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“The resurrection meant not just that the church was founded, it meant that the world was different; the church exists to articulate this difference, to show the world to itself.” Herbert McCabe

Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution by André Trocmé is this week's featured ebook. "This book deserves to be more widely known." -Stanley Hauerwas plough.com/en/topics/just…

“Being angry at modern people for losing their faith is like blaming medieval people for catching the plague.” Brian Zahnd

“Men become accustomed to listening to machines and talking to machines … In a perpetual monologue by means of which he escapes the anguish of silence and the inconvenience of neighbors, man finds refuge in the lap of technique.” Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society, 1954

The doctor who chose not to publish a study on puberty blockers because it showed no improvement in participants' mental health is the very same Johanna Olsen-Kennedy who's being sued by a young woman put on blockers at 12, given testosterone at 13 and a double mastectomy at 14.

Well, I love my new home in PA, but there's no taking the Duck love out of our fam! Congratulations on beating Penn State, Michigan and Ohio State all in one year! #goducks #ScoDucks

Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion.

Advent begins where human potential ends. - Fleming Rutledge (Fleming Rutledge)

Patrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive December irishtimes.com/life-style/peo…

“For people who just want to get rich, we live in a golden age. But for those who ascribe to a faith in which riches and wealth are articulated as God’s greatest rival, we live in an age of horror.” - Rev. Malcolm Foley, PhD

Protestant Christians set out to make America Christian and ended up making Christianity American. - Stanley Hauerwas

It’s incredibly challenging when Christians on various sides think the other side is delusional, blind, trapped, etc. How do we know who is being faithful to God? The litmus test I believe is: Cruciform love. Living the Beatitudes. The Sermon on the Mount. That’s how we know.

After experiencing a migration from Google to Microsoft for email, docs, slides, etc., I can confidently say that Microsoft products are exponentially worse than Google's in almost every way imaginable.

You choose a king, you get king…stuff. 1 Samuel 8:10-18. It’s the great tragedy of the Hebrew Bible…besides the Fall.

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The challenge with “making a decision for Christ” language is found in the truth that this decision is often transactional, but not formational. To make a decision for Christ requires subsequent, ongoing decisions for love, compassion, justice, truth, and humility.

We want the warhorse. Jesus rides a donkey. We want the eagle. The Holy Spirit descends as a dove. We want to take up swords. Jesus takes up a cross. We want the roaring lion. God comes as a slaughtered lamb. We keep trying to arm God. God keeps trying to disarm us.

Love this politics newsletter that summarizes the best arguments from the right and left on the news of the day. Gets me out of my bubble. Check it out! readtangle.com

It is clear that we hate the exposure of sin and will deny, justify, and blame in order to escape responsibility. The Scripture is also clear that sin is the worst thing in the world—not exposure, not getting caught, and not the loss of all things.

These words from my friend Rene Padilla ring true, every day. The church is meant to be the conscience of our nation.