Glenn Butner
@dglennbutner.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of Theology at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary; author - Work Out Your Salvation; Jesus the Refugee; Trinitarian Dogmatics; The Son who Learned Obedience
Thanks for sharing! I'm rarely on here recently and completely missed your post.
October 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thanks for sharing! I'm rarely on here recently and completely missed your post.
Looks wonderful! Congratulations.
August 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Looks wonderful! Congratulations.
Reposted by Glenn Butner
100%. Many of the stories of ICE detaining people with green cards could have happened under any admin.
That’s not true for the pro-Palestinian stuff, of course, and the Trump admin is doing a lot of new stuff too… but a lot of this just isn’t novel. It’s the system operation as intended.
That’s not true for the pro-Palestinian stuff, of course, and the Trump admin is doing a lot of new stuff too… but a lot of this just isn’t novel. It’s the system operation as intended.
I feel I keep having this experience where I don’t want to downplay the escalation under Trump but also want to point out that a lot of this stuff pre-existed him.
July 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
100%. Many of the stories of ICE detaining people with green cards could have happened under any admin.
That’s not true for the pro-Palestinian stuff, of course, and the Trump admin is doing a lot of new stuff too… but a lot of this just isn’t novel. It’s the system operation as intended.
That’s not true for the pro-Palestinian stuff, of course, and the Trump admin is doing a lot of new stuff too… but a lot of this just isn’t novel. It’s the system operation as intended.
Except you’re/your 🤦♂️
June 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Except you’re/your 🤦♂️
Part 4: as my college ministry director used to say, take the text out of context and your left with a con.
June 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Part 4: as my college ministry director used to say, take the text out of context and your left with a con.
Part 3: justice and Jesus the refugee.
June 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Part 3: justice and Jesus the refugee.
Part 2: check your data and the whole counsel of God.
June 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Part 2: check your data and the whole counsel of God.
Which one? Theology, ethics, or both? What doctrine or ethical discipline? For what end? (Teaching, the church, personal fulfillment? - BTW there are basically no US teaching jobs.)
More information is needed for recs. (Though a few top programs can handle almost anything.)
More information is needed for recs. (Though a few top programs can handle almost anything.)
June 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Which one? Theology, ethics, or both? What doctrine or ethical discipline? For what end? (Teaching, the church, personal fulfillment? - BTW there are basically no US teaching jobs.)
More information is needed for recs. (Though a few top programs can handle almost anything.)
More information is needed for recs. (Though a few top programs can handle almost anything.)