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Engaging Rich Pierce on The Good Samaritan

By Davis Carlton

            Rich Pierce of Alpha & Omega Ministries is not happy.  He’s upset with Kinists, writing “When they come to the NT they fall apart. Look at my threads, they start with personal attack, then they want to link me to articles that turn Luke 10:36-37 on its head.”  Pierce recently has been counter-signaling Eric Conn and Joel Webbon on X (formerly Twitter).  Pierce took umbrage at Webbon’s suggestion that Jews were uniquely hostile to Christian Nationalism.  At which point I chimed in.  I told Pierce that Jews were in fact uniquely hostile to Christianity and that while I pray for their conversion, that it would be better for Western countries to be free of Jewish influence.  Pierce asked me about a New Testament instruction.  Not knowing what exactly Pierce had in mind I replied, “Sounds good. That being said, I don’t think that Christians are required to tolerate Jews in positions of authority or influence in their societies while also praying and hoping for their conversion.” read more