Matt Thiessen
@mattthiessen.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, McMaster University. Author of Jesus & the Forces of Death and A Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles.
Great news! New Christian denomination just dropped. (Ok, it's been around since ~2016.)
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Great news! New Christian denomination just dropped. (Ok, it's been around since ~2016.)
November 9th is too early for snow.
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
November 9th is too early for snow.
NYT pitchbot: "Whether it's presidential pardons for January 6 rioters or left-wing juries failing to convict sandwich guy, both sides clearly have a problem with justice."
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NYT pitchbot: "Whether it's presidential pardons for January 6 rioters or left-wing juries failing to convict sandwich guy, both sides clearly have a problem with justice."
Reposted by Matt Thiessen
Zohran solving the housing crisis simply by getting elected.
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Zohran solving the housing crisis simply by getting elected.
painfully true as of today.
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
painfully true as of today.
Anyone else watching this baseball game tonight?
November 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Anyone else watching this baseball game tonight?
my daughter as soon as she returns from trick or treating.
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
my daughter as soon as she returns from trick or treating.
Kids walking past our house like our candy isn't good enough for them.
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Kids walking past our house like our candy isn't good enough for them.
Great to see some of the work of my colleague, Jeremy Cohen, highlighted here! #HamOnt
@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Who's up for a scavenger hunt... at a cemetery? 'Talk Death' aims to make dying less scary | CBC News
During Halloween season, Talk Death — a group founded by two Hamiltonians which aims to make people more comfortable around death and dying — has been organizing scavenger hunts in cemeteries across...
www.cbc.ca
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Great to see some of the work of my colleague, Jeremy Cohen, highlighted here! #HamOnt
@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social @jeremyfcohen.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Pretty wild that wide swaths of American Christianity empathize with billionaires but have no apparent empathy for SNAP recipients.
October 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Pretty wild that wide swaths of American Christianity empathize with billionaires but have no apparent empathy for SNAP recipients.
Whoever came up with those 1980s Grey Poupon commercials better have been paid well because almost 50 years later they still have people convinced that a $3 bottle of mustard is high cuisine. 🤣
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Whoever came up with those 1980s Grey Poupon commercials better have been paid well because almost 50 years later they still have people convinced that a $3 bottle of mustard is high cuisine. 🤣
Grokipedia? You mean Crock-ipedia?
From Wikipedia's Grokipedia page:
From Wikipedia's Grokipedia page:
October 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Grokipedia? You mean Crock-ipedia?
From Wikipedia's Grokipedia page:
From Wikipedia's Grokipedia page:
New book alert: Shaily Patel, Smoke & Mirrors
Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions!
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Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions!
@oxfordunipress.bsky.social @vox-magica.bsky.social
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New book alert: Shaily Patel, Smoke & Mirrors
Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions!
@oxfordunipress.bsky.social @vox-magica.bsky.social
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Discourses of Magic in Early Petrine Traditions!
@oxfordunipress.bsky.social @vox-magica.bsky.social
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A parody of Seinfeld's Jackie Chiles that just happens to be a *real* commercial! Has anyone else seen this?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fO2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fO2...
Allied Injury Group commercial
YouTube video by dfsdderek
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October 28, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A parody of Seinfeld's Jackie Chiles that just happens to be a *real* commercial! Has anyone else seen this?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fO2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fO2...
OK, I've got a couple of Audible book credits burning a hole in my pocket. Give me some recent *non-fiction* recommendations!
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
OK, I've got a couple of Audible book credits burning a hole in my pocket. Give me some recent *non-fiction* recommendations!
Reposted by Matt Thiessen
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
New analogy for the Trinity just dropped.
October 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
New analogy for the Trinity just dropped.
John knew the Synoptic Gospels.
It's that simple.
As always, @goodacre.bsky.social makes it crystal clear.
Buy it.
Read it.
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
It's that simple.
As always, @goodacre.bsky.social makes it crystal clear.
Buy it.
Read it.
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
John knew the Synoptic Gospels.
It's that simple.
As always, @goodacre.bsky.social makes it crystal clear.
Buy it.
Read it.
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
It's that simple.
As always, @goodacre.bsky.social makes it crystal clear.
Buy it.
Read it.
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
Reposted by Matt Thiessen
Explaining to children that they shouldn't worry about a career because the world will be completely unlivable in 15 years and that death will be a sweet relief from living in a nuclear wasteland is probably the hardest part of working at Build-a-Bear
October 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Explaining to children that they shouldn't worry about a career because the world will be completely unlivable in 15 years and that death will be a sweet relief from living in a nuclear wasteland is probably the hardest part of working at Build-a-Bear
The Department of Religion at Dartmouth College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor of the Hebrew Bible in its Ancient Context.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Department of Religion at Dartmouth College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor of the Hebrew Bible in its Ancient Context.
apply.interfolio.com/176012
apply.interfolio.com/176012
Perhaps we shouldn't have been surprised that a guy who loves golden showers (urophilia) is also into scatophilia?
Trump Posted a Video of Himself Dumping Excrement on Our Cities. It’s a Glimpse of His Deepest Drives.
“This weekend, I was surprised to learn that Donald Trump seems to see himself in the same way I do: as a would-be monarch spraying the citizenry with excrement.”
“This weekend, I was surprised to learn that Donald Trump seems to see himself in the same way I do: as a would-be monarch spraying the citizenry with excrement.”
Opinion | Trump Posted a Video of Himself Dumping Excrement on Our Cities. It’s a Glimpse of His Deepest Drives.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Perhaps we shouldn't have been surprised that a guy who loves golden showers (urophilia) is also into scatophilia?
Why did I check the
social media accounts
that I have muted?
social media accounts
that I have muted?
October 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Why did I check the
social media accounts
that I have muted?
social media accounts
that I have muted?
Applications are invited for a four-year Junior Research Fellowship in New Testament at Keble College, Oxford. @kebleoxford.bsky.social
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/
Vacancies - Keble College
Explore the available vacancies at Keble College, University of Oxford.
www.keble.ox.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Applications are invited for a four-year Junior Research Fellowship in New Testament at Keble College, Oxford. @kebleoxford.bsky.social
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/
www.keble.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/
Union Presbyterian Seminary invites applications and nominations for the position of Assistant, Associate, or full Professor of New Testament (tenure track or tenured).
www.upsem.edu/wp-content/u...
www.upsem.edu/wp-content/u...
www.upsem.edu
October 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Union Presbyterian Seminary invites applications and nominations for the position of Assistant, Associate, or full Professor of New Testament (tenure track or tenured).
www.upsem.edu/wp-content/u...
www.upsem.edu/wp-content/u...
I'm just a middle-aged dirtbag, baby.
Listen to Dashboard Confessional, baby, with me.
Listen to Dashboard Confessional, baby, with me.
October 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I'm just a middle-aged dirtbag, baby.
Listen to Dashboard Confessional, baby, with me.
Listen to Dashboard Confessional, baby, with me.