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I think “toxic preconditions” is my favorite new phrase. My latest for Mockingbird mbird.com/week-in-review…

THE WEEKENDER: Todd Brewer tackles Toxic Preconditions, Romance Recession, Self-Driving Loneliness, Everyday Prayers, and App-ified Spirituality buff.ly/nQ7JYFT

THE LATEST: "For and Against Narrative" Todd Brewer providing a glimpse of his now published book "Hermeneutics and Early Christian Gospels" on the site this morning: buff.ly/r37nQlR

A non-exhaustive summary of my book, with a story of a sermon I heard as a teenager that was too clever for its own good.

Stopped by a bookstore in San Jose, Costa Rica and was shocked to see the “inspirational” section filled with Spanish translations of American Evangelical megapastors.

ANOTHER WEEK ENDS: Todd Brewer bringing us the goods this Friday with Red-Pilled Neighbors, Unruly Church Kids, Compassion for Young Women, and Internet Exposure Syndrome. Read it all here, folks: buff.ly/yZxODPl

A fun column to put together! My favorite this week was the Freya India article on women in church.

Excited for this one 👇🏻

An important observation:

My latest for Mockingbird on Judas' betrayal. mbird.com/bible/ghosting…

"Judas’ betrayal is a cautionary tale: not of the mixed nature of the church, but that any follower of Jesus could ghost him in the end. No one’s faithfulness is invincible. No one is so holy that they cannot fall into temptation. Narrow is the road, and we who walk it are

mbird.com/bible/ghosting…

Pretty cool to see Mockingbird profiled in the recent USA Today Easter edition.

Karen Kilby strikes again.

ANOTHER WEEK ENDS: Todd Brewer on AITA Research, Dolly and Dean, Boredom’s Gift, and Sorrowful Joy. Happy Friday, and read it all here: buff.ly/KcqFfnc

Some Saturday morning reading for you:

The same, but worse for academic monographs 😬 mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/hermen…

THE LATEST: "Why Do Preachers Sound So Weird?" Todd Brewer on the voices preachers adopt and the position that actually makes them good in the pulpit: buff.ly/ZGwl4Vx

It’s not just what you say, it’s how you say it. My lastest for Mockingbird on ‘the preaching voice’: mbird.com/religion/churc…