Asher Witmer

11/19/2024

May we faithfully follow Jesus regardless of the political landscape around us.

In other news, there many good voices out there. For every talk-show host you listen to, give someone like this a follow.

11/18/2024

You know you’re dealing with a manipulator when you try to draw boundaries with someone and they play the victim.

11/18/2024

I used to work hard to try and be gracious and gentle when responding to people who slide into my DM's with concern about me or a suggestion of something I should share or write on without ever seeking to understand where I'm coming from to begin with.

After writing publicly for ten years, navigating through three election cycles and a host of hot social issues, fielding well over 1,000 messages by now, I've picked up on pretty clear patterns. I can usually tell within the first message or two if someone wants an honest, good-faith dialogue or if they just want to shame me. I make no apology for drawing firm boundaries with those people anymore. If you come at me like a wolf, even piously, I will treat you like a wolf.

I know a host of you don't like this. This message alone will probably cause you to never want me to speak at your event or whatever. And I'm perfectly okay with that. I'm not interested in posturing. I'm interested in actually embodying Jesus. Come walk a mile in my shoe and challenge me to embody Jesus in the everyday scenarios I face and I'd love to dialogue with and know you. Come out of the blue and tell me what I should and shouldn't say and how I should say it and I'll stiff arm you stronger than Derek Henry running downhill. Ain't playing these games anymore.

11/18/2024

If Christians who support Trump don't want to be lumped in with his ethics, you've got to stop dismissing the impact he and his followers have on ethics within the culture at large. Speak up for Truth and for ethics just as you do with Biden in office. I want to believe the best about those who support Trump, but you're going to have to give me some reason to believe our moral compass isn't being blinded.

Just in the last two weeks I’ve been dumbfounded by what I’m seeing out of many Christians. Trump as the President of America presents just as big of a challenge for the church as Biden did or Harris would have. I didn’t vote, partly because I can’t reconcile it theologically and partly because neither of the main candidates seemed fit for “rewarding good and punishing evil.”

Trump rewards a lot of evil and so I know, regardless of the fact that I think he does generally well with economy and regardless of his gestures of approval toward Christianity, he will also fail to be who God has designed governing authorities to be. He embodies and defends sexual immorality. He has never hidden his cards around marriage. He fights “transgenderism” because he’s fighting the Left, not because he cares about God’s design for marriage and family. He has historically been pro LGBTQ rights and showed that even more through this campaign than before. He embodies authoritarian leadership. He embodies gaslighting the American public around wars. He embodies racial prejudice and disregard for authority and law.

Trump authors a host of confusion and eloquently weaves lies. Because of Trump, people in America become increasingly agnostic to Truth.

And if you can't see the relationship between being a disciple of Jesus and these kinds of conversations, I have deep concern for the future of the church in America. As those who are supposed to be salt and light on the earth, we lose our saltiness and our light when we cannot speak truth to everyone--regardless of those we share political affinity with.

And don't come at me as though I am leftist and support democrats. I never have. I have major concerns about the progressive left. I am deeply pro-life. I value a whole and healthy society. I desire people to live into their identity and sexuality as God designed, not as some internally conflicted philosopher speculates. That's why these conversations matter me.

If you don't want to take my word for it, go follow Neil Shenvi on X. As an anti-woke conservative, he's making the same critiques of those on the political right. This is a legit concern, it's not some overblown talking point of the Left. Sure, maybe they use it as well... but it's because it's such an obvious issue at hand.

Something I've discovered as an author is that people love you when you say what they're already thinking. When you challenge what they're thinking? Then the daggers come out.

God have mercy on us!

I did not get into writing because I felt called to say what everyone already thought. I started writing because I love Jesus, I love people, I love the church, and I see areas where we can grow in our love for Jesus and our love for people.

I'll be honest with you... I'm not sure how much more of this I plan to do. This past year has been one of deep reflecting and resetting. For the sake of my mental health and my family, it may be best to just go find a quiet space to live my life and let Babylon have its influence…

And I understand a bunch of you will not like the tone of this post and think it’s arrogant. I’d simply ask that you walk a mile in my shoes before drawing judgment.

11/18/2024

Nothing tells the story of hypocrisy of certain Christians in America louder than watching a bunch of Facebook connections who perpetuated the stolen election myth four years ago now delight in God sovereignly appointing DJT to president again. And no, I didn’t vote for Harris, so don’t gaslight me with the idea that I’m leftist.

The next four years are going to be a season of testing how the affections of Christians in America. Is it with Jesus, or your political party? I believe God has raised up DJT because scripture says he does that with the kingdom of men. I will honor DJT because my King holds him accountable for rewarding good and punishing evil. But if any of us think something divine happened more this year than four years ago—if our emotions were significantly swayed one direction or another in light of the election results—our affections are not rooted and grounded in Jesus right now.

This is something for each of us who claim Jesus as Messiah to look inward and ponder right now.

11/18/2024

At the current rate, Christian authors soon won’t be able to write about anything without someone accusing them of “being political.”

Politics is dealing with people. Our Christian faith deals with people. Christian theology absolutely shapes the way we think about people and navigate the issues humanity faces.

If you see someone talking about an issue and immediately think they have some political agenda behind it, that’s on you. There are so many reasons why someone talks about the things they do. Be curious and seek understanding first.

Even more, if you’re uncomfortable with their view and wish they’d not share it, it reveals more about the idols of your own heart than it necessarily reveals about the motivations or political preferences of the person sharing their view.

Followers of Jesus are to be the salt and light of the earth. When we shut down conversation with each other around key issues humans face in any given moment and location, we’ve lost the flavor of the Kingdom of God. If you think every perspective is shaped by a political narrative, you’ve been more immersed in talk shows (or those influenced by talk shows) than the Word of God.

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. Are you willing to be sharpened? Are you open to being “provoked” to love and good works? Yes—even when it has to do with issues politicians are also talking about?

11/17/2024

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.” -Matt 5:13

We live in a time when the church is losing its saltiness. Immerse yourself in God’s Word. Surround yourself with voices of people who follow the way of Jesus. There’s a lot of anti-Jesus noise seeking your affection today.

11/15/2024

Is “your body, my choice” actually a thing?

Deeply perverted, if it is!

11/13/2024

"Babylon has already been judged.." Amen!

Thanks to for sending me this quote!

11/12/2024

Why do we believe conspiracy theories? Maybe it's not just because we're gullible. Maybe it's our intrinsic need to find meaning in a chaotic world. Karen Swallow Prior explains how cultivating a healthier imagination (and a dose of humility!) can help us resist the allure of conspiracy theories.

11/09/2024

I haven’t always agreed with Shenvi’s cultural analyses, but I appreciate him being honest about his own camp.

11/09/2024

It snowed for three days! What do you do with that? Build life-sized snowmen, of course!

11/09/2024

May we love God above all else in all times.

11/06/2024

Meanwhile, this is happening live. No fear here: the kids are getting their school done in record time!

11/06/2024

If your hope and peace rose or fell on the election results, investigate the misplaced loves in your life.

If you find yourself gloating today, investigate your lack of love of neighbor.

If you find yourself feeling contempt, investigate how well you know your neighbor.

For those that are happy about Babylon's election results today, remember that someone next to you is deeply concerned about the next four years, and for legitimate reasons. Don't run over them. Be sensitive to them. Show them a reason to trust the church has not compromised its values and placed its hope in Babylonian power.

For those that are sad about the election results, remember that there are people next to you today who would be feeling like this if their pick had lost. There are legitimate problems they see which led them to vote the way they did. Don't let your concern and disappointment over the winning candidate prevent you from acknowledging those real issues.

11/06/2024

Jesus is King!