Month: August 2024
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On Being “Rich Toward God”
“But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou has provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God [εἰς Θεὸν πλουτῶν].” (Luke 12:20-21) This notion of being “rich toward God” is well…
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The Daily Offload #6
Well, maybe not daily. More like, when I am inspired and have a bit of time. Priorities, priorities. As I looked over Twitter this morning with more than mild distaste, it occurred to me that I was sick of all the sheer insanity, at least in my feed, much of it emanating from Europe: Etc.…
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The Daily Offload #5
LinkedIn illustrates how corporations waste influence control your time. The bottom-feeders at LinkedIn have notification settings with 13 top-level categories and many, many sub- and sub-sub-categories, including “on” switches hidden behind tabs. The process of turning off all notifications requires many minutes. This illustrates beautifully how the marketing decisions of social media waste our time.…
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The Daily Offload #4
Doom! Gloom! Many are predicting something like an apocalypse. WWIII is imminent due to multiple allied nations attacking Israel, drawing in both U.S. and Russia! Many chaotic and badly reported riots in the U.K., some saying it is like civil war! Financial collapse appears to be on the horizon; the Nikkei is down 4,000 (8%),…
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The Daily Offload #3
Shorter, this time. Is evangelicalism dead? Basham’s Shepherds for Sale continues to dominate my feed on Twitter. It’s popular, I suspect, because it makes a case that Protestant theological conservatives have been waiting to be made: that their ranks have been infiltrated by the left, just as mainstream denominations were a few generations ago. Sometimes…
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The Daily Offload #2
Yeah, this is too long for a “Daily Offload.” I’ll make future installments much shorter. 1. Megan Basham’s criticism of Gavin Ortlund. Basham is a Christian conservative who wrote a book published three days ago that I haven’t read, Shepherds for Sale. I know Ortlund through his YouTube videos defending Protestantism against Catholic and Orthodox…
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The Daily Offload #1
For several years, I have been intending to write more in my blog or start a video series. I never get around to starting in earnest because (a) I am frequently perfectionistic, and I want the result to be perfect, and (b) I am too busy. I am always going to be “too busy,” but…
