Rev. Benjamin Cremer
@brcremer.bsky.social
Pastor. Wesleyan. Writer. BA in Religion. MA in Spiritual Formation. MA in Theological Studies. Chronic student. Idahoan.
My new advent devotional is now available. It is a collection of readings in an ebook that begin November 30th and concludes December 25th. You can read more about it here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/products/sol...
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
My new advent devotional is now available. It is a collection of readings in an ebook that begin November 30th and concludes December 25th. You can read more about it here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/products/sol...
When Christians tie Christianity to a particular political figure and party, not only do they fuse the reputation of Christianity to everything that political movement does, they become more shaped by the ways of that political movement than they do by the ways of Jesus.
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
When Christians tie Christianity to a particular political figure and party, not only do they fuse the reputation of Christianity to everything that political movement does, they become more shaped by the ways of that political movement than they do by the ways of Jesus.
Friends,
My ebook devotional comes out this Friday. If you are interested and woule like early access as well as a 25% discount code for when it launches, tap here:https://benjamin-cremer.kit.com/58041cce51
Thanks for being a meaningful part of my online community.
My ebook devotional comes out this Friday. If you are interested and woule like early access as well as a 25% discount code for when it launches, tap here:https://benjamin-cremer.kit.com/58041cce51
Thanks for being a meaningful part of my online community.
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Friends,
My ebook devotional comes out this Friday. If you are interested and woule like early access as well as a 25% discount code for when it launches, tap here:https://benjamin-cremer.kit.com/58041cce51
Thanks for being a meaningful part of my online community.
My ebook devotional comes out this Friday. If you are interested and woule like early access as well as a 25% discount code for when it launches, tap here:https://benjamin-cremer.kit.com/58041cce51
Thanks for being a meaningful part of my online community.
My newsletter tomorrow is called “When Hate Masquerades As Christianity.”
In it, I invite us to ponder some of the deeply unsettling supremacist mindsets that are being advocated in certain Christian circles and consider some practical ways forward.
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In it, I invite us to ponder some of the deeply unsettling supremacist mindsets that are being advocated in certain Christian circles and consider some practical ways forward.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
My newsletter tomorrow is called “When Hate Masquerades As Christianity.”
In it, I invite us to ponder some of the deeply unsettling supremacist mindsets that are being advocated in certain Christian circles and consider some practical ways forward.
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In it, I invite us to ponder some of the deeply unsettling supremacist mindsets that are being advocated in certain Christian circles and consider some practical ways forward.
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One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the false narrative that we should somehow be more concerned about how a poor person uses the welfare system than we are about the ultra wealthy swaying the highest positions or power in our country to their favor.
November 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the false narrative that we should somehow be more concerned about how a poor person uses the welfare system than we are about the ultra wealthy swaying the highest positions or power in our country to their favor.
A Christianity that makes the ultra wealthy and powerful feel safe and supported while making the poor and powerless feel unsafe and unsupported is a Christianity that is following someone other than Jesus.
November 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A Christianity that makes the ultra wealthy and powerful feel safe and supported while making the poor and powerless feel unsafe and unsupported is a Christianity that is following someone other than Jesus.
My newsletter on Sunday is called, “Blessed are you who hunger, for you will be satisfied.”
In it, I invite us to reflect on how the poor and hungry are being treated by the current status quo and how Jesus’ words in Luke 6:20-31 call us to respond.
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In it, I invite us to reflect on how the poor and hungry are being treated by the current status quo and how Jesus’ words in Luke 6:20-31 call us to respond.
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer
I have spent the majority of my life in Evangelical Christian spaces. I have experienced a lot of church hurt. I now write to explore topics that often are at the intersection of politics and Christia...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
My newsletter on Sunday is called, “Blessed are you who hunger, for you will be satisfied.”
In it, I invite us to reflect on how the poor and hungry are being treated by the current status quo and how Jesus’ words in Luke 6:20-31 call us to respond.
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In it, I invite us to reflect on how the poor and hungry are being treated by the current status quo and how Jesus’ words in Luke 6:20-31 call us to respond.
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My recent article: open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
My recent article: open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
When modern Christians say “it’s not the government’s job to help the poor,” they’re not echoing Jesus, Paul, the prophets, or the early church.
They’re echoing figures like Ayn Rand, who despised Christianity’s communal ethic of compassion and called altruism a “moral evil.”
They’re echoing figures like Ayn Rand, who despised Christianity’s communal ethic of compassion and called altruism a “moral evil.”
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
When modern Christians say “it’s not the government’s job to help the poor,” they’re not echoing Jesus, Paul, the prophets, or the early church.
They’re echoing figures like Ayn Rand, who despised Christianity’s communal ethic of compassion and called altruism a “moral evil.”
They’re echoing figures like Ayn Rand, who despised Christianity’s communal ethic of compassion and called altruism a “moral evil.”
Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.
Notice how quickly “we want our nation to uphold Christian values” turns into “it’s not the government’s job to feed the hungry or help the poor!” which are actually things Christ taught his followers to value.
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Notice how quickly “we want our nation to uphold Christian values” turns into “it’s not the government’s job to feed the hungry or help the poor!” which are actually things Christ taught his followers to value.
“He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.” -Mary, the mother of Jesus in the gospel according to Luke (1:53)
Now compare this with the actions of those in power who claim to follow Mary’s son.
Now compare this with the actions of those in power who claim to follow Mary’s son.
October 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.” -Mary, the mother of Jesus in the gospel according to Luke (1:53)
Now compare this with the actions of those in power who claim to follow Mary’s son.
Now compare this with the actions of those in power who claim to follow Mary’s son.
The arrogant disregard of critical thinking, painstaking research, and humble discernment has been rebranded as “common sense.”
October 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The arrogant disregard of critical thinking, painstaking research, and humble discernment has been rebranded as “common sense.”
Hope is not a sentimental optimism that things will somehow work out; hope is the subversive conviction that injustice and death will not have the final word and acting on that belief. Hope is not passive waiting it’s active persistence. Hope prays, peacefully protests, weeps, and keeps showing up.
October 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hope is not a sentimental optimism that things will somehow work out; hope is the subversive conviction that injustice and death will not have the final word and acting on that belief. Hope is not passive waiting it’s active persistence. Hope prays, peacefully protests, weeps, and keeps showing up.
A Christianity that causes the hungry to go without food, the sick to go without healthcare, the stranger to be mistreated, and God’s creation to be ravaged, all while the greedy and cruel satisfy their every desire, is a Christianity that can no longer claim to follow Christ.
October 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A Christianity that causes the hungry to go without food, the sick to go without healthcare, the stranger to be mistreated, and God’s creation to be ravaged, all while the greedy and cruel satisfy their every desire, is a Christianity that can no longer claim to follow Christ.
My newsletter this Sunday is called, “The Freedom to Love in a World of Fear.”
In it, I want to invite us to reflect on what we mean by the categories of truth, freedom, and liberation through the conversation that takes place in John 8:31-36.
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In it, I want to invite us to reflect on what we mean by the categories of truth, freedom, and liberation through the conversation that takes place in John 8:31-36.
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer
I have spent the majority of my life in Evangelical Christian spaces. I have experienced a lot of church hurt. I now write to explore topics that often are at the intersection of politics and Christia...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My newsletter this Sunday is called, “The Freedom to Love in a World of Fear.”
In it, I want to invite us to reflect on what we mean by the categories of truth, freedom, and liberation through the conversation that takes place in John 8:31-36.
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In it, I want to invite us to reflect on what we mean by the categories of truth, freedom, and liberation through the conversation that takes place in John 8:31-36.
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My recent article: open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
October 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My recent article: open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
Notice how it’s always, “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the +2,000 verses in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Notice how it’s always, “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the +2,000 verses in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public" - Theodore Roosevelt
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public" - Theodore Roosevelt
My newsletter this Sunday is called, “The Widow’s Prayerful Protest.”
In it, I invite us to consider what persistence looks like when we are caught between hope and the face of injustice. All through the lens of Luke 18:1-8.
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In it, I invite us to consider what persistence looks like when we are caught between hope and the face of injustice. All through the lens of Luke 18:1-8.
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer
I have spent the majority of my life in Evangelical Christian spaces. I have experienced a lot of church hurt. I now write to explore topics that often are at the intersection of politics and Christia...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My newsletter this Sunday is called, “The Widow’s Prayerful Protest.”
In it, I invite us to consider what persistence looks like when we are caught between hope and the face of injustice. All through the lens of Luke 18:1-8.
Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile
In it, I invite us to consider what persistence looks like when we are caught between hope and the face of injustice. All through the lens of Luke 18:1-8.
Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile
A Christianity that believes it needs a president, legislation and a government to ensure its survival is a Christianity that is centered on the worship of its own power rather than faithfully relying on the power of God.
God is just its mascot for its political ideology
God is just its mascot for its political ideology
October 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A Christianity that believes it needs a president, legislation and a government to ensure its survival is a Christianity that is centered on the worship of its own power rather than faithfully relying on the power of God.
God is just its mascot for its political ideology
God is just its mascot for its political ideology
A people who refuse to despise one another are immune to authoritarians because an authoritarian’s power depends on certain groups of people despising other groups of people.
This is why there’s so much power in Jesus’ words, “love your enemies.”
It is an act of resistance.
This is why there’s so much power in Jesus’ words, “love your enemies.”
It is an act of resistance.
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A people who refuse to despise one another are immune to authoritarians because an authoritarian’s power depends on certain groups of people despising other groups of people.
This is why there’s so much power in Jesus’ words, “love your enemies.”
It is an act of resistance.
This is why there’s so much power in Jesus’ words, “love your enemies.”
It is an act of resistance.
Many of us grew up in the church being taught to root for Moses, Daniel, and John the Baptist in the Bible, only to grow up and have our churches question our faith for not cheering on the Pharaohs, Nebuchadnezzars, and Herods in our world today.
October 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Many of us grew up in the church being taught to root for Moses, Daniel, and John the Baptist in the Bible, only to grow up and have our churches question our faith for not cheering on the Pharaohs, Nebuchadnezzars, and Herods in our world today.
My newsletter tomorrow is called “They Are Us. We Are Them.”
In it, I invite us to ponder the concept of “foreigner” through the lens of Luke 17:11-19 and how God consistently calls us to be in solidarity with all who the world considers “foreign.”
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In it, I invite us to ponder the concept of “foreigner” through the lens of Luke 17:11-19 and how God consistently calls us to be in solidarity with all who the world considers “foreign.”
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer
I have spent the majority of my life in Evangelical Christian spaces. I have experienced a lot of church hurt. I now write to explore topics that often are at the intersection of politics and Christia...
benjamin-cremer.kit.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My newsletter tomorrow is called “They Are Us. We Are Them.”
In it, I invite us to ponder the concept of “foreigner” through the lens of Luke 17:11-19 and how God consistently calls us to be in solidarity with all who the world considers “foreign.”
Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile
In it, I invite us to ponder the concept of “foreigner” through the lens of Luke 17:11-19 and how God consistently calls us to be in solidarity with all who the world considers “foreign.”
Join here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/profile
A Christianity that is known for its cruelty is a Christianity that no longer knows Christ.
"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -Jesus
"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -Jesus
October 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A Christianity that is known for its cruelty is a Christianity that no longer knows Christ.
"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -Jesus
"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." -Jesus