Jonwrush

07/03/2026

Hosting a very important conversation today

12pm ET.

SHOULD CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE AMERICA?Every July the question quietl...

06/24/2026

Modern Christianity often says Jesus’ primary message was love.

But if you actually read the Gospels, that claim becomes difficult to sustain.

Jesus speaks of the Kingdom of God/Heaven over 100* times which is far more than He explicitly speaks about love.

Why?

Because love was never meant to be the sum total of His message.Love is central, yes.But love is not the headline.

The headline is the Kingdom.

Jesus did not come merely to tell people to be nicer.He came announcing that God’s reign had broken into history:

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” — Matthew 4:17

The Gospel is not simply: “God loves you.”The Gospel is:The King has come.His Kingdom is here.Repent and believe.

Love makes sense inside the Kingdom.Grace makes sense inside the Kingdom.Ethics make sense inside the Kingdom.

But remove the Kingdom, and you reduce Jesus to a therapist with sandals.

The modern church often preaches the benefits of the King while neglecting the authority of the King.

Jesus preached:A Kingdom to enter.A King to obey.A throne to bow before.

Not merely a sentiment to feel.

* exact word counts depend on Translation/Language but thematically it’s not ever close

06/22/2026

May we stop the race to “keep up” and instead live in such a lives that it causes the world around us to SLOW DOWN.

God isn’t looking for a relevant Church.
He’s looking for a faithful one.

Somewhere along the way we confused the two and it cost us our character.

We updated the aesthetic, hired the lighting guy, chased the algorithm, and lost the thing that made us distinct in the first place.

The Early Church didn’t become like Rome. Rome became like them.

May we stop racing to stay relevant and start living in a way that makes the world around us slow down and ask… what is it about them?

Faithfulness was always the point.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Faithfulness is more future proof than relevancy.

06/22/2026

No one noticed…I hid Kai Cenat in the sermon graphic at church lol

No one noticed

06/17/2026

First Launch Team Meeting coming soon...
GTA CHURCH ⛪️🌴

06/17/2026

Are white people the worst humans ever? 🤔
Let's talk about it 💬
Learning from past Instagram explosions, I wrote a full blog on this conversation on jonrush.substack.com I would love for you to read.
Also want to thank my best friend for creating a space to have such important conversations. The full Pannel is up on the YouTube Channel.
Said and written with fear and trembling.
- Jonathan William Rush ❤️‍🔥

06/15/2026

Stupidity is a requirement for Christianity. 🙏 😩

Many people are still stuck in sin and pain simply because they don’t want to look silly.

I haven’t talked much about my battle with self harm that started when I was 29…but it was intense and by trusting God’s process I was set free and healed.

If you’re struggling and haven’t told anyone, please reach out.

06/15/2026

The best part of pastoring: leading people. Shepherding. Long haul. Not just reaching people, discipling them.

Leading a group of 6th graders all the way to 12th grade was one of the most rewarding and formational processes of my life.

“I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me. That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭14‬-‭17‬ ‭ESV‬‬

06/15/2026

had communion in Miami: cafecito.
Thank you thank you Cuba.
☕️ 🙏 🇨🇺

06/13/2026

Should Christians have fun?
Absolutely.

Should we try and make church more boring?
Not at all.

As Pastor Chris Hodges has asked “should we be making church unattractive” ?

The point I’m trying to make, and have been for sometime, is that if the PRIMARY DRAW to getting someone to show up to church is “FUN” we will always lose.

We have to lean into our primary advantage: we can offer an ENCOUNTER WITH GOD ALMIGHTY that cannot be replicated anywhere else.