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- Abraham Cooper - John Cooper - Tom Cooper - Jedidiah Coppenger - Chunks Corbett - Salvatore Cordileone - Jason Cornwall - Mike Cosper - Eric Costanza - Kendra Cotton - J Blake Couey - David C Cramer - Brad Cranston -
==darryl cooper======
“God lives in the individual but the Devil moves in crowds” ― Darryl Cooper
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Reply to Darryl Cooper: The Truth About World War II In a recent and now widely seen Tucker Carlson interview, a guest named Darryl Cooper casually presented a surprising number of flawed theories about the Second World War. He focused his misstatements on the respective roles of Winston Churchill’s Britain and Adolf Hitler’s Germany —especially in matters of the treatment and fate of Russian prisoners, the Holocaust, the systematic slaughtering of Jews, strategic bombing, and the nature of Winston Churchill. Because of the size of the audience Mr. Carlson introduced him to, and because of the gravity of Mr. Cooper’s falsehoods, his assertions deserve a response. (The Churchill projectt 9/23/24) READ MORE>>>>> |
September 4, 2024: Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan remarkedon the interview of Darryl Cooper by Tucker Carlson: 'Tucker Carlson and his guest Darryl Cooper engaged in one of the most repugnant forms of Holocaust denial of recent years. These far-fetched conspiracy theories are not only dangerous and malevolent, they are antisemitic....Mr. Cooper isn't known for having done any scholarly research on Nazism and the Holocaust, and his statements in this interview clearly demonstrate his ignorance." |
Vance appears at event hosted by hard-right Christian nationalist
Last weekend, Vance appeared on the “Tucker Carlson Live” show after Carlson praised Holocaust revisionist Darryl Cooper, who falsely claimed that the Nazis’ genocide of Jewish people was a logistical error. Vance said at the time that he supported free speech. “The Holocaust was a terrible tragedy, and it’s something that we have to make sure never gets repeated again in this country,” Vance told reporters ahead of his Carlson event. “The best way to ensure that doesn’t happen is to debate and push back against bad ideas. It’s not to try to censor and suppress them.” (Washington Post 9/29/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Last weekend, Vance appeared on the “Tucker Carlson Live” show after Carlson praised Holocaust revisionist Darryl Cooper, who falsely claimed that the Nazis’ genocide of Jewish people was a logistical error. Vance said at the time that he supported free speech. “The Holocaust was a terrible tragedy, and it’s something that we have to make sure never gets repeated again in this country,” Vance told reporters ahead of his Carlson event. “The best way to ensure that doesn’t happen is to debate and push back against bad ideas. It’s not to try to censor and suppress them.” (Washington Post 9/29/24) READ MORE>>>>>
==abraham cooper======
Rabbi Abraham Cooper is Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading global Jewish human rights organization. He has been a longtime activist for Jewish and human rights causes on five continents. In 1977, he came to Los Angeles to help Rabbi Marvin Hier found the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Together with Rabbi Hier, Rabbi Cooper regularly meets with world leaders, including Pope Francis, presidents, and foreign ministers to defend the rights of the Jewish people, combat terrorism and promote multi-faith relations worldwide. Rabbi Cooper is an acknowledged expert on online hate and terrorism and has helped produce and present the SWC’s renowned traveling exhibitions at the Vatican, the UN, Knesset, US Congress, Tokyo, New Delhi, and Buenos Aires. He is a founder of the Global Forum on Anti-Semitism, and Newsweek ranked Rabbis Cooper and Hier as #8 among the 50 most influential rabbis in America. Rabbi Cooper has worked extensively with Arab leaders in the Gulf States and witnessed the historic UAE/Bahrain/Israel Abraham Accords ceremony at the White House.
June 8, 2023: Jewish Link: NJ Jewish Business Alliance Hosts Wiesenthal’s Rabbi Abraham Cooper at Antisemitism Symposium
Last Wednesday evening, May 31, the New Jersey Jewish Business Alliance (NJJBA) hosted its first-ever symposium on antisemitism at St. Peter’s University in Jersey City and featured Simon Wiesenthal Center’s (SWC) longtime associate dean, Rabbi Abraham Cooper.
The evening began with introductory remarks from David Rosenberg, NJJBA’s executive director, as well as former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, who is currently the chairman and executive director of New Jersey Reentry Corporation.
Last Wednesday evening, May 31, the New Jersey Jewish Business Alliance (NJJBA) hosted its first-ever symposium on antisemitism at St. Peter’s University in Jersey City and featured Simon Wiesenthal Center’s (SWC) longtime associate dean, Rabbi Abraham Cooper.
The evening began with introductory remarks from David Rosenberg, NJJBA’s executive director, as well as former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, who is currently the chairman and executive director of New Jersey Reentry Corporation.
April 25, 2023: Christian Post: Ilhan Omar to speak at religious freedom event after being removed from speaker list
The event will be moderated by former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom and former USCIRF Commissioner Rabbi David Saperstein. USCIRF Chair Nury Turkel and USCIRF Vice Chair Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the Global Social Action Agenda director at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, are scheduled to deliver the event's opening remarks.
The event will be moderated by former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom and former USCIRF Commissioner Rabbi David Saperstein. USCIRF Chair Nury Turkel and USCIRF Vice Chair Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the Global Social Action Agenda director at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, are scheduled to deliver the event's opening remarks.
==john cooper======
John Cooper warns of revolution to tear down American Christian Civilization
ORLANDO, Fla. — Lead singer of the multi-platinum rock band Skillet, John Cooper targets woke Christianity in his new book. He warns that secular philosophies are seeping into the church. WIMPY WEAK and WOKE: How Truth Can Save America From Utopian Destruction, is now available everywhere books are sold and Cooper wants his writing to shed a light on the real threat there is in America against Christian values.
(Jeannie Ortega Law/Christian Post 11/15/23)
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Lead singer of the multi-platinum rock band Skillet, John Cooper targets woke Christianity in his new book. He warns that secular philosophies are seeping into the church. WIMPY WEAK and WOKE: How Truth Can Save America From Utopian Destruction, is now available everywhere books are sold and Cooper wants his writing to shed a light on the real threat there is in America against Christian values.
(Jeannie Ortega Law/Christian Post 11/15/23)
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==tom cooper======
Archbishop joins Christian leaders in statement against racism
Archbishop J. Michael Miller has added his signature to an open letter from Christian leaders condemning the sin of racism. The Vancouver archbishop is one of more than 130 signatories to the statement, titled An Open Letter to the Province of British Columbia and Canada. By God’s grace and mercy: Rev. Dr. Raymond C. Aldred, Director, Indigenous Studies, Interim Dean, VST; Michael Audain, Chairman, Polygon Homes; Thomas Cooper, President, City in Focus Foundation; Dr. June Francis, Associate Professor, Beedie School of Business SFU; Lawrence J. Ho, Senior Fellow, Murdock Charitable Trust, Hon. Yonah Martin, Senator
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Archbishop J. Michael Miller has added his signature to an open letter from Christian leaders condemning the sin of racism. The Vancouver archbishop is one of more than 130 signatories to the statement, titled An Open Letter to the Province of British Columbia and Canada. By God’s grace and mercy: Rev. Dr. Raymond C. Aldred, Director, Indigenous Studies, Interim Dean, VST; Michael Audain, Chairman, Polygon Homes; Thomas Cooper, President, City in Focus Foundation; Dr. June Francis, Associate Professor, Beedie School of Business SFU; Lawrence J. Ho, Senior Fellow, Murdock Charitable Trust, Hon. Yonah Martin, Senator
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Sept 2, 2016: Baptist Gobal News: Pastors oppose Franklin Graham crusade in Canada
Joining the Baptist pastors in objecting to the event were Marjeta Bobnar, coordinator of ecumenical and interfaith religions at the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver; Tom Cooper, president of the local charity City in Focus; and Ken Shigematsu, senior pastor of Tenth Church, a congregation affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance.
Joining the Baptist pastors in objecting to the event were Marjeta Bobnar, coordinator of ecumenical and interfaith religions at the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver; Tom Cooper, president of the local charity City in Focus; and Ken Shigematsu, senior pastor of Tenth Church, a congregation affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance.
==jedidiah coppenger======
Jedidiah Coppenger became a Christian when he was 20. He has served in a number of pastoral roles over the past 13 years, both in the United States and around the world. He edited and/or contributed to Retreat or Risk: A Call for a Great Commission Resurgence and Theology and Practice of Mission: God, the Church, and the Nations. He earned his B.S. in Business Administration from North Greenville University, my M.Div. from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Jed Coppenger is the lead pastor of Redemption City Church in Franklin, Tennessee.
Aug 26, 2019: Tennessean: Russell Moore: Southern Baptist churches must prevent sexual abuse, care for victims
Redemption City Church is one of them.
"We just know that we can't take a good enough approach to this kind of stuff and so we're always wanting to learn more and grow in our ability," said Jedidiah Coppenger, the church's lead pastor.
Redemption City Church is one of them.
"We just know that we can't take a good enough approach to this kind of stuff and so we're always wanting to learn more and grow in our ability," said Jedidiah Coppenger, the church's lead pastor.
How to celebrate Trump's election win? With humility.
Now is the time for humility — not brazen celebration from Donald Trump and his supporters — if there is any chance for healing the deep division in the country exacerbated by this fraught election season, says one Nashville pastor........Jedidiah Coppenger, lead pastor of the Redemption City Church in Franklin, said the election highlighted areas the church needs to work on, including better understanding the pain people are going through on either side of the ideological divide. But he thinks the church is poised to be a voice of hope and reconciliation by following Jesus' lead. "He listens to them and hears them and speaks to what they're really wrestling with, whether they agree or disagree," Coppenger said. (Holly Meyer/The Tennessean 11/9.16)
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Now is the time for humility — not brazen celebration from Donald Trump and his supporters — if there is any chance for healing the deep division in the country exacerbated by this fraught election season, says one Nashville pastor........Jedidiah Coppenger, lead pastor of the Redemption City Church in Franklin, said the election highlighted areas the church needs to work on, including better understanding the pain people are going through on either side of the ideological divide. But he thinks the church is poised to be a voice of hope and reconciliation by following Jesus' lead. "He listens to them and hears them and speaks to what they're really wrestling with, whether they agree or disagree," Coppenger said. (Holly Meyer/The Tennessean 11/9.16)
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Mar 28,2012: Youtube: Every Word Matters - Jedidiah Coppenger
An interview with Jedidiah Coppenger of B&H Publishing on the importance of every word.
An interview with Jedidiah Coppenger of B&H Publishing on the importance of every word.
==chunks corbett======
June 30, 2023: Christian Post: Elevation Church withdraws affiliation with Southern Baptist Convention
"This letter is to inform you that Elevation Church is withdrawing its affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention effective immediately. You will find that our Statement of Beliefs on our website is very much in line with the Baptist Faith and Message — we have no intention of changing those core beliefs," Chunks Corbett, CFO of the North Carolina megachurch, wrote in the letter.
"This letter is to inform you that Elevation Church is withdrawing its affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention effective immediately. You will find that our Statement of Beliefs on our website is very much in line with the Baptist Faith and Message — we have no intention of changing those core beliefs," Chunks Corbett, CFO of the North Carolina megachurch, wrote in the letter.
==salvatore cordileone======
Apr 1, 2023: Christian Post: Nancy Pelosi ridicules archbishop for barring her from communion, not being LGBT advocate
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi publicly rebuked Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, saying his decision to bar her from receiving Holy Communion was “his problem, not mine,” and criticized him for not supporting LGBT causes and opposing abortion.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi publicly rebuked Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, saying his decision to bar her from receiving Holy Communion was “his problem, not mine,” and criticized him for not supporting LGBT causes and opposing abortion.
==jason cornwall======
Trump's use of Bible shows he's a fake Christian and a fraudJason Cornwall, a pastor from South Carolina said that Trump’s Bible endorsement was a violation of one of the Ten Commandments of the Hebrew Testament that forbids taking God’s name in vain. Historian and author Jamarcus Tisby says the project echoes the values of Christian nationalism — the idea that America was founded as a Christian nation and the government should work to sanction Christianity on a national scale.The tenets of Christian nationalism are historically tied to prejudice, nativism and white supremacy. “There’s a very long tradition of what is included and what is not included in the Bible,“ Tisby said.
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==mike cosper======
Wicked or Misunderstood?
Each week on The Bulletin, Russell Moore, Mike Cosper, and Clarissa Moll discuss the media’s top headlines—the people, events, and issues that are shaping our world. In this conversation, The Bulletin talks with best-selling author and Bible teacher Beth Moore about the new hit movie musical Wicked and the arrest of Luigi Mangione, the suspected murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Are the wicked truly evil or simply misunderstood? This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
(Christianity Today 1/13/24) READ MORE>>>>>
Each week on The Bulletin, Russell Moore, Mike Cosper, and Clarissa Moll discuss the media’s top headlines—the people, events, and issues that are shaping our world. In this conversation, The Bulletin talks with best-selling author and Bible teacher Beth Moore about the new hit movie musical Wicked and the arrest of Luigi Mangione, the suspected murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Are the wicked truly evil or simply misunderstood? This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
(Christianity Today 1/13/24) READ MORE>>>>>
==eric costanza======
June 7, 2023: Washington Post: For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support
“These days it’s almost impossible to avoid it, more than it used to,” said Eric Costanzo, pastor of South Tulsa Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “We’ve had to cross those lines in different ways because of the issues we’re involved in,” such as advocating for immigrants or for reforms in how Southern Baptists deal with issues of abuse.
“These days it’s almost impossible to avoid it, more than it used to,” said Eric Costanzo, pastor of South Tulsa Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. “We’ve had to cross those lines in different ways because of the issues we’re involved in,” such as advocating for immigrants or for reforms in how Southern Baptists deal with issues of abuse.
==kendra cotton======
May 20, 2022: AP: Religious backers of abortion rights say God’s on their side
“We need to have a real conversation about what we describe as Christianity,” said Kendra Cotton, a member of the Black Southern Women’s Collective, a network of Black women organizers, many of them from faith-based groups.
The white evangelical worldview that abortion is murder has consumed the conversation, flattening the understanding of how religion and views on abortion truly intersect, she said.
“We need to have a real conversation about what we describe as Christianity,” said Kendra Cotton, a member of the Black Southern Women’s Collective, a network of Black women organizers, many of them from faith-based groups.
The white evangelical worldview that abortion is murder has consumed the conversation, flattening the understanding of how religion and views on abortion truly intersect, she said.
===j. blake couey======
J. Blake Couey
Hosea’s wife is named only once in the text: “Gomer, daughter of Diblaim” (verse 3).
The names of Gomer’s last two children, Lo-Ruhamah (“Not-Loved”) and Lo-Ammi (“Not-My-People”), articulate God’s rejection of Israel for worshiping other deities. But the name of her first child, Jezreel, has a different offense in view. It commemorates the place where a military official named Jehu usurped the throne of Israel by assassinating members of the previous ruling family and slaughtering their descendants (see 2 Kings 9-10). Set nearly a century later, during the reign of Jehu’s great-grandson Jeroboam II, Hosea 1:4 threatens that “the house of Jehu” will be held accountable for “the blood of Jezreel.” Later readers would have associated this prophecy both with the end of Jehu’s dynasty, when Jeroboam’s son Zechariah was assassinated, and with the conquest of Israel by Assyria a few decades later.
--J Blake Couey Working Preacher
The names of Gomer’s last two children, Lo-Ruhamah (“Not-Loved”) and Lo-Ammi (“Not-My-People”), articulate God’s rejection of Israel for worshiping other deities. But the name of her first child, Jezreel, has a different offense in view. It commemorates the place where a military official named Jehu usurped the throne of Israel by assassinating members of the previous ruling family and slaughtering their descendants (see 2 Kings 9-10). Set nearly a century later, during the reign of Jehu’s great-grandson Jeroboam II, Hosea 1:4 threatens that “the house of Jehu” will be held accountable for “the blood of Jezreel.” Later readers would have associated this prophecy both with the end of Jehu’s dynasty, when Jeroboam’s son Zechariah was assassinated, and with the conquest of Israel by Assyria a few decades later.
--J Blake Couey Working Preacher
==david c cramer======
David C Cramer
In short, Christian nationalism is “wholly obsessed with power,” “intimately intertwined with fear” and “completely comfortable with, and at times demands, the use of violence.”
When picturing Christian nationalism in action, we might think of the extremists who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, holding signs that read “Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president” or “Proud American Christian.” While this might lead us to imagine Christian nationalism as a fringe segment of U.S. society and Christian congregations, Whitehead notes that “close to two-thirds of white American Christians are at least favorable toward Christian nationalism, and that number increases to over 75% if we look solely at white evangelicals.”
Christian nationalism affects many of our churches today, even in the Anabaptist tradition. --David C Cramer; Anabaptist World; I Was a Christian nationalist; 8/18/23
When picturing Christian nationalism in action, we might think of the extremists who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, holding signs that read “Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president” or “Proud American Christian.” While this might lead us to imagine Christian nationalism as a fringe segment of U.S. society and Christian congregations, Whitehead notes that “close to two-thirds of white American Christians are at least favorable toward Christian nationalism, and that number increases to over 75% if we look solely at white evangelicals.”
Christian nationalism affects many of our churches today, even in the Anabaptist tradition. --David C Cramer; Anabaptist World; I Was a Christian nationalist; 8/18/23
==Brad Cranston======
Oct 25, 2023: Times of Israel: Support for Israel becomes top issue for Iowa evangelicals key to first GOP caucuses
Several pastors also have criticized biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, a political newcomer who has lined up with Trump’s foreign policy ideas and at times criticized US aid to Israel. Some evangelicals have long questioned whether they could vote for Ramaswamy, who is Hindu but often talks about his affinity for Judeo-Christian beliefs.
“I think he’s trying to figure out what conservatives want to hear,” said Brad Cranston, the former pastor of Heritage Baptist Church in Burlington, Iowa. “And I think he thinks conservatives want a less interventionist foreign policy. But that does not work when it comes to Israel.”
Several pastors also have criticized biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, a political newcomer who has lined up with Trump’s foreign policy ideas and at times criticized US aid to Israel. Some evangelicals have long questioned whether they could vote for Ramaswamy, who is Hindu but often talks about his affinity for Judeo-Christian beliefs.
“I think he’s trying to figure out what conservatives want to hear,” said Brad Cranston, the former pastor of Heritage Baptist Church in Burlington, Iowa. “And I think he thinks conservatives want a less interventionist foreign policy. But that does not work when it comes to Israel.”
Jan 30, 2023: New Republic: Ron DeSantis and His Christian Crusaders Are Stealing Trump’s Religious Thunder
“Donald Trump has to go,” conservative evangelical Everett Piper wrote for The Washington Times in November. “If he’s our nominee in 2024, we will get destroyed.” Some of her peers evidently agree. An unnamed evangelical leader told Vanity Fair last month that if Trump wins the GOP nomination, Republicans will “get crushed in the general.” Speaking with The Washington Post, Baptists for Biblical Values founder Brad Cranston disparaged the former president and said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had the “best chance.”
“Donald Trump has to go,” conservative evangelical Everett Piper wrote for The Washington Times in November. “If he’s our nominee in 2024, we will get destroyed.” Some of her peers evidently agree. An unnamed evangelical leader told Vanity Fair last month that if Trump wins the GOP nomination, Republicans will “get crushed in the general.” Speaking with The Washington Post, Baptists for Biblical Values founder Brad Cranston disparaged the former president and said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had the “best chance.”
