Review of Sharon James Book , "The LIES...."

The above book was lent to me at church with the intention that I offer an opinion, which I did in this PDF review:

SharonJamesdocx.pdf - Google Drive

This book  comes out of a culturally right-wing evangelical Christian community. Let me be clear: I would not purchase this book anymore than I would purchase volumes from the Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons even though I have sympathy with their reactionary response to a confusing and alienating social milieu which offers little in the way of clear values, anchorage and meaning. But let me say this: My Open Gospel view of Christianity allows me to accept that the core truths of the gospel are robust enough to allow them to operate within trammels wide enough to work around many human foibles and quirky subcultures. 

RELEVANT LINKS

1. Wayne Grudem.

I mention Grudem in my review. Here's a guy who has studied his writings more closely:

• https://substack.com/home/post/p-167011073

Looks like a useful link to get up to speed on Grudem. 

The Debauched War of the Egos

 

Trump vs Musk bust up

The Trump-Musk bust up isn't a surprise to anyone; with their huge inflated egos buffeting against one another and in government not to serve but to get drunk on power we all knew that Musk and Trump would fall out eventually.  Only one hand can wield the Ring of Power. It's also no surprise that Steve Bannon has sided with Trump against Musk. See here.... 

Views, News and Pews: MAGA Infighting

The whole affair is a spectacle of power political debauchery. It has further compromised, if not brought to an end, America's global moral leadership. It has become increasingly clear that America is currently led by borderline sociopaths, narcissists and wannabe dictators who seek power in order to serve self. Thank you Ken Ham and Michael Brown for helping to bring about this current state of affairs.

Meanwhile in the UK there has also been a right-wing bust up, but perhaps not quite as vitriolic as the US....

Farage vs Yusuf bust up

The Reformed party that Nigel Farage heads up are well known for their almighty rows and splits. Is it because the right-wing tend to major in personality rather than policy? Is this the 1 Samuel 8 syndrome where leadership style Trumps content?

Relevant Links

The infighting hots up

'He's a snake': Elon Musk torches top Trump advisor as MAGA rift grows

 Steve Bannon's position

MAGA feud boils over as Steve Bannon calls for investigation of Fox News hosts

Compare the foregoing with these quotes from Bannon's Wiki page..

According to The Economist, a British news magazine, Bannon and Miller "see Mr [Vladimir] Putin as a fellow nationalist and crusader against cosmopolitanism"

Bannon has defended Trump's ties to and praise for Russian president Vladimir Putin He expressed a belief that traditionalists see Russia as an ally. Bannon said they "believe that at least Putin is standing up for traditional institutions, and he's trying to do it in a form of nationalism—and I think that people, particularly in certain countries, want to see the sovereignty for their country. They want to see nationalism for their country" rather than a "pan-European Union". According to the book War for Eternity, Bannon met notorious Russian ideologue Aleksandr Dugin in Rome in 2018 to advocate closer relations between the United States and Russia, as well as Traditionalist philosophy. Bannon supports closer ties to Russia to ally them against China.

 

Well done Mike Pence

'Unmoored from conservative ideals': Pence rips into MAGA for having no 'moral foundation'