Posted on 09/23/2025 4:12:29 PM PDT by Morgana
St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church is a small church in New Orleans, LA, that is sparsely populated with a couple dozen octogenarians. It is led by Rev. Marc J. Boswell, who earned an M.Div. from Union Presbyterian Seminary. According to his church bio:
A student of liberation theologies, Marc’s ministry and academic work have focused on the church’s pursuit of justice and healing in solidarity with the marginalized. He turns frequently to the writings of liberation theologians and the Christian mystics, along with the writings from Buddhist and Jewish traditions.
Fully LGBTQ inclusive, thee church is affiliated with the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists, as well as the American Baptist Churches U.S.A.
During his recent sermon, Rev. Boswell attacked the notion that the recently assassinated Charlie Kirk was a Christian, much less a Christian martyr, saying in part:
As the last several days have rolled on, more and more documentation has emerged about the vile and the despicable things that this man has championed and said over the years. For instance, he has often said that women should be submissive to their husbands and that feminism is a corrosive influence on our civilization. On the subject of race, he is on the record saying that Martin Luther King Jr. was, quote, an awful man and, quote, not a good person. Y’all, the Klan doesn’t wear hoods anymore.
Stating that “Charlie Kirk represents everything that is corrupt and wrong with Christianity in America” and that he has now “wasted his life,” after being “killed by the hatred that he has fomented in the hearts and minds of millions of young people across our country,” he concludes of Kirk:
If we spend our lives advocating for hatred, we can surely say, ‘Lord, Lord’, but Christ will surely say back, ‘I never knew you.’ If we fail to care for our neighbor, we can say, ‘Lord, Lord’, but Christ will say, ‘I did not know you.’ If we seek to villainize and do people harm, if we take the name of God in vain by attaching it to our hatred, we can cry out, ‘Lord, Lord,’ until we’re blue in the face or until the cows come home, but Christ will most certainly say back to us, ‘I never knew you.’
This morning, y’all, my disappointment and my frustration lies in the fact that I see the ways that we all try in our own ways here at this church to show the world a different type of Christianity, one that is certainly less harmful and is a lot more loving.
And it is then disappointing and frustrating when people lack the moral clarity to see the wolf dressed in sheep’s clothing. And if I have to say anything to Charlie Kirk. May you rest in peace. But brother Charlie, you’ve given me lot of reasons to wonder if Jesus even knows who you are. Amen?
Interesting times
A person of ANY race and ethnicity who does that is wrong.
I have not been given any facts on that aspect.
Dear Father, please keep new Christians away from such evil people.
There truly are pastors who don’t believe in God, but pretend to believe in order to make a profit.
No surprise…An ObamaBot
As a Southern Baptist, I find his statement insulting and appalling. I condemn his heresy.
Dear Father please remove real Christians from the hands of these wolves.
Matthew 24:5 anybody?
“As a Southern Baptist, I find his statement insulting and appalling. I condemn his heresy.”
How about being any type of Christian you would find this insulting and appalling?
So tell me are these same people going to cheer and be happy when Elijah and Enoch are murdered in the town square? Think about that one. If you don’t know the story of it look it up.
The answer on this one is NO - not black! Sick but not black!
“”As a Southern Baptist, I find his statement insulting and appalling””
Absolutely!!!
Liberation Theology has an entry in the Christian Socialism Wikipedia.
... liberation theology also drew from broader socialist and anti-imperialist movements.... The movement's theoretical foundations drew heavily from Marxist social analysis, particularly its critique of structural inequality and class oppression. While liberation theology did not adopt Marxism wholesale, its use of concepts like class struggle and the critique of global capitalism led to significant controversy within the Church.
Socialism and evil are often paired.
Isaiah 5: “woe to them who call evil good and good evil.”
Reason number 5,000 I despise organized religion.
“”How about being any type of Christian you would find this insulting and appalling?””
True - doesn’t need any qualification and not intended to...except in today’s world, you will have to agree that the ones you are quoting are also “Christian” so it doesn’t hurt to point out one’s own affiliation with the Christian faith whatever the denomination.
And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” But he turned and rebuked them. And he said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of; for the Son of Man came not to destroy people’s lives but to save them.” Luke 9:54-55
Anyone who claps at people s/he thinks is going to hell, is going to hell; Jesus wants to save them.
Black adjacent ?
Within seconds, many of the children became completely hysterical with grief and sobbing.
The teacher was fired.
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