John Dyer
@jcddyer.bsky.social
theology professor at dallas theological seminary. technology creator and writer. https://j.hn/
https://yallversion.com
https://biblewebapp.com
https://bestcommentaries.com https://biblereadingplangenerator.com
https://yallversion.com
https://biblewebapp.com
https://bestcommentaries.com https://biblereadingplangenerator.com
Saying a prayer for pastors tonight.
No matter what they say, it will be too much or too little for someone, especially who have been discipled to react in particular ways. But I still trust that the Spirit can move powerfully in our weakness and reshape our broken hearts.
No matter what they say, it will be too much or too little for someone, especially who have been discipled to react in particular ways. But I still trust that the Spirit can move powerfully in our weakness and reshape our broken hearts.
September 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Saying a prayer for pastors tonight.
No matter what they say, it will be too much or too little for someone, especially who have been discipled to react in particular ways. But I still trust that the Spirit can move powerfully in our weakness and reshape our broken hearts.
No matter what they say, it will be too much or too little for someone, especially who have been discipled to react in particular ways. But I still trust that the Spirit can move powerfully in our weakness and reshape our broken hearts.
If you appreciate the quirkiness of evangelical higher education, you might like this (AI powered) chart of seminaries by personality types I worked up...
September 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If you appreciate the quirkiness of evangelical higher education, you might like this (AI powered) chart of seminaries by personality types I worked up...
For me, "self care" is naming my files in a way that considers all the words my future self might search for.
July 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
For me, "self care" is naming my files in a way that considers all the words my future self might search for.
Enjoying pushing the limits of a Venn diagram to explore meanings of Israel, Abraham, etc.
July 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Enjoying pushing the limits of a Venn diagram to explore meanings of Israel, Abraham, etc.
Walking through DFW airport, I am puzzled to see a dozen well known Christian leaders in a big group. Then look over at the gate to see BNA :)
June 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Walking through DFW airport, I am puzzled to see a dozen well known Christian leaders in a big group. Then look over at the gate to see BNA :)
AI Ethics Standards currently feel like LLMs themselves—they’re super neat, but no one knows how they actually work.
June 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
AI Ethics Standards currently feel like LLMs themselves—they’re super neat, but no one knows how they actually work.
*waves hands*
"human flourishing"
*smiles knowingly with a slight squint and a nod*
"human flourishing"
*smiles knowingly with a slight squint and a nod*
June 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
*waves hands*
"human flourishing"
*smiles knowingly with a slight squint and a nod*
"human flourishing"
*smiles knowingly with a slight squint and a nod*
To SBC friends who just arrived in DFW, if any of y'all would like to stop by @dallasseminary while you're in town, I'd love to see you and show you around.
Please bring your best jokes about baptist and nondenoms are kinda the same but one is clearly better.
Please bring your best jokes about baptist and nondenoms are kinda the same but one is clearly better.
June 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
To SBC friends who just arrived in DFW, if any of y'all would like to stop by @dallasseminary while you're in town, I'd love to see you and show you around.
Please bring your best jokes about baptist and nondenoms are kinda the same but one is clearly better.
Please bring your best jokes about baptist and nondenoms are kinda the same but one is clearly better.
Got to preach on the Holy Spirit section of the Nicene Creed last weekend! [See below for some notes] youtu.be/q_hIK1B0PX0
We Believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of Life | Dr. John Dyer | May 25, 2025
YouTube video by Irving Bible Church
youtu.be
May 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Got to preach on the Holy Spirit section of the Nicene Creed last weekend! [See below for some notes] youtu.be/q_hIK1B0PX0
there's more AIs in this meeting than people ...
May 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
there's more AIs in this meeting than people ...
On Christian Universalism: As much as I want God to save everyone, it would seem that a God who forces salvation on all humanity isn't truly loving, he's just the owner of an advanced robotics facility.
May 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
On Christian Universalism: As much as I want God to save everyone, it would seem that a God who forces salvation on all humanity isn't truly loving, he's just the owner of an advanced robotics facility.
¿Do y'all think it'd be cool if English could start a question marker with a marker?
May 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
¿Do y'all think it'd be cool if English could start a question marker with a marker?
When Jesus said, “my yoke is easy,” I wonder he fondly remembered his father’s praise when he finally got the first one right, slightly chuckling at the word “easy.”
May 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When Jesus said, “my yoke is easy,” I wonder he fondly remembered his father’s praise when he finally got the first one right, slightly chuckling at the word “easy.”
Came up with two Trinity activities for our church's discipleship cohort yesterday. They seemed to work really well!
(1) Creedal Comparison and Heresies
(2) Prepositions and Persons
(1) Creedal Comparison and Heresies
(2) Prepositions and Persons
May 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Came up with two Trinity activities for our church's discipleship cohort yesterday. They seemed to work really well!
(1) Creedal Comparison and Heresies
(2) Prepositions and Persons
(1) Creedal Comparison and Heresies
(2) Prepositions and Persons
Dear old people,
We are further away from the release of Iron Man, than The Matrix was from Back to the Future.
We are further away from the release of Iron Man, than The Matrix was from Back to the Future.
May 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Dear old people,
We are further away from the release of Iron Man, than The Matrix was from Back to the Future.
We are further away from the release of Iron Man, than The Matrix was from Back to the Future.
First steps toward adding multi-lingual support to Best Commentaries:
bestcommentaries.com/es/series/
bestcommentaries.com/zh/judges/
So far, a lot of translated works, but hoping to add more originals and reviews/ratings. Navigation localization in progress.
bestcommentaries.com/es/series/
bestcommentaries.com/zh/judges/
So far, a lot of translated works, but hoping to add more originals and reviews/ratings. Navigation localization in progress.
May 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
First steps toward adding multi-lingual support to Best Commentaries:
bestcommentaries.com/es/series/
bestcommentaries.com/zh/judges/
So far, a lot of translated works, but hoping to add more originals and reviews/ratings. Navigation localization in progress.
bestcommentaries.com/es/series/
bestcommentaries.com/zh/judges/
So far, a lot of translated works, but hoping to add more originals and reviews/ratings. Navigation localization in progress.
Was just informed that one of my @github repos is in the "top 0.001%" of all 28,000,000 projects: github.com/mediaelement...
April 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Was just informed that one of my @github repos is in the "top 0.001%" of all 28,000,000 projects: github.com/mediaelement...
Some protestants reject "Theotokos", that Mary is the "Mother of God" because they think it's related to Roman Catholic concepts like prayer to Mary.
But Theotokos is actually about Christology. Mary is mother to the person of the Son, who is both God and man, therefore, she is the Mother of God.
But Theotokos is actually about Christology. Mary is mother to the person of the Son, who is both God and man, therefore, she is the Mother of God.
April 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Some protestants reject "Theotokos", that Mary is the "Mother of God" because they think it's related to Roman Catholic concepts like prayer to Mary.
But Theotokos is actually about Christology. Mary is mother to the person of the Son, who is both God and man, therefore, she is the Mother of God.
But Theotokos is actually about Christology. Mary is mother to the person of the Son, who is both God and man, therefore, she is the Mother of God.
Interesting @yallversion finding:
Jeremiah 31:34 includes the plural imperative "Y’all must know (דְּע֖וּ) YHWH." yallversion.com/JER/31
But the LXX translates "know" as singular (γνῶθι) and that's what the author quotes in Hebrews 8:11. yallversion.com/HEB/8
Jeremiah 31:34 includes the plural imperative "Y’all must know (דְּע֖וּ) YHWH." yallversion.com/JER/31
But the LXX translates "know" as singular (γνῶθι) and that's what the author quotes in Hebrews 8:11. yallversion.com/HEB/8
April 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Interesting @yallversion finding:
Jeremiah 31:34 includes the plural imperative "Y’all must know (דְּע֖וּ) YHWH." yallversion.com/JER/31
But the LXX translates "know" as singular (γνῶθι) and that's what the author quotes in Hebrews 8:11. yallversion.com/HEB/8
Jeremiah 31:34 includes the plural imperative "Y’all must know (דְּע֖וּ) YHWH." yallversion.com/JER/31
But the LXX translates "know" as singular (γνῶθι) and that's what the author quotes in Hebrews 8:11. yallversion.com/HEB/8
Harvard's data backs up something I've been saying:
"Theology bots inevitably become therapy bots"
hbr.org/2025/04/how-...
"Theology bots inevitably become therapy bots"
hbr.org/2025/04/how-...
April 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Harvard's data backs up something I've been saying:
"Theology bots inevitably become therapy bots"
hbr.org/2025/04/how-...
"Theology bots inevitably become therapy bots"
hbr.org/2025/04/how-...
6 Ways 𝒀'𝒂𝒍𝒍 Clarifies the Meaning of Scripture:
1. Dominion is For All Y’all (Gen 1:28)
2. God Has a Name He Wants Y’all to Know (Exo 3:15)
3. God’s Plans Are Bigger than You (Jer 29:11)
1. Dominion is For All Y’all (Gen 1:28)
2. God Has a Name He Wants Y’all to Know (Exo 3:15)
3. God’s Plans Are Bigger than You (Jer 29:11)
Understanding The Bible Better With ‘Y’all’
passionequip.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
6 Ways 𝒀'𝒂𝒍𝒍 Clarifies the Meaning of Scripture:
1. Dominion is For All Y’all (Gen 1:28)
2. God Has a Name He Wants Y’all to Know (Exo 3:15)
3. God’s Plans Are Bigger than You (Jer 29:11)
1. Dominion is For All Y’all (Gen 1:28)
2. God Has a Name He Wants Y’all to Know (Exo 3:15)
3. God’s Plans Are Bigger than You (Jer 29:11)
Our friends at @FiveQ posted a talk called "Biblical Framework for Understanding and Using AI" from the Digital Media Conference. Hope it's helpful!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hK...
Biblical Framework for Understanding and Using AI - John Dyer from Dallas Theological Seminary
YouTube video by Five Q
www.youtube.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Our friends at @FiveQ posted a talk called "Biblical Framework for Understanding and Using AI" from the Digital Media Conference. Hope it's helpful!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hK...
Years after making it, this 3D book effect is still one of my favorite things on bestcommentaries.com or any book website
April 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Years after making it, this 3D book effect is still one of my favorite things on bestcommentaries.com or any book website
Happy 3.14159 day to all who celebrate.
Love having you around.
Love having you around.
March 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Happy 3.14159 day to all who celebrate.
Love having you around.
Love having you around.