Ethan
@deverbovitae.com
Evangelist @venicechurchofchrist.org , Los Angeles, CA. Trying to follow Jesus and bring His reign to bear on the world. 1w9. Chalcedon compliant; socially "liberal", theologically "conservative." He/him.
"He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 3:30).
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"He must increase, but I must decrease" (John 3:30).
But when [John the Baptist] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, "Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" (Matthew 3:7)
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
But when [John the Baptist] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, "Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" (Matthew 3:7)
Nothing good can or will come from this.
Greed destroys everything. It will be hard to enjoy all that wealth in a completely broken post-apocalyptic husk of a society.
#Jesuswasrightaboutwealth
#GreedisSin
Greed destroys everything. It will be hard to enjoy all that wealth in a completely broken post-apocalyptic husk of a society.
#Jesuswasrightaboutwealth
#GreedisSin
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Nothing good can or will come from this.
Greed destroys everything. It will be hard to enjoy all that wealth in a completely broken post-apocalyptic husk of a society.
#Jesuswasrightaboutwealth
#GreedisSin
Greed destroys everything. It will be hard to enjoy all that wealth in a completely broken post-apocalyptic husk of a society.
#Jesuswasrightaboutwealth
#GreedisSin
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#Gospel Reading: #Matthew 3:1-12
The #proclamations of #John the #Baptist.
How did John well prepare the way for the #Lord?
The #proclamations of #John the #Baptist.
How did John well prepare the way for the #Lord?
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#Gospel Reading: #Matthew 3:1-12
The #proclamations of #John the #Baptist.
How did John well prepare the way for the #Lord?
The #proclamations of #John the #Baptist.
How did John well prepare the way for the #Lord?
Then went out unto [John the Baptist] Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins (Matthew 3:5-6).
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Then went out unto [John the Baptist] Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins (Matthew 3:5-6).
For [John the Baptist] is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight" (Matthew 3:3).
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight" (Matthew 3:3).
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For [John the Baptist] is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight" (Matthew 3:3).
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight" (Matthew 3:3).
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Who was #John the #Baptist, and what was he all about?
How did John the Baptist well prepare the way of the Lord and embody the prophetic tradition?
#Preparing the Way of the Lord
https://youtu.be/1faFh-Qnm0g
How did John the Baptist well prepare the way of the Lord and embody the prophetic tradition?
#Preparing the Way of the Lord
https://youtu.be/1faFh-Qnm0g
December 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Who was #John the #Baptist, and what was he all about?
How did John the Baptist well prepare the way of the Lord and embody the prophetic tradition?
#Preparing the Way of the Lord
https://youtu.be/1faFh-Qnm0g
How did John the Baptist well prepare the way of the Lord and embody the prophetic tradition?
#Preparing the Way of the Lord
https://youtu.be/1faFh-Qnm0g
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Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10
#Isaiah extends hope for a righteous #Davidic #king.
Who would be that #righteous King, and how can we now serve Him?
#Isaiah extends hope for a righteous #Davidic #king.
Who would be that #righteous King, and how can we now serve Him?
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10
#Isaiah extends hope for a righteous #Davidic #king.
Who would be that #righteous King, and how can we now serve Him?
#Isaiah extends hope for a righteous #Davidic #king.
Who would be that #righteous King, and how can we now serve Him?
Monday Miscellany!
This week:
- Letter of #Jeremiah
- Preparing the way of the #Lord
- #Bible readings
- #Canaanite statue
- Book review: beauty and resistance
Please read, share, and subscribe!
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This week:
- Letter of #Jeremiah
- Preparing the way of the #Lord
- #Bible readings
- #Canaanite statue
- Book review: beauty and resistance
Please read, share, and subscribe!
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Monday Miscellany
01 December 2025
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December 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Monday Miscellany!
This week:
- Letter of #Jeremiah
- Preparing the way of the #Lord
- #Bible readings
- #Canaanite statue
- Book review: beauty and resistance
Please read, share, and subscribe!
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This week:
- Letter of #Jeremiah
- Preparing the way of the #Lord
- #Bible readings
- #Canaanite statue
- Book review: beauty and resistance
Please read, share, and subscribe!
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The Letter of #Jeremiah can be found in the Septuagint, and as Baruch 6 in the Latin Vulgate and many English translations of the Apocrypha.
What is it about? What should we make of it?
The Letter of Jeremiah
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/letterjeremiah/
What is it about? What should we make of it?
The Letter of Jeremiah
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/letterjeremiah/
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Letter of #Jeremiah can be found in the Septuagint, and as Baruch 6 in the Latin Vulgate and many English translations of the Apocrypha.
What is it about? What should we make of it?
The Letter of Jeremiah
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/letterjeremiah/
What is it about? What should we make of it?
The Letter of Jeremiah
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/letterjeremiah/
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Gospel Reading: #Matthew 24:36-44
#Jesus, having prophesied the doom of #Jerusalem and its #Temple, turned to speak of when such things would take place.
Why do so many invest so much effort into trying to figure out what is known to God alone?
#Jesus, having prophesied the doom of #Jerusalem and its #Temple, turned to speak of when such things would take place.
Why do so many invest so much effort into trying to figure out what is known to God alone?
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Gospel Reading: #Matthew 24:36-44
#Jesus, having prophesied the doom of #Jerusalem and its #Temple, turned to speak of when such things would take place.
Why do so many invest so much effort into trying to figure out what is known to God alone?
#Jesus, having prophesied the doom of #Jerusalem and its #Temple, turned to speak of when such things would take place.
Why do so many invest so much effort into trying to figure out what is known to God alone?
In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16).
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven (Matthew 5:16).
Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat (2 Thessalonians 3:12).
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat (2 Thessalonians 3:12).
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Old Testament Reading: #Isaiah 2:1-5
Isaiah's powerful word received regarding God's ultimate purposes for His people.
How have we come to #Zion and learned of the #God of #Jacob?
Isaiah's powerful word received regarding God's ultimate purposes for His people.
How have we come to #Zion and learned of the #God of #Jacob?
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Old Testament Reading: #Isaiah 2:1-5
Isaiah's powerful word received regarding God's ultimate purposes for His people.
How have we come to #Zion and learned of the #God of #Jacob?
Isaiah's powerful word received regarding God's ultimate purposes for His people.
How have we come to #Zion and learned of the #God of #Jacob?
Monday Miscellany!
This week:
- against #sexualization of children
- #immodesty
- #Bible readings
- Book review: #Alaska, climate change
Please read, share, and subscribe!
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This week:
- against #sexualization of children
- #immodesty
- #Bible readings
- Book review: #Alaska, climate change
Please read, share, and subscribe!
open.substack.com/pub/deverbov...
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Monday Miscellany!
This week:
- against #sexualization of children
- #immodesty
- #Bible readings
- Book review: #Alaska, climate change
Please read, share, and subscribe!
open.substack.com/pub/deverbov...
This week:
- against #sexualization of children
- #immodesty
- #Bible readings
- Book review: #Alaska, climate change
Please read, share, and subscribe!
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Maybe we shouldn't have to say it, but unfortunately we do.
Christians should stand against any and all forms of sexualization of children.
Against the Sexualization of Children
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/againstsexualization/
Christians should stand against any and all forms of sexualization of children.
Against the Sexualization of Children
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/againstsexualization/
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Maybe we shouldn't have to say it, but unfortunately we do.
Christians should stand against any and all forms of sexualization of children.
Against the Sexualization of Children
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/againstsexualization/
Christians should stand against any and all forms of sexualization of children.
Against the Sexualization of Children
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/againstsexualization/
Let your beauty not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes – but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God's sight (1 Peter 3:3-4).
November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Let your beauty not be external – the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes – but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God's sight (1 Peter 3:3-4).
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#Gospel Reading: #Luke 23:33-43
#Jesus has been betrayed, tried, scourged, humiliated, and condemned, and now has come to #Golgotha.
What can we gain from what Jesus experienced on the cross?
#Jesus has been betrayed, tried, scourged, humiliated, and condemned, and now has come to #Golgotha.
What can we gain from what Jesus experienced on the cross?
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#Gospel Reading: #Luke 23:33-43
#Jesus has been betrayed, tried, scourged, humiliated, and condemned, and now has come to #Golgotha.
What can we gain from what Jesus experienced on the cross?
#Jesus has been betrayed, tried, scourged, humiliated, and condemned, and now has come to #Golgotha.
What can we gain from what Jesus experienced on the cross?
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The Psalm: #Luke 1:68-79
#Zechariah, filled with the Spirit, prophesied what sounds very much like a #psalm in response to the birth of his son #John.
Why would we reckon Zechariah’s words as a psalm?
#Zechariah, filled with the Spirit, prophesied what sounds very much like a #psalm in response to the birth of his son #John.
Why would we reckon Zechariah’s words as a psalm?
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Psalm: #Luke 1:68-79
#Zechariah, filled with the Spirit, prophesied what sounds very much like a #psalm in response to the birth of his son #John.
Why would we reckon Zechariah’s words as a psalm?
#Zechariah, filled with the Spirit, prophesied what sounds very much like a #psalm in response to the birth of his son #John.
Why would we reckon Zechariah’s words as a psalm?
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing (1 Timothy 2:9).
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing (1 Timothy 2:9).
Monday Miscellany!
This week:
- camps, land, and cities in #Numbers
- #immodesty
- #Bible readings
- on the socials: #Epstein and #Trump
- Book reviews: #Numbers commentaries
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This week:
- camps, land, and cities in #Numbers
- #immodesty
- #Bible readings
- on the socials: #Epstein and #Trump
- Book reviews: #Numbers commentaries
Please read, share, and subscribe!
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Monday Miscellany
17 November 2025
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November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Monday Miscellany!
This week:
- camps, land, and cities in #Numbers
- #immodesty
- #Bible readings
- on the socials: #Epstein and #Trump
- Book reviews: #Numbers commentaries
Please read, share, and subscribe!
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This week:
- camps, land, and cities in #Numbers
- #immodesty
- #Bible readings
- on the socials: #Epstein and #Trump
- Book reviews: #Numbers commentaries
Please read, share, and subscribe!
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The end of #Numbers anticipates all #God would accomplish through Israel in the Book of #Joshua. Why would Numbers end in this way?
Camps, Land, and Cities | Numbers 33:1-35:34, 36:13
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/campslandcities/
Camps, Land, and Cities | Numbers 33:1-35:34, 36:13
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/campslandcities/
November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The end of #Numbers anticipates all #God would accomplish through Israel in the Book of #Joshua. Why would Numbers end in this way?
Camps, Land, and Cities | Numbers 33:1-35:34, 36:13
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/campslandcities/
Camps, Land, and Cities | Numbers 33:1-35:34, 36:13
https://www.deverbovitae.com/articles/campslandcities/
So the ancients also used opiates.
Nothing new under the sun.
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/jemahs/...
Nothing new under the sun.
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The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels: A Transdisciplinary Approach with Legacy Artifacts
ABSTRACT. Two decades ago, the first organic residue samples ever extracted by ARCHEM came from legacy objects excavated by Flinders Petrie at Sedment, Egypt, which are now in the Penn Museum. They in...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
So the ancients also used opiates.
Nothing new under the sun.
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/jemahs/...
Nothing new under the sun.
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/jemahs/...