How he can still run for president is mind-blowing

@donaldwert7137

23 күн бұрын

Sadly, he represents a lot of people who call themselves Christian, people who would soundly reject what Rev. Ed is saying here.

@ingehanson

23 күн бұрын

Because he is the best con artist that ever existed and he tells many people what they want to hear. Without an audience he is nothing and he makes sure that he always has an adoring audience adn for that he has to entertain them and promise the moon. He has elevated himself through his audience to superman hero and world savior and some even compare him to the "Second Coming".

@anthonyt0808

23 күн бұрын

That ANYONE would vote for him, is even more mind-blowing!

@user-ly7np5rm5c

23 күн бұрын

Indeed!

@marylamb7707

23 күн бұрын

Because we need him to save this country.

"There are two times when a man is telling the truth. When he's drunk, and when he's joking." - Ernest Hemingway

I would rather have any migrant family move in next door (I live in a townhouse so we are connected) than any member of the Trump family or cult.

@wolfe6220

23 күн бұрын

I agree. Every migrant family I've known (I know 9 such families) has worked their @$$ off to make something of themselves, to start off working as a janitor but becoming a manager at the same company 7 years later. To go to college, to impart good values to their kids, to help a neighbor when needed. In other words, they have been the complete opposite of Trump.

@Barbara-jn2gw

23 күн бұрын

Agree

I simply cannot understand how anyone can vote for a man to be our president, who despises half of the people in our country! It absolutely blows my mind.

@user-ck9og8pe2g

23 күн бұрын

Has Trump called democrat constituents names? He without a doubt calls out the establishment but never constituents. Has Biden called Trump supporters names? Yes he has. The current resident in the oval office is calling 75+ million Americans " MAGA extremist" and other derogatory terms such as "domestic terrorist" please explain why you find it acceptable for Biden to disrespect half of the American Citizens?

@UnashamedCaliforniagirl

22 күн бұрын

Because unfortunately they do too

@kathythiesen5147

22 күн бұрын

@@UnashamedCaliforniagirl you are right. Unfortunately, some of them are my family. I’ve tried and tried to point out the truth to them, but as the old saying goes, there are none so blind as those who will not see.

@Demun1649

21 күн бұрын

HALF the people? More like anyone who is not his immediate family.

This is normal rhetoric for him. He has allowed people to show their true colors.

@user-ck9og8pe2g

23 күн бұрын

He has done just that.

Trump never jokes and never laughs.

@yabits

23 күн бұрын

That is not quite true, regarding Trump "joking." What he says in what seems to him like jest is VERY revealing. Back in the 1990s, he was welcoming a new executive in the Trump Organization, who happened to be from Germany. Trump praised him for being a "true German" who was "neat and clean." And then he turned to the executives who happened to be Jewish and said this: ‘You better watch out for this guy, he sort of remembers the ovens.' and then he smiled.

@jbwhitebirch6620

23 күн бұрын

@yabits I'm never surprised by anything I hear about him, he's the banality of evil personified.

@yabits

23 күн бұрын

@@jbwhitebirch6620 -- Excuse me. Hannah Arendt coined the term "banality of evil" to refer to the "evil committed by nobodies." Trump is FAR from a "nobody."

@generalsb6332

23 күн бұрын

@@yabits being a nobody is a matter of opinion. Hitler was a nobody until he became a somebody. Just because you have wealth and power doesn’t mean you’re somebody. It just means you’re recognizable.

@yabits

23 күн бұрын

@@generalsb6332 -- Hannah Arendt's view trumps yours. I hate to have her insight being covered by drudge.

Leviticus 19 33-34 33 “‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. 34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

@bettyworkman9460

23 күн бұрын

Amen. We are all God's children. We should love and treat all as we would like to be treated. Our hearts are the window to our souls. I've been taught that "there's alot of truth in a joke."

@kathythiesen5147

23 күн бұрын

Good verse, and so appropriate!

@adamdodd2853

23 күн бұрын

@@bettyworkman9460, yes ma’am we are to love each other. It’s so important.

@adamdodd2853

23 күн бұрын

@@kathythiesen5147, thank you very much it’s one of my favorites.

@ghighiannemorrison4922

23 күн бұрын

Exactly

Let me be honest with my opinion, when trump says he wants unity he means everyone agrees and joins with him

@UnashamedCaliforniagirl

22 күн бұрын

That is uniformity not Unity

@sherryobar5750

22 күн бұрын

And Project 2025 :(

The huge problem with the internet is that it is so easy to communicate badly and anonymously. Spreading conspiracy theories, bullying, defrauding people has never been easier. Now, more than ever, we need to carefully consider what we are saying and to whom we are saying it. This goes doubly for people in leadership or potential leadership positions.

@suek.1507

23 күн бұрын

He knows exactly what he is doing.

@michaelcherry8952

23 күн бұрын

@@suek.1507 I would agree. He has been demonizing migrants for years. This is aimed squarely at his low-information cult members who are already predisposed to believe that all migrants are violent criminals. Of course, when he's called out about things like this he claims he was "joking".

It hurts that this hate-filled person has any credibility with anyone. Let’s do what we can to make ourselves better and our neighborhoods and our country - it’s Pride Month and love is love.

One disturbing connection here is that even if you were to take the excuse of “he’s just joking/having fun” at face value, you then have to confront the fact that they think it’s funny/fun to joke about forced immigrant gladiatorial combat in the first place. Like, take a sec and reckon with the fact that this is even fun for them to imagine.

As a staunch atheist and never tRumper. I must say. It is refreshing to watch your channel, and reading the comment threads of your subscribers gives me hope for the future of this country.

@donaldwert7137

23 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, the loudest voices are those who come to represent any group. The self-professed Christians who follow Trump are VERY loud.

We are voting ALL Blue God help us all. 🙏

@TheSuzberry

23 күн бұрын

ROEvember rolls around again. VOTE BLUE Federal, state, and local.

@ad-dx9gi

23 күн бұрын

👍💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 Amen Blue is the greatest color 👍 Voting Blue 💙 for Human rights!!!!!!!

@dolliscrawford280

23 күн бұрын

Also, join the Democrat party and get in Ranked Choice voting and proportional representation, give Washington DC voting representation and Statehood to Puerto Rico. There should be more than two parties. We need to bring back compromise. The House and Senate have given too much of their powers to the Presidency and that needs to be reset. We need a real punishment for breaking the constitution. Trump is still stealing taxpayer money through Mar a Largo.

@DavidFerguson-ku7qd

23 күн бұрын

Yup I'm voting blue 🔵 💯

@sherryobar5750

22 күн бұрын

In Jesus' name amen 🙏 Mt. 18:19 Thank you Father ✝️

Rev Ed, thank you are always being such a loving, brilliant Christ Light in these challenging times!

Hunger games. Sickening to think of people on such a way

Let the fight be - who can harvest the most produce. Who can work the longest at a roofing project. Who can maintain a bridge. Who can clean crabs quickest and best. Who can cope with hate and bias with the most aplomb.

@karmaalstad5588

23 күн бұрын

I agree with what you are saying, people have to have water breaks. Especially under extreme weather conditions. Make it about quality, not quantity.

@UnashamedCaliforniagirl

22 күн бұрын

Well we already know who is going to " win" then.

I’m 64 years old and I still have a hard time keeping my mouth shut. But I am getting better. I agree with you about building people up. Thank you for sharing this with the world because it’s important to be kind with our words. I pray 🙏🏼 for us all. Amen 🙏🏼

@sherryobar5750

22 күн бұрын

Amen!

I AM TO LOVE AND FIND COMPASSION FOR THIS GUY. EASY TO GO THERMAL ON HIM. NO WONDER WHY JC WANTED MORE FROM US.

TRUMP IS STRESSING ME OUT.

When I heard this idea spoken, all I could say was “What the What?” It is unfortunate that this is where we have come. I continue to pray so my anger does not raise my blood pressure!!!

Each time I think that Trump has finally reached the fullest depths of his hatred (and, of course, whipped his worshipers into a hateful frenzy over whatever it is) he continues to surprise me. If a liberal came out with bigoted cruelty like this, conservatives would have a fit, but if Angry Orange Jesus Substitute says it, they treat it as though it were a good idea. Yes, he was having fun. No, he wasn't kidding. And no, his worshipers don't think he was kidding.

@user-ck9og8pe2g

23 күн бұрын

I know of no one who "worship" Trump. That is a left-wing fable. MAGA is not a cult MAGA consist of Americans who have grown tired of the corrupt establishment screwing over the American Citizen. A cult does not have 75 million members. A cult has far fewer members and support murder of innocent children, saying it is their right to do so.

His supporters claimed he was joking during the 2016 campaign. After he took office, we learned to our horror he had indeed, NOT been joking. He has no sense of humor.

I have a confession to make. This morning's scripture from Ephesians was like a flaming arrow to the heart. A friend and I were talking online and we jokingly laughed how another friend was getting a Buddha belly and maybe he was trying to copy our 3rd friend's husband who is extremely rotund. We're all good friends and it was said as a joke with no malice. However our 3rd friend took it as an insult and got really upset. So today's scripture and topic was a timely message that ALL words matter, that what may seem like harmless and innocent banter to some may hurt someone else's feelings. So my friend and I each ate a large slice of humble pie and apologized for hurting her feelings. Lord Jesus, thank you for speaking to me through Rev. Ed today. I confess my sin to you and ask for Your forgiveness. Help me, through your Word and Holy Spirit to always speak and act appropriately so your light shines through me. Amen. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Look at Dana White's net worth--- he simply wants TAX CUTS, screw everything else.

@UnashamedCaliforniagirl

22 күн бұрын

I listened to him speak for five minutes it was enough to convince me that he was obnoxious.

Reminds me of how his supporters laughed and jeered when he imitated a person who stutters. I’m sorry, I wouldn’t be pointing this out except that these are the same people who constantly judge others for not being “Christian enough.”

There is no bottom with these people

@psydd5209

23 күн бұрын

I got my limits as low as they are ;)

Did anyone see Schindler's List? This is fascism. 🇺🇸🗽🌊💙 F45CISM 💙🌊🗽🇺🇸

The trouble is that he is not kidding. We need to start taking him seriously.

I guess Trump wants to be like Emperor Nero at the Colosseum giving thumbs up and thumbs down to the fighting migrants.

1:03 Reverend I so love your words and calm demeanor. It honestly is a meditation when I listen to your message. I wish everyone would take this easy way of expressing themselves…our world would be so much better! Thank you

Every time I think he absolutely can not sink any lower, he does. Thank you, Rev Ed, for being a calm beacon of light in these troubled times.

I am consistently appalled by how some people think they should have dominion over other people. Incomprehensible, to me. 🇺🇸💙

I so appreciate your prayers. I send them to you, as well. We need more loving people like you. ❤

Thank you for this! 😊 My first thought was "another horror", but then I thought "I can't do anything about that, but I can take the message to my own heart". As I pondered this I realised that I fall short of the standard myself. So I am taking this as a friendly reminder to think more about the things I say before I open my mouth or type on my phone. Only things that build others up, according to their needs. Thanks again for that!

Reverend Ed always a pleasure Isn't that passage what society often refers to as If ya ain't got nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all? Folks want the 10 Commandments in classrooms But fail to adhere to them Why? Because Jesus gave Us an out?

🇨🇦🇲🇽 my good neighbors to the north & south.

It's another comment said to overshadow the other equally hateful comments spoken earlier. Each one is meant to be as bad or worse than the others to force attention onto the next thing.

Detrumpification Now 💯⚖️🇺🇸👊🙏 As an American I can tell the world I'm trying to do all I can to remove trump maga & pro trump leaders from public office. As well as exposing those falphets who endorse him. No hate just the pursuit of the things of God. 🙏💙👍😊

@franbailey

22 күн бұрын

I’m doing all I can as well. I’ve given up other interests so I can give as much time as possible before November. My favorite videos to share are those from Republican Voters Against Trump who have former Trump supporters explaining why they no longer support him. I truly believe they are some of the most powerful tools we have to defeat Trump and his ilk in November!

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses YEARNING TO RUMBLE... I lift my lamp beside an extremely tarnished door." I imagine we could pay down the national debt (or legal fees) if we got Draft Kings involved. There is always one step further down we can go. Thanks for the scrptural analysis.

Thank you for the reminder. It’s hard not to talk back to venom with venom.

Reminded me of the Gladiators of the Roman times . Sickening!!

This reminds me of Daniel and the Lions Den, except now its Migrants and the Fight Cage. It is a sad and disgusting suggestion.

He was "having fun" with his supporters at my expense

Aaarrrghhh! I do the same -- laughing at the the jokes about trump and trumpets.......the same thing I criticize, I do. Lord help me!

hi folks, hi and thanks, Rev Ed

Matthew 5:37 let your yes be yes and your no be no, anything beyond this comes from evil🙏🕊️💝🌈

unlike the rest of us, he does not know or could even understand repentance.... let alone being able to edify his fellow man

Hi Rev Ed.Always love your messages. I know I am a lot more careful about what I say, simply because there are something’s that just should not be joked about. And those who choose to make “jokes” of that sort are lazy and picking low hanging fruit. I am so very tired of the excuse of “I was joking”. More times than not I believe, it’s a convenient backpedal when pushback comes. This latest issue sounds a little gladiatorial. I have no doubt that if he could do it he would. Just like I have no doubt that he makes fun of disabled people, can make claims that there are good people on both sides of horrific ideals etc etc, these are snapshots of the real person and not an attempt at humor. Yes… it fires up his base, but the base sees it as an affirmation of their own ideas and not like … oh… ha ha… he’s funny. Being presidential requires a high degree of responsibility. You absolutely need to conduct yourself in a different way than the average person. You’re right, his words are on the world stage, and as a result, America is viewed as the conduct of the president is viewed. Again, Rev Ed…. I thank you for your messages. You are the one Christian leader that keeps me connected to faith amid a very dark time of heretics and false prophets that are spewing a very twisted version of what it means and requires to be a Christian. God bless you.

I So Agree with you Rev Ed Thanks for your insight and preaching, Its so important what you said, You must use discretion when talking as a leader or President candidate or a World Diplomatic person..How you talk is everything you must be Educated in your dialogue..As a world leader you have to represent all people.. Trump is very sarcastic person and he doesn't think when he talks he shows his Character and its not to good.., Thanks God Bless 🕊️

Thank you for your insights, looking forward to the day when trump is no longer mentioned by anyone.

@franbailey

22 күн бұрын

Help that day come sooner than later! Share this channel. Republican Voters Against Trump also has stories of former Trump supporters explaining why they no longer support him. Sharing their videos will help defeat him in November!

Amen & Amen ❤

Dehumanizing is the point of punching down. Sad, pitiful, very small people feel the need to dehumanize others to feel better about themselves. I am very sad for those people. They should know love instead, it’s a much better way.

It doesn't matter if it's a joke. This so called joke makes my heart hurt. Joking at the experience of anybody going through hard times is evil.

My husband is a migrant from Mexico. I found this so deeply disturbing and offensive! I try to stay calm, but this comment really did "get my goat" as we say here in Pennsylvania.

@franbailey

22 күн бұрын

It’s disturbing and offensive to say the least! Trump must stopped. Share this channel. Republican Voters Against Trump also has stories of former Trump supporters explaining why they no longer support him. Sharing their videos will help stop him!

@heatherescontrias8218

22 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Should hear what a former employee, Barbara Res said about his beliefs.

@UnashamedCaliforniagirl

22 күн бұрын

Going to Google it

So glad I found you. Your advise is well taken and helps me be a better person. This message was so important. My Mom always said if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. She was better at it than me.

This is both hard to do and very rewarding to accomplish.

With sociopaths, suggestions are expressed in that way. Then they gain momentum over time.

Amen!

It is true that he lies all the time, BUT... When he speaks clearly, he is speaking the TRUTH.

@lbrounen

23 күн бұрын

Psychiatrist John Gartner has opened a website where he invites his colleagues in the field to sign a petition to take 45 off the ballot, because he shows clear signs of dementia. At this point in time 2506 signatures already.

That kind of "joking" is generally representative of what someone actually believes. It's like the person who says something incredibly racist or misogynist and when "called on it" says "I was just joking." They believe that way but let it slip to the wrong audience, so they try to walk it back. When I first heard this, all I could think of was the use of gladiators in Rome who were hoping they could survive and win citizenship. (And that led me to thinking about the early Christians and how they were also used as spectacle in Rome.) Some things are inappropriate for "joking" and that goes along with the Ephesian passage in this video.

Just when I think I'm done...I get pulled back in. This passage has pull

Wow, he went straight up django unchained level racist😮 Even for trump that blatant!

Thank you for this important message! ❤ We should build others up with what we say, not tear them apart or put them down like Trump does all the time. You are absolutely right, I've seen it a lot on the other side as well, Democrats making fun of Trump and his followers. Even though it's tempting, I agree, it's not the best reaction either. It won't help people to listen to each other again and to respect each other. So I think this is a very good reminder, especially these days, when everything political gets heated and out of control so quickly.

Thank you, Reverend Ed. Blessings to you.

Fear is the greatest tool of the manipulative.

HE WANTS TO HOLD BLOODY AND DEADLY GLADIATOR "GAMES". JUST LIKE CALIGULA OR NERO. S-H-A-M-E !!!

It will be interesting to see how Trump would communicate at the debate Thursday.

Mary Trump recently said, “My uncle is the only person I know who does not have one redeeming quality. Not one.” It seems true. And he might be president again. (Unrelated thing: That Ephesians passage was the scripture for the first sermon I ever preached, back in the 80s.)

I am so bad at this. I'll listen to this a few times.

He thinks he’s a Roman emperor. He’s going to have gladiators fight. Oh my goodness. How can this be possible that this man has a chance at being our president again? Unfortunately if he does we are in lots of trouble. Vote for our democracy. Biden Harris 2024. God Bless

@sherryobar5750

22 күн бұрын

Amen ✝️

@franbailey

22 күн бұрын

Vote blue all the way down the ticket! From now to November share this channel. Republican Voters Against Trump also has former Trump supporters explaining why they no longer support him. Sharing their videos will help defeat Trump in November!

So, what would compel a migrant to participate in this fight league? Would the last man standing win his freedom and citizenship? Would it even be voluntary? Instead of just pitting them against UFC fighters - how about lions? Maybe Trump sees himself sitting in the gallery with his MAGA guests of honor, and he gets to decide the final outcome with a thumbs up or thumbs down. I can definitely picture that. I’m pretty sure Trump came up with this idea after binge watching episodes of ‘Spartacus’.

Amen!❤

I think he just trying to get our goat.

@UnashamedCaliforniagirl

22 күн бұрын

I don't have a goat 🐐 he's trying to get my sheep 😂 I ain't falling for it. I know the True Shepherd

Thank you Reverend! Much appreciation!❤

Early Christians were sent to fight gladiator style and be fed to lions to amuse the Romans. So now Christian Nationalists want power so they can do it to immigrants. MIND blowing. I am not sure if I'm meeting your criteria, Rev Ed. I hurt so much that anyone sees people acting this way as anything like Jesus. HE is a hard act to follow but some actually keep making the attempt. WHEN a whole group of people get turned around drawn to the acquisition of power and worship a person on Earth instead of our Lord Jesus and God the Father, I should feel for them. Want them to turn from these ways. Part of me does and I pray for Trump all the time to be truly touched by God, to maybe open that Bible and read a few pages. But honestly, if they keep walking that path and wind up in Hell, it's on them, not me.

And that man claims to be a Christian, whose favourite book is the Bible and who loves Jesus's???? Not my Christianity from my Presbyterianism or my Australian ethics.

Thank you Rev Ed. This has prompted me to study Ephesians more deeply.

A rich man wanting poor people to fight each other for his entertainment. Seems a little too much like squid games to me. Are they going to promise the winner a money and a citizenship? When they tell you who they are, listen.

Spot on message Reverend 🎉🎉🎉

More good dope, thanks Rev!

God is watching, God sees all. God knows everyones hearts, thoughts, and intentions.

💜🤠

I think the important part is to build them up. So many justify judgment by saying it is to benefit others.

The Roman's already tried that with the gladiators.

Amen 👍👍👍👍👍

Yeah I get that too especially the poem about the snake which he recited 6 times

Take him serious. Take his adoring fans serious. They are all dangerous.

@franbailey

22 күн бұрын

Trump and his fans are extremely dangerous! He must be stopped. Share this channel. Republican Voters Against Trump also has stories of former Trump supporters explaining why they no longer support him. Sharing their videos will help defeat him in November!

💗💗💗

WWJD

Did you ever watch that movie the running man with Arnold swartzenegger? This feels a lot like that

❤

reminds me of the Roman gladiator spectacles

will the migrants be recruited from his planned: "fenced gathering and relocation facilities"? Will: "Hard Training make them Free"?

Philippians 4:8 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things.

Like constructive criticism.

Wasn't there an Roman emperor that said bread and blooded sand for the mob(people) it was at least a statsman

I'm so jaded that I thought of it as a compliment... Life is weird

Sounds like tge Roman gladiator fights.

Roman gladiators?