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David Bunce

@davidbunce.bsky.social
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Baptist Pastor in Bad Ischl, Austria; General Secretary Austrian Baptist Union; at heart still a youth worker. Passionate about the local church, safeguarding and mission. British person in Austria, stumbling through learning Romanian.

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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I feel like part of the inability from leading politicians to have any honest conversations around pensions, is because they have to face up to the fact that future generations have less assets, have much worse pvt pensions, and will ultimately have to work longer than previous generations.
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Lynn Nothegger @lynnnothegger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From a German perspective, this is such a weird argument. I was a SAHM when my kids were little and they went to kindergarten, like most other kids. It’s not only about enabling parents to work – a good Kita fosters cognitive and emotional development. In fact, that’s the more important aspect imo
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Ian is the Priest-King of the Sacred Grove at Nemi @poetinbabylon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm doing my prep for this Acts study I've been leading, and Willie Jennings' comments on the idolatry of the Couple (and on Marriage) more generally in his (incredible, I must emphasize) Acts commentary are absolutely phenomenal - really worth reading (it's pp. 57-61).
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of the greatest privileges of last week's meeting of the European Baptist Federation in Albania was sitting with colleagues on the front line in Lebanon and Ukraine, hearing how Baptist churches are often helping out in areas where other NGOs are unable to reach, at great personal risk
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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 28/09/2026
My friend's office is next door, I wasn't sure where she was at the time. Just heard from her and thankfully she is unharmed. What is happening in Kyiv right now is truly horrific. Millions of people are at risk of dying at any time. I'm not quite sure this really comes across, abroad.
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is a devastating loss, not just to theology in the UK, but to global academic theology.
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Surprising people in the Bible who ran very fast: 1) Elijah (1 Kings 18:46) - faster than Ahab on his horse 2) the disciple Jesus loved (John 20:4) - faster than Simon Peter 3) Asahel (2 Samuel 2:18) - as fast as a gazelle #randommonday
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KidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 17/09/2026
“Please, please make scholars of religion continue to be relevant well into the 21st century” *another finger on the monkey’s paw curls*
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Spurgeon writes quite critically about Elijah in his commentary on 1 Kings 18: "I suspect that Elijah did not think very much of Obadiah. He does not treat him with any great consideration...I know it is the tendency of brave and zealous minds somewhat to undervalue quiet, retired piety."
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration.
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Keanu M. Heydari @keanuheydari.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“Lord, our dear God, we thank you that you remain as you are and that your years have no end; that you give to us and will give to us; that your Word remains, in which your heart is opened and speaks to our hearts. Give us the freedom to cling to it and it alone where everything else fails.” – Barth
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Evening walk with 9 y.o. Highlight was the two deer crossing the road in front of us
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Rev. Carson Hollis @carsonhollis.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
On this day in Baptist history, Obadiah Holmes was whipped thirty times for preaching without the blessing of the established church in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Claudia Zettel @claudiazettel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Das ist so ein unglaublich gutes Buch. Ich muss euch dazu auffordern, es zu lesen, wenn ihr es nicht kennt. Über die Ungleichbehandlung von Autorinnen. Es ist so on point und so klar durchargumentiert und belegt. Und ja: Men should read it.
Buchcover "Frauen Literatur" von Nicole Seifert
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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KidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.com · 02/09/2026
So here's the real take-away most people are waiting for from the TEC Trajectory study: what distinguishes growing from declining parishes and can declining parishes... do what growing parishes do? #TECTrajectory 🕯️
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Much farm discovery was had im Brittany today
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
An essay I've just written for @nytimes on why Big Tech is the 21st Century’s equivalent of the East India Company: "What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
30 years ago, I was a six year old on holiday with my grandparents watching the chaos of boats trying to get through the lock at the Barrage D'Arzal (Morbihan/Brittany) - nearly every summer of my childhood was spent here. It's special to be back here, now with my own small children in tow.
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
There is a lot here in this Obama quote that is relevant to church life too - I get concerned when churches draw too much on the world of business leadership and vision, rather than embracing the messiness of community
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keven-pittsinger.bsky.social @keven-pittsinger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Linux turns 35 today. Here's your cake. Enjoy.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton passing away is actually gutting. What a legend -- both her incredible music and her Imagination Library, which sent hundreds of millions of books to kids. This is just so sad.
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Farewell UK for another year
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
UK PM Andy Burnham on Ukraine's Independence Day in Kyiv: we will provide support to destroy [Russian] missiles before they are launched against Ukrainian cities. "Despite Russia's outrageous threats to my country, we will continue our support for Ukraine's defense. 📹: APT
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Dr Marian Kelsey @merkelsey.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I'm working on a module that includes examination of Christian attitudes to other religions/none. I want to include classic theologians and need good and up to date scholarship on them. Really enjoying this by Sven Ensminger, anyone got some other suggestions? www.bloomsbury.com/us/karl-bart...
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Karl Barth’s Theology as a Resource for a Christian Theology of Religions
This book uses Karl Barth's theology as a resource for Christian theology of religions. For this purpose, it examines Barth's theology under the doctrinal aspec…
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 22/08/2026
Roie Galitz's breathtaking shot is one of the winners of the 2026 World Press Photo Contest, praised for its unusual perspective and scale
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Stunning image of a polar bear with an outsized snack wins major award | New Scientist
Roie Galitz's breathtaking shot is one of the winners of the 2026 World Press Photo Contest, praised for its unusual perspective and scale
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Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik @laurenzennser.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Auch wenn man manchmal einen anderen Eindruck bekommen kann: Einstellungen zur Migration in Österreich sind im Großen und Ganzen stabil in den letzten 20 Jahren.
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Saw a deer, a fox and some cubs on my morning 10km around Romford. And ironically hillier than my normal runs in the Alps Now off for a day out in London with the kids, including new book by @snellarthur.bsky.social to pass time on the bus.l and boat
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RT @ryankturnbull.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is good. www.christiancentury.org/voices/black...
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Black holes and supernovas
One kind of pastor collapses everything into themself. The other expands until they forget where they...
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Natasha Loder @natashaloder.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Trouble for "The Great ADHD Myth?" on @channel4tv.bsky.social as one of the leading neuroscientist explains her views misrepresented and cherry picked. Which should be obvious to anyone who had looked up her actual published views.
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Reading Adam Sisman's huge biography of John le Carre whilst on holiday and just noticed that the children's farm I am currently visiting is basically in Sarratt
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Topo Drinking Tea and Reading
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 19/08/2026
Huge. mRNA vaccines retain miracle status.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Back when i was editor of @lonrec.bsky.social the BBC asked me during an interview if i thought the Elizabeth line would be Sadiq Khan's big legacy for London. i said: "no. it's ULEZ expansion." they looked at me like i had three heads. Every year though there's more and more proof I was right.
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Yesterday's Dunkirk-Dover ferry had a map of the Austro-Hungarian Empire up in the restaurant
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Our overnight hotel room looked out over Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof. Small child was in heaven
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Not to be some wild-eyed innocent, but I think it should be slightly bigger news that The Lancet have crunched the numbers and found that Musk's USAID cuts will kill 14 million people. And that's just by 2030. That's 9,600 people a day, every day, until the next world cup rolls around.
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Early morning walk. Leading worship and preaching this morning, then jumping in the car for two weeks of holiday in Romford and Brittany
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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Everyone is still trying to come up with their hot, unique takes and I just keep thinking “a person is dead“. An individual life, cut short. That’s the tragedy, that’s the gross injustice. Why can’t we for once just sit with that.
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Andrew Root sees the tempation for evangelical churches as "we want surplus; we want to be awash in resources and relevance. We want to be safe without being vulnerable. We want Yahweh to be a fertility God"..."instead, what Yahweh offers is enough for today"
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
www.maptap.gg August 15 97🔥 96🔥 99🎯 99🎯 100🎯 Final score: 988
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🎯MapTap Daily Geography Game
Play MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers.
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Writing a sermon on the first half of 1 Kings (people haunted memories of the golden age of a successful and powerful empire, now shrunk to a rump state with a series of increasingly unstable governments). In other news, Bad Ischl is about to spend 5 days celebrating Kaiser Franz Joseph's birthday
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Evening walk
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Excellent podcast on the problem of linguistic death
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"It seems to me that every Protestant denomination desires pastors made more in the image of Solomon than David - leaders who can rework capitalism's cult for the sake of (institutional) security" Andrew Root perceptive on the dangers of rooting christian leadership in aquisition and vision
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Puzzled by people who want to be readers but don't like reading. But there do seem to be many people who see novels (and films) solely as plot-delivery mechanisms and everything else as extraneous. Buddy, a lot of novels don't even HAVE plots
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"As the body of Jesus Christ, gathered by the Holy Spirit, the church cannot do better or worse. The church can only obey or disobey the One who calls it...the great challenge for the church is not to win growth, but discern the Word that must be obeyed" Andrew Root
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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Walter Brueggemann argues that 1 Kings portrays "the interplay of raw, crude politics and the insistence that this particular history is an arena for God’s purposes." Perhaps a freeing reminder for those who have seen the uglier side of church politics - it could be that God is still at work!
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Katie Murphy @manymanyplies.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
...the note of the value of an education in the Humanities as a protection against dependency. Here it is: www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?
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Katie Murphy @manymanyplies.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Lots of people have been posting Katherine Rundell's article against AI, which is good, because it's good. Two things I especially liked: the stress on writing as thinking, and therefore of the necessity of tolerating difficulty and frustration, through which you and your ideas are changed; and /1
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