I learned a song as a child in church: "If salvation was a thing that money could buy, the rich would have it and the poor would die." That tradition said the poor person's prayer lands the same as the rich person's. God doesn't grade on wealth.

So what happened?

Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani are being attacked by prominent Christian voices while doing more documented work to feed, house, and heal the poor than most of the institutions attacking them. This episode runs the receipts on the theological inversion that made that possible — and the two scriptures that expose it.

Matthew 19:24. Luke 4:18. The text hasn't changed. The business model has.

Series: What Is Your Bible For? — Recurring

No Blue. No Red. No Filter. Just Fire. 👓🔥

The smoke doesn't rise to be seen. ...