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@RealCJ10 Help my guy out bro:

@kurt13warner Even Presidents should have a pressure plan. It seems we dont.

I’m not politically or militarily intelligent - so looking for some ppl who follow me who are (not just random unintelligent comments), to tell me how any of this is even close to successful (if that’s even the right term) if in the end the following don’t happen: 1) Regime Change - freeing the Iranian ppl from the lives of oppression they are living? 2) Elimination of all nuclear material & capabilities - freeing the world of that threat by regime? 3) Something changes with the Strait that wasn’t in place before? Please, just ppl who are well versed in these things so I can become more intelligent!

@kurt13warner It isn’t. Then again, it’s the an agreement to a framework for further negotiations —but in the end—it’s a concession. Considering that Trump said all military objectives have been met, one must wonder why we are still there and what the end game is. It’s certainly not good

@ElectionWiz Those 10 points are only a victory for Iran.

KAROLINE LEAVITT: “This is a victory for the United States that President Trump and our incredible military made happen.”

The 2026 Champions Dinner portrait. #themasters

@RodDMartin They are talking about capitalism in the midst of ministries. Clearly—specifically in reference to bad actors like Paula White and Kenneth Copeland.

Tucker Is Wrong: Christianity Commands Capitalism The entirety of Scripture not only assumes but commands private property rights. It also commands profitability on the Master's investment, in all areas of life. Christianity commands Capitalism. Yes, this will come as a shock to your gender studies professor, your hippie uncle, and perhaps even your (non-economically trained) pastor. It certainly contradicts the increasingly anti-American Alexander Dugin-follower Tucker Carlson. But it's true. The entirety of Scripture not only assumes but commands private property rights, in minute detail. Even at the macro, Ten Commandments level, not only is theft prohibited, but even just thinking about theft (covetousness) is also. There’s a reason. Christian economics begins not with the idea of scarcity, as your college microeconomics class did, but with ownership: God’s ownership, of all things, including you. Scarcity is the result of the Curse, but God’s ownership is constant, before the Fall and after the Second Coming. He delegates that ownership to specific individuals — stewards — to care for and improve His property, just as He did with Adam in the Garden. His servants are differently gifted. Some are artists. Some are inventors. Some are evangelists. Some work the cash register at Taco Bell. And as in the Parable of the Talents, God rewards some servants for their profitability (materially or spiritually or both), and He punishes others for their failure to use what He’s given. Thus, the roles we find ourselves in are rarely fixed, and indeed, the more a society encourages the freedom that Scripture requires, the more social mobility one sees. Failures become legends. Billionaires go bankrupt. Nothing is static in God’s economy, spiritually or materially, but over time He is always growing His spiritual and material investment. So He always requires profitability of His stewards, regardless of their current circumstances, with whatever He may have given them. He can do this because all of it, and all of us, belong to Him. Now delegation provides enormous freedom of action. If one should choose to “hold all things in common”, as the Jerusalem church (but only the Jerusalem church) did in the First Century, that’s within the servant’s delegated authority (although the terrible results at Jerusalem suggest that one should reconsider). What is not within anyone’s authority is to steal. And “anyone” includes the state. God establishes the state and recognizes the legitimacy of taxes. But in 1 Samuel 8, He limits the taxing power far more than moderns do, much as He only requires 10% (the tithe) at church. Again, He can make these rules: it all belongs to Him. And while governments, like churches and families, are indeed delegated some powers that individuals do not possess, God restricts that authority as well (ask Saul, or Uzziah). The only nationalization of a private business ever depicted in Israel — Ahab and Jezebel’s seizing of Naboth's vineyard — is portrayed as wicked, not as "social justice". Theft is still theft if carried out by groups of people, not just by individuals. The Bible calls it “oppression”. On the positive side, it is Paul's illustration of the different parts in the Body of Christ, and God's repeated assertion that those parts — us — are differently gifted, which forms the basis of the breakthrough concept of the Division of Labor. This key intellectual insight enabled not only the Industrial Revolution but the unprecedented hockey stick spike in global living standards since the 18th Century. Which is to say, had prior generations taken Scripture more seriously, and applied it more comprehensively, the ancient Irish might have had iPhones, the Romans rockets. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, as had been true for millennia before, 94% of the world's population lived in extreme poverty (less than a dollar a day in current dollars). In the comparatively brief time since, that percentage has almost flipped. But this is not to be measured in mere money: rather, it should be seen in the reduction of human suffering, the establishment of education, the increase in our life expectancy (from just 47 in 1900 to 82 today), or in Biblical terms, the pushing back against the Curse. From the Creation Mandate to Proverbs 31 to the Parable of the Talents, Scripture encourages thrift, investment, entrepreneurship, and the multiplication of capital. Nowhere does it suggest equality of outcomes, not even in Heaven. And this is with reason. God has made each of us an individual. He has different plans for each of us. And He weaves all of those together into the tapestry of His creation. Statist regimentation obliterates that beauty in a sea of uniformity, and of uniform misery. The Word counsels obedience to government in Romans 13, but it also places limits on that obedience, most obviously in the Apostles' rebuke to the Sanhedrin in Acts 5 ("We must obey God rather than men"). God’s boundaries apply to God’s property. Unlawful orders must be disobeyed, because God’s authority over His own property is higher than any person’s. This is intentional, and extraordinary, on God’s part. While individual wealthy people might and will act sinfully, the concentration of most or all assets in the state results in the state’s deification: it becomes the dispenser of all blessings and curses, and as its absolute power corrupts it absolutely, it acts with the aspirations to godhood God shows us in Nimrod, Pharaoh and Caesar. This is exactly why statist regimes have hated God’s church in all eras. Christianity asserts rights that belong only to a power they cannot control, and freedoms He has made inalienable from each individual. This the Socialist cannot bear. By contrast, the positive impact of private property is extraordinary. In Capitalism, no man may get ahead except by solving other people’s problems, better and more cheaply than others. Indeed, the market incentivizes even the basest and greediest of men to seek out those other people’s problems, and expend their own time and treasure to creatively solve them, all while requiring no one to accept their proposed solution. Buggies were good, cars were better, with different kinds for every need. The system of private property and competitive markets makes following the Golden Rule, something the sin nature resists, profitable. It causes society to abandon force in favor of persuasion. It harnesses the strong to serve the weak, the precise opposite of top-down Socialism. Capitalism is the systemic implementation of the Creation Mandate and the Second Greatest Commandment, no matter how much sinners may abuse the freedom it establishes. And no matter how adorned by good intentions, Socialism is the systemic violation of the 8th and 10th Commandments, if not all the rest. It is the very essence of oppression. And ultimately, it robs God. Don't pretend Christ has no opinion on economic matters. Christ, the Creator of all things, the incarnate Word Who breathed all Scripture, has told us His opinion from Genesis to Revelation. Too many among us just like maintaining enough wiggle room to envy and steal, whether individually or through the state.

@aigkenham The answer is NO.

A multiple-choice question for you: Did kangaroos once live in the Middle East? A. They’ve always lived in Australia B. We don’t know where they’ve always lived C. Yes D. None of the above When I give this question to a church audience, I find most answer A. The correct answer is C. This question is one of many I ask to help people learn how to develop a truly Christian worldview. After finding most people give A as the answer, I ask a series of questions. How many of you believe in Noah’s ark? Most hands go up. How many believe two of each kind of land animal including the kangaroo kind went on board the ark? Most hands go up. How many believe there was a global flood? Most hands go up. How many believe the ark landed on the mountains of Ararat in the Middle East? Most hands go up. How many now believe kangaroos once lived in the Middle East? People laugh as their hands go up. Most have not been taught to think with a biblical worldview by building their thinking on the Bible. Most have been very secularized. Most churches haven’t taught how to develop a true biblical worldview. But it’s desperately needed—and we can even use kangaroos to begin to develop it!

@AiG Not required? Fair. Nevertheless, it still could be true.

Millions of years are not required to form the earth’s rocks.

@ronrule How about if you live in a state that doesn't have a Tebow Law or something similar... Not only do we have to pay taxes for it, but we ARENT allowed to participate in extracurricular activities like sports, either!

If you homeschool your kids, you should be exempt from the portion of your property taxes that goes to the local schools.

@JoelWBerry He didn't completely agree. He differentiated and said "non-authoritarian."

Tucker’s latest guest: “Capitalism shouldn’t be anywhere near Christianity. Christianity is socialism at its core.” Tucker agrees

@megbasham @johnandrewwords Fair, but what about the current Republican party and its view on war, and presidents preemptively tweeting about a possible genocide? I VEHEMETLY oppose abortion and gender reassignment, etc - but is what we are engaging in now really a positive trade off?

@johnandrewwords That is correct. Christians should not vote for Democrats, given the party’s policies on issues like abortion and transgenderism etc. And TGC shouldn’t try to sell Democratic operatives as faithful Christians in the halls of power.

@conservmillen Fair - but what about murder?

The Bible precludes socialism in 2 of the 10 commandments: “you shall not steal” and “you shall not covet.” The early church gave to each other voluntarily, not out of fear of the government. 2 Cor. 9:7 “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Thess 3:10 “If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.” This is basic liberal Christian slop that was interesting to debate like 10 years ago, and Tucker is hoisting it up like it’s important and novel

@RodDMartin And this is?

Tucker agrees with guest that Capitalism is anti-Christian, and that “Christianity IS Socialism”. Tucker then says Socialism is "non-authoritarian". No, boys and girls: he's not a conservative. Don't know for sure why he switched teams. But he did. No wonder he didn’t push back when Fuentes said “Hitler and Stalin are cool”.

@ScruggsShalla @SarahAnnRhoades @megbasham For many, it's a business decision. If they go against Trump publicly, even if they are right for doing so, they will pay a price. Again, I am not suggesting this is Megan. I am just pointing out that I see this behavior often.

@ScruggsShalla @SarahAnnRhoades @megbasham As both an evangelical and a Trump voter, I think there is a healthy dose of fear for prominent Christian voices to make public statements of rebuke against Trump. I am not saying this is the case for Basham, but it does exist. There are obviously a variety of reasons for this.

Here is the Christian argument for supporting him: Kamala Harris—who is so committed to the murder of babies that she promised she would allow no religious exemptions to employer provided abortions—was the alternative.

@megbasham We have no disagreement. I'm with you. I just fear that had this been Obama or Biden that posted this, our fingers could not type fast enough.

I don't think my tweet on Obama was scathing. I didn't even rebuke him. I just made point that generic "faith" means nothing. On the Trump post, I objected to the f-bomb, especially on easter. But I don't have a problem with him taunting the Muslim Iranian regime, and I generally don't delve into foreign policy, which is why I don't have much to say about it beyond that. I don't like my president dropping f-bombs so happy to say that.

@megbasham No one is questioning that. My point is that you are a journalist who often goes after people in leadership connected to Evangelicalism who are in the wrong (and you are right to do that) - yet, with the exception of replies, you have been SILENT on Trump's Easter tweet. Why?

Casting a vote is not a signal of someone’s eternal devotion. It’s just choosing the best available set of policies and personnel. That’s it.

@erichovind Death could have existed before sin. What do you think hair is? Do you think animals ate plants? Physical and Spiritual death are different.

Six literal days. This is not a side issue. This goes straight to the foundation of the Gospel. When Frank Turek suggests Genesis may allow for long ages, and that death could have existed before sin, we need to follow that idea to its logical conclusion. Let’s walk it through. Why did Jesus rise from the dead? To conquer death. Why was He dead? Because He became the sacrifice for sin. Why is there a penalty for sin? Because the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). Death is not just part of life. It is the consequence of sin. Now here is where the common response comes in. Some will say animal death existed before the Fall, and only human death came through sin. But that does not fit what Scripture actually says. Romans 5:12 says death entered the world through sin, not just humanity. And Romans 8 makes it even clearer. The whole creation groans. The creation was subjected to futility. The creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay. This is not talking about humans alone. This is the entire created order. Before sin, creation was very good (Genesis 1:31). There was no curse. There was no bondage to decay. There was no groaning, suffering, and death as we see now. After sin, the ground is cursed (Genesis 3:17). Thorns and decay enter the world. The entire creation falls under a curse. Death, all death, is tied to the Fall. If animals were already dying, suffering, and going extinct for millions of years before Adam, then the curse did not introduce death, it just continued it. That means the world God called very good was already filled with death and suffering. That creates a much bigger problem. If death is not the result of sin across creation, then what exactly is Jesus reversing? The Gospel is not just about saving humans in isolation. It is about the restoration of all creation. Jesus came to undo what Adam did. Adam’s sin brought death, corruption, and a cursed creation. Christ’s work brings life, restoration, and a new heaven and new earth where there is no more death. If death was always here, then it is not an enemy, it is just part of God’s design. But Scripture calls death an enemy (1 Corinthians 15:26), not a tool. This matters. Because if you redefine the origin of death, you redefine the reason for the cross. And if death is not the result of sin, then the resurrection is no longer a victory over an enemy. It becomes something else entirely. This is not a minor disagreement. This is about whether the Bible’s story, from Genesis to the resurrection, actually holds together. Genesis is not just a polemic against the Egyptians. It is true history revealed by God himself. Get the beginning wrong, and the Gospel itself starts to unravel.

@megbasham @AmandaHeldOpelt No - every person who occupies the Oval Office is not “Gods chosen man.” God may allow them power, for the purposes of judgement, but that’s not the same as being chosen. Unless, of course, you believe in determinism.

@AmandaHeldOpelt Every man who has ever occupied the Oval Office was “God’s chosen man,” there to fulfill his purposes. Now that choice may be something that God allows as judgment. But God is never going, “darn, I was really hoping the other guy would win!”

I will NEVER buy this argument. As believers, we are not called to hitch our wagons to the lesser of two evils. We do not capitulate to culture or compromise to the powers of this world or a means to an end. The King of Kings is with us. No need to get in the mud to win a fight.

@megbasham We literally have a prosperity pastor comparing him to Jesus and Franklin Graham - IN PRAYER -comparing him to ESTHER (because of his military action). You'd think we could expect more out of him than the F-bomb on Easter Sunday. That's my only point.

@johnwyte OK then, how do you justify voting for him as a Christian? Because this is how I do. I don’t view my vote as pledging allegiance to a particular candidate for life. I’m simply making the best choice I have in the moment. And Trump was clearly the best choice given the options.

@megbasham Our reasons are probably similar, but I hesitate to believe he is "pro life." He is sympathetic or adjacent to the pro-life cause re: abortion, but his military action seem to indicate differently.