The Greek word for “nail” can also mean “to affix” or “to press firmly,” leading some Greek scholars to suggest Jesus may have simply been adhered to the cross with first-century duct tape.

We'll be really winning when basically everything is closed for Easter

“They say that the One will himself come into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end.” - Andreth (Tolkien, Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth)

I love rando low-church Baptists in the middle of nowhere because they love Jesus

Okay but if someone runs on a platform of free bourbon I'm going to have to hear him out

Same

I don’t much care about the Oblivion remaster because I’m convinced Skyblivion will be better (And I won’t have to pay extra for it)

It's just that atheists who make a big deal of it deserve the mockery because it's also something that there have long been so many good responses to that it's of no further value unless you're going to do something new with it

Lewis is a massive Church Father, but for modernity

If Cardinal Pizzaballa becomes pope, he should definitely take the name John XXIV, so then we can all call him "Papa John".

I think this is basically true

Never forget that some things are popular simply because they’re good and lots of people notice

Self-checkout trades the work I very much don’t like, namely interacting with strangers who may or may not judge my purchases, for work I like perfectly well, namely beeping stuff and organizing things

I’m starting Eusebius

God gives me a bunch of students, shows me awkwardly sized and shaped glimpses of their lives and characters, and then says, “Don’t worry about tomorrow.” It's like He expects me to live by faith and hope or something.

Only both were consistently wrong about Calvinism and Chesterton wrong about the French Revolution

Passed 3K followers over my Lenten absence AMA

I'm in this picture and I like it