Greg Carey
@gregcareyphd.bsky.social
author || professor of New Testament || pastor || Grampy || lover of democracy and decency || Jason Isbell stan || Rhodes || Vandy PhD
Being a tyrant ain’t all grifting and bullying. Well, it’s pretty much all grifting….
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Being a tyrant ain’t all grifting and bullying. Well, it’s pretty much all grifting….
ICE. Soviet gulag system. Nazi concentration camps.
August 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
ICE. Soviet gulag system. Nazi concentration camps.
Somehow most journalists reporting on the current scandal fail to mention Trump bragging on air about walking in on undressed teenagers or the young women and their parents who confirmed that’s exactly what he used to do.
July 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Somehow most journalists reporting on the current scandal fail to mention Trump bragging on air about walking in on undressed teenagers or the young women and their parents who confirmed that’s exactly what he used to do.
From today’s sermon, with apologies. :P
July 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
From today’s sermon, with apologies. :P
This NYT snippet sure snapped some things into place this morning. It sounds like Jim Crow days. I never expected to see our government “making indiscriminate arrests based on race and denying detainees access to lawyers” in my lifetime. 1/2
July 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
This NYT snippet sure snapped some things into place this morning. It sounds like Jim Crow days. I never expected to see our government “making indiscriminate arrests based on race and denying detainees access to lawyers” in my lifetime. 1/2
What would happen if we imagined Jesus as a pragmatist? Not @esglaude.bsky.social’s point (AT ALL), and not a claim about a historical Jesus, but I might have to chase this rabbit.
July 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
What would happen if we imagined Jesus as a pragmatist? Not @esglaude.bsky.social’s point (AT ALL), and not a claim about a historical Jesus, but I might have to chase this rabbit.
Regarding the NAR-inspired shootings in Minnesota… I had shared this about a week ago. Prophets and apostles regularly call for—and take credit for—the deaths of political enemies. This part of is what they mean by spiritual warfare.
June 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Regarding the NAR-inspired shootings in Minnesota… I had shared this about a week ago. Prophets and apostles regularly call for—and take credit for—the deaths of political enemies. This part of is what they mean by spiritual warfare.
The whole cult of head up your ass masculinity has given us this Trump-Elon ridiculousness.
June 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The whole cult of head up your ass masculinity has given us this Trump-Elon ridiculousness.
The whole cult of head up your ass masculinity has given us the Trump-Elon ridiculousness.
June 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The whole cult of head up your ass masculinity has given us the Trump-Elon ridiculousness.
Acts 12:20-23 NRSVue
March 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Acts 12:20-23 NRSVue
I had the most energizing conversation with the Canadian political scientist Marc Froese this week. Energizing, yes, but damn scary. We must play a long game, allying with anyone who values truth and democracy over racism, lies, and corruption.
March 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I had the most energizing conversation with the Canadian political scientist Marc Froese this week. Energizing, yes, but damn scary. We must play a long game, allying with anyone who values truth and democracy over racism, lies, and corruption.
Loving all the winning.
February 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Loving all the winning.
Book of the Year. If you want to understand how so many contradictory forces-oil billionaires, tech oligarchs, think tank wonks, media propagandists, resentful workers, militia types, charismatic prophets, Christian dominionists, reactionary Catholics, etc.—have brought us to this moment, read. 🧵
February 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Book of the Year. If you want to understand how so many contradictory forces-oil billionaires, tech oligarchs, think tank wonks, media propagandists, resentful workers, militia types, charismatic prophets, Christian dominionists, reactionary Catholics, etc.—have brought us to this moment, read. 🧵
February 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
February 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Uh-oh. Work to do.
February 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Uh-oh. Work to do.
Lots of bad things have already happened today. But literally no one voted for this: “The United States will consider itself a growing nation — one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, raises our expectations, carries our flag into new and beautiful horizons.”
January 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Lots of bad things have already happened today. But literally no one voted for this: “The United States will consider itself a growing nation — one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, raises our expectations, carries our flag into new and beautiful horizons.”
It’s worse than I expected, and I expected awful.
January 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It’s worse than I expected, and I expected awful.