Tim Alberta on "Trump, Religion, and Politics"

Tim Alberta, staff writer for The Atlantic and author of "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism," delivers a lecture entitled "Trump, Religion, and Politics" at Michigan State University on January 19, 2024 sponsored by the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, Department of Political Science, Department of Religious Studies, School of Journalism, and LeFrak Forum on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy.

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  • @debsnyder8437
    @debsnyder84373 ай бұрын

    Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you Tim Alberta. I am a born again, Bible believing Christian who has lost most of my Christian friends because I can’t support Trump. I have been shocked and horrified at the change in Christian behavior since the MAGA movement has taken over the Church. Everything Tim says is truth from a Christian perspective. I thank God for Tim and pray that he gets the truth out to more and more Christians who have bowed to the idolatry of the hateful MAGA Movement and Trump.

  • @MikeKrall

    @MikeKrall

    3 ай бұрын

    I agree with you 😊

  • @Anabee3

    @Anabee3

    3 ай бұрын

    Same for me. I left the church/church fam where I was CERTAIN I would spend the rest of my days. But I just could no longer tolerate hearing praise for Trump that belongs, SOLEY, to our 3rce Holy God. NOTEABLY: Til Nov 2016, I rarely (if ever, that I can recall) hear any mention of the scripture that refers to the fact that God appoints all nation's leaders & commandments regarding praying for, honoring (& obeying- if not in direct conflict with God's law) the Potus. AFTER Nov 2016, it seemed to be part of every service. The last day I was there a deacon was closing us out in prayer. He PROFUSELY thanked God for blessing us with a president "WHO has the GUTS to..." idkw he said after that. I went into low-shock. He's a HUGE 6'6" man with a strong, deep voice as it is, but THAT was THUNDERING. I could hardly help but irreverently raise my head & open my eyes to make sure all was okay. Sure enough, as he continued on, his knuckles got whiter & whiter & his face got redder & redder, and he seemed to be sputtering spittle& sweat. I could hardly believe that was the gentle giant Id known for years. I was shook, yet at peace bc I was no longer ambivalent- I new it was time to go. After that, ONE sister stayed friends with me. It was amazing to watch Fox news in the evening & hear her plagiarize Laura Ingraham, VERBATIM, the very next day. I guess she didnt suppose Id diversify my info outlets. So, I'm here as a fellow "homeless" person. Except that I know I'm not REALLY, bc Tim Alberta decided to be courageous & speak out. So I knew, the first time I heard him address this mess, there was atleast ONE siblings I can relate to. BONUS: It's an extra comforting blessing to see there are even more "somewhere out there" ("HEY! 🤗There's Deb Snyder!...👏👏👏👏! YAYYY!!! It gives me SOME SENSE of fellowship. And I know the kind of (I guess I'll say-)EXHALE that comes with that sincere, visceral "Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you Tim Alberta." I know what it means to you bc it means the very same to me.

  • @teresastaalcowley8521

    @teresastaalcowley8521

    3 ай бұрын

    I am sorry for your loss of Christian friends and family. I also have lost Christian friends and family as well due to the MAGA movement infiltrating the church. However, the movement was stirring before MAGA. I will be 68 years old soon. I have been a Christian artist and calligrapher all my life. In the last 20 + years, I saw the hateful, negative, judgemental Christian movement begin.

  • @spookybacon278

    @spookybacon278

    3 ай бұрын

    For what it's worth, I'm not a spiritual person and neither are a few of my friends. But know that we all support your right to practice your Christian faith and couldn't imagine mocking anyone for their spiritual journey.

  • @piratessalyx7871

    @piratessalyx7871

    3 ай бұрын

    I lost my so called God loving so called Christian best friend for over 40 years. Shows she was never really a Christian but used it to be a phony person. She was a devout repug, followed the lies of tumpus and faux news…..her narcissistic, ignorant, arrogant nature shown through. I knew she was a greedy money gruber, non intelligent narcissist but I overlooked it to being a friend.

  • @TedApelt
    @TedApelt3 ай бұрын

    It was never about Christian values. It has always been about hatred, vengeance, meanness, and whatever justification they can come up with.

  • @PerryMarshallScott

    @PerryMarshallScott

    2 ай бұрын

    Leveraging the Bible to get a leg up into the political power structure where politicians will "owe them " in exchange for using the pulpit to direct votes. Once there, .........

  • @HVACSoldier

    @HVACSoldier

    2 ай бұрын

    Donald Trump was able to tap DEEP into their hearts. “Frustrated as to why nothing gets done? It’s the Democrats. Feel Christianity is under attack? It’s the Democrats. Want ME to do something about it? I WILL.” A REAL Christian should know better, than to let hate get the best of them.

  • @Gran1955
    @Gran19552 ай бұрын

    He speaks so much truth. Yes, it’s inconvenient, yes it may make you an outcast in your evangelical community and yes it can break your heart. But the truth of Jesus Christ is worth it all. I was raised in an evangelical church. I didn’t leave it, it left me and I still mourn the loss but I am consoled knowing I’m true to the Jesus I grew to know and who still walks with me daily.

  • @JesusLovesBest

    @JesusLovesBest

    2 ай бұрын

    Exactly! We didn't leave today’s Evangelicalism- it left us. 😔

  • @michaeldunigan1067
    @michaeldunigan10673 ай бұрын

    When evangelism is no longer the priority of evangelicals the movement is dying. God is doing something else.

  • @jtiner72
    @jtiner722 ай бұрын

    I wish everyone would listen to this, and I wish all other believers would see the wisdom of these words.

  • @Anabee3
    @Anabee32 ай бұрын

    Im watching this again, for ATLEAST the 2nd time. I either didnt catch or I forgot some of it. This is the best sermon Ive heard in many MANY yrs.

  • @nikigores8774
    @nikigores87743 ай бұрын

    Great presentation, Tim! God’s peace!

  • @marylinmuir1224
    @marylinmuir12242 ай бұрын

    Excellent. Bringing sanity back to the church and the country.

  • @dorisaffissio1649

    @dorisaffissio1649

    2 ай бұрын

    Did anyone mention that all religions are some sort of cult?

  • @marylinmuir1224

    @marylinmuir1224

    2 ай бұрын

    @@dorisaffissio1649 Not all Christian denominations are cults. Cults stray away from the Bible. They have an absolute mystifying devotion to their leader. They worship the leader, not Christ. They will do whatever the leader says or wants even though it is wrong. In too many cases the leader sends them to murder people. They are under Satan’s spell. In contrast, a true Christian worships Christ only. They may love their pastor, but they would never worship him. If that ever happened the congregation would be instructed to not worship the pastor and if the pastor did manipulate his congregation into adulating him, the other pastors, deacons and other leaders would hold him accountable. If he refused to change there are overseers over all the churches that would step in, and the pastor would be fired. In a cult, the leader is not disciplined for inappropriate conduct, like teaching false doctrines, lying, manipulating his congregation to worship him, obey his laws and commands. Also, members who leave can be persecuted. That never happens in most Christian churches. It is difficult to reprogram members who are part of a cult. The largest threat of a cult is what they will do if the leader asks his members to do something dangerous. I hope that helps give you some understanding of the difference between a truly Christian mental health and a cult. Also, usually, these cult leaders have mental health issues which makes them unstable and often they have experienced trauma or abuse in their childhood. In a church, the pastor would be asked to step down and seek counselling to work on improving their mental health. He would need to have his mental health restored before he could be a pastor again. No one questions the leader of a cult.

  • @Philip-bk2dm
    @Philip-bk2dm2 ай бұрын

    Trump is holding a mirror up to America. Do you like what you see?

  • @teenaray6142
    @teenaray61422 ай бұрын

    Amazing mind with great insights and ability to explain clearly. I am a fan.

  • @KellyElizabeth1
    @KellyElizabeth12 ай бұрын

    Thank you Tim Alberta for painstakingly attempting to rightly apply Biblical truth in a time of Biblical illiteracy. What a blessing you are and I so appreciate how you have been able to explain what has happened to our Christian friends in our culture in the Trump era. But even more important, are some of the answers you gave regarding who Jesus is and why he came and that might be completely new information to a lot of folks. I read your book and have been recommending it to everyone I know. It seems that the people that need to read it the most, might be avoiding it. Time will tell and I’ll just continue to pray for our churches, that they will preach the gospel and not devolve into political rallies. This is not our home and I am so grateful for that reminder! As followers of Jesus we are living for a different Kingdom.

  • @ellenpearl6466

    @ellenpearl6466

    2 ай бұрын

    Terrific comment. I’m in total agreement with every word. Thanks for sharing. Makes me feel less alone as a Christian these dark days in America.

  • @colettewaddell8362
    @colettewaddell83622 ай бұрын

    A brilliant and thoughtful presentation. I have heard Tim Alberta speak before and I didn’t think I could learn anything new by watching this. I was wrong. As a Christian, it is nice to read the comments of my fellow Christians and how deeply concerned we are about the Trump and white Christian nationalist movement.

  • @leslietascoff9784
    @leslietascoff97843 ай бұрын

    Excellent! I hope Tim continues to attend the political events so he can give us his objective view of what’s happening.

  • @liliswenson6144
    @liliswenson61442 ай бұрын

    I devoured his book. I have listened to many interviews by Tim Alberta. However, this talk is his best so far. I loved it and plan to share it.

  • @ellenpearl6466
    @ellenpearl64662 ай бұрын

    What a marvelous “sermon”! If I could find a church here in the Bible Belt with a pastor after your own heart, I would not hesitate to worship there. God is speaking through you with great power Tim. You are courageous and strong, obedient and loving, in Him. Thank you for exalting Jesus Christ, for standing firm in the Word😊. This is true power. The eternal power of Christ in us! Abundant blessings to you and yours! ✝️

  • @KellyElizabeth1

    @KellyElizabeth1

    2 ай бұрын

    Let me encourage you, I cannot imagine that there isn’t a church somewhere in your area that preaches the Bible instead of Trumpism/Nationalism. Give every single Bible believing church a chance before you say there isn’t one. God bless you as you pursue your faith in Jesus.

  • @ellenpearl6466

    @ellenpearl6466

    2 ай бұрын

    ⁠@@KellyElizabeth1Thank you for your godly encouragement! I appreciate it and will bathe it in prayer. I am comforted greatly by your caring response. Again, thanks and many blessings.

  • @fiddell69
    @fiddell693 ай бұрын

    Evangelicals chose Barabas (Trump) over Christ.

  • @damienpace7350

    @damienpace7350

    3 ай бұрын

    They chose defending their country and their faith

  • @fiddell69

    @fiddell69

    3 ай бұрын

    ...while abandoning whatever Christian principles they possessed.

  • @damienpace7350

    @damienpace7350

    3 ай бұрын

    @@fiddell69 having a nation that functions is not incompatible with Christianity. Order and justice in the land is kinda a Biblical requirement.

  • @brendansparks1511

    @brendansparks1511

    3 ай бұрын

    @@damienpace7350 "Defending their"? It needs defending now from that orange scoundrel!

  • @JH324

    @JH324

    3 ай бұрын

    @fiddell69 What Church do you go to and support? There's a reason why you guys are more worried about stopping Trump than growing in your Christian faith.

  • @patriciawilliams6844
    @patriciawilliams68442 ай бұрын

    I know, you know this guy but I thought he was impressive standing up for CHRIST. I want to thank you again for sending your services on you tube. They are a blessing to me in the afternoon on Sunday. I have church here in which I feel I get fed but just seeing and hearing you is a blessing. 😊

  • @mibruces7580
    @mibruces75802 ай бұрын

    Excellent job Tim keep up the good work 👏👏👏

  • @teresastaalcowley8521
    @teresastaalcowley85213 ай бұрын

    I ordered Tim Alberta's book and am looking forward to reading it once it arrives.

  • @JH324

    @JH324

    3 ай бұрын

    Maybe spend more time in the Bible and less in propaganda.

  • @teresastaalcowley8521

    @teresastaalcowley8521

    2 ай бұрын

    @@JH324 I read the Bible every morning and have been doing so for 66 years and attend Bible studies faithfully.

  • @mariewilson6115
    @mariewilson61152 ай бұрын

    As a former bookkeeper for one of the largest churches in my community the idea that the most hateful people write the biggest checks is consistent with why I am no longer a member there after 20 years and 6 years of that as a paid staff member. Yes, they do write the big checks, to have influence with leadership, to create an image, to impress others and (in my opinion) to excuse their horrible behavior by disguising it with their "generosity" (either to themselves or others) . They were the ones that refused to let our church be used as a cold weather respite location for unhoused neighbors during an ice storm, they allowed two huts to be placed on our grounds to support a homeless transition program, but only if they could be hidden from view and we were allowed to pick the candidates. Hate and Animosity towards the less fortunate is often hidden behind a big check. And dont think those people dont ask for their pound of flesh when the time comes..like asking for younger, socially aware pastor to be fired when dared to touch on equality in a sermon. It was all a lie.

  • @Hisgrace4me
    @Hisgrace4me3 ай бұрын

    I agree & I love my unapologetic Christian brother Tim Alberta and have watched many of his videos. What a wonderful example of bold Christian integrity. How refreshing and encouraging!!!!! I am praying for you Tim. Because of Trump and the MAGA/Evangelical mixed cult I no longer call myself an evangelical but rather a Disciple of Jesus Christ, born again. My sword is my vote and like 2016 it will not be for Trump in 2024.

  • @JH324

    @JH324

    3 ай бұрын

    So you will support baby killers ?

  • @beerman204
    @beerman2042 ай бұрын

    Very strong coherant message in an age of discord....

  • @susansmiles2630
    @susansmiles26302 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much! Thank you! Thank you!

  • @onlykarlhenning
    @onlykarlhenning3 ай бұрын

    Love Tim's work.

  • @marthacohen4837
    @marthacohen48372 ай бұрын

    I am terrified of Trump and MAGA

  • @user-tu4rn8ui9u
    @user-tu4rn8ui9u2 ай бұрын

    Tim, I hope that people of sincere and genuine good faith can find others like you to restore the Christian faith as it was with Jesus and his CORE teachings. The Faith has been corrupted.

  • @user-cd4vp3ox8r
    @user-cd4vp3ox8r2 ай бұрын

    Abolish God from civil political debate? What a great idea! But, I think the Constitution said it first!

  • @charlesashurst1816
    @charlesashurst18162 ай бұрын

    When evil has God as its shield, it's not God.

  • @garyjohnson1466
    @garyjohnson14662 ай бұрын

    Although I am agnostic, I strongly approve of the message hear, in many ways I am still a Christian, but one who believes in the message that Jesus preached, which seems to have been forgotten in today’s evangelical societies, ye who lives by the sword shall die by the sword, what does it profit a man if he gains the world but loses his soul or humanity, it is said that it is easier for a camel to pass thru the eye of a needle than for a wealthy man to enter the kingdom of god, if you believe that gods created this world, seen we are disrespecting gods by how we are treating it, for wealth and power, materialism etc etc, I am not of this world, an is is disturbing how we are destroying that which supports life so we can enrich ourselves materially and with wealth, thank you this was uplifting, Peace !

  • @marthacohen4837
    @marthacohen48372 ай бұрын

    Thank you for speaking up as an evangelical Christian against the idolatry of so many evangelicals in the US. I am Jewish, and frightened of white Christian nationalism, because my history tells me where that might lead. The antisemitism of the far right and the antisemitism of the far left agree on one thing. I am 85 years old, and never before in my life in the United States have I felt endangered as a Jew. When my synagogue pays the local police to station a police car at the entrance of our parking lot, that tells me that I am in danger as a Jew. I actually knew it when I was on the Board of my synagogue, years ago, and we were discussing security, and we have had a volunteer security team for a long time, but the police car drove it home.

  • @jenniferhampton5171

    @jenniferhampton5171

    2 ай бұрын

    May you stay safe and be at peace 🕊️

  • @Raydensheraj

    @Raydensheraj

    2 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately this far right neo Confederate Christian nationalist Trumplican movement isn't new....look up "Christian Front and the Nazis of Copley Square" .....the disgraceful "Father Coughlin"....Ezra Pound....Henry Ford.... Reagan and his Aids Response....this is about HIV and the Aids epidemic. There's a short video showing a journalist asking the far right Christian nationalist press speaker of Reagan questions....it is heart breaking how evil these sociopaths were in the 1980s. We all need to fight this great evil....vote. vote. Vote. County State and Presidential votes. Look up your police chief election. Look up your education board etc. They need to be defeated from bottom up. Educate your family concerning the history of the far right. They are the loud minority. It is also important to understand Putin's Internet Research Agency for example.... But as a Jew....I highly recommend you also look up the far right ultranationalist ultra-orthodox Zionists of Netanyahu and the illiberal ultranationalist movements in Israel. I was surprised how deep Israel has fallen from a democracy with hope....to this authoritarian state it is today.

  • @KellyElizabeth1

    @KellyElizabeth1

    2 ай бұрын

    That is so very sad that you do not feel safe in your house of worship. I do have to say, we do have plain clothed concealed carry persons patrolling all over the property at every service and that is in a Christian church. Sad times we live in.

  • @hapennysparrow
    @hapennysparrow2 ай бұрын

    I could kiss this man. Every point he has made in this presentation is spot on. I dont fit into either political box..Jesus is my north star. I had yo raise five young children as a single mom during the Regan years, received no child support, yet I was pilloried by the Christian communityof my town for not possessing enough faith to somehow heal my marriage to a serial adulterer. It wasmy faith that was lacking, because a real Christian is sucessful and prosperous.I relied on Public Assistance and HUD to survive. I taught K-1 at their Christian School, and loved those kids, and was fired when parents learned of my divorce. The President labeled me " Welfare Queen." No one surviving on a tiny welfare check wants to be in that level of poverty. When my baby started school, I found employment teaching Learning Disabled students in the public school system. I loved those kids. I never remarried, retired a few years ago, and have watched in horror as the Religious Right has fused itself with the political right and morphed into a beast. I was ostricized yet again when I did not hold the extream rhetoric of the Republican Party. I was called Marxist, babykiller, and pure evil for not supporting Trump. I have read extensively on the subject of the Authoritarian movements across the centuries, always paired with a twisted theology to justify atrocity. None of which even remotely smells like Jesus, let alone looks like Him. My position on pro life is lets not make abortion illegal, lets make it unessessary. I know how hard it is to raisea child alone. I so loved your prolife stance. I am ready to flee to a saner nation, because what passes for Christianity in this screwy nation is scary. It is idolotrous at best, and heretical ,even blasphemous, at its core. Bonhoeffer wrote extensively on this, but few paid attention. The shadow of fascism looms over us. Thank you, Tim Alberta. I am reading your latest book now, and have read five others outlining the moment we find ourselves in. God help us. .

  • @JesusLovesBest

    @JesusLovesBest

    2 ай бұрын

    God bless you richly, I hear you, and I have experienced much the same. The American church is very sick and has been for a long time. They look to rituals, earthly riches, and "preacher men" instead of Jesus Christ and His Word. May the younger generations forgive us. Men like Alberta are truly princes among us. The masses now want a slanderous, uncouth brute, and so-called Christians are telling them he's God's man... shameful indeed.

  • @KellenAdair

    @KellenAdair

    2 ай бұрын

    Bless you. You sound like one brave, sane woman with great input. Thank you!

  • @jodydavison33
    @jodydavison333 ай бұрын

    God's kingdom is already among you, Luke 17:21 . . . This kingdom, it's been ready for you since the world's foundation. Here's why. I was hungry, you fed me. I was thirsty, you gave me a drink. I was homeless, you gave me a room. I was shivering, you gave me clothes. I was sick, you came to visit. I was in prison and you came to me. Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me. You did it to me. Matthew 25:34, 40 Thanks Tim, just finished your book this morning. It was like a refreshing drink of cool water in a parched land.

  • @wildwoodkare
    @wildwoodkare2 ай бұрын

    Jesus never tried to change the Roman Rule. He taught love and in return to love and let your love be a light unto the world.

  • @user-ty1wm3cn7n
    @user-ty1wm3cn7n2 ай бұрын

    Outstanding 🥰

  • @christinamarie3598
    @christinamarie35983 ай бұрын

    Exactly... no matter the faith celebrating & following the word of God... never once did Jesus ask anyone that followed him .. or he healed ... to take up arms and destroy their fellow man ..

  • @Anabee3

    @Anabee3

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly! Infact, remember how Jesus responded to Peter when he cut off the ear of Jesus's enemy? Of course you do!

  • @christinamarie3598

    @christinamarie3598

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Anabee3 .. this country was founded in part to flee religious persecution.. freedom of faith

  • @cnobles2738
    @cnobles2738Ай бұрын

    Thank you Tim! Your words bring the reality of who followers of Jesus are called to be and the beauty of God’s love shines through your words. May many have ears to hear this message it wakes them up.

  • @michaeldunigan1067
    @michaeldunigan10673 ай бұрын

    I dwell in the revelation of God and of THE RISEN LORD. And that's where my identity is.

  • @jonstrickland4848
    @jonstrickland48482 ай бұрын

    I was raised in the deep south by evangelicals dating back generations. Today as an adult I know their views of their God can't be right and if so, I'll go to hell with a very clear conscious and moral high ground. Not to be confrontational but I feel Christianity is morally lacking and this is why we see these Christian Nationalism taking over Christianity. We find it shocking because their lesser moral position looks outdated today to decent people.

  • @apextroll

    @apextroll

    2 ай бұрын

    Trump is just finishing what began in the 80's with the southern strategy. What would Jesus do has long been problematic.

  • @user-tk6vk8ld6u
    @user-tk6vk8ld6u2 ай бұрын

    When people of faith are morally stressed the duplicity within them demands they offset their aggressions with benevolence so they may convince themselves they are actually good people. So when people are fighting with someone they are likely to be exceedingly gracious to another to show themselves they are good.

  • @ladytube64
    @ladytube642 ай бұрын

    It's very hard to hear the questions being asked. Tim Alberta is so wise and right on.

  • @captainkirk4514
    @captainkirk45143 ай бұрын

    A fascinating conversation. In some ways was contextualized into a sermon, but was illuminating, and enlighting. I myself am not deeply religious, but I'm not atheist nor am I agnostic. I have listened to Tim in other podcasts, and will continue to listen to him, because I want to understand what drives seemly good people to continue supporting a man who is obviously immoral, a habitual liar, self-centered massively egotistical, and a sociopath for the the most powerful office in the world. And as listen to Tim more and more, because I want to be able to make some sense of the extremely difficult times America is facing.

  • @patriciafederle3667
    @patriciafederle36672 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Tim! Moving into the Lenten season is an excellent time for introspection and I am falling quite short….I am afraid of the maga movement and that fear is not leading me to love my neighbor. I would be very thankful of some messaging and strategies I can use to replace frustration and anger at them.

  • @NotGoddess
    @NotGoddess3 ай бұрын

    Excellent discussion. Thank you.

  • @krizilloo2538
    @krizilloo25382 ай бұрын

    If anyone wants to understand the position of the other side, read “Letter to the American Church,” by Eric Metaxas.

  • @michaeldunigan1067
    @michaeldunigan10673 ай бұрын

    Yeshua is not partisan. But He came to save sinners not the righteous.

  • @larryreilly7
    @larryreilly72 ай бұрын

    Excellent job brother.

  • @gracesaves949
    @gracesaves9492 ай бұрын

    & if the '"evangelical mind" could so easily be re-conditioned..& by one whose red outfit & horns are so detectable, speaks volumes more of them!

  • @user-nb3sx5kk4s
    @user-nb3sx5kk4s3 ай бұрын

    I read both of his books. They were a real opening. I HAVE always wonder how someone who was a christian even think of supporting a Man like Trump. Thank you Tim God Bless You. IT breaks my heart that Franklin Graham is so wound up in Trump. HE nd his followers actually WORSHIPE him THEY THINK HE CAN DO NO WRONG. HE couldnt wait to condeam Clinton on the Estine list. But he was very careful not to name TRUMP. 46:56 o

  • @The-Butcher-Jaegerkorpset
    @The-Butcher-Jaegerkorpset2 ай бұрын

    Wow, an intellectually honest Republican with morals, reason and self-awareness. It is very refreshing. There might be enough of them left in the United States to actually make a baseball team.

  • @harveyhiller11
    @harveyhiller11Ай бұрын

    I have been following Tim Alberta a bit since he published “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory”. It turns out he is from Michigan and a graduate of MSU. This is a recording of his recent visit to MSU.

  • @robbower5489
    @robbower54893 ай бұрын

    Maybe some should tell his Australian buddy: “Out-of-pocket costs for patients have long been discussed as a key problem of the Australian health care system.30-38 In 2018-19, mean personal out-of-pocket health-related costs amounted to about $1649 per person, or 2.6% of mean annual income in Australia“

  • @allymayful

    @allymayful

    2 ай бұрын

    That's a heck of a lot better than in the US.

  • @lovemakestheworldgoround6726

    @lovemakestheworldgoround6726

    2 ай бұрын

    @@allymayful Yes, and as is always the case, people don't appreciate what the have. As someone who is blessed - yes, i feel blessed to have this facility - to be able to use Medicare, i understand that it's not perfect - NOTHING MAN-MADE IS! But I'm not going to whinge about it nor bring it down because we still have something 👼🏽🙏🏽

  • @aliciaglauser2184
    @aliciaglauser21843 ай бұрын

    Thank you for speaking for Christ in this crazy Trump mania!

  • @jamesklein1278
    @jamesklein1278Ай бұрын

    "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.

  • @victoriamartin883
    @victoriamartin8833 ай бұрын

    👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💯

  • @earthminus10
    @earthminus103 ай бұрын

    You should include in your lecture that Hillary Clinton had 3 million more votes than Donald Trump. Did he only won because of the electoral college?

  • @PerryMarshallScott

    @PerryMarshallScott

    2 ай бұрын

    And in response to currently pending court decisions regarding Trump's eligibility to be on the ballot, the GOP are crying foul and saying. " let the people decide." Seemingly oblivious to the fact that the people DID decide by handing Hillary Clinton a majority. Yes. If they followed their own logic she would have been President !

  • @d.thurston8524

    @d.thurston8524

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes. He lost the popular vote. Don Jr. during Trump family interview on TV, thanked Putin for his help to target states the Clinton campaign did not invest in, which suppled trump with the electoral college win.

  • @georgeflitzer7160
    @georgeflitzer71602 ай бұрын

    We must bear our own cross…

  • @JesusLovesBest
    @JesusLovesBest2 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @olaznogemiaj
    @olaznogemiaj3 ай бұрын

    👍

  • @55cook
    @55cook3 ай бұрын

    I'm sorry, but there's no way I'm voting for Trump. He is no Christian.

  • @JH324

    @JH324

    3 ай бұрын

    So is Biden a Christian?😂

  • @theresahamlin3926
    @theresahamlin39262 ай бұрын

    Tim Alberta

  • @onedaya_martian1238
    @onedaya_martian12383 ай бұрын

    Gee, pointing out that evangelicalism isn't the same as acting like a person who was murdered 2000 years ago ? When it is written that he supposedly said "my kingdom is not of this earth" ?? And it's surprising that this has led these "thinkers", who say the world is 6000 years old, to behave in a destructive manner ? Wow !! This is how great countries die, finding the rot after it has taken hold of the people considered leaders. There's too much money in the tax free religion game to make a difference Tim !!

  • @wwrover697
    @wwrover697Ай бұрын

    What is happening to this You Tube link. ALL I GET IS VIDEO not a word Tim is speaking is understandable!!!

  • @alandesmond7860
    @alandesmond78602 ай бұрын

    Speck here with Jerimiah Johnson, a prophet standing up against a man idolitry movement usa .

  • @georgeflitzer7160
    @georgeflitzer71602 ай бұрын

    I do know the Russian and Greek Orthodox church well.

  • @user-fq4yz5ek3r
    @user-fq4yz5ek3r2 ай бұрын

    While my guitar gently weeps

  • @user-fq4yz5ek3r

    @user-fq4yz5ek3r

    2 ай бұрын

    😊

  • @richardrogers156
    @richardrogers1563 ай бұрын

    26:11

  • @koltoncrane3099
    @koltoncrane30993 ай бұрын

    The best way to view it isn’t trump to far right, but think monetary system. For 50 years the fiat dollar has been the reserve currency and so the rich offshored all the jobs that could making them rich. Asset’s skyrocketed in the U.S. because of offshoring and inflation or devalued currency, but wages stagnated. So workers in the U.S. have the same purchasing power today, but the rich that owns assets benefited from 50 years of inflation making them way richer. Inflation of assets went up way faster then wages have, but before 1971 wages and assets moved together over time when we were on a gold system. Trump getting elected isn’t surprising since he’s different and vowed to try new things and he did to a point. What’s shocking is that Bernie sanders didn’t get elected in 2020. He should have Bernie sanders would have been like the trump of the left in a sense. Bernie wanted to try new things and change things up. Biden just wanted to go back to the way things were so he’s actually in a way more conservative then trump or Bernie cause Biden doesn’t want to change anything. Bernie though wanted to do universal basic income and change the dollar to be a central bank digital currency that’s programmable and to not issue debt but make it so the treasury can just print basically. This is nothing new. Abraham Lincoln funded the civil war or really war of secession or northern aggression. Lincoln funded the war by literally printing pieces of paper currency and didn’t issue debt to offset it or fund it. This caused inflation but there was no debt to pay back. The current system is based on debt to create new currency. Before though gold and silver miners literally printed money as they mined cause they could take gold and silver to the mint for a 1.5% fee or 1.5% of the metal went to the mint for a fee. Today both republicans and democrats depend on the federal reserve and no one wants to change it because they love global power. Trump focusing more on the U.S. and wanting to reduce foreign wars is way different. Bernie sanders wanting to focus on the US and literally print money without issuing debt is totally different far far far different then anything Trump did. Think about it. If Bernie sanders won he would have changed everything if the government could print without issuing debt. Bernie sanders would have been far more impactful and his changes would have made trump look conservative. But we ended up with Biden cause the 1% ultimately want the same system to continue as they benefit from inflation and debt. If Bernie won and we could print money without debt companies and the 1% potentially could lose everything to inflation like Weimar Germany or Venezuela. The rich don’t want that. It’s funny cause professor kelton advisor to Bernie sanders maybe right in theory about MMT. The major question is if inflation spikes during MMT can the government have the strength to cut spending dramatically? And the answer is no we saw just what happened the last few years. More spending was labeled the inflation reduction act. More people need to look at things through a monetary perspective. Globalism benefits a certain group of society and hurts others and nationalism would help a group of society and hurt others. The military in fact is hurt by globalism which is interesting but not shocking. Obviously if most manufacturing output is in China and after decades all that knowledge and skill goes to China then the U.S. military becomes dependent on China for inputs to then fight China if politicians ever get the itch for a new war.

  • @janetblanc7658

    @janetblanc7658

    3 ай бұрын

    As a European, I was so disappointed that Bernie Sanders was not elected.

  • @lafayettedickens6236
    @lafayettedickens623612 күн бұрын

    No sound

  • @hipchickglass
    @hipchickglass3 ай бұрын

    Tim Alberta, live forever

  • @newtonbrook
    @newtonbrook2 ай бұрын

    Tim Scott and Ron deSantis now support Trump

  • @johnwhitney1439
    @johnwhitney14392 ай бұрын

    Umaga Christians must realize that Trump is not your lord😂

  • @alandesmond7860
    @alandesmond78602 ай бұрын

    Evangelism is calling for gladiators, not Gideons. Money money moneys in a rich man's world dominatio, needing the shord to preserve powers wealth aninfluencece. Hoses and chariots, might and power leading to conflict of christian principles.

  • @mikelnu8224
    @mikelnu82243 ай бұрын

    Wish he also spoke about prisoners and migrants....'cause Jesus did.

  • @Cuefrost101
    @Cuefrost1012 ай бұрын

    Mark 8:15 Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.” This is the age old Religious Spirit and Political Spirit ... Neither of which bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit. You shall know a tree by its fruit... Anyone?

  • @alandesmond7860
    @alandesmond78602 ай бұрын

    False aliances with the body compromising the truth for the gladiators of our day.

  • @sjones2088
    @sjones20882 ай бұрын

    He wasn't vagrant and he wasn't poor. This is widely misunderstood in evangelical churches and other denominations. He was doing His Father's work. John, the Baptist, said as written in Matthew 3.2: Repent he, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand". He was baptized in water by John the Baptist, straight up the Holy Spirit descended upon Him. From that point He went into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. Afterwards His ministry began.Matt 4:23, And Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, ...Afterwards He traveled about the land with His disciples. He had a home. Additionally, he was not poor: He lacked nothing. All things are of Him.

  • @alandesmond7860
    @alandesmond78602 ай бұрын

    Jesus conquared sin. My kingdom is not of this world leaves us with the answer to sins power and answer to mans hatred is love grace Jesus John 1.17 a different kingdom to this worlds a different Spirit in the world system. The church needs to be an answer, the salt 🧂 not the pepper not a short, but a helping hand put back the solidars ear specking of our need to hear the message not short circuiting it.

  • @harlanmueller7499
    @harlanmueller74992 ай бұрын

    All right, let’s trade Jesus for power. Forget all that pesky discipleship, forget all those words in red letters.

  • @12345patbet
    @12345patbet2 ай бұрын

    Oh my word - has he not read the bible? Jesus Never got involved in politics. The end Never justifies the means. Read the bible and use that mirror!

  • @christinewoods1589
    @christinewoods15893 ай бұрын

    This so-called Christian starts out by bashing people who are different from him. Jerk. He should read all the New Testament stories where Jesus forgives so-called sinners. (Btw, I’m a former born-again, now a non-theist. Can’t reconcile all the brutal suffering in the world with a supposed all-loving god.)

  • @jyrkiseppala3385
    @jyrkiseppala33853 ай бұрын

    If you are Christian, you haven’t been seeking the truth strong enough.

  • @terencequinn2682

    @terencequinn2682

    3 ай бұрын

    The aren’t seeking truth , they are seeking belief.

  • @alandesmond7860
    @alandesmond78602 ай бұрын

    Trumptempleofies

  • @damienpace7350
    @damienpace73503 ай бұрын

    Wanting Evangelicals to be politically helpless is not sound Christianity. In the same way that Christians are not required to be pacifists which would make human govt impossible.

  • @frankwelch9264

    @frankwelch9264

    3 ай бұрын

    You can have political strength by supporting candidates that are not self serving narcissistic and violent. Supporting Trump is telling everyone else they don't matter and are expendable

  • @damienpace7350

    @damienpace7350

    3 ай бұрын

    @@frankwelch9264 I care more about his policies and results l. Rather than singling out a politician for being narcissistic when they all are. Trump's narcissism fuels him to do a good job so he'll get acclaim.

  • @HVACSoldier

    @HVACSoldier

    2 ай бұрын

    @@damienpace7350Um, encouraging people to riot, regardless of party, is wrong. Reagan didn’t do it. George W. Bush didn’t do it. I couldn’t see George W. Bush or Reagan accusing one of their primary opponents of being involved in the assassination of JFK.

  • @damienpace7350

    @damienpace7350

    2 ай бұрын

    @@HVACSoldier he encouraged them to peacefully protest

  • @HVACSoldier

    @HVACSoldier

    2 ай бұрын

    @@damienpace7350 By the time he did that, the rioters were already riled up. You can’t say “The election was stolen,” two months straight, and then tone down the rhetoric, and expect there to NOT be a riot.

  • @robbower5489
    @robbower54893 ай бұрын

    MAGA supporters have put aside their critical thinking? Supporting the party of “men can have babies” is an example of critical thinking I guess?

  • @jadeonyx9349

    @jadeonyx9349

    3 ай бұрын

    Who said men can have babies first off. Also A woman in the uk, with xy chromosomes in 2015 birthed 2 twin babies. Look it up!!! This is a fact. So sex and gender r way deeper than u think they r. Intersex people r real, some r even born with xo chromosomes and both genitals, or xx and a penis, and xy and a vagina. So those people dont count, even tho their r millions of them!??? Sorry bud trans is merely a form of intersex and they r legit. Studies have been done since the 1970s!! So u don’t have to like it, but they have a right to exist, and a right to have freedom in this country just as much as u do. They have a constitutional God given right to be here and be who they know they truly r. U don’t have to interact with them if u don’t like them, that’s fine. But u and anyone who doesn’t like them needs to leave them alone. They just want to live their lives in peace like everybody else! I’m sick of the trans hate. It’s pathetic . Only betas attack the tiniest 1% of innocent marginalized groups who just want the same rights as everyone else. So everyone needs to mind their own business and leave people alone. It’s getting really old!

  • @HVACSoldier

    @HVACSoldier

    2 ай бұрын

    Oh, and believing that a Vice President can accept forged documents, and overturn an election is the “proper response” to that. TWO things, that are NOT related, CAN be true. Democrats that believe that “men can have babies,” can lack critical thinking skills; AND threatening to “Hang Mike Pence,” and tearing down barriers around the Capitol building, and breaking glass, can ALSO show a lack of critical thinking.

  • @huntingtonbeachanthony4957

    @huntingtonbeachanthony4957

    2 ай бұрын

    No one believes men can have babies. No sane person believes Trump is the answer to all of America's problems. Evangelicals look to Trump as the Savior of Christianity.

  • @davidclawley5155
    @davidclawley51553 ай бұрын

    Fine fellow, must be hard for him to still believe, given how many of his delusional tribe act, and ever the lack of evidence for his god or any other

  • @zach2980
    @zach29803 ай бұрын

    Jesus created hell and was fine in creating a world where most people end up there. Why would you want to follow someone like this? The reality is, people can make their bible or ignorance of it say anything they want. Using Jesus’ words alone can be taken as violence. The second coming is apparently near and not gonna be peaceful. This is not even to mention his sadistic father/himself in the OT.

  • @robbower5489

    @robbower5489

    3 ай бұрын

    So, Tim Alberta’s trashing of the evangelical church and Trump hasn’t convinced you to turn to Christianity?

  • @zach2980

    @zach2980

    3 ай бұрын

    @@robbower5489 no. ;)

  • @nonayoung8177

    @nonayoung8177

    3 ай бұрын

    there are some weird people on this post

  • @nonayoung8177

    @nonayoung8177

    3 ай бұрын

    nothing in the bible talks about the values you are talking about. stay out of other people’s business

  • @zach2980

    @zach2980

    3 ай бұрын

    @@nonayoung8177 you talking to me? If so, elaborate. And I assume you’ve read the Bible?

  • @digitalcurry
    @digitalcurry2 ай бұрын

    WOW

  • @jtnachos
    @jtnachos3 ай бұрын

    30 minutes in...yuck