Phil Stauffer
@pstauffer.bsky.social
Anabaptist on a journey. Love Jesus, family, and people. Do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.
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Just a holiday reminder! 😂
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Just a holiday reminder! 😂
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"When we break the commands of Jesus in order to advance the agenda of Jesus, that’s when we’re in all sorts of idolatry." Mike Erre on 🎙️Holy Post 620
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"When we break the commands of Jesus in order to advance the agenda of Jesus, that’s when we’re in all sorts of idolatry." Mike Erre on 🎙️Holy Post 620
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Compassion isn’t a weakness.
Empathy isn’t a sin.
Cruelty isn’t a strength.
Vengeance isn’t a virtue.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness." -Isaiah 5:20
Empathy isn’t a sin.
Cruelty isn’t a strength.
Vengeance isn’t a virtue.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness." -Isaiah 5:20
October 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Compassion isn’t a weakness.
Empathy isn’t a sin.
Cruelty isn’t a strength.
Vengeance isn’t a virtue.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness." -Isaiah 5:20
Empathy isn’t a sin.
Cruelty isn’t a strength.
Vengeance isn’t a virtue.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness." -Isaiah 5:20
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🇺🇦❤️ Ukrainians sing songs and thank Jesus for sparing their lives after the missile attack on Kyiv.
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🇺🇦❤️ Ukrainians sing songs and thank Jesus for sparing their lives after the missile attack on Kyiv.
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My wife & I watched this tonight. Probably one of my favorite videos and definitely felt needed tonight
When the world feels like it is falling apart, it is natural to ask where is God? He is near. He is faithful. He is still in control. Psalm 46
May God bless you tonight
youtu.be/BxQ0RnKjrzY?...
When the world feels like it is falling apart, it is natural to ask where is God? He is near. He is faithful. He is still in control. Psalm 46
May God bless you tonight
youtu.be/BxQ0RnKjrzY?...
The Hawaii Blessing
YouTube video by Hawaiian Islands Ministries
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My wife & I watched this tonight. Probably one of my favorite videos and definitely felt needed tonight
When the world feels like it is falling apart, it is natural to ask where is God? He is near. He is faithful. He is still in control. Psalm 46
May God bless you tonight
youtu.be/BxQ0RnKjrzY?...
When the world feels like it is falling apart, it is natural to ask where is God? He is near. He is faithful. He is still in control. Psalm 46
May God bless you tonight
youtu.be/BxQ0RnKjrzY?...
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Wisdom, realism, hope:
August 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Wisdom, realism, hope:
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Paraphrasing Allan Boesak
(H/T @itsmebenmarsh.substack.com):
President Trump, the time has come for you to make a choice: you are either the "servant of God" of Romans 13, or you are the "beast from the abyss" of Revelation 13. Unless and until the right choice becomes evident... (1/2)
(H/T @itsmebenmarsh.substack.com):
President Trump, the time has come for you to make a choice: you are either the "servant of God" of Romans 13, or you are the "beast from the abyss" of Revelation 13. Unless and until the right choice becomes evident... (1/2)
July 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Paraphrasing Allan Boesak
(H/T @itsmebenmarsh.substack.com):
President Trump, the time has come for you to make a choice: you are either the "servant of God" of Romans 13, or you are the "beast from the abyss" of Revelation 13. Unless and until the right choice becomes evident... (1/2)
(H/T @itsmebenmarsh.substack.com):
President Trump, the time has come for you to make a choice: you are either the "servant of God" of Romans 13, or you are the "beast from the abyss" of Revelation 13. Unless and until the right choice becomes evident... (1/2)
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So good. Worth a listen.
I have been very vocal about my belief that Penal Substitutionary Atonement (“Jesus took on the punishment that we deserved on the cross to satisfy God’s wrath”) is harmful theology.
The most common retort is “what about Isaiah 53:10?”
Here is a 12 minute homily on Isaiah 53.
God is not a sadist.
The most common retort is “what about Isaiah 53:10?”
Here is a 12 minute homily on Isaiah 53.
God is not a sadist.
God's Will for Solidarity | Isaiah 53:10
YouTube video by The Intention Church
youtu.be
July 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So good. Worth a listen.
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This is what my heart, my church, my community need.
A Gospel of Hope, Walter Brueggemann, pg. 114.
A compilation of thoughts on different topics. Compiled in 2018. Applicable today.
A compilation of thoughts on different topics. Compiled in 2018. Applicable today.
July 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This is what my heart, my church, my community need.
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Christian Nationalist Paul would shriek "OH MY GAWWWWD, THERE'S IDOLATROUS OBJECTS OF WORSHIP IN ATHENNNNS! WE NEED TO TAKE OVER ATHENS AND MAKE IT HAVE LAWS ACCORDING TO OUR BELIIIIEEFS, OR WESTERN CIVILIZATION IS DOOOOOMED!"
Actual Paul preached the sermon in Acts 17:22-31
Actual Paul preached the sermon in Acts 17:22-31
June 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Christian Nationalist Paul would shriek "OH MY GAWWWWD, THERE'S IDOLATROUS OBJECTS OF WORSHIP IN ATHENNNNS! WE NEED TO TAKE OVER ATHENS AND MAKE IT HAVE LAWS ACCORDING TO OUR BELIIIIEEFS, OR WESTERN CIVILIZATION IS DOOOOOMED!"
Actual Paul preached the sermon in Acts 17:22-31
Actual Paul preached the sermon in Acts 17:22-31
"...miracles of grace must be seals of our ministry...", C.H. Spurgeon quoted in Hearing God by Dallas Willard.
May 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"...miracles of grace must be seals of our ministry...", C.H. Spurgeon quoted in Hearing God by Dallas Willard.
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People whisked off the street by masked men in plainclothes and spirited away in unmarked vans is the chilling modus operandi of secret police in a totalitarian state.
April 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
People whisked off the street by masked men in plainclothes and spirited away in unmarked vans is the chilling modus operandi of secret police in a totalitarian state.
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Cultural Christianity (Christendom) can be enforced by armies and politics.
But a lived Christian faith of actually following Jesus is achieved only through the cross and the Spirit.
But a lived Christian faith of actually following Jesus is achieved only through the cross and the Spirit.
March 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Cultural Christianity (Christendom) can be enforced by armies and politics.
But a lived Christian faith of actually following Jesus is achieved only through the cross and the Spirit.
But a lived Christian faith of actually following Jesus is achieved only through the cross and the Spirit.
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"The call to discipleship has no other content than Jesus Christ himself. The life of discipleship is not the hero-worship we would pay to a good master. Instead it is obedience to the Son of God."
–Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Discipleship
–Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Discipleship
March 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"The call to discipleship has no other content than Jesus Christ himself. The life of discipleship is not the hero-worship we would pay to a good master. Instead it is obedience to the Son of God."
–Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Discipleship
–Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Discipleship
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There need not be, there would not be, any real change in our designs, only in our means.”
“Saruman,” I said, “I have heard speeches of this kind before, but only in the mouths of emissaries sent from Mordor to deceive the ignorant.”
JRR Tolkien, LotR, II/ 2
4/4
“Saruman,” I said, “I have heard speeches of this kind before, but only in the mouths of emissaries sent from Mordor to deceive the ignorant.”
JRR Tolkien, LotR, II/ 2
4/4
March 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
There need not be, there would not be, any real change in our designs, only in our means.”
“Saruman,” I said, “I have heard speeches of this kind before, but only in the mouths of emissaries sent from Mordor to deceive the ignorant.”
JRR Tolkien, LotR, II/ 2
4/4
“Saruman,” I said, “I have heard speeches of this kind before, but only in the mouths of emissaries sent from Mordor to deceive the ignorant.”
JRR Tolkien, LotR, II/ 2
4/4
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
March 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
—FDR, 1937
—FDR, 1937
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“The enterprise of Adolf Hitler, with all its clatter and fireworks, and all its cunning and dynamic energy, is the enterprise of an evil spirit, which is apparently allowed its freedom for a time in order to test our faith in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
Karl Barth, 1939
Karl Barth, 1939
March 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
“The enterprise of Adolf Hitler, with all its clatter and fireworks, and all its cunning and dynamic energy, is the enterprise of an evil spirit, which is apparently allowed its freedom for a time in order to test our faith in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
Karl Barth, 1939
Karl Barth, 1939
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I used to be enamored with politicians who openly used Christian faith language in interviews and speeches.
I’m now far more enamored when politicians openly treat others with Christian kindness.
I’m now far more enamored when politicians openly treat others with Christian kindness.
February 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I used to be enamored with politicians who openly used Christian faith language in interviews and speeches.
I’m now far more enamored when politicians openly treat others with Christian kindness.
I’m now far more enamored when politicians openly treat others with Christian kindness.
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The season of Lent begins two weeks from today.
I wrote a daily devotional for this season, which you can read more about here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/products/whe...
I wrote a daily devotional for this season, which you can read more about here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/products/whe...
February 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The season of Lent begins two weeks from today.
I wrote a daily devotional for this season, which you can read more about here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/products/whe...
I wrote a daily devotional for this season, which you can read more about here: benjamin-cremer.kit.com/products/whe...
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From Common Prayer.
February 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
From Common Prayer.
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During the G.W. Bush administration, I led a home group bible study in Arlington, VA, and the head of USAID was in it. I was in my 20s, and he was a kind and gracious man who did care and want to help the neediest people of our planet. Since then, I have always thought well of their work.
February 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
During the G.W. Bush administration, I led a home group bible study in Arlington, VA, and the head of USAID was in it. I was in my 20s, and he was a kind and gracious man who did care and want to help the neediest people of our planet. Since then, I have always thought well of their work.
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O Gracious God, have mercy on us and all nations of the world. Deliver us from idolatry, immorality & injustices on the right AND the left. Help us not to be partisan - blind to our own errors and seeking to dominate - but truly political, working together for the good of neighbors and communities.
February 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
O Gracious God, have mercy on us and all nations of the world. Deliver us from idolatry, immorality & injustices on the right AND the left. Help us not to be partisan - blind to our own errors and seeking to dominate - but truly political, working together for the good of neighbors and communities.
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