Wednesday Morning Briefing (June 4, 2025)

Good morning! I never really do what I plan, but it's always a time that I am grateful for as friends work through interesting material with me. Consider joining a crew of about 70 people as we think through this material (we won't make our way through all of it):

Elon turns on Trump over BBB - https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1929954109689606359

Tom McCall (influential Wesleyan academic) Decries Inhumane Trump Administration - “This Pro-Life Moment” by Tom McCall - https://firebrandmag.com/articles/this-pro-life-moment

"United Methodists fail to shake lawsuits by breakaway churches" by Greg Garrison of AL.com - https://www.al.com/news/2025/05/united-methodists-fail-to-shake-lawsuits-by-breakaway-churches.html?outputType=amp

“Ruling: Stop alternative church-exit plans” by Heather Hahn - https://www.umnews.org/en/news/ruling-stop-alternative-church-exit-plans and Decision 1518 - https://www.resourceumc.org/en/churchwide/judicial-council/judicial-council-decision-home/judicial-decisions/decision-1518?_gl=1*qu3zcp*_gcl_au*NTc0ODg1MzEuMTc0ODk2NTYwMw

Episcopal local church has Pride Eucharist service - https://x.com/protestia/status/1929962537279209983?s=46&t=UGB_bVaMqYnX9gy5jXvGyg

“Fuller Seminary, James K.A. Smith, and the Need for Biblical Clarity” by Ed Stetzer - https://churchleaders.com/voices/511720-fuller-seminary-james-k-a-smith-and-the-need-for-biblical-clarity.html

President of Fuller Seminary, David Goatley, makes the case for his seminary and Christianity broadly blessing same sex unions - https://churchleaders.com/voices/exchange/511785-an-enduring-evangelical-way-of-being-a-response-from-david-emmanuel-goatley.html

Gagnon’s Commentary - https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EQucTBVuB/

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