On its head

After Matthew 5:43-48 

Once again, you turn culture

on its head. Love my enemies?

Pray for my persecutors? Seriously?

Maybe you don’t know who

These people really are. They’re

Evil. They want to throw me

in prison, and worse. They

stay awake at night plotting

my destruction. They devise

news ways to destroy children

and call it education. They

dress up evil intentions and

evil acts with somber,

pious murmurs of equality

and equity. Like corporate CEOs

and other Pharisees, they love

to signal their virtues, implying

how sinful and ignorant the rest

of us are.

Pray for them?

Love them?

Are you kidding me?

 

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Love your enemies

After Matthew 5:43-48 

Republicans, pray for Democrats.

Democrats, love Republicans.

Hamas, love Israel.

Israel, pray for Hamas.

Progressives, pray for conservatives.

Conservatives, love progressives.

Everyone, pray for China.

Trumpers, pray for Hillary and Joe.

Hillary and Joe, pray for the Donald,

and love the deplorables.

Congressmen, love rioters and insurrectionists.

Rioters and insurrectionists, pray for congressmen.

Everyone, pray for Adam Schiff.

Everyone, pray for Hollywood.

Red states, pray for your blue cities.

Blue cities, love your red states.

Cardinal fans, love the Cubs.

Cub fans, pray for the Cardinals.

Everyone pray for journalists.

 

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