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What's Next for the Christian Faith in America? Pastor Jim addresses views of Christian faith in America. After visiting some 20 churches between Arizona and Missouri, Pastor Jim created a Virtual Pastor blog as a way to share lessons learned from successes and failure of over 34 year of ministry. This ministry is not an attempt to replace the local church but to provide resources for those between churches, the alienated, the disengaged and the estranged.

Episodes

  1. America's Child: The Future of Hope

    May 9

    America's Child: The Future of Hope

    Since the court’s April 2026 decision, social media raged about the racist outcome of the Court’s decision to interfere with the empowerment of the minority vote. Today’s blog is a counterpoint to that lament. Rather, it is a voice of hope and future that shouts, “I still have a dream!” Behold, a child born in 2027 — He shall open his eyes in a nation still counted majority white, but he shall grow and raise his hand to vote in the sunrise of a new majority of color, as with it the vast mantle of just and fair government settles upon his shoulders. JPB

    5 min
  2. The Perfect Cause for the Rich

    May 3

    The Perfect Cause for the Rich

    Forces the Poor to Pay for Their Own Charity. Today's story, based on real events, tell of Tina, a homeless pregnant teen helped by a Christian pregnancy center. Even as the donors celebrate another fundraising banquet, Tina struggles with poverty and hunger, with her new baby, on the streets of Tempe, Arizona.

    8 min
  3. The American Ownership Amendment

    Mar 2

    The American Ownership Amendment

    For over a century, most of the U.S. economy has been run on an addition–subtraction employment model: Mathematically, this treats labor as: Σ Wᵢ Linear.Disposable. Forgetful. That choicehad consequences. What America never captured When firms fail to structure ownership, retention, and incentives so that: Total impact = Σ(Wᵢ²) they lose: Not just billions are lost.You get structural underperformance measured in trillions. Not because workers failed.Because the math of the system was wrong.   Each time atrained worker leaves, the system doesn’t just lose Wᵢ.It loses years of squared growth that never happened. That missingcurve is the real cost. Why thelosses scale into the trillions Considerthis over decades: Eachworker’s potential multiplier is flattened into a line.

    7 min
  4. Baptist Preachers and Wishful Thinking

    Feb 20

    Baptist Preachers and Wishful Thinking

    Welcome back to “What’s Next on Views of America! Here’s what caught my eye… Today, we talk about Baptist Preachers and Wishful Thinking as we discuss lust for power. Did you hear about the Baptist preachers… so upset over the Epstein files … that theystopped laying hands on Trump … and settled for wishful thinking?!   Background:  Martin Luther famously criticized the greed of the clergy, particularly in their pursuit of wealth from the dying and the rich. He described priests and monks as following wealthy individuals like "dogs following a piece of meat" or, more crudely, as though they were carrying bedpans to catch every "dropping" of an offering.    Clergy of Luther’s era hovered  around the deathbeds of the wealthy, to exploit the dying, pressuring them to leave theirestates to the church in exchange for promised spiritual favors.   So, it is today with pastors who hover around politicians and the powerful, feeding their own belly while neglecting the poor. JPB

    3 min
  5. How The Prosperity Gospel Leads to Christian Nationalism

    09/27/2025

    How The Prosperity Gospel Leads to Christian Nationalism

    Today we talk about  “Transactional Christianity” aka "The Prosperity Gospel" as the link between a  faith based on love and grace to that of Christian nationalism,  a belief system based on health, wealth, success as the sign of God’s presence, using violence & force if necessary. When Transactional Christian theology is nationalized, it suggests that a country (often America) is uniquely chosen by God. Any perceived decline—economic, moral, or cultural—is interpreted as spiritual failure, demanding militant restoration. Transactional Christianity travels in the cocoon of its own agenda, like that of a Christian tour bus visiting the war zone of a slaughter it started in the name of Jesus. In contrast, Jesus said,  “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place” (Gospel of John 18:36).

    5 min
  6. Trading Gold Standard of Federal Workers for Fool's Gold

    06/15/2025

    Trading Gold Standard of Federal Workers for Fool's Gold

    Mass layoffs of federal worker's is trading gold for fools gold. Today we reflect on this practice, which will make us cringe in the coming decades. See the complete story at Gold Standard Traded for Fool's Gold.

    2 min
  7. The Secret Gift of Immigration

    06/15/2025

    The Secret Gift of Immigration

    In today's episode we tell the story about a newly discovered immigrant half-sister who brings with her an unexpected gift. God's teachings to us in Leviticus 19 and Hebrews 13 provide the basis for our own blessing in our treatment of immigrants in the United States. See the blog The Secret Gift of Immigration for full content and discussion.

    6 min
  8. Welcome to Views of America with Your Host Pastor Jim Butler

    06/12/2025

    Welcome to Views of America with Your Host Pastor Jim Butler

    What's Next for Christians in America? Pastor Jim gives voices to the issues that intersect faith and American life. In today's broadcast, we discuss the shuttering of the Voice of America and pastor Jim's creation of Views of America as he invites fellow pilgrims to embark on a journey of Wild Faith. Along the way, we will wrestle with subjects and issues where the path, while not easy, will be worth it. See "Voice of America Gagged" as the blog inspiration for today's podcast. Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. -Proverbs 31:8-9

    2 min
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What's Next for the Christian Faith in America? Pastor Jim addresses views of Christian faith in America. After visiting some 20 churches between Arizona and Missouri, Pastor Jim created a Virtual Pastor blog as a way to share lessons learned from successes and failure of over 34 year of ministry. This ministry is not an attempt to replace the local church but to provide resources for those between churches, the alienated, the disengaged and the estranged.

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  • Creator
    Pastor Jim
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Pastor Jim
  • Show Website
    ChristiansNeedtoKnow.com