Jesus Christ was ‘in the middle’: The WORST biblical interpretation of all time
Bad biblical takes are common — especially on social media platform X — but Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” believes one recent interpretation of the word of God may take the cake for the worst of them.
The interpretation comes from American evangelical pastor and author of “The Purpose Driven Life,” Rick Warren, who seems to be under the impression that Jesus Christ was a fence-sitter.
“John 19:18, ‘They crucified Jesus with two others — one on each side and Jesus in the middle.’ The guys on both sides were thieves. If you’re looking for the #realJesus, not a caricature disfigured by partisan motivations, you’ll find him in the middle, not on either side,” Warren wrote in a post on X.
“Now, brothers and sisters in Christ, it took me a good second to understand what brother Warren is saying here,” Stuckey says. “Certainly, a pastor, who has been a pastor for so many years, is not saying because Jesus was physically in the center of Golgotha, that he had two people being crucified to his side, that he is also the center of Republican and Democrats.”
“He’s not saying that he’s politically moderate because the cross was in the middle of the three crosses when he was crucified,” she continues, adding, “but it does seem like that is what he is saying.”
Stuckey responded to Warren on X through a quote tweet, writing, “This is possibly the worst biblical interpretation I’ve ever seen, and that’s really saying something. Jesus is not ‘in the middle’ on the murder of children, gender deception, the definition of marriage, or anything else, for that matter. In fact, I seem to remember Him having a particular disdain for the lukewarm.”
“It’s very clear on what God thinks about the sanctity of life, the value of image bearers, the definition of marriage, the definition of gender. It’s not confusing, it’s only confusing if you want it to be for your political purposes,” she adds.
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MAGA STRIP? Trump and Netanyahu say Gaza Strip could be the next 'Riviera'
Trump had his first meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House this week, where he stated that the United States would “take over the Gaza Strip.”
“The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too,” Trump said during the press conference. “We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings.”
When Trump was asked whether he was willing to send U.S. troops to fill a security vacuum in Gaza, he told reporters, “As far as Gaza is concerned, we’ll do what is necessary. If it’s necessary, we’ll do that. We’re going to take over that piece and we’re going to develop it.”
Trump also asserted that the Gaza Strip could be the next “Riviera.”
While plenty of Americans on the left are in shambles over Trump’s announcement, Dave Landau of “Normal World” sees nothing but opportunity — particularly in the form of jokes.
“What are some potential Gaza tourist traps we can look forward to?” he asks.
“Sheikh-fil-A,” co-host and comedian Angela Boggs laughs, but she isn’t done, throwing “Hard Rock at a Woman’s Head Cafe” into the mix.
“Bed, Bath, and Bloodshed,” Landau jokes. “Medieval Times, just not the restaurant. Just in general, how they live.”
“Allahu Akbar It’s Friday's,” he adds.
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‘It’s been a political witch hunt’: Trump sentenced to an ‘unconditional discharge’
New York Judge Juan Merchan has decided to sentence Donald Trump to an “unconditional discharge,” which means he will face zero jail time and pay no fines.
“This has been a very terrible experience,” Trump said in response to the sentencing. “I think it’s been a tremendous setback for New York and the New York court system.”
“It’s been a political witch hunt. It was done to damage my reputation so that I’d lose the election. And obviously, that didn’t work and the people of our country got to see this firsthand, because they watched the case in your courtroom. They got to see this firsthand and then they voted, and I won.”
“They’ve been watching your trial, so they understood it was under a gag order where I couldn’t talk about aspects of the case that are very important,” he continued. “The fact is that I’m totally innocent. I did nothing wrong. They talked about business records and the business records were extremely accurately counted.”
“This has been a weaponization of government. They call it lawfare. Never happened to any extent like this but never happened in our country before,” he added.
Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” couldn’t agree with President-elect Trump more.
“He’s gone through all of this lawfare throughout the years, and all of these different cases, and they all end up fizzling out into nothing,” Gonzales comments, adding, “We all know that they were bogus in the first place.”
“I mean, just imagine the human part of him,” she continues. “This is a father, this is a grandfather. He has children, he has grandchildren, who are now going to have to listen to all of these people talk about how their dad, who they know did nothing wrong, is a convicted felon, and it just makes me so mad for him.”
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Female veteran says Pete Hegseth is RIGHT about women in the military
Air Force veteran Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) knows a thing or two about women in the military — and now she’s clearing up one of the Democrats' biggest lies about Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, during his confirmation hearing.
“Pete never said that he didn't want women to serve in the military. In fact, it’s quite the opposite,” Luna tells Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Program.” However, Luna believes that “there are certain roles that women should not be subjected to in the military.”
“I preface this by saying that when women were placed in harm’s way, that the natural instinct for men was to protect that woman. And that’s quote-unquote ‘toxic masculinity’ that the left tries to attack us with all the time,” Luna says.
“That is human nature. We are born with that,” Glenn agrees.
“When you have, though, a woman that’s, let's say, placed on a special forces team, they come under fire, hypothetically that woman gets hurt, instead of focusing on the mission, as it would be if there were just other men present, the men would then in turn go to protect that woman, and it could ultimately result in more casualties,” Luna explains, adding, “and then also jeopardize the success of the mission.”
“That’s what Pete was saying, but you know, it’s very easy, because Pete is a white male, for them to try to demonize him and paint him as this anti-woman, you know, alcoholic womanizer, which is simply not the case,” she continues.
Glenn couldn’t agree more.
“I have no problem with women in the military, with the exception of the natural order of things,” Glenn says. “I have to tell you, if one of the guys was captured by, you know, al-Qaeda, I would do everything I can to make sure that one of the members of my team were safe.”
“It’s different if I know that the woman member of our team has just been captured. It takes on a different meaning to me, because I know what’s going to happen to her in comparison to Tom or Tim, and I think that is a natural instinct,” he adds.
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