Nigel Chapman (Writing)
@chapman.wiki
I enjoy writing and problem-solving in Christian thought at https://chapman.wiki, with a focus on conspiracism, polarisation, and human sexuality. I've an M.Div, and a curious collection of interests.
My other channel is @eukras.bsky.social, on web dev.
My other channel is @eukras.bsky.social, on web dev.
Is groups.io the best modern groups-discussions-over-email service? (Like YahooGroups and eGorups before that.) Or if not, what is? #group #email #discussion #recommendation
Groups.io | Email Discussion Groups & Listserv Alternative
Groups.io is a modern email group service and listserv alternative with no ads. Create mailing lists with calendars, files, wikis, and more. Better than Google Groups or Yahoo Groups.
groups.io
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Is groups.io the best modern groups-discussions-over-email service? (Like YahooGroups and eGorups before that.) Or if not, what is? #group #email #discussion #recommendation
"By Love Serve." A stained glass window in St John's Anglican Church in Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia. More of this, please.
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"By Love Serve." A stained glass window in St John's Anglican Church in Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia. More of this, please.
Reposted by Nigel Chapman (Writing)
Bible Rocket can index #Bible references in English and French text, and link them to your preferred translations and sources on the Bible Gateway website. It's a little demo of mine for the `refspy` #python library.
www.chapman.id.au/bible-rocket
www.chapman.id.au/bible-rocket
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Bible Rocket can index #Bible references in English and French text, and link them to your preferred translations and sources on the Bible Gateway website. It's a little demo of mine for the `refspy` #python library.
www.chapman.id.au/bible-rocket
www.chapman.id.au/bible-rocket
A few days now until the anniversary of the #JFK assassination. What does your JFK #Conspiracy Spectrum look like?
www.chapman.id.au/conspiracy-s...
(Contributed by Michel Gagné, author of 'Thinking Critically about the Kennedy Assassination', and host of the Paranoid Planet Podcast.)
www.chapman.id.au/conspiracy-s...
(Contributed by Michel Gagné, author of 'Thinking Critically about the Kennedy Assassination', and host of the Paranoid Planet Podcast.)
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A few days now until the anniversary of the #JFK assassination. What does your JFK #Conspiracy Spectrum look like?
www.chapman.id.au/conspiracy-s...
(Contributed by Michel Gagné, author of 'Thinking Critically about the Kennedy Assassination', and host of the Paranoid Planet Podcast.)
www.chapman.id.au/conspiracy-s...
(Contributed by Michel Gagné, author of 'Thinking Critically about the Kennedy Assassination', and host of the Paranoid Planet Podcast.)
A little game for #theology types. Which doctrinal statement from the last 500 years has the following distribution of Bible references?
October 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A little game for #theology types. Which doctrinal statement from the last 500 years has the following distribution of Bible references?
While approving of the liberation theology buzz on Bluesky, I've wondered if it has been helped by unfamiliarity with 'normal' theology. The Catholic Catechism says care for the poor is "a debt of justice" -- not mercy. And on Evangelical premises, Jesus or Amos will get you that same idea.
Part Three Section Two The Ten Commandments Chapter Two You Shall Love Your Neighbor As Yourself Article 7 The Seventh Commandment VI. Love For The Poor
www.vatican.va
October 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
While approving of the liberation theology buzz on Bluesky, I've wondered if it has been helped by unfamiliarity with 'normal' theology. The Catholic Catechism says care for the poor is "a debt of justice" -- not mercy. And on Evangelical premises, Jesus or Amos will get you that same idea.
A little article about adding reflection on science to Baptist ministry training. The nicely multivalent painting is "Doubting Thomas" by Mark Tansey.
www.eclasproject.org/art-science-...
www.eclasproject.org/art-science-...
October 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A little article about adding reflection on science to Baptist ministry training. The nicely multivalent painting is "Doubting Thomas" by Mark Tansey.
www.eclasproject.org/art-science-...
www.eclasproject.org/art-science-...
I say, @christophniemann.bsky.social is on here. (Yes, yes, I know everybody will get here eventually). His episode of the #design show Abstract was one of my favourites.
October 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I say, @christophniemann.bsky.social is on here. (Yes, yes, I know everybody will get here eventually). His episode of the #design show Abstract was one of my favourites.
On this weekend ⟶ #Melbourne #FountainPens
The Melbourne Pen & Stationery Show 2025
Pens, ink, notepads and paper at the largest pen show in the Southern hemisphere
melbpenshow.com.au
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
On this weekend ⟶ #Melbourne #FountainPens
Reposted by Nigel Chapman (Writing)
It's interesting to chart out what parts of the Bible different credal statements or articles tend to emphasise. Here's the Danvers Statement (1987, left) on Complementarianism, and @margmowczko.bsky.social's 'The Biblical Basis of Egalitarianism in 500 Words' (2022, right). #Christian #Theology
October 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It's interesting to chart out what parts of the Bible different credal statements or articles tend to emphasise. Here's the Danvers Statement (1987, left) on Complementarianism, and @margmowczko.bsky.social's 'The Biblical Basis of Egalitarianism in 500 Words' (2022, right). #Christian #Theology
Clerics investigate murder! But of these two, it's @richardcoles.bsky.social who gives them a compelling inner life. And, unlike many modern writers -- especially of TV adaptations -- it's a mystery not a drama, meaning there really are enough clues to say "Argh, I should have guessed" at the end.
October 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Clerics investigate murder! But of these two, it's @richardcoles.bsky.social who gives them a compelling inner life. And, unlike many modern writers -- especially of TV adaptations -- it's a mystery not a drama, meaning there really are enough clues to say "Argh, I should have guessed" at the end.
When I edited a book on Christian belief in conspiracy theories in 2022, one of the best ideas for conversations was @mickwest.com 's conspiracy spectrums, designed to be drawn on a napkin. I've been messing with them ever since, partly to save the world, and partly because its a fun UX challenge.
October 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
When I edited a book on Christian belief in conspiracy theories in 2022, one of the best ideas for conversations was @mickwest.com 's conspiracy spectrums, designed to be drawn on a napkin. I've been messing with them ever since, partly to save the world, and partly because its a fun UX challenge.
Two interestingly different visions of journalism in the USA, each moreso for what they leave out.
Bari Weiss’s CBS News and MSNBC both just laid out their new journalistic principles — and they’re fascinatingly different
CBS: "America," "American," "all of the tools of the digital era," and speed. MSNBC: Press freedom, the First Amendment, and ethics.
www.niemanlab.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Two interestingly different visions of journalism in the USA, each moreso for what they leave out.
I've split my Bluesky account into two channels. Please refollow if you're more interested in...
@chapman.wiki (this one) -- My writing on interesting Christian problems: conspiracism, polarisation, sexuality.
@eukras.bsky.social -- Web dev and other tech interests. Python, Typescript, Neovim, UX.
@chapman.wiki (this one) -- My writing on interesting Christian problems: conspiracism, polarisation, sexuality.
@eukras.bsky.social -- Web dev and other tech interests. Python, Typescript, Neovim, UX.
October 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I've split my Bluesky account into two channels. Please refollow if you're more interested in...
@chapman.wiki (this one) -- My writing on interesting Christian problems: conspiracism, polarisation, sexuality.
@eukras.bsky.social -- Web dev and other tech interests. Python, Typescript, Neovim, UX.
@chapman.wiki (this one) -- My writing on interesting Christian problems: conspiracism, polarisation, sexuality.
@eukras.bsky.social -- Web dev and other tech interests. Python, Typescript, Neovim, UX.
"Properly understood, style is not a seductive decoration added to a functional structure; it is of the essence of a work of art. The necessary elements of style are lucidity, elegance, and individuality..." -- Evelyn Waugh 1/3
August 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"Properly understood, style is not a seductive decoration added to a functional structure; it is of the essence of a work of art. The necessary elements of style are lucidity, elegance, and individuality..." -- Evelyn Waugh 1/3
How many #NewTestament #manuscript photos are in the public domain? Seems like an odd qn for such old documents, but they don't seem to exist on GitHub/WikiMedia. I'm wanting to make a little online reader app for educational purposes and as a UX/UI experiment.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of New Testament papyri - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
How many #NewTestament #manuscript photos are in the public domain? Seems like an odd qn for such old documents, but they don't seem to exist on GitHub/WikiMedia. I'm wanting to make a little online reader app for educational purposes and as a UX/UI experiment.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
For Christians, doing conspiracy theories well means exposing evil without committing slander.
(An article of mine on the #WithAllDueRespect podcast's new online magazine.)
#christian #conspiracy #slander
thewadrproject.com/2025/07/07/c...
(An article of mine on the #WithAllDueRespect podcast's new online magazine.)
#christian #conspiracy #slander
thewadrproject.com/2025/07/07/c...
Christians, Conspiracies, and Slander by Nigel Chapman
This seems to be a reason why conspiracy theories are so disruptive in churches. Making public accusations guarantees that either one side or the other will be wrong at a moral level, whether throu…
thewadrproject.com
July 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
For Christians, doing conspiracy theories well means exposing evil without committing slander.
(An article of mine on the #WithAllDueRespect podcast's new online magazine.)
#christian #conspiracy #slander
thewadrproject.com/2025/07/07/c...
(An article of mine on the #WithAllDueRespect podcast's new online magazine.)
#christian #conspiracy #slander
thewadrproject.com/2025/07/07/c...
#QuietPosters was far and away the best bluesky #feed. It highlighted the people who posted infrequently. Alas, it's has been offline for a while now.
July 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#QuietPosters was far and away the best bluesky #feed. It highlighted the people who posted infrequently. Alas, it's has been offline for a while now.
Q. What are the good online #mindmap tools? Ideally something that can attach text to nodes and produce whole documents. (I'm liking mindmeister, of those I've tried, though I haven't yet found the keystroke to edit the current node.)
June 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Q. What are the good online #mindmap tools? Ideally something that can attach text to nodes and produce whole documents. (I'm liking mindmeister, of those I've tried, though I haven't yet found the keystroke to edit the current node.)
Here's an interesting long read on #Evangelical fracturing in the USA: it makes the interesting point that it's not just positions but 'posture' that drive divisions, that is to say, not just being affectively or ideologically polarised, but it's also behaving in sharply different ways in response.
A Splintered Generation - Christianity Today
Evangelicalism's fracturing is chronic, but not terminal. Keller Center staff Skyler R. Flowers and Michael Graham offer wisdom on how we can move forward.
www.christianitytoday.com
May 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Here's an interesting long read on #Evangelical fracturing in the USA: it makes the interesting point that it's not just positions but 'posture' that drive divisions, that is to say, not just being affectively or ideologically polarised, but it's also behaving in sharply different ways in response.
When they asked Channel 9 about Richie Benaud moving to another broadcaster the director replied "Richie is not going anywhere, because Richie is an icon, and Richie is irreplaceable." 1/2
May 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
When they asked Channel 9 about Richie Benaud moving to another broadcaster the director replied "Richie is not going anywhere, because Richie is an icon, and Richie is irreplaceable." 1/2
I'm looking forward to Zondervan's _Five Views on #NaturalLaw_, out later this month. Evangelical versions have been driven a bit more by politics than by Evangelical methods and sources, IMHO. And the Catholic versions seems like a beautiful penthouse with no elevators or stairs to get there.
May 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I'm looking forward to Zondervan's _Five Views on #NaturalLaw_, out later this month. Evangelical versions have been driven a bit more by politics than by Evangelical methods and sources, IMHO. And the Catholic versions seems like a beautiful penthouse with no elevators or stairs to get there.
I say, @christianitytoday.com, is your RSS feed down? The footer button link is timing out, and the info page from search engines is a 404.
April 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I say, @christianitytoday.com, is your RSS feed down? The footer button link is timing out, and the info page from search engines is a 404.