Book
@bookishlistener.bsky.social
Christian. Father. Book lover. Fedgov engineer.
Trying not to dox myself but not doing great at that.
Trying not to dox myself but not doing great at that.
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People have inherent worth and dignity.
Computer programs — even ones that are very good at imitating people — do not.
Hope this helps.
Computer programs — even ones that are very good at imitating people — do not.
Hope this helps.
October 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
People have inherent worth and dignity.
Computer programs — even ones that are very good at imitating people — do not.
Hope this helps.
Computer programs — even ones that are very good at imitating people — do not.
Hope this helps.
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I was honored to preach at @candlertheology.bsky.social's chapel last week.
My sermon was "Render Unto Caesar: Preaching the Gospel in an Era of Christian Power."
There may have been some subtext.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/embed/Xdk3k3...
Read here:
matthewdtaylor.substack.com/p/render-unt...
My sermon was "Render Unto Caesar: Preaching the Gospel in an Era of Christian Power."
There may have been some subtext.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/embed/Xdk3k3...
Read here:
matthewdtaylor.substack.com/p/render-unt...
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September 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I was honored to preach at @candlertheology.bsky.social's chapel last week.
My sermon was "Render Unto Caesar: Preaching the Gospel in an Era of Christian Power."
There may have been some subtext.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/embed/Xdk3k3...
Read here:
matthewdtaylor.substack.com/p/render-unt...
My sermon was "Render Unto Caesar: Preaching the Gospel in an Era of Christian Power."
There may have been some subtext.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/embed/Xdk3k3...
Read here:
matthewdtaylor.substack.com/p/render-unt...
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A reflection on the Kirk memorial service:
"Chris Tomlin’s Worshipwashing of Charlie Kirk"
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/chris-toml...
"Chris Tomlin’s Worshipwashing of Charlie Kirk"
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/chris-toml...
Chris Tomlin’s Worshipwashing of Charlie Kirk
The memorial service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday (Sept.
publicwitness.wordandway.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A reflection on the Kirk memorial service:
"Chris Tomlin’s Worshipwashing of Charlie Kirk"
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/chris-toml...
"Chris Tomlin’s Worshipwashing of Charlie Kirk"
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/chris-toml...
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. A good cup of tea
2. A quiet afternoon reading
3. Camping with the family
4. Playing Starfinder
5. Coffee with friends
1. A good cup of tea
2. A quiet afternoon reading
3. Camping with the family
4. Playing Starfinder
5. Coffee with friends
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Lillies in full bloom in June
2. A cocktail on the porch with close friends.
3. Donuts on Sunday morning
4. A campfire at the end of a long day
5. Rolling up a new DnD character
1. Lillies in full bloom in June
2. A cocktail on the porch with close friends.
3. Donuts on Sunday morning
4. A campfire at the end of a long day
5. Rolling up a new DnD character
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. The smell of the beach roses against a salty sea breeze
2. Donuts
3. Flowers
4. A full moon
5. Smiles on the faces of my children
1. The smell of the beach roses against a salty sea breeze
2. Donuts
3. Flowers
4. A full moon
5. Smiles on the faces of my children
September 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. A good cup of tea
2. A quiet afternoon reading
3. Camping with the family
4. Playing Starfinder
5. Coffee with friends
1. A good cup of tea
2. A quiet afternoon reading
3. Camping with the family
4. Playing Starfinder
5. Coffee with friends
Excited to read Better Ways to Read the Bible by @zachwlambert.bsky.social. Can’t wait for it to get here!
If you can still preorder a copy, you should!
If you can still preorder a copy, you should!
August 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Excited to read Better Ways to Read the Bible by @zachwlambert.bsky.social. Can’t wait for it to get here!
If you can still preorder a copy, you should!
If you can still preorder a copy, you should!
Just listened to @sheilagregoire.bsky.social on @sonsofpatriarchy.bsky.social and it was phenomenal!
All well said and I look forward to hearing more in the future. Some of those stats were really eye opening.
Guess it’s time to buy some more books. I’m going to need a proper library soon.
All well said and I look forward to hearing more in the future. Some of those stats were really eye opening.
Guess it’s time to buy some more books. I’m going to need a proper library soon.
August 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Just listened to @sheilagregoire.bsky.social on @sonsofpatriarchy.bsky.social and it was phenomenal!
All well said and I look forward to hearing more in the future. Some of those stats were really eye opening.
Guess it’s time to buy some more books. I’m going to need a proper library soon.
All well said and I look forward to hearing more in the future. Some of those stats were really eye opening.
Guess it’s time to buy some more books. I’m going to need a proper library soon.
Does it bother anyone else that the “all lives matter” people are also the “kill them all and let God sort them out” people?
I’m exhausted from convincing the people near me that genocide is a bad thing, regardless of who is carrying it out.
(I’ll let you decide which genocide I’m taking about.)
I’m exhausted from convincing the people near me that genocide is a bad thing, regardless of who is carrying it out.
(I’ll let you decide which genocide I’m taking about.)
July 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Does it bother anyone else that the “all lives matter” people are also the “kill them all and let God sort them out” people?
I’m exhausted from convincing the people near me that genocide is a bad thing, regardless of who is carrying it out.
(I’ll let you decide which genocide I’m taking about.)
I’m exhausted from convincing the people near me that genocide is a bad thing, regardless of who is carrying it out.
(I’ll let you decide which genocide I’m taking about.)
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Iranian Christians fleeing persecution for their faith in Iran find persecution in the United States.
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/ice-...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/ice-...
ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution - Christianity Today
On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers were detained in Los Angeles, adding to the count of church members taken despite lawful status.
www.christianitytoday.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Iranian Christians fleeing persecution for their faith in Iran find persecution in the United States.
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/ice-...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/ice-...
Made s’mores with the kids using the toaster oven. Because it’s too dang hot outside to make them outside over a fire.
Best part? The kids loved it.
10/10 recommend. Make sure to not put the graham cracker in the toaster oven, they get soft.
Best part? The kids loved it.
10/10 recommend. Make sure to not put the graham cracker in the toaster oven, they get soft.
Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw
i don't mean to come off as rude but we cannot sustain ourselves on outrage and anger forever. i think it's even more important now to post about other things too. even if it gets less engagement. you never know who will find it cool and interesting.
June 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Made s’mores with the kids using the toaster oven. Because it’s too dang hot outside to make them outside over a fire.
Best part? The kids loved it.
10/10 recommend. Make sure to not put the graham cracker in the toaster oven, they get soft.
Best part? The kids loved it.
10/10 recommend. Make sure to not put the graham cracker in the toaster oven, they get soft.
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One of the oldest forms of religious hypocrisy is people using God to justify the kind of actions against others that they themselves would cry out to God in agony if those same actions were carried out against them.
June 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
One of the oldest forms of religious hypocrisy is people using God to justify the kind of actions against others that they themselves would cry out to God in agony if those same actions were carried out against them.
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“War does not solve problems; on the contrary, it amplifies them and inflicts deep wounds on the history of peoples, which take generations to heal. No armed victory can compensate for the pain of mothers, the fear of children, or stolen futures.” Pope Leo XIV
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
June 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“War does not solve problems; on the contrary, it amplifies them and inflicts deep wounds on the history of peoples, which take generations to heal. No armed victory can compensate for the pain of mothers, the fear of children, or stolen futures.” Pope Leo XIV
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Worth remembering that Trump moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem. To his evangelical base, he's fulfilling end times prophecies before their eyes.
What is happening right now is nothing less then God's work, and they believe that they are the recipients of the long-awaited promise of Jesus' return.
What is happening right now is nothing less then God's work, and they believe that they are the recipients of the long-awaited promise of Jesus' return.
June 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Worth remembering that Trump moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem. To his evangelical base, he's fulfilling end times prophecies before their eyes.
What is happening right now is nothing less then God's work, and they believe that they are the recipients of the long-awaited promise of Jesus' return.
What is happening right now is nothing less then God's work, and they believe that they are the recipients of the long-awaited promise of Jesus' return.
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Jon Stewart asks: How many gun deaths is too many for the GOP?
June 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Jon Stewart asks: How many gun deaths is too many for the GOP?
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One of them is literally LAUGHING about Israeli drones killing Iranians. There is nothing funny about death and war, whatever the justness of any particular cause.
June 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
One of them is literally LAUGHING about Israeli drones killing Iranians. There is nothing funny about death and war, whatever the justness of any particular cause.
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What’s the cover that got you started in RPGs?
Here’s mine:
Here’s mine:
May 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
What’s the cover that got you started in RPGs?
Here’s mine:
Here’s mine:
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Christ is risen.
The tomb is empty.
Death doesn’t get the last word.
Love wins.
The tomb is empty.
Death doesn’t get the last word.
Love wins.
April 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Christ is risen.
The tomb is empty.
Death doesn’t get the last word.
Love wins.
The tomb is empty.
Death doesn’t get the last word.
Love wins.
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i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.
April 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.
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Y’all know how dope it would be if Democrats were actually the “radical leftists” MAGA kept trying to paint them as instead of the Diet Republicans they really are?
Imagine an opposition party that wasn’t centrist, so that centrists & moderates weren’t actually conservatives.
Imagine an opposition party that wasn’t centrist, so that centrists & moderates weren’t actually conservatives.
March 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Y’all know how dope it would be if Democrats were actually the “radical leftists” MAGA kept trying to paint them as instead of the Diet Republicans they really are?
Imagine an opposition party that wasn’t centrist, so that centrists & moderates weren’t actually conservatives.
Imagine an opposition party that wasn’t centrist, so that centrists & moderates weren’t actually conservatives.
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Good morning, beloved.
Double check your group chats.
Spread love, not war plans.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Double check your group chats.
Spread love, not war plans.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
March 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Good morning, beloved.
Double check your group chats.
Spread love, not war plans.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Double check your group chats.
Spread love, not war plans.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
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I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
March 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
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Good morning, beloved.
Justice is often delayed.
But, if we are to know peace, it is still worth pressing toward.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Justice is often delayed.
But, if we are to know peace, it is still worth pressing toward.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
March 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Good morning, beloved.
Justice is often delayed.
But, if we are to know peace, it is still worth pressing toward.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Justice is often delayed.
But, if we are to know peace, it is still worth pressing toward.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
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This is what I wish appeared under every worship songwriter's bio:
"Ludvig M. Lindeman (1812-1887) was a Norwegian composer and organist. Born in Trondheim, he studied theology in Oslo."
The "studied theology" part. That's what I want to help make possible for all CWM artists.
Also: this hymn!
"Ludvig M. Lindeman (1812-1887) was a Norwegian composer and organist. Born in Trondheim, he studied theology in Oslo."
The "studied theology" part. That's what I want to help make possible for all CWM artists.
Also: this hymn!
March 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is what I wish appeared under every worship songwriter's bio:
"Ludvig M. Lindeman (1812-1887) was a Norwegian composer and organist. Born in Trondheim, he studied theology in Oslo."
The "studied theology" part. That's what I want to help make possible for all CWM artists.
Also: this hymn!
"Ludvig M. Lindeman (1812-1887) was a Norwegian composer and organist. Born in Trondheim, he studied theology in Oslo."
The "studied theology" part. That's what I want to help make possible for all CWM artists.
Also: this hymn!