864-502-8280 | Worship every Sunday @ 4 p.m.
864-502-8280 | Worship every Sunday @ 4 p.m.
By Rev Danielle Elliott
We live in a time when some preachers bless tanks and call it patriotism. When billionaire CEOs are treated like prophets, their quarterly earnings dissected like sacred text. When candidates quote Scripture while gutting programs for the poor. When worship services open with the Pledge of Allegiance and close with a stock portfolio. We live in a time when faith has been conscripted, drafted into the service of empire. Crosses are wrapped in flags. Sanctuaries echo with applause for power rather than compassion. The name of Jesus, who fed the hungry and lifted the lowly, is invoked to justify cruelty at the border, greed in the marketplace, and indifference in the halls of government.
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