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"On Christianity: An essay as a foreword for Tom Holland’s Dominion" by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Aug 25, 2022. medium.com/incerto/on-c..., x.com/nntaleb/stat...

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If you're looking for a platform to independently publish your work, please don't pick Substack. The network effects are an illusion and the platform actively finances real Nazis. Ghost is a beautiful, first-class platform with built-in revenue and growth features that has no such problems.

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I posted some thoughts on my blog about the book Discipleship in a World Full of Nazis by Mark Nation This is largely a reframing of how we look at Bonhoeffer. Mark Nation believes that it is a mistake to view Bonhoeffer as changing his theology or working against his theology.

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"It didn’t matter if I believed it or not: I am in the historical narrative of Christ. That is the musical motif of our species." www.taylorforeman.com/p/why-i-am-c...

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"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" (in Declaration of Independence from Thomas Jefferson) are quite good ends to be pursued according to Aristotle (eudaimonia) and Christianity. But total unrestrained personal behavior and greed destroys life, liberty, and happiness.

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Fodder for all who think about ethics or politics or economics. This would get a D by any college professor for poor reasoning. "Personal liberties and free markets" are not coherent moral or economic principles upon which any individual or organization or society can function.

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The gap in Trump's net approval ratings among 18-29yo men vs. women is enormous (+8 for young men, vs -24 for young women) wapo.st/4bcNFBQ

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49 year-old: "I will work at these few things these few years." 19-year-old: "This afternoon I had properties of solids and multivariable calculus midterms, studied Islam, talked to a friend about future direction, played volleyball in snow, and paid for Malaysia trip next week."

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MARCHING ORDERS FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS: Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Cor 15:58

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"Miranda July and all of these ruling class thinkpiece peddlers are selling a lot of impressionable women on a fantasy, no different from the kid hawking crypto to gullible people eager to believe that they can get rich quick." freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/miranda-ju...

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This is the nerdiest thing I will ever brag about: @christianitytoday.com won first place in the @acesediting.bsky.social headline contest, beating out prestigious pubs with bigger staffs. We value clear, clever, engaging headlines and take time to work on them together. Such a fun part of our job!

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“Every time I have spoken to a Western audience in these last six months and people ask ‘I am just a regular citizen. What can I do to help?’ I always say one thing, please write to political prisoners. It makes the life of a difference”. metro.co.uk/2025/02/15/p...

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www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

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David Bentley Hart documentary youtu.be/K25cRtoUYRY?...

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Finished Barchester Towers (1857) by Anthony Trollope (the second in the series). Delightful romance and wry observations on human nature with the characters being Anglican clergy. First recommended by Stanley Hauerwas. Reminds me of Middlemarch (1871) or Jane Austen (1810's).

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A year ago. Navalny: "It is not shameful to do little. It is shameful to do nothing."

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Andrew Young says Black Baptist churches in the south told him he couldn't a prepared manuscript into the pulpit. "No paper." (I have been intrigued by differing views of written speeches vs. improvised sentences that invariably have disfluencies like uh). www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

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Michael Gorman’s 1 Corinthians will become the preacher’s favorite!

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Matthew Milliner on Cynthia Bourgeault comment.org/the-wildest-...

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Adam's post helps explain why I started writing most of my books. e.g., The Knowing-Doing Gap (Pfeffer & I disturbed by leaders doing the opposite of what they knew was right) The No Asshole Rule (Jerks driving me nuts) The Friction Project (Rao & I pissed off at red tape, petty bureaucrats)

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David Bentley Hart on why he is a Christian: "Still, I find myself unable to rationalize away two singular facts: the continued and unwavering faith of Christ’s followers after his crucifixion and the startlingly unprecedented radicalism of early Christian teachings."

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David Bentley Hart says there are advantages of not loving religion but still being a Christian. It's not a crutch or something you get high on. You practice it because you think it's true and good. And you don't mind it being reformed and whittled down when it overreaches.

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David Bentley Hart: "Rather than to the psalter, I shall continue to return with regularity to Keats or Yeats for spiritual succor. Above all, I have realized that there is not one way of being a Christian, and that Christ plays in ten thousand places." open.substack.com/pub/davidben...

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David Bentley Hart often finds sermons and the Eucharist dry and boring. (1) This is common. (2) Preachers and worship leaders should try to have good content and/or be brief. (3) Conversation afterward is more personalized and thus enjoyable. (4) Church still forms over time.

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We cannot predict the future but our good actions are not as futile as they may seem. Galatians 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

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White evangelicals: 2024 Trump 82% NBC 2020 Trump 76% ABC 2016 Trump 81% Pew 2012 Romney 78% 2008 McCain 74% 2004 Bush 78% 2000 Bush 68% 1996 Dole 57%

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The New York Times employs 1,700 journalists. According to one estimate, the New York Times employs 7% of U.S. newspaper employees. www.threads.net/@benedicteva...

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Things to remember: - Trump won the popular vote in 2024 49.8 to 48.3. - "32% pay very close attention to national political news" news.gallup.com/poll/513128/...

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