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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

The Christian’s relationship with Jesus too often looks far too much like Garfield‘s relationship with Pooky.

Garfield to his teddy bear Pooky: “Let’s go for a walk, little fella.” After smacking Odie with Pooky, “Well, I’ll be. Pooky doesn’t like dogs either.” (Garfield comic strip, 2/25/1979)

The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

I like a good Christian meme. But if I’m not otherwise fruitful, my memes, no matter how many I post, are really hypocrisy.

People should be able to tell we’re Christian by our acts of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. All those clever Christian memes we constantly post on social media? They’re not substitutes.

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026

When you present your average pagan with the binary choice, “Jesus or hell,” they don’t think of actual Jesus and actual hell. They imagine a big crowd of angry, self-righteous Christians fresh from a Trump rally; then they think of all their friends who are […] [Original post on deacon.social]

A sign on an overpass, “Jesus or hell,” altered to read, “Jesus or Hello Kitty!”

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

My Holy Week infographic. Y’might notice, because middle eastern days start at sundown, Jesus’s last supper, betrayal, trials, and execution actually all happen on the same day. Lot can happen in a day! #holyweek

Holy Week infographic.

First day, 9 Nisan 3793. “Palm Sunday.” 6:55pm 28 March to to 6:56pm 29 March 33. Jesus enters Jerusalem  and the crowds say Hosanna. Mk 11.1-11 • Mt 21.1-11 • Lk 19.28-44 • Jn 12.12-19.

Second day, 10 Nisan 3793. “Holy Monday.” 6:56pm 29 March to 6:57pm 30 March 33. Jesus cleanses the temple of merchants. He curses the fig tree. Mk 11.12-18 • Mt 21.12-19 • Lk 19.45-46 • Jn 2.13-17.

Third day, 11 Nisan 3793. “Holy Tuesday." 6:57pm 30 March to 6:57pm 31 March 33. Jesus teaches in temple. Lk 19.47-48, 21.37.

Fourth day, 12 Nisan 3793. “Holy Wednesday.” 6:57pm 31 March to 6:58pm 1 April 33. Still teaching in temple.

Fifth day, 13 Nisan 3793. “Maundy Thursday.” 6:58pm 1 April to 6:59pm 2 April 33. Still teaching in temple.

Preparation day,  14 Nisan 3793. “Good Friday.” 6:59pm 2 April to 6:59pm 3 April 33. Last Supper. Jesus washes feet. Prayer in Gethsemane. Betrayal. Trials. Condemnation. Execution. Entombment. Mk 14.12–15.47 • Mt 26.17–27.61 • Lk 22.7–23.56 • Jn 13.1–19.42.

Passover and Sabbath,  15 Nisan 3793. “Holy Saturday.” 6:59pm 3 April to 7pm 4 April 33. Jesus lies dead.  Pilate orders a guard for his tomb. Mt 27.62-66 • Lk 23.56.

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026

If it doesn’t follow Jesus, it’s not his.

Here’s how we know Christian nationalism isn’t actually Christian: It says yes to every single thing Satan tempted Jesus with.

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026

Back when Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale were running for president, the 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 ran this. It’s still very good advice. It’s not how Christian nationalists behave though.

𝗧𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀

1. Do not confuse patriotism, national pride, and Western culture with Christian faith and practice.
2. Do not confuse secular political activity with the purpose of the church, nor campaigning with witnessing and preaching.
3. Do not make slanderous or false accusations against your opponents, but maintain your integrity. Do not consider a brother or sister who is of like precious faith an adversary if he or she holds a different political view.
4. At all times endeavor to verify information before accepting it as true or before repeating it to others.
5. At all times endeavor to know and understand the candidate’s positions and evaluate him or her on that basis, on the basis of his or her ability to perform the duties and functions of the office, and his or her integrity.
6. At all times endeavor to know and understand the issues; do not excuse yourself from this duty by saying, “God will show me whom to vote for.”
7. At all times compare a candidate’s position with Scripture but only where the Scripture addresses the issue; do not force Scripture to address issues that the Author did not intend it to address.
8. Neither vote nor work for a candidate merely because he or she professes to be of the Christian faith.
9. Do not neglect your family, worship, prayer, or Bible study.
10. At all times uphold your leaders in prayer.

—𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭, 10/14/1984

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

Admittedly, we Christians are often all talk and no action.

We Christians may sing about how there is a fountain filled with blood, but I’m still waiting for a church to actually build one.

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/11/2025

I updated my cycle of repentance infographic with something a little nicer-looking. If you’re visually impaired, it’s got an awful lot of text. But you can find that text in this article: www.christalmighty.net/2016/03/cycl…

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2025

I updated my article on the Epicurean Paradox—a question about why God permits evil in the universe. It’s a valid question, though skeptics really aren’t gonna care for my answer. www.christalmighty.net/2020/05/epic…

A flowchart of the Epicurean Paradox. (As stated by Lucius Caecilius Firmianus: “God either wants to eliminate evil and can’t; or can, but doesn’t want to; or neither can nor wants to; or can and wants to. If he wants to and can’t, he’s weak—which fails to describe God. If he can but doesn’t want to, he’s jealous—which is equally alien to God. If he neither can nor wants to, he’s jealous 𝘢𝘯𝘥 weak—therefore not God. If he can and wants to, which is the only proper conclusion… God, where are you?”)

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2025

And Rainn Wilson isn’t even Christian; he’s Baha’i. If people of other religions can see the grave distortions in popular Christian practice, but we Christians can’t, on Judgment Day we’re gonna find ouselves among the people Jesus doesn’t know.

Rainn Wilson: “The metamorphosis of Jesus Christ from a humble servant of the abject poor to a symbol that stands for gun rights, prosperity theology, anti-science, limited government (that neglects the destitute) and fierce nationalism is truly the strangest transformation in human history.”

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2025

𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 20 refers to a millennium in which Jesus and his saints reign, and historically there have been three ways Christians have envisioned it. Yeah, I wrote about it, but meanwhile here’s a handy infographic. www.christalmighty.net/2018/12/mill…

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2025

“Jérusalem (La Crucifixion)” by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1867.

(The shadows of three crucified men appear on the right; spectators back away on the left; the skies grow dark.)

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2025

Lotta sermon series on Easter right now, but once Resurrection Sunday has come and gone, some preachers are going right back to railing against all the evil in the world. Not what Jesus tells us to do in his Great Commission—𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. Teaching us what our […] [Original post on deacon.social]

“If your pastor just 𝘩𝘢𝘴 to do a multiple-part series on why any particular belief, behavior, or practice is evil and wrong, it’s fair to say he’s got an unhealthy obsession with the subject. Whatever’s noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, praiseworthy: We’re meant to dwell on 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 things. [Pp 4.8] Dwelling anywhere else indicates something’s amiss with your Christianity.”

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2025

I grew up in a cessationist church, whose youth pastors encouraged us to learn Christian apologetics so we could argue in favor of the gospel. In my experience it was a lousy way to evangelize! When you argue, you put people on the defensive, and make ’em […] [Original post on deacon.social]

“When Jesus met the Samaritan, (Jn 4.16-19) it didn't take him hours of apologetic arguments to convince her he's someone worth listening to. It took a few statements which peered directly into her soul, and she believed.

“Do you believe in words of knowledge? Then why waste time with ‘clever’ arguments? Listen to the Holy Spirit, then share. Be like Jesus.”

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2025

We get religious about our exercise regimen; about our diets, our passions, our favorites. We pursue those things 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺. But when it comes to pursuing God just as enthusiastically, suddenly it’s a bad word? Nah. Sounds like someone’s deceived us into believing it though.

“‘It’s not a religion; it’s a relationship.’ Well when we’re not religious about 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 relationship, it’s gonna suck.”

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/03/2025

The five points of Arminianism. Comes from an article I wrote about nine years ago. Wanna read it? Here’s the link: www.christalmighty.net/2016/05/isms…

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2025

Any “good news” which lacks grace isn’t good news.

“Y’know, if I were the devil I’d convince people to interpret the scriptures in a way that 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 all the love, joy, kindness, peace, compassion, and grace. Then get everybody else to use these jerks as their excuse to ignore the scriptures 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 altogether. You know, kinda like people already do.”

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The Christ Almighty Blog @txab.deacon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2025

The way Garfield uses Pooky is far too similar to the way many Evangelicals use Jesus.

Garfield, after smacking Odie with his teddy bear Pooky: “Well, I’ll be. Pooky doesn’t like dogs either.”

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