Andrew Thayer
@andrewthayer.bsky.social
Father. Husband. Priest. Oxford D.Phil. & writer. Substack essays on faith, politics & culture. Weimaraner = boss.
Anybody know where the rapture on 23 Sept rumor started?
September 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Anybody know where the rapture on 23 Sept rumor started?
Rapture today? Hmmmmmm
The Rapture has a history although not really a biblical one. Read more : andrewthayer.substack.com
The Rapture has a history although not really a biblical one. Read more : andrewthayer.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Rapture today? Hmmmmmm
The Rapture has a history although not really a biblical one. Read more : andrewthayer.substack.com
The Rapture has a history although not really a biblical one. Read more : andrewthayer.substack.com
If heaven was the carrot, hell has always been the stick. Across centuries, preachers, poets, and pop culture have sketched it in lurid detail—The images are absurd, but they stick.
Continue reading at: tinyurl.com/ideaofhell
Continue reading at: tinyurl.com/ideaofhell
August 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If heaven was the carrot, hell has always been the stick. Across centuries, preachers, poets, and pop culture have sketched it in lurid detail—The images are absurd, but they stick.
Continue reading at: tinyurl.com/ideaofhell
Continue reading at: tinyurl.com/ideaofhell
“You can’t possibly support this argument—you’re a man of the cloth!” - the reaction in an adult ed class when I admitted how much I agreed with the New Atheists’ critiques of religion.
Essay series : THANK GOD I'M AN ATHEIST.
by The Rev. Dr. Andrew Thayer
andrewthayer.substack.com
Theology
Essay series : THANK GOD I'M AN ATHEIST.
by The Rev. Dr. Andrew Thayer
andrewthayer.substack.com
Theology
August 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“You can’t possibly support this argument—you’re a man of the cloth!” - the reaction in an adult ed class when I admitted how much I agreed with the New Atheists’ critiques of religion.
Essay series : THANK GOD I'M AN ATHEIST.
by The Rev. Dr. Andrew Thayer
andrewthayer.substack.com
Theology
Essay series : THANK GOD I'M AN ATHEIST.
by The Rev. Dr. Andrew Thayer
andrewthayer.substack.com
Theology
RESURRECTION, Part I
The latest: an answer to a 20 year-old question from deeply admired atheist provocateur Christopher Hitchens.
#Resurrection, #EasterHope, #TheologyMatters, #JesusAndJustice, #FaithAndDoubt, #FromDeathToLife
open.substack.com/pub/andrewth...
The latest: an answer to a 20 year-old question from deeply admired atheist provocateur Christopher Hitchens.
#Resurrection, #EasterHope, #TheologyMatters, #JesusAndJustice, #FaithAndDoubt, #FromDeathToLife
open.substack.com/pub/andrewth...
July 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
RESURRECTION, Part I
The latest: an answer to a 20 year-old question from deeply admired atheist provocateur Christopher Hitchens.
#Resurrection, #EasterHope, #TheologyMatters, #JesusAndJustice, #FaithAndDoubt, #FromDeathToLife
open.substack.com/pub/andrewth...
The latest: an answer to a 20 year-old question from deeply admired atheist provocateur Christopher Hitchens.
#Resurrection, #EasterHope, #TheologyMatters, #JesusAndJustice, #FaithAndDoubt, #FromDeathToLife
open.substack.com/pub/andrewth...
New Substack Series: STEALING IT BACK!
What if the problem isn’t that people are walking away from God…but that what we call “faith” has been hijacked?
tinyurl.com/Stealingitback
#ReclaimingFaith #ChristianVocabulary #FaithAndJustice #TheologyMatters #SpiritualDeconstruction #SubstackWriters
What if the problem isn’t that people are walking away from God…but that what we call “faith” has been hijacked?
tinyurl.com/Stealingitback
#ReclaimingFaith #ChristianVocabulary #FaithAndJustice #TheologyMatters #SpiritualDeconstruction #SubstackWriters
Stealing it back!
Helter Skelter, Phrenology, and Reclamation of the Good News.
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New Substack Series: STEALING IT BACK!
What if the problem isn’t that people are walking away from God…but that what we call “faith” has been hijacked?
tinyurl.com/Stealingitback
#ReclaimingFaith #ChristianVocabulary #FaithAndJustice #TheologyMatters #SpiritualDeconstruction #SubstackWriters
What if the problem isn’t that people are walking away from God…but that what we call “faith” has been hijacked?
tinyurl.com/Stealingitback
#ReclaimingFaith #ChristianVocabulary #FaithAndJustice #TheologyMatters #SpiritualDeconstruction #SubstackWriters
The Wizard of Oz … a guy pulling levers behind a curtain?
To pull back the curtain on the ideas shaping how we think about law, justice, money... that's theology.
andrewthayer.substack.com
#TheologyMatters #PublicTheology #RestorativeJustice #ChristianityAndCulture #FaithAndPolitics
To pull back the curtain on the ideas shaping how we think about law, justice, money... that's theology.
andrewthayer.substack.com
#TheologyMatters #PublicTheology #RestorativeJustice #ChristianityAndCulture #FaithAndPolitics
May 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Wizard of Oz … a guy pulling levers behind a curtain?
To pull back the curtain on the ideas shaping how we think about law, justice, money... that's theology.
andrewthayer.substack.com
#TheologyMatters #PublicTheology #RestorativeJustice #ChristianityAndCulture #FaithAndPolitics
To pull back the curtain on the ideas shaping how we think about law, justice, money... that's theology.
andrewthayer.substack.com
#TheologyMatters #PublicTheology #RestorativeJustice #ChristianityAndCulture #FaithAndPolitics
Please read my latest: andrewthayer.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Please read my latest: andrewthayer.substack.com
The Federalist said my Op-Ed in the New York Times made a "2000 year-old mistake" & that Donald Trump "displayed a better understanding of the resurrection." Read my reply tinyurl.com/PalmFed and consider subscribing/supporting #NewYorkTimes #Christianity #FaithAndPolitics #PublicTheology #Kingdom
April 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Federalist said my Op-Ed in the New York Times made a "2000 year-old mistake" & that Donald Trump "displayed a better understanding of the resurrection." Read my reply tinyurl.com/PalmFed and consider subscribing/supporting #NewYorkTimes #Christianity #FaithAndPolitics #PublicTheology #Kingdom
If you liked the Palm Sunday Op-Ed in the New York Times…
…you’ll want to read the rest of the week.
#nytimes gave me one day to talk about Palm Sunday.
But #holyweek is a whole story.
Here is the whole week—#PalmSunday to #Easter.
andrewthayer.substack.com/.../all-8-ho....
…you’ll want to read the rest of the week.
#nytimes gave me one day to talk about Palm Sunday.
But #holyweek is a whole story.
Here is the whole week—#PalmSunday to #Easter.
andrewthayer.substack.com/.../all-8-ho....
April 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you liked the Palm Sunday Op-Ed in the New York Times…
…you’ll want to read the rest of the week.
#nytimes gave me one day to talk about Palm Sunday.
But #holyweek is a whole story.
Here is the whole week—#PalmSunday to #Easter.
andrewthayer.substack.com/.../all-8-ho....
…you’ll want to read the rest of the week.
#nytimes gave me one day to talk about Palm Sunday.
But #holyweek is a whole story.
Here is the whole week—#PalmSunday to #Easter.
andrewthayer.substack.com/.../all-8-ho....
Read my Holy Week Op-Ed in the NYT.
Opinion | Palm Sunday Was a Protest, Not a Procession (Gift Article)
Jesus’ procession was a parody of imperial power — a deliberate mockery of Roman spectacle and a prophetic enactment of a kingdom built not on violence but on justice.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Read my Holy Week Op-Ed in the NYT.