship centered around the temple. But when Jesus came all that changed. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/church-on-the-edge

Idols. Not just carved images from wood or stone. The idols commanding the worship of many Christians in the United States today are prompted by well-known Christian leaders.  taken from Dan's book,  Prophets or Patriots: How Evangelicals are Giving to Caesar What Belongs to God. You can find that here: https://shorturl.at/pV8gB For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and boo...

We can live in a “free” country, amass great wealth, and emphasize our personal rights without ever experiencing the freedom God offers us. True freedom is internal. Like the oxygen in our blood, it is woven into the very fabric of our being.  For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/church-on-the-edge

Three words in the New Testament describe the various dimensions of life experienced by people in our world. How would you describe your life? Listen to find out what Jesus has to say about the best life. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/church-on-the-edge

The word "Babylon," appearing approximately three hundred times in our Bibles, and finding its ultimate meaning in the book of Revelation, is a word we would do well to understand in our day when so many Christians are choosing the way of the Beast over the way of the Lamb. In this episode, Dan seeks to open our eyes to the seductive nature of Babylon in the church today. For more from D...

Beginning in the book of beginnings, the book of Genesis, the roots and history of the word “Babylon” evolves into a dramatic symbol for the dehumanizing and broken world in which we live. In this two-part podcast, Dan traces the origin and fall of Babylon, as he warns followers of Jesus to “come out of her, my people.” For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.da...

The Christian faith was never meant to be a "one size fits all" religion. Just the opposite. In this episode, we will be examining what the apostle Paul refers to as the "multicolored wisdom" of God. It is a term he used to describe the church. A community composed of people from various backgrounds, cultures, and ways of life. It is the ultimate "whosoever" word of G...

Like repentance, confession is a word for which the meaning has been drastically reduced in a large portion of the church in our day. In this episode, we look at the larger concept of confession and its powerful effect on our growing self-awareness as followers of Jesus.  For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/church-on-the-edge...

We tend to associate the word "repentance" with sin. While this is not exactly wrong, it does a disservice to the message of Jesus as he calls us to see our lives and world from the perspective of God's kingdom. As followers of Jesus, we are called to a lifelong process of repentance. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.med...

We often refer to the Bible as "The Word of God." The Old Testament writers spoke of the scriptures in this way. But when Jesus entered our world, God's Word became completely associated with him. Jesus is the Word of God. In this episode, we examine the powerful impact God's Word, Jesus, had upon both Jews and Greeks in tne first century. For more from Dan check out his website,...

What kind of follower of Jesus will you be?  Will you be led astray by the lying preachers and politicians in our day, or will you take a stand and speak out against the corruption and deceit in our churches and our nation? What legacy will you leave behind? For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/church-on-the-edge https://www.am...

Confronting the wickedness of Israel’s king, Elijah announces the inevitable judgment that will come to Ahab and his family. While the other so-called prophets in the land were busy sucking up to Ahab, Elijah wasn’t afraid to confront this wicked leader. Are you willing to do the same? For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, and books at: www.danarmistead.com www.medium.com/churc...

Moses expressed his desire that all God’s people would be prophets. Jesus answered Moses when he promised his disciples that they would be talked about, lied about, and rejected like “the prophets before you.” If you are one who clearly sees the spiritual drought in the wayward church of our day, you are a prophet. Stand tall. Speak out. For more from Dan check out his website, medium articles, an...