65 - No Kings, No Thrones, No Plan & HOW to Rediscover the Beauty of the Word.

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What if the most radical thing you could do this week isn’t another hot take, but a habit that holds? We open with the “No Kings” rallies and ask a tough question: are we organizing for change or outsourcing our hope to cathartic moments? Drawing on Martin Luther King Jr.’s four steps of nonviolent direct action, 1) collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive; 2) negotiation; 3) self-purification; and 4) direct action.

King Went on to say, "Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue." Did the #NoKings protests miss this opportunity?

From there we pivot to reclaiming Scripture by reading it to meet Jesus. We challenge the empty badge of “Bible-believing” when it turns the text into an idol or a weapon. Jesus says the Scriptures testify about him; life is found in Christ, not in mastering pages. So we offer a clear, practical path to rediscover beauty.

We also push back on “revival by metrics.” Bible sales, app downloads, and playlist counts aren’t the fruit the Spirit promises. Renewal smells like repentance, reconciliation, generosity, and enemy love. If you’re exhausted by outrage and spectacle, consider a counter-liturgy: prayer, fasting, silence, and small acts of obedience. Those practices don’t weaken you; they open space for God’s strength. Over time, beauty forms us—reordering our fears, reshaping our loves, and making us the kind of people who can bear goodness in a fractured world.

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