Jimmy Carter was the only US president I have ever met and spoken with—in or out of office. I was thirteen years old. In our brief encounter, we talked about faith and the Bible. I remain grateful for that opportunity.

The transfer portal needs to be regulated and more limited. This wild-west free-for-all is not sustainable or desirable for college athletics.

Maybe sexualizing everything has had destructive consequences for human flourishing.

Ryan Burge@ryanburge.bsky.social · 2y ago

People are having less sex now than folks from thirty years ago. That's true among 20 years olds. It's true among 40 year olds. It's true among 60 year olds. The share having sex at least once a month is down ~8 pts since the early 1990s.

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Advent meditation from Luke 1:4: we can have “certainty of the things about which [we] have been instructed.” The evangelists have provided us with faithful and true accounts of what transpired in and around the birth of Christ. www.amazon.com/Conceived-Ho...

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The Black Friday deals out here are amazing.

Eventually Christians are gonna be spotted as the people with more than one kid, kids with disabilities that can be detected in utero, and their sickly and elderly still with them.

Keith Plummer@xianmind.bsky.social · 2y ago

In light of this sad news, Dr. Ewan Golligher’s 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘦? 𝘈 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 is an excellent resource. You can hear my conversation with him about it here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... premierchristian.news/en/news/arti...

This data from the Canadian government should horrify us. In 2022, medically assisted suicide accounted for over four percent of all death in the nation, making it the fifth-leading cause of death in the nation. We must be for life from conception to the grave. www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

Sometimes, those most likely to harp on how sinful we are miss the other side of sanctification, a truth every bit as life-changing: You don’t realize the pervasiveness of Christ’s holiness in you. A Christian living by the Spirit does far more good than he or she even realizes.

“We give thanks to you, God; we give thanks to you, for your name is near. People tell about your wondrous works” (Ps 75:1).

My seven-year old daughter, watching me try to hold back the happy tears during “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” movie: “Daddy, you’re embarrassing me.” Seriously: If you’re a fan of the book, you won’t be disappointed with the film. It’s heartfelt, funny, and focused on Jesus.

25 chapters on the infancy narratives and their Christology for advent season + a bonus chapter on Protestants and the perpetual virginity debate. www.amazon.com/Conceived-Ho...

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Lifeway and Crossway are releasing their first Bibles in a dyslexia-friendly typeface, starting with a kids Bible that comes with colored overlays for reading. www.christianitytoday.com/2024/11/dysl...

And the Word Became Accessible: Publishers Release Dyslexia-Friendly Bibles - Christianity Today

Designer hopes a new custom typeface will be a life-changing tool for those with reading disorders.

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I tend to hold inside so much stress and pressure and anxiety, unconsciously, that I have found it helpful to • Pray a line of Jesus’ model prayer • Take a deep breath • Name what I release, based on that prayer • Remain quiet until it’s released • Move to the next line

“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and announce to her that her time of hard service is over, her iniquity has been pardoned, and she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.” Isaiah 40:1-2

I don’t know how many college kids I talk to who are a mess inside, unsure of who they are, where they’re going, and what they should do. Telling them to go deeper into the chaos to find an answer is a recipe for more anxiety and paralysis.

Pray for God to intervene and to make wars cease (Ps 46:9). t.co/yrQaqmcdzP

This is the tip of a larger iceberg. I get into a few related patterns here. theopolisinstitute.com/twin-nativit...

Twin Nativities - Theopolis Institute

In the accounts of our Lord’s nativity and early childhood, so familiar to us from many years of Advent and Christmas services, we often fail to recognize in them the gentle intimations of a greater n...

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Aaron Mattox@aaronmattox.bsky.social · 2y ago

Reading a bit of Joel Green’s commentary on Luke in preparation for Christmas sermon. Hadn’t seen this connection before.

“God, within your temple, we contemplate your faithful love. Like your name, God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with justice” (Ps 48:9-10).

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Simeon (and Anna) modeled for us how we should celebrate Advent: “There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation, and the Holy Spirit was on him” (Luke 2:25).