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Rev. Ken Howard

@reluctantprophet.bsky.social

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Faith leader, entrepreneur, author, blogger. My blog: "Ramblings of a Reluctant Prophet" URL: substack.com/@reluctantprophet Writing a book on Christian Nationalism. I follow back.

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 3d

The final post in our 6-part investigative report: "How and Why has child sexual abuse become so widespread in evangelical and christian nationalist churches?"

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The Long-Awaited Fall of the No-So-Moral Non-Majority – Part 6: How and why has sexual abuse become so widespread

The final post in a series on widespread abuse in evangelical "Christian" and "Christian" nationalist churches

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 1d

Trump hates this picture.
You know what to do.

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 2d

This is Eric Trump, pretending to know something about Christianity. You don’t “save” God; God saves you.” Maybe that’s why your dad is afraid he’s not ascending.

Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 2d

While I mourn Charlie Kirk’s death, I cannot in good conscience participate in his glorification; for reasons I describe in the linked post below.

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I mourn Charlie Kirk not because of what he believed, but because of what I believe as a follower of Jesus

And I find his glorification and the demonization of his critics disturbing and dangerous.

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 2d

@iwanttocry.bsky.social Thanks for following me

Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 2d

2,000 years ago Cicero predicted Trump

Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 3d

The final post in our 6-part investigative report: "How and Why has child sexual abuse become so widespread in evangelical and christian nationalist churches?"

open.substack.com/pub/reluctan...

The Long-Awaited Fall of the No-So-Moral Non-Majority – Part 6: How and why has sexual abuse become so widespread

The final post in a series on widespread abuse in evangelical "Christian" and "Christian" nationalist churches

open.substack.com

Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 4d

Available Oct 20 on reluctantprophet.substack.com

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 4d

Kinda captures what he’s doing to our country & constitution: sucking out its life blood, like a vampire.

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 4d

“When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor.”

―John Lennon

Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 4d

Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 5d

Trump gets Qatari airliner. Qatari gets US airbase in Idaho. Now we know the quid pro quo.

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 6d

Just published:

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A Prayer for Magistrates, Judges, and Justices

Prayers for a Troubled People (a weekly series)

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 6d

Check out our new post...
Right-wing vs Left-wing Violence:
The missing DOJ report and why they "lost" it.
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Right-wing v. Left-wing Extremist Violence: Missing DOJ report found and why they "lost" it

Right-wing acts of extremist violence are 5 times as frequent as Left-wing acts and 25% more deadly.

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 6d

Check out our new post...
Right-wing vs Left-wing Violence:
The missing DOJ report and why they "lost" it.
open.substack.com/pub/reluctan...

Right-wing v. Left-wing Extremist Violence: Missing DOJ report found and why they "lost" it

Right-wing acts of extremist violence are 5 times as frequent as Left-wing acts and 25% more deadly.

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 7d

Another great video from Lincoln Project: youtu.be/SKkCEsF8ZBw?...

Swamp King

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 8d

Well, she certainly is a piece of something.

Pam Bondi Is a Piece of Work

And it’s clearer than ever that she sees her job as covering for and protecting criminals within the Trump regime.

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 9d

Check out our latest post:

“DON’T TELL ME IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE: With his talk to ‘The Generals,’ Trump's consolidation of authoritarian power is nearly complete”

Don't Tell Me It Can't Happen Here

With his talk to "the Generals," Donald Trump's consolidation of authoritarian power is nearly complete

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 10d

Noe one every accused Kristi Noem of caring about hypocrisy.

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Democrats @democrats.org · 15d

Republicans want to price you out of your health care

Graphic featuring the following text:

Header: 2026 health care premiums would more than double under GOP budget

Subhead: If ACA enhanced premium tax credits expire, your health care payments could double.

Below is a graph with a bar set at $888 2025 and another bar set at $1,904 2026.

Source: KFF

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Rev. Ken Howard @reluctantprophet.bsky.social · 12d