Matt Thiessen
@mattthiessen.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, McMaster University. Author of Jesus & the Forces of Death and A Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles.
Great news! New Christian denomination just dropped. (Ok, it's been around since ~2016.)
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Great news! New Christian denomination just dropped. (Ok, it's been around since ~2016.)
NYT pitchbot: "Whether it's presidential pardons for January 6 rioters or left-wing juries failing to convict sandwich guy, both sides clearly have a problem with justice."
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NYT pitchbot: "Whether it's presidential pardons for January 6 rioters or left-wing juries failing to convict sandwich guy, both sides clearly have a problem with justice."
painfully true as of today.
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
painfully true as of today.
my daughter as soon as she returns from trick or treating.
November 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
my daughter as soon as she returns from trick or treating.
Whoever came up with those 1980s Grey Poupon commercials better have been paid well because almost 50 years later they still have people convinced that a $3 bottle of mustard is high cuisine. 🤣
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Whoever came up with those 1980s Grey Poupon commercials better have been paid well because almost 50 years later they still have people convinced that a $3 bottle of mustard is high cuisine. 🤣
Grokipedia? You mean Crock-ipedia?
From Wikipedia's Grokipedia page:
From Wikipedia's Grokipedia page:
October 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Grokipedia? You mean Crock-ipedia?
From Wikipedia's Grokipedia page:
From Wikipedia's Grokipedia page:
New analogy for the Trinity just dropped.
October 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
New analogy for the Trinity just dropped.
John knew the Synoptic Gospels.
It's that simple.
As always, @goodacre.bsky.social makes it crystal clear.
Buy it.
Read it.
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
It's that simple.
As always, @goodacre.bsky.social makes it crystal clear.
Buy it.
Read it.
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
John knew the Synoptic Gospels.
It's that simple.
As always, @goodacre.bsky.social makes it crystal clear.
Buy it.
Read it.
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
It's that simple.
As always, @goodacre.bsky.social makes it crystal clear.
Buy it.
Read it.
@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social
Hazy IPAs should be opaque and breweries that make transparent beer and sell it as a "Hazy IPA" should be held liable.
October 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Hazy IPAs should be opaque and breweries that make transparent beer and sell it as a "Hazy IPA" should be held liable.
If this is masculinity, then hell yeah we need to (in the immortal words of St. Paul) go and castrate ourselves.
Then again, many of us have gone our whole adult lives never participating in such hateful speech, so maybe it's not our 'masculinity' that is under attack but your hatred.
Then again, many of us have gone our whole adult lives never participating in such hateful speech, so maybe it's not our 'masculinity' that is under attack but your hatred.
October 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If this is masculinity, then hell yeah we need to (in the immortal words of St. Paul) go and castrate ourselves.
Then again, many of us have gone our whole adult lives never participating in such hateful speech, so maybe it's not our 'masculinity' that is under attack but your hatred.
Then again, many of us have gone our whole adult lives never participating in such hateful speech, so maybe it's not our 'masculinity' that is under attack but your hatred.
This is why I will never leave Twitter.
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This is why I will never leave Twitter.
I'm sorry, what?
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I'm sorry, what?
Have had some thoughts on divine visibility percolating on a back burner for years. Hoping Luke Irwin's new book, *Jesus and the Visibility of God*, can sharpen my thinking and help me get some of it down on paper.
October 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Have had some thoughts on divine visibility percolating on a back burner for years. Hoping Luke Irwin's new book, *Jesus and the Visibility of God*, can sharpen my thinking and help me get some of it down on paper.
What evangelicals picture when they hear that Bad Bunny is going to perform during the Super Bowl halftime show.
October 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
What evangelicals picture when they hear that Bad Bunny is going to perform during the Super Bowl halftime show.
Five years ago today.
October 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Five years ago today.
Spouse just checked our shared calendar and now I can see how I was wrong to abbreviate the title "The Harry Lyman Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor."
October 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Spouse just checked our shared calendar and now I can see how I was wrong to abbreviate the title "The Harry Lyman Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor."
Senior pastor, youth pastor, worship pastor.
October 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Senior pastor, youth pastor, worship pastor.
Christmas might be coming early to our house!
October 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Christmas might be coming early to our house!
If I won the lottery I wouldn't tell anyone but there would be signs.
October 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If I won the lottery I wouldn't tell anyone but there would be signs.
We went all of September without using our a/c or heat but the thermostat wars are about to begin in earnest now that we have entered October.
October 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We went all of September without using our a/c or heat but the thermostat wars are about to begin in earnest now that we have entered October.
Ace of Base God to Lot and his family
🤝
Don't turn around!
🤝
Don't turn around!
September 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Ace of Base God to Lot and his family
🤝
Don't turn around!
🤝
Don't turn around!
Brilyn Hollyhand is the most middle-aged looking 12 year old that has ever walked this earth.
September 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Brilyn Hollyhand is the most middle-aged looking 12 year old that has ever walked this earth.
Politicians and police fighting poverty by destroying encampments.
September 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Politicians and police fighting poverty by destroying encampments.